THRIVE: Nonprofit Leadership Symposium
Stronger, Together.
Plan to attend THRIVE: Nonprofit Leadership Symposium at the Stephenson County Farm Bureau in Freeport. This full-day event is designed for nonprofit leadership including CEO’s, executive directors, assistant directors, board members, and even aspiring nonprofit leadership. Sessions will empower leaders in areas including strategic partnerships, cultivating volunteers, marketing, staying true to your mission, and much more. Attendees will walk away with ideas, tools, & strategies that can be implemented into their organization.
Date: October 11,2024
Time: Check-in/Networking – 8 AM – 8:45 / Sessions from 9:00 AM – 4 PM
Location: Stephenson County Farm Bureau, 210 W. Spring St., Freeport, IL 61032
Cost: $50 per person
Includes lunch & snacks!
8 am – Registration Opens
8:45 = Welcome
9 am – Keynote 1: Stronger, Together – Michelle DeHaven Quast
9:45 – Break
10 – 10:45 AM – Breakout Sessions
11 – 11:45 AM – Breakout Sessions
12:00 – Lunch & Networking
1 PM – Keynote 2: Stronger, Together….Local – Rick Dickinson, Greater Dubuque Development Corp
1:45 – Break
2 PM – Panel Session: The Rewards of Strategic Partnerships
3 PM – Closing Remarks
Morning Keynote: Stronger, Together: The Hope of Collaboration. Michelle DeHaven Quast, CEO of The Foundation for Northwest Illinois
Afternoon Keynote: Stronger, Together…Local. Rick Dickinson, CEO of Greater Dubuque Development Corporation.
Breakout Sessions
Leading Authentically, Dr, Shalonda Randle, Freeport School District 145
Everything is Donor Development, Dan Dick, Highland College Foundation
Mission Creep: Keeping Your Organization’s Goals in Focus, Andrea Schultz Winter, Greater Freeport Partnership
#GiveGrundy – A Marketing Co-op of 15 Nonprofits, Julianne Buck, Grundy County Community Foundation
Your Network is Your Net Worth, Danairo Thomas, The Soil Project
So You Want to Start a Nonprofit? What it Takes to Start & Grow Your Business, Sarah Flashing Clow, The Foundation for Northwest Illinois