Breakout Session C
Wednesday, April 28
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
C1: Updates from the ELCA
This breakout session will provide the opportunity for informal conversation with Rev. Dr. Rebecca Larson, Executive Director of the program unit for Church in Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Topics will include changes and challenges within the ELCA in light of decisions taken at their 2009 churchwide assembly, new social policy initiatives on human disabilities, mental health and criminal justice, accreditation process matters, and the implications of all of these for Lutheran social ministry.
Rev. Dr. Rebecca Larson, Executive Director, program unit for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
C2: Be Sure Your Organization has the Leadership It Needs
Participants will review a model for organizational life cycles and will assess their own organization's stage and context. Using the model, participants will explore what the organization needs from its board and senior staff members and what that might mean for current leadership.
Lee Schmucker, Consultant, Mennonite Health Services; Kirk Stiffney, Consultant, Mennonite Health Services.
C3: Volunteers in Vogue
Is your organization poised to capitalize on the trend of engaging high impact volunteers? What's your strategy for recruiting those newly retired highly skilled Boomers? Lutheran Volunteer Corps and LSA are partnering in a major new project - Volunteers In Vogue - to develop new Lutheran branded models of volunteerism and to build a robust volunteerism resource center at LSA. Come learn about new models of volunteer engagement and recent national demonstration projects proving that skilled volunteers can fill top organizational positions and help achieve core organizational goals. Share your own success stories and challenges in building the best possible volunteer engagement program, join this national conversation, and help shape the future of Lutheran volunteerism LSA.
Facilitators: Cynthia Osborne is VP Strategic Initiatives, Lutheran Services in America; Ruth Reko, Senior Volunteer Consultant, Lutheran Services in America; Rev. Michael Wilker is Executive Director of LVC.
C4: ePhilanthropy - The Next Generation of Fundraising
New technology and e-tools open new opportunities for fundraising, as recent political elections attest. Ted Hart, expert in both online and traditional fundraising, will share ways to tap into the considerable power of social networking on the web. Join this session to maximize Web 2.0 to meet your resource development goals.
Ted Hart, CEO Hart Philanthropic Services Group, is considered one of the foremost experts in ePhilanthropy, having founded the ePhilanthropy Foundation and served as its President/CEO for seven years. He is also CEO of the international nonprofit environmental movement GreenNonprofits.
C5: Trends in the Privatization of Child Welfare
Join Lutheran colleagues to explore how the privatization of child welfare is being tackled in a variety of ways. From performance based contracting to managed child welfare, leaders will share what they have learned. This participatory session will provide an opportunity to share experiences, network and explore future work together.
Linda Ciampi is Senior Vice President, Diakon Family and Community Ministries for Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries; Doug Johnson, President and CEO of Lutheran Services of Iowa; Mark Stutrud is President and CEO of Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, and David Yarborough is Vice President for Operations with Lutheran Services Florida, Inc.
