Breakin It Down Agenda

PRESENTS

BREAKIN' IT DOWN 2010
The "How To" and "Know How" for Successful Fundraising and Management

A fundraising conference for a Diverse audience presented by Diverse professionals!

Friday, Oct, 15, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Loyola University, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago
Cost: $30.00 in advance; $40 for on-site registration

8:15 - 12:30 Registration

8:50 - Welcome Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Sessions Will Run Concurrently

Proposal Writing, Tekla Syers
Special Events, Maria Lopez and Carmen Martinez
Public Funding, Valerie F. Leonard

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. Sessions Will Run Concurrently

Individual Giving - Presenter: Mary Morten
Fundraising Using Social Media - Presenter: Barbara Talisman
Social Enterprise - Presenters: Brenda Palms Barber and David Weisberger

12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Featured Luncheon Panel

Foundation Trends in Grant Making to Diverse Communities
A discussion with: Patricia Lara Garza, Allstate Foundation; Unmi Song, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; and Laura S. Washington, Woods Fund of Chicago; Moderator: Spruiell White, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. - Speed Networking

Each participants will have an opportunity to choose a foundation or corporation table to visit and exchange information. When the bell chimes it will be time to visit with other funder. Confirmed funders:

Alphawood Foundation, Agnes Meneses
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Jennifer Tani
Boeing, Christy Uchida
Chicago Community Trust, Phillip Thomas
Crossroads Fund, Jane Kimondo
Eleanor Foundation, K. Sujata
Field Foundation of Illinois, Amber Gladney
Gaylord & Dorothy Connelley Foundation, Paul Botts
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Steven Casey
KRAFT, Julia Gin
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Sharon Bush
McCormick Foundation, David Pesqueira
Northern Trust Bank, Jerome Harper & Kate Miller Stobbe
Polk Bros. Foundation, Evette Cardona
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Peter Handler
Taproot Foundation, Megan Kashner
United Airlines Foundation, Nicole Lee
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Maggie Lipman
Wieboldt Foundation, Regina McGraw
Woods Fund of Chicago, Consuella Brown

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Networking Social

For more information contact: Denise Stennis at (312) 226-0963 x 293 or email info@latinosindevelopment.org.