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SESSION 1 10:30 -12:00 Creating Your Leadership Vision 
With Maria Ramos-Chertok, Organizational Consultant In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to explore what truly motivates you and the sources from which you draw personal and professional fulfillment. You will engage in a guided visualization and an interactive exercise to help you connect with your passion and develop a personal leadership vision that taps into your deepest connections with your work. You will also write a life purpose statement to help guide you on your leadership path. Building the Leaderful Organization 
With Michelle Gislason, CompassPoint CompassPoint research suggests that many executives experience burnout in their organizations due to lack of staff support and/or board support, and to feelings of isolation or “loneliness at the top”. Recently, CompassPoint has taken a closer look at “leaderful” organizations. These agencies are led by executives, who create organizational cultures, in which each staff member is supported to lead from wherever he or she sits in the agency. As a result, leadership is shared, burnout is reduced, and bench strength is created to ensure the organization continues beyond the current executive’s tenure. This session will explore steps for spreading leadership skills and responsibilities throughout organizations and moving away from heroic, self-sacrificing leadership. Successful Board/Staff Fundraising 
Conversation facilitated by Bob Zimmerman, Zimmerman-Lehman; with Suzan Bateson and Beth Sawi, Alameda County Community Food Bank What does it take to create a high performing fundraising team involving board members and senior staff? Suzan Bateson and Beth Sawi, Executive Director and Board President, respectively, of Alameda County Community Food Bank will talk with Bob Zimmerman about their work together on a just-completed $5m capital campaign. You will have the opportunity to ask questions related to your organization, and to come away with practical tips and strategies to apply in your own fundraising efforts. Engaging Stakeholders with Web 2.0
With John Kenyon, Technology Strategist The Internet and Digital Media are bringing organizations to life in unique ways. From sharing stories about your work to engaging stakeholders in your mission, digital storytelling brings people closer to your organization while erasing boundaries of time and geography. We'll review exciting new Web 2.0 tools that engage people in your mission in ways never before possible. In this session you'll learn about online engagement tips and techniques including various exciting digital media approaches and examples from real life. SESSION 2 1:15 – 2:45 Finding Your Style as a Leader
With Juana Bordas, Mestiza Leadership International Old models of leadership are no longer effective in our diverse, and rapidly changing work environment. Today’s leaders can tap into their own life experiences and cultural backgrounds to develop a highly personal leadership style. Join Juana Bordas for an interactive session that explores different models of leadership influenced by African American, American Indian and Latino cultures – leadership practices that foster an inclusive, collaborative work environment. Models for Shared Leadership
With Barbara Miller, Artemis Management Consultants The non-profit leader is challenged by too much work and not enough time or resources to do it all. Join us to discuss how you can think out of the box to structure your organization in a way that helps you have a broader reach. We will explore organization structure and leadership models to learn how best to increase organization capacity. Cultivating a Diverse Board
With Miriam Abrams, Organizational Consultant Is your board struggling to diversify? This conversational session moves beyond “political correctness” and engages participants in a discussion on establishing diversity goals that are meaningful for your organization. You will explore the various dimensions of diversity, and learn about tools and techniques for building diversity and cultural competency in your board of directors. Collaborations: Why Some Fail and Others Succeed
With Dr. Diane Johnson, Mmapeu Consulting This dynamic and highly interactive workshop is focused on the components of effective and impactful collaborations. Why do they seem so challenging? What do we need to consider? What do the "authentic" collaborations require of our organizations, our boards and our staffs. This workshop is for practitioners interested in building partnerships that can get to implementation, as well as move towards sustainability. SESSION 3 3:00 – 4:30 Building a Personal Leadership Network
With Rich Snowdon, Life Coach You don't have to be lonely at the top. What if you could have your own success team? Not an advisory board for your organization, but people who are there to support you. In our "heroic" nonprofit culture, leaders rarely ask for what they really need. So in this session we'll focus on a special way of asking. It's a mix of moxie and deep connection. We're betting that you already know a lot about this. And that once you've got your team in place, you'll never go back to solo leadership. Leading Across Generations
With Dr. Joe Mattox, Workplace Innovation Consultants This learning session will provide an overview of the challenges and issues associated with having four different generations working side by side in the workplace. You will explore the conflicts that arise from different working styles and expectations, and learn about techniques to leverage the talents of staff members from different generations to develop a productive and congenial work environment. The Power of Partnership: The Board Chair/ED Team
With Liz Callahan, The CBO Center There is no more important team for a nonprofit organization than the partnership between the executive director and board chair. What if you could reframe your relationship with your board chair into one that is an exciting, powerful, effective, and satisfying partnership? In this session you will explore a process for clarifying what success will look like in your partnership, creating agreements on how to resolve conflict or disagreements, and appreciating the strengths of each partner, in order to better serve your organization. Partnering with Donors as Active Investors
Panel moderator Kathleen Odne, Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation; with Vanessa Pierce, Tipping Point Community; Jane Lin, Tides Foundation; Jeff Camp, Full Circle Fund. Successful entrepreneurs who consider themselves venture philanthropists are changing the relationship between donors and agencies. Along with financial gifts, these donors work hands-on with nonprofit boards and staff on strategy and program impact. Panel members will discuss how you can attract and partner with these active philanthropic investors. Sessions are in three different styles: = Workshop, = Facilitated Conversation, = Panel Discussion Regular Rate $155. If you register 2 or more people, your first ticket will be at the regular rate of $155, and each additional ticket is $115*. Click here to register online today. *To register with the multiple ticket discount, please call (925) 602-8680 and have the names of attendees, their breakout selections, and meal choices. Conference fees include breakfast and lunch. Cancellation Policy: You can receive a refund minus a $25 fee if you cancel by October 23, 2008. Fees are non-refundable after that date.
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