SESSIONS
 Robin Llewellyn, Learning & Leadership Manager, Mission Capital | THE NONPROFIT EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK This session will reveal the critical aspects that make up the most effective nonprofit organizations. Examine your organization’s leadership, systems, collaborations and other key components in relation to the research-based Effectiveness Framework and come away with a strategic understanding of your strengths and opportunities for improvement. |
 Ronnie Hagerty, PhD, Assistant Vice President for Community Relations, United Way of Greater Houston | BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT Learn tried and true strategies for finding, recruiting and engaging exceptional board members in this important session. You’ll gain several tips for building the board of your dreams, plus time-tested approaches to keeping your board members excited and focused on working together to advance your mission. |
 Francisco Gónima, Owner & Principal, Francisco Gónima Executive Coaching & Strategy | LEADERSHIP IN TRYING TIMES: STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF WHILE STAYING THE COURSE Meeting INFinite needs with Finite resources- that is the nonprofit leader’s perpetual task. Without some guiding personal practices to manage boundaries, maintain a healthy balance, and lead your team in a way that teaches them to do the same, the road to burnout is assured. Your leadership is too important to your community and your mission to be reckless with keeping yourself focused, innovative and fruitful for the long haul. In this exciting keynote address, Francisco Gónima will help you build some critical insights into setting professional boundaries at work, for yourself and others, emotional intelligence to be able to read what your people need, and how to make a discipline of doing both. |
 TD Smyers, President & CEO, United Way of Tarrant County | CHALLENGE EVERYTHING: CHARTING A STRATEGIC COURSE THAT’S RELEVANT, AGILE & INCLUSIVE It’s tough to navigate an organization through shifting trends, emerging technology and evolving generational perspectives to sustained success. In this session, you’ll engage in a lively discussion about how a very traditional organization - United Way of Tarrant County - challenged everything to produce an innovative new way to LIVE UNITED. |
 Dorie Pickle, Founding Principal and Creative Director, CreativePickle | TOP 5 TIPS FOR USING TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVELY Learn the best ways to communicate with your audience, secure donations, and measure the impact of your website and other online communication tools. You’ll also gain recommendations for great internal processes and software to make technology work better for you and your organization! |
