2007 Fall Conference for Community Foundations Highlights

Eureka! Learn, Lead, and Grow

Community foundations are facing new responsibilities and challenges as communities increasingly look to foundations to lead the way in addressing complex issues. This year’s conference was designed to enhance the leadership skills foundations bring to the noble work of building community. The highlights below include some of the learning opportunities at this year’s conference.

Conference Highlights

• Watch conference videos of plenary events. Plenaries included public policy discussions and perspectives from Senator Byron Dorgan, lead sponsor of the Public Good IRA Rollover act of 2007; Dean Zerbe, lead counsel for Senator Charles Grassley of the Senate Finance Committee; and Michael Collins, chief of staff to Representative John Lewis, chairman of the Oversight Tax Subcommittee of the House Ways & Means Committee
• Check out the conference sessions designed by leaders in the field
• Miss a session? Order a multimedia CD with more than 70 recorded sessions, presentations, and topical resources.
• Search conference sessions by keyword or session title and print session resources
• Board members and CEO's:  special events and sessions for leadership development
• New this year: Emerging Leaders Salons
• Networking opportunities: the opening reception at de Young Museum, site sessions and walking tours
• Preconference learning: numerous sessions and extended site sessions

And if you joined us in San Francisco or not, you won't want to miss Philanthropy's Vision: a Leadership Summit, May 4-7, 2008 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Washington Metropolitan Area, National Harbor, Maryland.