Rensselaerville Institute - Workshops - Investors

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