Conference Program
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| Wednesday May 11 Pre-conference |
Thursday May 12 |
Friday May 13 |
Saturday May 14 |
Full Schedule |
Wednesday May 11 | Thursday May 12 | Friday May 13 | Saturday May 14 |
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Wednesday, May 11 (Pre-conference Day) |
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9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Group III CF Senior Finance Peer Gathering |
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
CFC Board Meeting |
9:45 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Youth Forum Day Our youth program is a fabulous opportunity for up-and-comers in the philanthropy field, offering creative approaches to learning. These include a claymation video workshop exploring our five conference themes; interactive activities around topics ranging from grantmaking to recruitment; and small-group discussions that will allow participants to learn, advise and network. The Youth Forum Day includes a strategy session for getting the most out of CFC 2011 Conference: A World of Opportunity, and closes with an evening social. Special thanks to the Vancouver Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council for organizing this day. |
12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Conference Registration Desk open Please note: For security reasons, photo ID is needed when you pick up your registration kit |
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
CF-LINKS Workshops
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5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Orientation for Conference Newcomers A ‘must-attend’ for first time CFC conference goers. Come and learn everything there is to know about navigating our conference. |
Thursday, May 12 |
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7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Conference Registration Desk open Please note: For security reasons, photo ID is needed when you pick up your registration kit |
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Speaker: His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada Canada’s 28th Governor General is a well known champion of the power of community and has dedicated his mandate to: encouraging philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting families and children and emphasizing learning and innovation. This speaking appearance is made possible by Research in Motion |
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m |
Break |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions Block A Choose one of the following sessions: A1 Forging New Futures: Foundations as Partners in Social Change A2 Next Generation Leaders: Are You Ready for Them? A3 Investment Trends A4 Sparking Social Entrepreneurship: Community Foundations and Social Venture Partners A5 Bringing Business to the Table: Exploring Models for Effective Corporate Philanthropy A6 On the Record: Why a City Newspaper and a Community Foundation Joined Forces to Fight Poverty A7 The Community Foundation Business Model: Responding to Changing Times A8 Marshaling Resources: Our U.S. Colleagues Share Their Leadership Journey A9 Getting Environment out of its Silo: Grantmaking for Sustainability |
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Plenary Cultural Performance: Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society Speaker: Nontombi Naomi Tutu Naomi Tutu, the third child of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, grew up in apartheid South Africa and has dedicated her working life to tackling human rights issues. She founded, and was the chairperson of, the Tutu Foundation, which from 1985 until 1990, helped South African refugees in African countries. This session is made possible by i3 Advisors Inc |
2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions Block B Choose one of the following sessions: B1 Inspiring Young Donors B2 With a Little Help From My Friends: The Power of Corporate and Community Partnerships B3 Show and Telling: The Power of Stories to Make a Difference B4 Investment Policies and Practices for Smaller Community Foundations B5 More Than Money: Pro Bono Community Advice B6 WINGS Community Foundation Global Status Report (GSR 2010) B7 Rethinking Transparency and Accountability: What’s possible through technology. B8 How Online Giving is Changing Philanthropy This session features Small Change Fund, an award-winning, made-in-Canada global giving marketplace, that identifies, vets, and helps everyday Canadians invest in grassroots projects across the country. Join a facilitated conversation between Small Change Fund and a leading community foundation to learn about the state of online giving across Canada, and what foundations can do to reach donors through digital marketplaces and social media. B9 Gimme Shelter: Addressing the Youth Homelessness Crisis B10 Beyond Community Kitchens and Gardens: Moving from Silos to Systems in Food-related Grantmaking In this panel discussion, key players explore the multiple dimensions of food-related granting, from supporting local food and sustainable land-use practices to addressing community economic development and public health. Audience interaction will be encouraged as we address questions around increasing the likelihood of food-related grantmaking leading to broader and more lasting changes; the tendency to treat environment, health, economics/trade and agriculture as unrelated issues; assessing the impact of this type of grantmaking; and pitfalls in taking a broader benefits perspective. |
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Plenary Speaker: President Bill Clinton One of the most respected and inspiring philanthropists of our time, President Clinton is renowned for his tireless work on behalf of families and communities across the United States and around the world. This speaking appearance is made possible by The Radcliffe Foundation |
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
CFC Conference Reception |
Friday, May 13 |
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7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Conference Registration Desk open Please note: For security reasons, photo ID is needed when you pick up your registration kit |
7:45 – 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Plenary Session Panel: British Columbia’s Brightest Thinkers Moderator: Tania Carnegie, KPMG Vancouver This session brings together BC’s brightest thinkers around social innovation and social finance. This panel is made possible by KPMG |
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Concurrent Sessions Block C Choose one of the following sessions: C1 Vancouver Foundation’s Gen Green Experiment: Funding and Engaging Youth Our world is changing. Technology is changing. Our economy is changing. Should our giving change too? Through our Generation Green Awards, Vancouver Foundation is experimenting with new ways of giving: giving to individuals, rather than organizations; mentoring; funding social entrepreneurship; promoting and engaging through social media. Join us to explore the potential and pitfalls of engaging a new generation in the work of community and community foundations.
