The NonProfit Times - October 1, 2008 - (Page 12)

GENERAL RAMBLINGS PAUL CLOLERY Kumbaya Inclusion is a great thing, unless it’s a sales pitch T here’s a “We Are The World”feeling going around the charitable sector. Maybe the election season brings out the feeling that it’s time to lend a hand. Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie taught us that it’s the greatest gift of all. There were two events during the past few weeks that brought a lot of bold-faced names out of the woodwork.The first armlinking event was the Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser for cancer research. It reportedly brought in $100 million, most from major donations secured prior to the simulcast for one hour on all three broadcast networks.The event brought together the celebrity world’s biggest names and trotted out some cancer survivors who would be recognizable to almost everyone. So, with all of those hundreds of choices of spokespeople, you have to wonder why smoker Jennifer Aniston (cigarettes, that wasn’t a lascivious comment) was selected to make the final pitch to viewers.There were numerous other smokers in ready view of the cameras. Smoking causes cancer, right? Maybe I missed the memo that a cure had been found for lung cancer. The idea was to bring awareness to the fight against cancer. Does anyone really need to be made more aware of cancer? The foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research put on quite a show. It cost millions. Granted, most of the time and effort was donated. But had all of the networks actually written larger checks, it probably would have done more good. Four months from now nobody is going to remember the show and the efforts of all of those volunteers. A couple of weeks later in New York City, the ServiceNation Summit, bankrolled by a handful of foundations, brought together executives from more than 110 nonprofits.They talked about strategies for expanding the number of people brought into national service, everything from the military to AmeriCorps to the charity down the block. The organizers engineered federal legislation to fund the expansion of AmeriCorps from 75,000 people to 250,000.They also tied every- thing to a national day of service and roughly 2,500 events were scheduled. ServiceNation, too, had a television program. CNN broadcast a Q&A with the two major party candidates for president on the topic of national service. John McCain and Barack Obama are now on the record in support of the legislation and national service in general. Executives attending ServiceNation were brought together and encouraged to work together. Stand Up To Cancer people came to the dance with the idea they alone had the answers and that decades of breakthroughs that are curing some people and managing the disease of others really weren’t all that special. ServiceNation stressed collaboration for bringing ideas to scale for the national good. The sector can’t go on, pretending day-by-day, that you can go your own way on a large scale. There’s plenty of room for a specific idea to handle a unique problem. But for the scale of a movement, such as national service, it takes cooperation. Everyone in the sector are the ones who make a brighter day. The light gets brighter when there’s large-scale coordination and egos are left at the door. NPT CALENDAR OCTOBER 5-7 The Arts Reach National Arts Marketing Conference will be held at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. Info: www.artsreach.com 12-15 The International Catholic Stewardship Council will hold its annual conference in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. Info: www.catholicstewardship.org 13-15 Gifts In Kind International will hold a conference on product philanthropy,“Innovation in Product Giving: Creating Value for Business and Community,” at the Westin Alexandra Hotel in Alexandria,Va. Info: www.giftsinkind.com 14-17 The 28th annual International Fundraising Congress will be held at the Leeuwenhorst Hotel in The Netherlands. Info: www.fundraisingcongress.org 22-25 The National Committee On Planned Giving will hold its National Conference on Planned Giving in Denver at the Hyatt Regency. Info: www.ncpg.org 22-25 The American Association of Grant Professionals will hold its annual conference at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, Calif. Info: www.go-aagp.org 24 The conference Giving At The Grassroots: Stone By Stone, sponsored by the Giving Circles Network, will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Info: www.givingcircles.org 29-31 BoardSource will hold the 2008 BoardSource Leadership Forum at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel in Washington, D.C. Info: www.boardsource.org NOVEMBER 4-7 Business for Social Responsibility will hold its annual conference in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Info: www.bsr.org 6 The New Jersey chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals will hold its annual conference at the Hilton Parsippany, Parsippany, N.J. Info: www.afp-nj.org 6-7 The National Not-For-Profit Financial Executives Forum, sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, will be held at Disney’s Grand California Hotel and Spa in Anaheim, Calif. Info: www.cpa2biz.com/conferenes or (877) 777-7077 9-11 Independent Sector will hold its annual conference in Philadelphia at the Marriott Downtown. Info: www.independentsector.org JANUARY 25-27 The Association of Healthcare Philanthropy will hold its AHP Trustee Leadership And Philanthropy Forum in Naples, Fla. Info: www.ahp.org 29-30 The DMA Nonprofit Federation will hold its annual Washington Nonprofit Conference at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Info: www.the-dma.org FEBRUARY 1-3 The 2009 Family Philanthropy Conference, sponsored by the Council on Foundations, will be held in Indianapolis, Ind. Info: www.cof.org 7-10 NRB (formerly the National Religious Broadcasters) will hold its annual conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville. Info: www.nrbconvention.org 22-25 The 30th annual Association of Lutheran Development Executives Educational Conference will be held at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin,Texas. Info: www.alde.org MARCH 15-17 The Association of Healthcare Philanthropy will hold the AHP New England Regional Conference in Newport, R.I. Info: www.ahp.org 26 The DMA Nonprofit Federation will hold its annual Critical Issues Facing Nonprofits Conference at Venable, LLP, in Washington, D.C. Info: www.the-dma.org Calendar, page 20 12 OCTOBER 1, 2008 THE NONPROFIT TIMES www.nptimes.com http://www.afp-nj.org http://www.cpa2biz.com/conferenes http://www.independentsector.org http://www.artsreach.com http://www.catholicstewardship.org http://www.ahp.org http://www.giftsinkind.com http://www.the-dma.org http://www.fundraisingcongress.org http://www.cof.org http://www.ncpg.org http://www.nrbconvention.org http://www.go-aagp.org http://www.nrbconvention.org http://www.givingcircles.org http://www.alde.org http://www.boardsource.org http://www.ahp.org http://www.bsr.org http://www.the-dma.org http://www.nptimes.com

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