H. Dean Evans Community and Education Center

Metropolitan School District of Washington Township

Indianapolis, Indiana

An opportunity for public education foundation volunteers and staff as

well as those interested in forming an education foundation to network, gather ideas, share resources, and increase knowledge on programs, special events and fund raising.

For Conference Information and Registration Form

please call 317-582-0590 or email inapef1@aol.com

2008 INAPEF Annual Conference

Thursday, April 24th

Conference Schedule

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9: 40 am Welcome and Keynote

Jim Collogan, NSFA Project Director, will deliver a keynote address entitled Seven Key Benchmarks of Successful Foundations. Results of a national survey of K-12 foundations conducted by the NSFA in February 2008 will be shared. Hear what foundation personnel from around the United States said about their foundation’s growth and development. Learn about the programs and tools available to assist foundation leaders.

Jim Collogan currently directs the development of the National School Foundation Association (NSFA), a national project endorsed by seven states’ school board associations and the National School Board Association. His primary focus is training foundation leaders and developing support services for school and school district foundations throughout the nation.

Jim has worked as an education foundation consultant and foundation director. He has helped to start and direct several education foundations and held leadership positions at both the college and university level in development work. He holds permanent Iowa administrative licensure and has 20+ years of school fundraising experience as a school administrator, including annual fund drives, two capital campaigns and numerous planned giving presentations.

His post-graduate studies at Iowa State University have centered on the characteristics of highly functioning school foundation directors. In addition to his BA from UNI and an MA from Drake U. he is a graduate of the Iowa Non Profit Management Academy and the RDS Planned Giving Institute. He has authored the School Foundation Textbook; A Guide for K-12 School Foundation Development and the Foundation Management Certification Program distributed by the NSFA.

9:45 – 10:40 Workshop Session 1

Legislative Update

Presented by Indiana State Senator Waltz, co-author of 2007 Senate Bill 0030 and Center Grove Education Foundation board member and

Tom Langdoc, Director of School and Community Services, M.S. D. Wayne Township

Learn about current education related legislation and how it might impact public education foundations. Find out how school corporations are interpreting legislation and working successfully with education foundations.

Re-Tooling Your Foundation for Success

Presented by Jim Colllogan, NSFA Project Director (see biography above)

Discover Destination Planning as a tool for implementing the seven key benchmarks of successful foundations. Uncomplicated but motivational tools and techniques everyone can use to improve their foundation’s performance will be discussed.

10:50 – 11:45 Workshop Session 2

Legislative Update (see above description)

Engaging Your Community For Support and Action

Presented by Cynthia D. McNeilly, Founder and CEO of Building Conversations, Past President, MSD Washington Township Parent Council, School Board Member, MSD Washington Township 1994-2006

Learn about the Why and How of starting a parent advocacy group for your school district. Find out how a successful relationship can impact your foundation.

11:45 – 12:15 Lunch

12:15 – 1:00 Roundtable Discussions

Spend 15 minutes with an exhibitor to hear about their product or service. Get answers to your specific questions. Or spend time at a table where the discussion will focus on an issue relevant to public education foundations. Topics will include DonorsChoose, Harris Connect, eTapestry, Horace Mann Insurance, Major Saver and more.

1:00 – 1:40 INAPEF Annual Meeting

1:45 – 2:45 Workshop Session 3

Executive Transition Management and Succession Planning

Presented by Bryan Orander, Founder of Charitable Advisors, a provider of consulting services to nonprofits and foundations in the areas of planning, project management and executive transition.

This workshop is designed to minimize the risks that occur when an Executive Director departs and to facilitate opportunities for board leaders to build the capacity of their organizations during the transition process. Learn about a three-phased process to reduce the risks and increase the likelihood of a successful transition.

Earned Media 101

Presented by Beverly Phillips, Founder of Phillips Communications Group, a full service public relations firm specializing in strategic communications planning, media relations campaigns, program marketing and project planning for businesses, nonprofits and government.

Learn how to get the word out about your program or event when you have no money for paid advertising.

Meeting rooms will be made available until 4:00. So plan to stick around and network with other foundations, visit with exhibitors, and pick up materials from the resource table. You’re welcome to stay for any or all of this informal networking session.

Don’t forget about the networking reception and dinner on Wednesday, April 23rd beginning at 5:00 at Homewood Suites just down the road from the conference site. All are welcome to attend, even those not planning overnight accommodations. See the registration brochure for details.

We’d like to facilitate the sharing of information, so bring 50 copies of your annual report, event brochures, and program flyers to place on our Resource Table.