Breakout Session D
Wednesday, April 28
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
D1: What Does a Healthy and Vital Organization Look Like?
That is the question this work session will be asking. One of the outcomes LSA is tasked to achieve is that “Lutheran social ministry organizations are healthy and vital, engaged in effective service and advocacy”. But how do we know what defines “healthy and vital” and how will we know if we, individually and collectively, are moving in the right direction? Join colleagues from across the country to provide input to the development of the articulation of the many aspects of healthy and vital. This will be a well-moderated, lively session that results in a broad picture of “healthy and vital.”
This session will be facilitated by Dr. Patricia Savage who is the President and CEO of Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries and current President of the LSA board of directors.
D2: How do Issues of Governance, Spiritual Care, Volunteers and Relationships with Congregations Intersect?
From governance to volunteers and spiritual care to relationships with congregations, Augustana has devoted significant resources to ensure that the organization remains true to its history and values but is positioned well for the new world of nonprofits. Whether you are wrestling with organizational growth issues or just focused on re-framing congregational relations, adjusting your spiritual care focus, or exploring new frontiers of volunteers, this session is for you.
Tim M. Middendorf, Chief Operating Officer, Augustana Care; Bob York, Director for Consulting Services, Lutheran Services in America Bill Vanderwall, Consultant, Lutheran Services in America.
D3: Engaging Staff and Clients in Public Policy Advocacy
Clients/ residents and staff members can be extremely effective advocates. Inspiring and motivating action among clients, staff, board members and other constituents is both an art and science. The strategy and tools are diverse. Explore and learn from successes of LSA member organizations and wrestle with the ethic issues and boundary sensitivities of this work.
Ted Goins is President and CEO of Lutheran Services for the Aging, Inc. and member of the LSA board of directors. Mark Hagen is Corporate Director of Outreach and Public Policy for Bethesda Community Services, Inc. Robert Tuttle is Professor of Law and David R. and Sherry Kirschner Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion at the George Washington University Law School. Daniel Schwick is Director of Church, Governmental Relations and Advocacy and Assistant to the President for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois..
D4: Here Goes Everybody: Emerging Technology for Your Organization in a Mobile World
The Lutheran Information Technology Network (LITN), an LSA network, examines the impact of social and mobile media on your work force, consumers, and business. How do these new technologies affect access to and management of your electronic documents, staff retention, recruiting, and e-commerce fundraising? From strategic planning to implementation our lively discussion will outline how technologies impact you, your staff, consumers and ultimately your bottom line.
Richard M. DeRoche is the Information Technology Director for Lutheran Life Communities; Dan Evans is the Director of Information Services for Lutheran Community Services Northwest; and Frank Sellgren is the Information Technology Director for Lutheran Social Services of Michigan.
D5: Cultivating New Sources of Money
Values-led organizations are seeking social and financial returns to make a difference and to achieve sustainability. New corporate forms and financing structures are emerging to meet that demand for innovation, blurring the boundaries between for-profits and non-profits. Today, organizations have the opportunity to access a wide variety of contributed and earned income - pre-sales, "slow money," PRIs, MRIs, convertible debt. Join Criterion Ventures and social investors to learn about these new approaches, how to analyze when and whether various types of financing are appropriate, and how to augment your legal structure to take the best advantage of your financing opportunities.
Dr. Joy Anderson is founder and principal of Criterion Ventures a firm that incubates and scales ventures that create a better world, and Good Capital an investment firm that increases the flow of capital to innovative ventures creating market-based solutions to inequality and poverty.
D6: Goldilocks and the Three Boards
Some CEOs over-manage the board, others abdicate responsibility and others figure out how to do it just right. This session will focus on the practical ways CEOs, CFOs and other staff members can equip boards as highfunctioning leadership partners.
Jill Schumann is President and CEO, Lutheran Services in America. She serves on severaln national boards and consults regularly with organizations on governance matters.
