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2018 Annual Celebration Affiliated Fund Training, Expo and Banquet Thursday, November 8 • Divots Conference Center • DeVent Center • Norfolk, Nebraska
Join us at Nebraska Community Foundation’s Annual Celebration on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Divots Conference Center and the DeVent Center in Norfolk, Nebraska! Our biggest event of the year will unleash your energy, inspire you to succeed, and connect you with others who share your vision for a brighter future! Highly interactive and designed to provide practical, action-oriented guidance you can actually put to work in your own community, this year’s training will focus on topics like people attraction, youth 7:00 AM
engagement, workforce development, early childhood development, quality of life investments, and more. Bring your boldest ideas and most ambitious dreams and take home the wisdom of your peers as we work together to create the capacity, confidence and competence necessary to build stronger communities and a Greater Nebraska!
Registration Opens / Affiliated Fund Expo Area Open for Set-Up • DeVent Center
Join your fellow NCF affiliated funds and showcase your community’s achievements using photos, marketing materials, media coverage, videos, and more. Discover how communities of all sizes across Nebraska are unleashing their own abundant local assets to create the hometown of their dreams.
8 :30 AM
Opening: Unleash, Inspire, Connect • DeVent Center
9:30 AM
Networking Break
Unleash abundant assets! Inspire charitable giving! Connect ambitious people! These elements define NCF’s mission to build a more prosperous future. Learn how our newly developed Strategic Framework is helping shape future people attraction efforts, cultivating diversity, and fostering the kind of grantmaking that will catalyze real progress in our communities. Engage in tabletop conversations around some of our greatest hometown challenges, and finally, help us celebrate the many (many!) affiliated funds across the NCF network that have successfully completed campaigns to build their unrestricted endowments!
10:00 AM Morning Breakouts: Capacity, Confidence, Competence • Divots Conference Center
All across the state, committed volunteers are working to harness the financial and human capital necessary to make dreams come true in their communities. Our morning breakout sessions will focus on building capacity, confidence and competence, three vital ingredients to accomplishing our most audacious goals.
Dive into topics including: • Grantmaking • Marketing • Planned Giving
• Donor Relationships • Building Partnerships • Action Planning
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