The annual Philanthropy Midwest Conference will be held in Kansas City at the Overland Park Convention Center on November 10th and 11th, 2008. This two day conference will have 25 workshops that will discuss subjects such as fundraising, marketing, nonprofit management, volunteers, grant writing, and nonprofit trends.
The featured speaker is Heather McLeod Grant, the co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. The second keynote speech will be given by Cal LeMon, who will address emotional and spiritual health and avoiding burnout in high stress nonprofits.
The conference is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and is the “four-state region’s largest annual education and networking event for the nonprofit sector.”
For more information, or to register, visit www.philanthropymidwest.org.
Information taken from: Diane Stafford. “Date Set for Philanthropy Conference.”The Kansas City Star. www.kansascity.com.
-- Ashley High is a Research Assistant at Christian Foundation Grants (www.christianfoundationgrants.com) which is a subscription database of foundations that provide grants to faith based organizations. iDonate.com is a website (www.iDonate.com) that allows ministries to receive non cash gifts online.