Breakout Session B
Tuesday, April 27
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
B1: Updates from the LCMS
Learn about the priorities for World Relief and Human Care, about current initiatives within the LCMS, about changes and challenges within the LCMS including recognition processes, economic realities, and structure change proposals, and the implications for social ministry
The Rev. Matthew Harrison is the Executive Director, LCMS World Relief and Human Care.
B2: Strategic Alliances and Collaborative Ventures
LSA members participate in a remarkable range of strategic alliances and collaborative ventures. Hear about LSA member successful strategies and share your own experiences.
Keith Frndak is President and CEO for Concordia Lutheran Ministries; William Nolan is Executive Director for KenCrest Services; and Julie Swanson is President and CEO for Lutheran Family Services of Virginia, Inc.
B3: A New Administration – A New Approach to Faith-Based Partnerships?
The Bush Administration’s work with faith-based groups received significant attention and stirred some controversies. The Obama Administration has also established a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. What are the similarities and differences in the two approaches? What are emerging as the significant opportunities and issues? What might they mean for Lutheran social ministry organizations?
Robert Tuttle is a Professor of Law and David R. and Sherry Kirschner Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion at the George Washington University Law School. He is the co-director of the Legal Tracking Project of the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy and a foremost national expert on church/state intersections and social service/ healthcare delivery.
B5: Trends in IT for Non-Tech Nonprofit Leaders
Mobility. Security. Cloud Computing. Social Networks. IT processes. What's a nonprofit leader to do? Come learn from one of the world's most respected nonprofit CIOs in this session that will help equip non-tech leaders to understand today's and tomorrow's trends in technology and explore the governance and business processes related to information technology to position you to provide better leadership for your organization.
John Sullivan, CIO, American Chemical Society was named one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders by Computerworld and previously served as CIO at AARP.
B6: LSA Linking Lives: Caregiver Suite. Enterprising Solutions for Caregiver Support
Is your organization looking for new ways to support caregivers and new opportunities for engaging congregations in meaningful partnerships? Does your organization have a quality program that might be replicable through Growth Ready: A Center for Enterprise, LSA's new platform for spreading what works? Come learn more about Caregiver Suite - LSA's new portfolio of caregiver support models - and its first two product offerings that will be available for purchase in summer 2010. In this session, you will hear from program staff at Lutheran Community Services Northwest and Lyngblomsten, who developed the two new Caregiver Suite models and who are deeply immersed in caregiver support programming as a strategic organizational priority. Tell us what you're doing in caregiver support programming and what innovations you think are needed if we are to succeed in meeting the escalating market demand for models that enable people to age safely and meaningfully in the place they call home.
Carolyn Klaver, The Gathering Coordinator, Lyngblomsten; Cynthia Osborne, VP Strategic Initiatives and Program Development, Lutheran Services in America; Dawn Thomsen, Venture Director, Criterion Ventures; Pat Witt, Caregiver University Coordinator, Lutheran Community Services Northwest
