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Building Strong Nonprofits: Annual CAN Conference 

California's smart nonprofit conference.

 

Wednesday-Thursday
October 22-23, 2008

Center at Cathedral Plaza
555 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2707


More than 300 executive directors and other professional staff, board members, fundraisers, program officers, consultants, volunteers and students will gather to network, gain valuable tools and build momentum to continue their important work for our communities on Oct. 22 - 23, 2008 at The Center at Cathedral Plaza in Los Angeles.


Download handouts from the 2007 Annual CAN Conference*

Click here (PDF) to download the conference brochure.

Click here (PDF) to download Florence Green's keynote PowerPoint on "Rethinking Sustainability: Creating a New Future for California Nonprofits."

Click here (PDF) to download Kay Sprinkel Grace's keynote PowerPoint on "The Unfolding Century: Promise or Peril?"

Click here (PDF) to download Kay Sprinkel Grace's workshop PowerPoint on "Turning Peril into Promise: Positioning Your Organization for New Investors."

*Please note that downloading times may exceed one minute.


Highlights from the 2007 Annual CAN Conference

Keynote speakers

Presenter interviews

Concurrent workshops

2007 Awards of Excellence

Schedule-at-a-glance

Presenter profiles

Sponsors

Questions

Exhibitor Expo

 


2007 Keynote Speakers

 

The Unfolding Century: Promise or Peril?
Kay Sprinkel Grace
, CFRE, renowned speaker, writer and thinker in the field of philanthropy and nonprofit organizational behavior, and the founder and principal of Transforming Philanthropy, LLC, will open our conference with a riveting look at how we can be more effective in the future and a forecast on what the impact will be.

Click here (PDF) to download Kay Sprinkel Grace's keynote presentation.

Rethinking Sustainability: Creating a New Future for California Nonprofits
Florence L. Green
, Executive Director, California Association of Nonprofits, a leader, consultant and trainer in the nonprofit community for over 40 years will explore some fresh and creative ways to fundamentally change how we sustain our work, restructure our organizations and usher in a new future for California nonprofits.

Click here (PDF) to download Florence Green's keynote presentation.

Opportunity and Responsibility: Reflections From the 2007 Independent Sector Annual Conference
Diana Aviv
, President and CEO of Independent Sector, the national leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs, will talk about the trends and issues from its national conference held in Los Angeles immediately prior to the Annual CAN Conference.


Presenter Interviews

Click Here to read interviews with presenters Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE, Rob Kusel and Florence Green.


Questions?

For general questions regarding the Annual CAN Conference, please e-mail Jaime Engbrecht or call her at (213) 347-2070, ext. 205.

If you are interested in sponsoring, exhibiting at or volunteering for the Annual CAN Conference, please e-mail Gregg Davidson or call him at (213) 347-2070, ext. 207. You may also download the exhibitor rates and agreement by clicking here (PDF).