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Agenda

     

Global Innovations in the Third Sector
March 22 - 23, 2007
Ann Arbor, MI

 

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Pendelton Room, Michigan Union

8:30-9:00

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 
   
9:00-9:30
WELCOME
  Kelly Janiga, Social Enterprise Initiative, William Davidson Institute
   
  Michael Kennedy, Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of
European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan
   
  Bill Burros, Senior Advisor Political Affairs, European Delegation
to the US 
   
9:30-11:00
PROMOTING THIRD SECTOR SUSTAINABILITY
  MODERATOR: John Chamberlin, Professor of Public Policy,
University of Michigan
   
 

Diversification: Strategies to Create Sustainable Domestic
Funding
Streams for Czech NGOs
 

  ~ Miroslav Kundrata, Executive Director, Czech Environmental
    Partnership 
   
  Building a Skilled and Engaged Board, Using Social Franchising
as a Method for Scaling
 
  ~ Susan Katz Froning, CEO, NEW Center 
   
  The Under-One-Roof Model of Nonprofit Centers: An Overview
of Gaining Modern Infrastructire and Economies of Scale
  ~ Diane Kaplan Vinokur, Associate Professor of Social Work,
   University of Michigan 
   
  Revenue Generation and Nonprofit Centers 
  ~ Tim Wintermute, Executive Director, Luella Hannan Memorial
    Foundation Vice Chair, Nonprofit Centers Network
   
11:00-11:30 
BREAK
   
11:30-12:00
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY 
  ~ Ambassador Ronald Weiser 
   
12:00-12:30
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 
  ~ Mike Carscaddon, Executive Vice Presidenet, Habitat for Humanity
   
12:30-2:00
LUNCH 
  Viewing of ProConcept Television Reality Show
   
2:00-3:30
NEW SOURCES OF CAPITAL FOR ENHANCED SOCIAL VALUE 
  MODERATOR: Andy Lawlor, Professor of Entrepreneurship,
Ross School of Business 
   
  Promoting the Development of Community Foundations, CSR
and Private Philanthropy in Poland
 
  ~ Anna Iwinska, Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in
   Poland 
   
  Growing Philanthropy and Revenue Generating Strategies in
Romanaian NGOs
 
  ~ Ancuta Vamesu, World Learning, Romania 
   
  The Community Foundation Model 
  ~Martha Bloom, Vice President, Ann Arbor Community Foundation 
   
  Social Enterprise, Social Franchising and Venture Philanthropy
  ~ Anna Smolyaninova, Dobrota, Ukraine
   
  Social Enterprise Revenue Generation within the Nonprofit
Structure
  ~ Plamen Simeonov, Samaritans Volunteer Services, Bulgaria
   
3:30-3:45
BREAK
   
3:45-5:15
BUILDING THE FIELD: LEVERAGING STUDENT TALENT AND
PROVICING SOCIAL INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES
MODERATOR:  Mariana Orloff, Research Associate, WDI MPP/MUP '07
   
  The Community Service Learning Model
  ~ Margaret Dewar, Professor of Urban Planning at U of M, Faculty
    Director of the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and
    Learning at the University of Michigan
   
  The Ashoka/Student Experience: Building Hybrid Value Chains 
  ~ Gabriella Reyes, MBA/MPP 2007, and Luzette Jaimes, Ashoka 
   
  The Global Giving/Student Experience: Evaluating
EPhilanthrophy Models
  ~ Michael Garris, MBA/MPP 2008, and Dana Ledyard, Senior
    Program Associate, Global Giving
   
7:00
DINNER: ZINGERMAN'S ROAD HOUSE
  FEATURED SPEAKER: Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founder and Ceo,
Zingerman's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 23, 2007
Anderson Room, Michigan Union

 
8:30-9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
   
9:00-10:30 PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR LINKAGES
  MODERATOR: Ted London, Professor of Strategy, Ross School
of Business
   
  Leveraging Private Sector Expertise for the Nonprofit Sector
  ~ Aaron Hurst, Founder and CEO of Taproot Foundations,
   San Fransisco, CA
   
  Building the CSR Movement in Serbia
  ~ Neven Marianovic, Director Smart Kolektiv, Serbia
   
  Leveraging Private Sector Resources
  ~ Monika Smolova, PONTIS Foundation, Slovakia
   
  Revenue Generation and the Employment Training Model
  ~ Tracy Hall, Director of External Communications, Focus HOPE
   
10:30-11:00 BREAK
   
11:00-11:45 VENTURE PHILANTHROPY
  ~ Mary Bright, Social Venture Partners Int'l, Cleveland, OH
   
11:45-12:15 REVENUE GENERATION AND JOB CREATION
  ~ Earl Copus, President and CEO, Melwood, Maryland
   
12:15-1:30 LUNCH
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jenny Dirksen, Director of Community
Investment, Union Square Hospitality Group, New York, NY
   
1:30-3:00 ACCESSING NEW MARKETS
  MODERATOR: Michael Kennedy, Professor of Scoiology and
Faculty Director European Union Center of Excellence at the
University of Michigan
   
  Using Television as a Medium to Reach New Clients
  ~Danko Cosic, Executive Director, ProConcepts, Serbia
   
  Going to Scale throught Market Segmenatation
  ~ Peg Upmeyer, Executive Director, Arts & Scraps, Detroit
   
  Active as a Marketing Intermediary
  ~ Zoran Todorovski, Executive Director, Macedonian Artisan
   Trade Associations, Macedonia
   
  Creating a New Social Enterprise Brand and Fair Trade
Store
  ~ Allan Bussard, Executive Director Integra Foundation,
   Slovakia, Romania, Serbia
   
3:00-3:45 "TAKE AWAYS" & CLOSING REMARKS: SHARING OF LESSONS
LEARNED
  MODERATORS: Kelly Janiga, William Davidson Institute
                          Diane Vinokur, Associate Professor of Social Work,
                        University of Michigan
                          John Chamberlin, Professor of Public Policy,
                        University of Michigan
   
4:45 VISIT TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES, FAIR TRADE STORE
Brief Presentation of Organizational Model