B10 - Securing OurFinancial Future

(Session is open only to CWLA/OPEN MINDS Leadership InstituteMembers)

This session will feature presentations and discussions intwo critical areas: 1) Creating New Programs that Generate Revenue - As marketschange, the services we need to be competitive are changing as well.  That is why human service organizations needa structured approach to selecting, designing, and launching new programs.  In this fascinating session, learn how todecide which service lines are best for your organization and the steps fordevelopment and implementation using state of the art tools.  You will hear from peer professionals in thefield about their challenges and successes in establishing new services; and 2)Best Practices in Fundraising: Traditional & New Techniques - Today’s HumanService CEO must be involved in fund development.  With revenues and margins shrinking, there isa greater need to generate dollars through philanthropy.  Proven fundraising techniques are thefoundation for seeking donations but new technological and social mediaadvancements cannot be ignored as viable to seeking community support.  In this panel discussion, you will hear fromyour peer CEOs about how they created fundraising machines that take advantageof the traditional and new methods for seeking donations and grants.