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Thank you for joining Akron Community Foundation for our first Nonprofit Insights Conference. Here you will find the agenda, links to presentations and general FAQs about the event.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. – Registration

9 a.m. – Welcome & Morning Keynote Introduction: John Garofalo, Vice President of Community Investment
Akron Community Foundation

Morning Keynote: Equity, Community & Culture - April Walker, Founder, Philanthropy for the People

10:15 a.m. – Break

10:30 a.m. – Morning Breakout Sessions
– Session A: Planned Giving 101 (Conference Room A in Lower Level)
– Session B: Nonprofit Technology - Are You Doing It Right? (Conference Room B in Lower Level)
– Session C: Organizational Inclusion and Equity (Board Room in Lower Level)
– Session D: Capacity Building Through Strategic Planning (Ballroom)

11:30 a.m. – Buffet Served in Bekaert Room off Ballroom

12:15 p.m. – Lunch Keynote Introduction: Sylvia Trundle, Immediate Past Chair, Akron Community Foundation Board of Directors

Lunch Keynote: Migrating from Charity to Philanthropy - Steve Higgins, President & CEO, Carter

1:15 p.m. – Break

1:30 p.m. – Afternoon Breakout Sessions
– Session A: ABCs of DAFs (Conference Room A in Lower Level)
– Session B: Building & Engaging an Effective Board Through Succession Planning (Conference Room B in Lower Level)
– Session C: Work/Life Balance (Board Room in Lower Level)
– Session D: Storytelling Through Data (Ballroom)

2:30 p.m. – Closing Comments & Networking

3 p.m. – Adjourn

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

April Walker
Founder, Philanthropy for the People
Equity, Community & Culture
Steve Higgins
President & CEO, Carter
Migrating from Charity to Philanthropy

Morning Breakout Sessions

Don Laubacher
NEO Planned Giving Consultants
Planned Giving 101
Melanie Meyer
Tech Impact
Nonprofit Technology - Are You Doing It Right?
Jolene Lane
Equity Lane, LLC
Organizational Inclusion and Equity
Janus Small
Janus Small Associates
Capacity Building Through Strategic Planning

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

David Holmes
Candid
(with ACF's Laura Lederer and Cathy Kemp)
ABCs of DAFs
Elizabeth Voudouris
BVU
Building & Engaging an Effective Board Through Succession Planning
Sarah Dave
GrantsPlus
Work/Life Balance
Sara Lundenberger
Dot Org Solutions
Storytelling Through Data

Questions?

Brian Reitz
Agency Endowment & Engagement Officer
330-436-5628 breitz@akroncf.org
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