The Rensselaerville Institute
 

 

Workshops & Seminars

 

Results for Community Foundations
September 3 - 5, 2008
Rensselaerville Meeting Center
Rensselaerville, NY


Preliminary Agenda

September 3  
11:00 am-12:noon Arrival and Registration
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm From Funding to Investing
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm

The Convening Power of Information –
-Donor’s Edge
-GuideStar and Effectiveness Data
-Houston Collaborative
-Foundation as keeper of Community Trends

5:00 pm Social hour, followed by Dinner
7:30 pm Evening discussions: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times…..a Contest!
 
September 4
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Starting with communities – Defining results from top to bottom
10:30 am Break
10:45am Defining, tracking and verifying results from grants – What predicts success?
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm Information systems for grant assessment and tracking with MicroEdge
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Donor as Investor
5:00 pm Social hour, followed by Cookout
 
September 5
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Attracting and increasing donor advised funds – Creating Synergy
10:30 am Break
10:45am Co-investing opportunities and Session wrap-up
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 pm Departure

 

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