This year’s conference promises to provide you and your colleagues with a far-ranging, provocative exchange of ideas and strategies tailored to the needs of the nonprofit professional. And our speakers’ dynamic presentation styles are sure to make this a great learning experience for all participants. Among the topics to be covered are advanced fund development, collaboration, mergers and strategic alliances, cultural competency and the role of leadership in organizational development.

Whether you’re involved in fundraising, program development and implementation, or management or governance at your nonprofit, you’ll be able to use the information gleaned from the conference in a myriad of ways to strengthen your nonprofit, the sector and the communities you serve.

 About the Facilitator

Karen Gaskins Jones, Principal, JLH Associates

With professionalism and good humor, Karen will keep us on track, generate maximum presenter-audience participation and help us get the maximum benefit from our time together.

Through her consulting firm, Karen offers training design and facilitation services, and organizational development consultation. She is also a collaborating consultant-partner with TransitionGuides and CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, supporting leadership transitions and succession planning.

A veteran trainer and facilitator, Karen delivers custom-tailored workshops, retreats and conferences that heighten individual and organizational effectiveness on topics ranging from strategic direction to managing executive transition to building inclusive organizations. Among her many writings is the workbook Leadership Development & Emergency Succession Planning.