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AGM Corporate Philanthropy Conference: Smart. Simple. Strategic.
March 30, 2007
Babson Executive Conference Center

Over 100 attendees participated in first annual Corporate Philanthropy Conference: Smart. Simple. Strategic hosted by Associated Grant Makers at the Babson Executive Conference Center on March 30, 2007.  The day long conference offered 13 workshops and keynote presentations from Stephen Alder, CEO of Charity Brands Marketing and Bert Jacobs, co-founder and Chief Executive Optimist of Life is good, Inc.

Workshop PowerPoint Presentations and Handouts

Meeting of the Minds: Why the Next Generation of CSR is Smart, Strategic and Profitable (Part I & II )
Christine Arena, Author; Elad Levinson, Interaction Associates
Why Corporate Goodness Isn't Good Enough
Identifying Your Higher Purpose

Using Evaluation to Leverage Your Social Impact Investments for Greater Business Value
Thomas Knowlton and Peter York, TCC Group
Using Evaluation to Leverage Your Social Impact Investments

Current Trends and Best Practices in Corporate Community Involvement
Linda Gornitsky, LBG Associates
Community Involvement Trends and Best Practices

Developing a Strategic Corporate Giving Focus
Phil Clawson, Community Matters Group and Leah Bailey, The Boston Globe Foundation
Developing a Strategic Corporate Giving Focus

Beyond Cause Related Marketing: Integrating Corporate Philanthropy with Core Business Strategies
Guy Morgan and Kwang Ryu, The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
Beyond Cause Related Marketing

Best Practices in Using Technology to Improve and Streamline Your Grantmaking Operation
(Part I & II)
Martin Schneiderman, Information Age Associates
Emerging Technology Trends and Grants Management Software/Services
Best Practices in Designing and Maintaining Foundation Web Sites and Portals
Major Commercial Grants Management Software and Service Providers 2007
On-line Grant Applications and Reporting: Lessons Learned

Design and Implementation of Employee Volunteer Programs
Linda Gornitsky, LBG Associates
Standards of Excellence for Corporate Volunteer Programs

Funder Partnerships – Leveraging your investments and time
Melinda Marble and Mari Barrera, Home Funders;
Kerry Sullivan, Summer Fund Donors Collaborative
Home Funders Presentation
Summer Fund Presentation

Engaging and Sustaining Corporate Volunteers
Kevin McCall, Paradigm Properties, LLC; Lisa Guyon, Building Impact;
Miriam Katz, State Street Bank
Engaging and Sustaining Corporate Volunteers - Building Impact Presentation

Please note the following workshops did not have PowerPoint presentations:
• Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Public-Private Partnerships
• To Cover or Not to Cover: The Media's View of Corporate Philanthropy
• CSR and Corporate Communications: Smart and Strategic Approaches to Getting the Message Out

Presenter Biographies


Collaborating Organizations:
Corporate Volunteer Council of Greater Boston
Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation
Massachusetts Business Roundtable
United Way of Massachusetts Bay


Thank You to our Sponsors:
The Boston Globe Foundation
MassMutual
State Street
Citizens Bank
Eastern Bank
Merrill Lynch
Boston Private Bank
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
NStar
Tufts Health Plan
Draper