C2 Making it Count: Ways to Invest for Mission and Impact Foundations across the country and around the world are looking to invest their endowments in ways that further their mission as well as earn needed financial returns. The Canadian Task Force on Social Finance recently recommended that foundations invest at least 10% of assets in mission-related investing over the next 10 years. What does this mean and how do you do it? Hear first hand from a community foundation CEO and the developers of proven investment vehicles about ways Canadian foundations can invest directly in their local communities, provide needed capital to the charitable and non-profit sector, support social entrepreneurship and earn a competitive return. This session will help you discover how your foundation can use more of your assets to meet your mission of making your community better, stronger and more vital. C3 What’s Your Waterloo? Gaining Insight on Collaboration What happens when a community’s three largest funders: the Community Foundation, the United Way, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation come together in a creative quest for innovation and deeper collaboration? Learn from one trio’s trials, errors and triumphs in Waterloo Region, a community that is renowned for its innovation in the high-tech sector. How did funders adapt the innovation taking place in this community to their own work? Their shared experience is a story where the details of the journey are as engaging and important as the final destination. Along the way you’ll learn about a new community system role, called the Community System Entrepreneur, where an individual or group takes a high-level view of increased community engagement; analyze a regional platform for incubating the community system that can be adapted in other communities; and review some of the tools developed along the way. C4 Direct from Donors: Taking Engagement to the Next Level The Community Foundation of Ottawa’s Donor Engagement Strategy optimizes the intersection of donors’ interests with community needs. This session offers firsthand information from three key donors, dedicated community builders who will share their philanthropic journeys so far. They will discuss the evolution from neophyte to expert grantmaker; endowed versus non-endowed giving; intergenerational relationships; strategic philanthropy; donors’ role in furthering the mandate of community foundations; accountability; and donor frustration, as well as donor satisfaction. C5 Canada’s Aboriginal People: Defining and Building the Role of Foundations in Supporting Change This session will shine a light on the bigger picture of Aboriginal-focused philanthropy. It looks at specific ways community foundations can support Aboriginal people as they move forward, and explores a particularly promising approach to partnership and relationship building aimed at lasting change. It features three perspectives: Sandra Richardson and Sharlene Smith will focus on their work with Native bands that are evolving to have governing power over their people, land and resources, and often access to millions of dollars; Bruce Miller will provide an overview of his recent research in the field; and Dr. Michelle Corfield will detail an innovative partnership involving Aboriginal communities and governments, philanthropy, corporations, business and academia. C6 Taking Board Governance to the Next Level Governing the complex affairs of a community foundation, especially in these times of increased demands for accountability and a tougher operating environment, requires dedicated and skilled Board members. Don, an expert in human resources and governance issues, will lead participants through a thought-provoking exploration of: the Board’s role in providing oversight of risk assessment and mitigation plans; the demand for governance standards; the key roles of a Board; and the important function of managing and monitoring the performance of the CEO/ED. This session will be of particular interest to Board members and CEOs. C7 From Needs to Assets – Building Capacity in Diverse Communities Funders learn a lot about communities and organizations as they work with them over the years, especially in their support to build capacity. Among the key learnings is that no two organizations are alike, and that the starting place for capacity building is the context and strengths that each organization draws on as it gets started. Funders have to be flexible and responsive as they consider how to best work with each group, drawing on the experience and learnings they have acquired over time. Stories from an African and Canadian context about working with organizations serving marginalized people will set the stage for discussion about capacity building grants and support that truly builds on the needs and interests of communities. C8 The Road to Resilience: Working Together Judith Maxwell recently wrote an article for The Philanthropist about the shock of the recession and the way it has changed life among non-profits. Based on the article this interactive session looks at ways to work smarter and forge collaborations in order to bring more people and resources to the table. C9 Community Building Through Collaboration: Issues, Convening and Legacy How can collaborative effort lead to innovative solutions, which will help our cities, small and large, move in the right direction? The Toronto Community Foundation’s city-building dialogues mobilize donors, private enterprise, governments and community partners to collaborate on creative responses to key quality-of-life issues. Participate in a discussion with foundation leaders about lessons learned from collaborative projects, the risks and opportunities, the conditions for success, the process and value of convening, and the power of collaboration in bringing about bold experiments in areas including affordable housing, community safety, public space and municipal finance. |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Plenary Cultural Performance: Voices of Nature Speaker: Bill White, President & CEO, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Bill draws upon his long career in philanthropy to share insights about the importance of philanthropy in today’s world, and the unique role of community foundations in the overall philanthropic movement. |
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Community Learning Forums Our Community Learning Forums are an experiential learning opportunity like no others, a chance to hit the streets of Vancouver and visit the most compelling programs and projects funded by Vancouver Foundation. When you registered for the conference, you chose an area that interests you – Environmental Sustainability; Children, Youth & Families; Poverty, Housing & Affordability; Arts & Culture; and Health & Wellness. Or maybe you selected Surprise Me! In any event, you’ll be given a front-row seat to see what makes these organizations tick. |
