Keynotes with Dan Pallotta and Laura Otten

Keynote Presentation with Laura Otten:
Understanding the Philanthropic Zeitgeist
Friday, November 13, 1-2pm

Anyone who has responsibility for fundraising has struggled with trying to understand what drives philanthropy at any given time. just as nonprofits don’t operate in a vacuum, most donors don’t give in a vacuum. Organizations that fail to observe the philanthropic landscape and respond to what is going on in their community and in society-at-large, undermine their own fundraising prospects. campaigns that don’t mesh with reality, that fail to address trending concerns, that don’t respond to the ebbs and flows of cultural and societal influences, limit the odds of meeting fundraising goals.

As we face the next emerging generation of philanthropists, how can we prepare to position ourselves to respond to future shifts? This Keynote presentation looks at the current status of the sector in the context of how reality, whether real or perceived, is influencing funding decisions and how you can up your philanthropic radar to find the best matches, and make connections and position your organization for the future.

About Laura Otten

Laura Otten, Ph.D., has been Executive Director of The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University’s School of Business, a management support organization that enhances the management and governance capacity of nonprofit organizations throughout the Delaware Valley, since 2001. She has been associated with The Center since 1985, as a consultant and instructor and director of evaluation and research. In 2013, she added to her responsibilities by developing and becoming the first director of La Salle University’s new Master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership.

She has led The Nonprofit Center in developing innovative and expanded programs to meet changing community needs, raising quality standards, and fostering the development of applied research on nonprofit management issues. Laura also continues to work directly with clients, primarily in the areas of board development, succession planning, and coaching directly with clients. Her weekly blog, Nonprofit University (nonprofituniversityblog.org), is read in over 155 countries.

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Registration Details:
1. Included with your Fundraising Passport
2. $35/$50 Members/Nonmembers
3. Included with Dan Pallotta Keynote
4. 1 CFRE Credit
5. Recorded version will be available
**Please Note: If you are a Fundraising Passport holder, you have automatic access to this program. To help us anticipate attendance, we ask that you still register for this program and select the free "Passport Holder" ticket option.**

Keynote Presentation with Dan Pallotta
Wednesday, September 30, 1-2pm

Based on Dan Pallotta's book “Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential,” the best-selling title in the history of Tufts University Press and which the Stanford Social Innovation Review said “deserves to become the nonprofit sector’s new manifesto,” this keynote presentation explores how the nonprofit paradigm is a problem, and calls into question our fundamental canons about charity.

Dan Pallotta discusses how society’s nonprofit ethic undermines our ability to eradicate great problems, and, ironically, puts charity at a severe disadvantage to the for-profit sector at every level. We have two rule books; one for charity, and one for everything else. This economic apartheid denies charity the powerful tools of capitalism, while everyone else is permitted to use them without restraint. This all occurs in the name of charity, but it is a charity whose principal benefit flows to the for-profit sector. This presentation puts a new cause on the map - equal economic rights for charity. Are you ready to be awakened to the fact that they are so unequal to begin with?

About Dan Pallotta

Dan Pallotta is an activist, humanitarian, author, and builder of movements. He is a pioneer in the national effort to transform the way our culture evaluates the character and impact of nonprofit organizations. His iconic TED Talk on philanthropy has been viewed more than 4.5 million times.

Dan is the founder and President of the Charity Defense Council, which is dedicated to transforming the way the media and the public evaluates charities. He is the and founder and President of Add Humanity, a message and movement-building consultancy that helps innovative humanitarian organizations dream and grow.

Purchase your Fundraising Passport here

Register for Dan Pallotta Keynote here

Registration Details:
1. Included with your Fundraising Passport
2. $35/$50 Members/Nonmembers
3. Included with Laura Otten Keynote
4. 1 CFRE Credit
5. Recorded version will be available
**Please Note: If you are a Fundraising Passport holder, you have automatic access to this program. To help us anticipate attendance, we ask that you still register for this program and select the free "Passport Holder" ticket option.**