Nonprofit Excellence Forum

Every year, ACT for Alexandria hosts a FREE half day forum for nonprofit and Board leaders offering professional development and insights from national and regional leaders.

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, ACT will host our 6th Annual Nonprofit Excellence Forum, a gathering of nonprofit and board leaders to discuss innovations in philanthropy and strategies for building the capacity of nonprofit organizations. This event has been generously sponsored by Capital One for the past four years.

We are pleased to announce that this year, Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation, will be our keynote speaker. Previous Forum speakers include Cokie Roberts, Ted Leonsis, Billy Shore, Mario Morino, and Dr. Elizabeth Boris.
ACT’s 6th Annual Nonprofit Excellence Forum will offer three concurrent breakout sessions.  Topics to be announced in August. 

Following the Forum we will announce our 2011 Capacity Building Grant opportunities.

The Forum will be held from 8:30am-12:30pm at the First Baptist Church Meeting Center, 2932 King Street, Alexandria, VA.

Registration will be available online beginning September 1, 2010. 

Who Should Attend:
Nonprofit leaders, Board members and Community leaders

Why:
ACT is committed to supporting and encouraging excellence in nonprofit management. This public event is one way ACT seeks to help build capacity within the nonprofit community.

Past Keynote Speakers include:
2009 - Cokie Roberts, Emmy-Award Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author

2008 - Ted Leonsis, Chairman of Revolution Money and Vice Chairman Emeritus of AOL.

2007 - Billy Shore, Founder & Executive Director of Share Our Strength and Chairman of Community Wealth Ventures.

2006 - Mario Morino, Chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners and the Morino Institute.

2005 - Dr. Elizabeth Boris, Director, Center for Non-Profits and Philanthropy and the Urban Institute.

To read about past Nonprofit Excellence Forums, please click below.

Cokie Roberts - "I am constantly amazed at the goodness of people," Local Kicks, October 28, 2009
Change Through Excellence - An ACT of Commitment, Del Ray Sun, October 24. 2007
Nonproft, Not Noneffective, Alexandria Gazette Packet, October 12, 2006

For the past  five years, the ACT Nonprofit Excellence Forums have been underwritten by: