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OGF EventsLine
Networking & skill building right in your own backyard
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February 2008
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Advance
your company's business and your career
How?
Register for the Institute on Corporate Citizenship workshop.
Kickstart your professional development while
learning how your company can create new value for business and
community.
When: April 16 - 17, 2008
Where: Limited Brands Campus, Columbus
This NEW foundation course is required for all three certificate programs
at Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship. And, you'll save
hundreds of dollars money by attending it here rather than in Boston.
Read the full brochure and register online.
National Corporate Philanthropy Day, February 25
OGF salutes the corporate foundations and contributions programs as a
vital part of the state's philanthropic landscape.
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OGF Education Initiative
Regional Conversation (Columbus)
Participants
Central Ohio's education, business, government
and philanthropic leaders, including representatives of statewide
stakeholder groups.
Find out what was learned in OGF's regional
meetings and our plans for 2008. Join the conversation on how we can
collaborate to improve student, school and system performance, all
critical to our state's economic future.
Register Online
Today
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The Challenges of Board
Leadership: What Now and Why?
A
Family Philanthropy Online teleconference for trustees and staff of
family foundations
Presenter
Kenneth L. Gladish, Ph.D., distinguished
professor of Nonprofit Studies Director, The Grantmaking School, Dorothy A.
Johnson Center
for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley
State University
Explore the challenges in board leadership for today's family foundation
with a national expert.
Register Online
Today
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Keeping Up With Technology
A
program for foundations and corporate funders
Presenter
James T. Bickel, director of technology, The Cleveland Foundation
Moderator
Linda Thompson Kohli, executive director,
Ohio State Bar Foundation
Find out about current and emerging technology that can enhance your job
performance.
Register Online
Today
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Knowledge Management 101: All
You Need to Know About Information Flow and Document Retention
A
workshop for foundation and corporate funders
Presenters
Sidney Hargro, senior community research
and grants management officer and organizational learning officer, The
Columbus Foundation
Janet Pry,
executive director, Bucyrus Area Community Foundation
Marie Swaisgood, donor relations
officer, The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation
Mary Sobecki, grants manager, The Needmor Fund
Discuss knowledge/information flow and document retention to develop a
knowledge management plan for your foundation.
Register Online
Today
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OGF Education
Initiative's "Food for Thought" (Catalyst)
A
teleconference series on education's hot topics for OGF members
Presenter
Charlise Lyles, editor, Catalyst Ohio
Hear what Catalyst Ohio has learned from its coverage of several topics
essential to improving schools, including: teacher quality and
evaluation, math and reading instruction, and innovations such as
economic integration.
Register Online
Today
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What You and
Your Grantees Should Know About The New Form 990
A
Webinar for foundation CEOs, board members and financial officers
Presenter
Marcus S. Owens, attorney, Caplin &
Drysdale, Washington, D.C. and former director
of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS
Review the significant changes the IRS has enacted with its new Form 990
in this interactive Webinar.
Register Online
Today
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Strategic
Grantmaking: The Head and the Heart of It
March 27, 2008
Cincinnati
A
roundtable discussion for trustees and staff of foundations and corporate
funders
Discussion Leaders
Jeff S. Seibert, grants officer, Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation
John T. Gatch, executive director, The Bahmann Foundation
Get insights on how to develop a strategy to better align your
grantmaking to your mission.
Register Online
Today
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Nonprofit
Sustainability: How to Attain It, How to Support It
Presenters
Robert Ottenhoff, president and CEO, GuideStar
Judith Z. Peters, president and CEO, West Side Ecumenical Ministry
Deborah Vesy, president and CEO, Deaconess
Community Foundation
Discover the ways that nonprofits and foundations can start to transform
the way our sector is funded.
Register online
today
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Bridges Out of
Poverty: Implications for Funders
A workshop for trustees and staff of foundations and corporate funders
Presenters
Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., noted author, speaker, publisher; founder
and president aha! Process, Inc.
Philip DeVol, author and consultant,
aha! Process, Inc.
Explore how economic class can affect behaviors and mindsets, how
differences in economic cultures affect grantees working with individuals
in poverty, and the implications for funding grantees. Based on the book Bridges
Out Of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, a
collaboration between Ruby K. Payne, Philip DeVol,
and Terie Dreussi
Smith.
Register Online
Today
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Good
Communication Matters: Effective Techniques for Communicating with
Grantees
A
program for foundation and corporate grantmakers
Presenter
Patricia O'Brien, executive director, The Stocker Foundation
Learn how to improve your communications with grantees for greater
foundation effectiveness.
Read More and
Register
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SAVE THE
DATES!
April
2
Ending Homelessness in Cuyahoga
County: A
Discussion of the Housing First Initiative
Cleveland
April 4
Contributions Roundtable
A Conversation with Sari Feldman: executive director, Cuyahoga County
Public Library
The Plain Dealer
Cleveland
April 10
Collaboration Discussion Group
Northeast Ohio Office
Cleveland
April 11
Grantmaker/Grantseeker Brownbag
Northeast Ohio Office
Cleveland
April 14
Casey Family Programs: Child Welfare Pilot Programs in Ohio
Columbus
April 30
Central Ohio Grants Managers Network
Columbus
May 6
Time Management: Tips & Techniques
Support Staff Program
The Steven A. Minter
Conference Center
Cleveland
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