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5:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
Free time |
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Vancouver Foundation Host Event |
Saturday, May 14 |
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7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast for Annual General Meeting |
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Community Foundations of Canada’s Annual General Meeting & Tribute to Monica Patten |
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. |
Breakfast (for those not attending CFC AGM) |
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. |
Morning Plenary In Conversation with Monica Patten Together Monica, Barry and Tim will look back at how community foundations have become part of the fabric of Canadian communities, how Canada’s story has been woven into the growth of community philanthropy around the world, and what should be remembered by our movement going forward. |
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions Block D Choose one of the following sessions: D1 Leveraging Community Knowledge In answer to the recent economic crisis, community foundations are creating new tools of engagement for sharing knowledge about high-impact organizations. These include Toronto Community Foundation’s Community Knowledge Centre and Vancouver Foundation’s Book of Opportunities, both of which position community foundations as knowledge hubs and engage donors and other stakeholders in a collaborative approach to funding important community initiatives. This session will provide tool-kit tips, as well as insight into the vision, process and impact from both donor and staff perspectives. Indeed, by showcasing dynamic success stories from organizations working on pressing community needs, we can better engage donors on a journey towards transformational philanthropy. D2 Ready, Set, Go: True Sport Pilot Project Learn about the True Sport movement and its contribution to making our communities better places, including an overview of the True Sport Report: What Sport Can Do, and a presentation on the data to date from the Community Foundations of Canada-True Sport Asset-Based Community Development Pilot Project. D3 Strategic Relationship Management in a World of Opportunity Relationships are the life blood of community foundations. The ability to manage strategic relationships effectively, whether with a donor, another foundation, a governmental entity, a business or a grantee, is critical to a community foundation’s success. The ability to collaborate effectively is also tied to how well one manages strategic relationships. Participants in this session will begin by mapping out and analyzing their foundation’s strategic relationships. They will be asked to identify the challenges of managing those relationships. They will then be introduced to one model for Strategic Relationship Management (SRM)©. Using the model, they will get an opportunity to identify one strategic partner with whom they’d like to develop a new and/or better relationship and, begin the process of developing a more strategic approach to that relationship. D4 Keeping Up With the Times: Philanthropy’s Role in a Changing World Change is all around us. Demographic shifts to unsettling world events to technology and how it changes giving are just a few of the news items we hear and read about all the time. These global issues often play themselves out locally but we are sometimes unsure about what they mean for us and how we can respond, or if in fact a response is needed. Join us for a conversation with two global thinkers about the role of philanthropy in our fast changing world. They will share their own experiences, raise important questions about what they see coming down the road, and invite us to reflect on our own responses to our role in a fast changing world. D5 Assessing Impact: It’s Not the Tool, It’s the Tool Wielder You want to understand the impact of your work, but don’t know which of the hundreds of available impact assessment tools, if any, is right for you. Not to worry. Armed with some key concepts and a database called TRASI (Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact), you can chart an efficient and effective approach to assessing impact that meets your needs. The key? Don’t let the tools you choose drive the process. Tools can’t set goals, choose strategies, or learn lessons. In the final analysis, they don’t even assess impact. Guess who does? Get on top of impact assessment in this thought-provoking, interactive session. D6 The Social Media Squad: Lessons from the Laboratory Get the real goods on linking social media to your organization’s goals and mission from this session with CFC’s Social Media Squad, a collection of social-media practitioners who will be recording, commenting and conversing about all the goings-on during CFC 2011 Conference. The conference will act as a living laboratory and serve as one of several case studies exploring how to integrate social media into your communications and marketing plan. The session will also feature stories, best practices and other tips from community philanthropy professionals. D7 Community Foundation Collaborations: Passing Fad or Promising Practice? Is collaboration just a buzz word, or is there genuine value in activating strategic alliances among community foundations? Around the world, community foundations are initiating partnerships to deepen their impact, extend their reach, and increase their capacity and sustainability. Recent experience and research demonstrates that, whether well established or just starting out, every foundation can benefit from partnering with peers. This interactive session will highlight examples of administration, infrastructure, marketing, communications and program partnerships, as well as community funds and mergers. Speaker bios |
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Closing Lunch Plenary Cultural Performance: Kunaka Speaker: Michael Furdyk, Co-Founder and Director of Technology, TakingITGlobal.org Using technology to make positive social change is just one of the topics Michael will talk about. His optimistic message, building on our conference theme of “A World of Opportunity”, will send you home inspired and motivated. This session is made possible by Birch Hill Equity Partners |
Conference Closing Remarks |
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