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Ensuring your nonprofit is no longer the best-kept secret
Sponsored by the Harvard Business School Association of Boston
Monday, March 9, 2020
1:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Federal Reserve Building, 600 Atlantic Avenue
Join HBS and HKS alums and the HBS Association of Boston at the 2020 Nonprofit Board Summit, a half-day mini-conference for all Boston-area Nonprofit Board Members (not just Harvard affiliated).
This year’s Nonprofit Board Summit will feature keynote speaker We First Simon Mainwaring as well as the opportunity to participate in two highly interactive workshops.
Click here for a PDF version of the program schedule.
Tentative Program Schedule
1:00pm – Registration
1:30pm – 3:00pm – Keynote Speaker We First Simon Mainwaring: How to turn your nonprofit into a sustainable movement
3:15pm – 4:30pm – Workshop Session #1 (details below)
4:45pm – 6:00pm – Workshop Session #2 (details below)
6:00pm – 7:30pm – Networking Session including food and drinks
Workshop Details
Interactive Workshops (3:15-4:30 and 4:45-6:00)
The 4 workshop topics will be repeated so that attendees can participate in two of the four workshops.
1) Successful Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Heidi Brooks, YouthBuild USA; David D’Arcangelo, State of Massachusetts; Marguerite Fletcher, YW Boston; ?Paul Francisco?, State Street Corporation; Imari Jeffries, ??Parenting Journey (Second session only); Colby Swettberg, Silver Lining Mentoring; ?Mandy Taft-Pearman?, Bridgespan
- What does true D&I progress look like and how can it be sustained through changes in leadership?
- What governance best practices can shift the organizational culture?
- What goals should be set to drive and measure culture change?
2) Building Your Board for Maximum Impact Nathalie Kylander, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Mark Nunnelly, Bain Capital; Catherine D’Amato, Greater Boston Food Bank; Peter Ebb, Urban College of Boston
- What additional skillsets and experiences would be valuable on your board?
- Who should be recruiting board members and where might you find them?
- How do you engage and activate new and old members of your board?
3) Ensuring Success in ED/CEO Successions: Carole Prest, Indian Hill Music; Tom Adams, Author; David Harris, Interim Executive Solutions; Cassie Scarano, Koya Leadership Partners; Kate Stookey, Revels Inc.
- How should you prepare for a planned or unplanned executive transition?
- What are the best practices for conducting a search?
- What does it take to successfully onboard the new executive?
4) Developing Your Brand and Reputation: Fireside Chat with Simon Mainwaring ?Larry Gulko, ?BRAND: NEW DAY?, Simon Mainwaring, ?We First
- How does branding contribute to revenue and sustainability in a nonprofit?
- Should the name and messaging align to the nonprofit's purpose or mission statement, the services offered or something else?
- Who should communicate what, to whom and how?
Ticket Prices
Regretfully HBS Association of Boston? ?members do not receive discounted tickets to this event.
$169 per registrant
$149 per registrant if registering two or more guests from the same non-profit
Simon Mainwaring
Simon Mainwaring is the founder and CEO of We First, the creative consultancy that builds purpose-driven brands.
Clients include TOMS, Timberland, Virgin United and SAP, and We First was included in Real Leaders list for the Top 100 Impact Companies in the United States for 2019.
Simon’s book, We First, is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller and strategy+business named it the Best Business Marketing Book of the Year.
Simon was included in ‘Forbes/LinkedIn’s list of Social Influencers Impacting The World’s Most Influential CMOs’ for 2018, the ‘Conscious Companies Leaderships Awards’ in 2017, the United Nations Foundation's 'Global Influencers to Follow' in 2016, and YPO's Real Leaders '100 Visionary Leaders' for 2015.
He has been featured in TIME, BBC World News, The Guardian, Advertising Age, Adweek, Inc., Fast Company and on the cover of the National Speaker’s Magazine.
Prior to starting We First Simon was an award-winning writer at many of the world’s top advertising agencies including Wieden & Kennedy, Ogilvy, and Saatchi & Saatchi receiving over 60 international awards on brands like Nike, Motorola and Toyota.
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