2010 LSA Annual Conference Take-Aways
Click on the 2010 Annual Conference session title below for the session presentation materials as applicable. Where additional resources are available, they are offered below the session description.
Breakout Session A
A1 A Theology of Kinship: Engaging Religious Diversity From A Lutheran Perspective
Dr. Christy Lohr, Director, the Intersections Institute
A2 Make the Future Happen (CANCELLED)
Kjerstin Erickson, Executive Director, FORGE
A3 Updates and Opportunities from the Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships
Alexia Kelley is the Director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships for the Department of Health and Human Services. John Kelly is the Strategic Advisor, Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships for the Corporation for National & Community Service. Mark Linton serves as the Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Presentation by John Kelly, The Corporation for National & Community Service
A4 Life Is Tweet
Emily Culbertson was most recently Web managing director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she co-led a relaunch of RWJF.org and helped coordinate the foundation's social media.
Other Resources from Emily Culbertson
Telling Your Story Online
Ning
What Emily writes, Twitters, reads and bookmarks
A5 Conversation with James Phills
Dr. James A.Phills is the director of the Center for social Innovation and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University
A6: What Does Your Organization's Website Really Say?
Ted Hart is the CEO of Hart Philanthropic Services Group.
Other Resources by Ted Hart
Greening Nonprofits
ePhilanthropy
Breakout Session B
B1 Updates from the LCMS
Matthew Harrison, Executive Director, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
B2 Strategic Alliances and Collaborative Ventures
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?
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.
B4 Trends in IT for Non-Tech Nonprofit Leaders
John Sullivan, CIO, American Chemical Society
B6 LSA Linking Lives: Caregiver Suite. Enterprising Solutions for Caregiver Support
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
Other Documents
Support U
First Circle Friends
Breakout Session C
C1 Updates from the ELCA
Dr. Rebecca Larson, Executive Director, Church in Society, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Other Resources
Lutheran Disaster Response 2009 Annual Report
ELCA Social Statements
C2 Be Sure Your Organization has the Leadership It Needs
Lee Schmucker, Consultant, Mennonite Health Services; Kirk Stiffney, Consultant, Mennonite Health Services.
C3 Volunteers in Vogue
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 Lutheran Volunteer Corp.
C4 ePhilanthropy - The Next Generation of Fundraising
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
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.
Breakout Session D
D1 What Does a Healthy and Vital Organization Look Like?
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 and Chris Andersen who is the President and CEO of Lutheran Community Foundation and a member of the LSA board of directors.
D2 How do Issues of Governance, Spiritual Care, Volunteers and Relationships with Congregations Intersect?
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
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 Comes Everybody: Emerging Technology for Your Organization in a Mobile World
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
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
Jill Schumann is President and CEO, Lutheran Services in America. She serves on several national boards and consults regularly with organizations on governance matters.
Breakout Session E
E1 Empowering the Board to Do Its Work
Robert York, Director of Consulting Services, Lutheran Services in America and Lisa Schiller, Director for Knowledge Strategies, Lutheran Services in America
Other Document
Session Discussion - Empowing the Board to Do Its Work
E2 Emerging Technologies in Aging
David Baker is Senior Vice President/CIO, IT, Facility and Project Management for Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries; Richard M. DeRoche is the Information Technology Director for Lutheran Life Communities; Kari Olson is Chief Information Officer and President, Center for Technology of California Lutheran Homes and Community Services; Jill Schumann is the President and CEO for Lutheran Services in America.
E3 Towards a More Just Society: The Vision of Social Responsibility in the Book of Deuteronomy
Dr. Steed Davidson serves as Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Pacific Lutheran Seminary. He holds an STM from Boston University and MPhil and PhD degrees from Union Theological Seminary.
E4 Innovation in Assessment Practices in Aging and Housing Services
Neil Beresin is Program Manager, COLLAGE; Denise Dickinsen is VP for Planned Growth and Development, Lutheran Homes of South Carolina; Cynthia Osborne is VP Strategic Initiatives and Program Development, Lutheran Services of America; Doug Zimmer, Co-owner, Center for Information Management
Other Resource
Growth Ready
E5 A Conversation About Financial Matters with ELCA Partners
Donald Hallberg, Vice President Business Development, Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA; David Novak, Director, Gift Planning, ELCA Foundation; Arnold Pierson, Vice President Business Development, Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA; TJ Ticey, Vice President of Member Services for the ELCA Board of Pensions.
