Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Pre-Summit Activities
*All topics, speakers and times are subject to change.
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Early Registration
Pick up all your Summit materials at the Registration Desk.
Location: Outside Crowne Ballroom B & C
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Internet Café opens
Check your emails or use the Internet. Post messages and announcements. Network and enjoy refreshments.
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Philanthropy Workshops
Breakout A – Growing a Community Fund
Learn how to launch, grow, and sustain a community fund. Hear about key legal and best practices essential to your new foundation.
Presenters: Katharine Pearson Criss, vice president, Center for Rural Strategies
and Mike Hammons, executive director, Kentucky Philanthropy Initiative
Location: Crowne Ballroom B
Breakout B – Savvy Advice for Existing Foundations
Get updates on current legal and practical issues facing foundations today. Learn ways to engage the next generation and how to make a bigger impact.
Moderator: Mike Philipps, president & CEO, Scripps Howard Foundation
Presenters: Turney P. Berry, attorney, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Kevin Connelly, executive director, Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and Richard M. Wehrle, attorney, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love LLP
Location: Crowne Ballroom C
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception
Enjoy our welcome cocktail reception; connect with your colleagues, special legislative guests and our sponsors. Join us as we honor Senator Brandon Smith, Representative Fitz Steele, and Commissioner Tony Wilder for their leadership and support of EndowKY.
Location: Exhibit Hall
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Summit Day
*All topics, speakers and times are subject to change.
7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet Open
Enjoy breakfast with your fellow funders.
Location: Crowne Ballroom B & C
7:30 am – 3:00 pm Internet Café opens
Check your emails or use the Internet. Post messages and announcements. Network and enjoy refreshments.
8:00 am - 8:15 am Welcome to the Summit
Speaker: Mike Philipps, chairman, Kentucky Philanthropy Initiative
Location: Crowne Ballroom B & C
8:15 am - 9:15 am Session I – State of Philanthropy in KY
Hear what’s been going on in Kentucky and get the latest updates on Endow KY.
Presenters: Commissioner Tony Wilder, Department for Local Government, and Mike Hammons, executive director, Kentucky Philanthropy
9:00 am – 3:00 pm Funder’s Showcase Swap
Learn more about the important philanthropic work being done across Kentucky.
Location: Outside Ballroom B & C
9:15 am – 10:15 am Session II - Tapping into Untapped Resources
Know your community. Learn about the power of networks and how relationships influence your efforts. Introduction by Bill Farmer, president of the United Way of the Bluegrass
Presenter: Dr. Karen Stephenson, president, NetForm International
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break Service
10:30 am – 11:45 am Session III – Partnerships Transform KY Communities
Hear how collaborative partnerships can work with community leadership to achieve real change. Listen to ways to align your mission and get realistic about collaborative partnerships.
Moderator: Randy Coe, president, Kosair Charities
Presenters: Lisa Adkins, president and CEO, Blue Grass Community Foundation, Terry Brooks, executive director, Kentucky Youth Advocates, and Rick Hulefeld, executive director, Children, Inc.
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Hear how a young entrepreneur combined his love for technology and philanthropy into a multi-platform website called OuiBox.com. He didn’t want to just create a system that would change the world, he wanted to better it.
Introduction given by: Bill Farmer, president & CEO, United Way of the Bluegrass
Keynote Speaker: Peyton Fouts, founder of OuiBox.com
1:30pm – 3:00 pm Session IV - Sharing Lessons Learned While Doing Good Works
Learn how our panel’s ideas turned into action; how they identified a need and decided to do something about it.
Moderator: Brooks Scudder, partner, Trek Advancement
Presenter: Griffin Blevins, Boyle County Middle School student and philanthropist, Jennifer Preston, Henderson Community Fund, and Frank X Walker, director, African American and African Studies at UK
3:00 pm Summit Concludes.
