K-12 Education Reform Summit & 18th Annual

Meeting September 12 - 15, 2010

InterContinental Cleveland Hotel and ResortCleveland, Ohio 

DRAFT AGENDA – DEVELOPMENT TRACK  

*Space is limited. Please RSVP to Caitlin McGovern (McGovern@spn.org) to attend.

 

Monday, September 13, 2010

 

8:00 - 9:00	Make Me An Expert At...
	Planned Giving Mason Jay Blacher, Mason Jay Blacher & Associates
	Putting on High Impact Events Julie Burden, Director of Event Strategy, Institute for Humane Studies/Mercatus Center at George Mason University
	Capital Campaigns Dann Mead Smith, President, Washington Policy Center
	Foundation Proposal Writing Kristina Mitten Sanders, Director of Advancement, John Locke Foundation
9:00 -10:00	Make Me An Expert At...
	Planned Giving Mason Jay Blacher, Mason Jay Blacher & Associates
	Putting on High Impact Events Julie Burden, Director of Event Strategy, Institute for Humane Studies/Mercatus Center at George Mason University
	Capital Campaigns Dann Mead Smith, President, Washington Policy Center
	Foundation Proposal Writing Kristina Mitten Sanders, Director of Advancement, John Locke Foundation
10:15 - 11:15am	Direct Mail: Not as Complicated as You Think Shana Davidson, Senior Associate, ClearWord Communications Group
11:15 -12:15 am	Building a Narrative, Cultivating and Soliciting Your Housefile Daniel Erspamer, Vice President of Development, State Policy Network
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Development Directors Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 pm	All in a Day's Work: Executing Your Development Plan Day by Day Ann Fitzgerald, President, A.C. Fitzgerald & Associates LLC
2:45 - 3:45	Building Supporters Online Juliana McMahan, Development Director, Evergreen Freedom Foundation Heather Noyes, Director of Development, Maine Heritage Policy Center Jess Yescalis, Development Consultant, Goldwater Institute

 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

10:30 - 11:45am	Making the Ask Role Play Exercise Jess Yescalis, Development Consultant, Goldwater Institute, Moderator
2:00 - 3:15pm	Tying up the Loose Ends Daniel Erspamer, Vice President of Development, State Policy Network, Moderator Holly Jackson, Director of External Affairs, State Policy Network Shari Hanrahan, Vice President of Outreach, Texas Public Policy Foundation Ann Fitzgerald, President, A.C. Fitzgerald & Associates LLC
5:00 - 6:00pm	Development Directors Reception

 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

9:30 - 10:30am	Dream Big, Ask Big Stephen Clouse, President, Stephen Clouse and Associates
11:00am  - Noon	From the Investors' View Daniel Erspamer, Vice President of Development, State Policy Network, Moderator John Jackson, Executive Director, Castle Rock Foundation Stacey Chamberlin, Associate Account Executive, DCI Group, Inc. Barbara Wells Kenney, Evergreen Freedom Foundation