2023 MFC Schedule





Monday, June 12th – Conference Schedule

 09:00 – 09:30

Welcome! Opening Remarks

Daisy Cobden and Vanessa Burns, MFC Co-Chairs

Whitney MacLean, AFP NS President

 09:30 – 10:00

Welcome Remarks
Guy Mallabone, Global Philanthropic Canada

 10:00 – 11:00

Session 1 - Articulating Your Societal and Transformative Value
Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia (IONS)

 11:00 – 11:15

Nutrition and Networking Break

 11:15 – 12:15

Session 2 - Government Relations Discussion Panel

Christian Bolduc, Co-Founder, BNP Performance

Lori Barker, CEO, Ronald McDonald House Canada - Atlantic

Stephen Moore, Executive Director, Forest Nova Scotia

Moderator, Alison Clements, Manager of Strategic Engagement, Health Services Foundation of the South Shore

 12:15 – 1:00

Lunch

 1:00 - 2:15

Session 3 - IDEA: Open Discussion

Moderators, TBD

 2:15 – 2:30

Nutrition and Networking Break

 2:30 - 3:30

Session 4 - Grant Writing Discussion

Vanessa Burns, Principal, Vanessa Burns Consulting
Charles MacKenzie, Sr. Manager Foundation Giving, Second Harvest

 3:30 - 4:30

Session 5 - Donor Relations and Communications Discussion

Sarah MacDonald, Sr. Director, Community in Atlantic Canada, MS Canada
Liz Struijf-Mandishora, Director Revenue Development & Donor Engagement, United Way Halifax

 4:30

Closing Remarks

 
A post-conference Networking Social will convene after the closing remarks:
The Cable Wharf
1751 Lower Water St
Halifax, NS
5:30 p.m.

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