2022 Annual Meeting

9:00 a.m. Registration Opens

10:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Comments

Coffee from Panera Bread

10:30 a.m. Networking Activity 

Facilitated by Sharlee Lyons.

11:15 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

12:15 – 12:50 p.m. Lunchtime Discussion: Program Participation Post Pandemic

What does your program attendance look like “post pandemic?” How have your participant’s expectations change? What about staff and board members? Facilitated by Lisa Kress from Leadership Johnson County and Mitch Isaacs from Shafer Leadership Academy, this lunchtime activity will provide members a chance to talk about what engagement looks like for their organization in 2022.

Lunch provided Condado

 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Small Group Discussions

During this roundtable discussions participants will choose one of four topics. This is a chance to talk about what your organization is doing and chance to learn from others.

Round One – 1:00 – 1:45 (participants choose one)

• Diversity and Inclusion Programming – Anne Darku, Norton Health Care
• Curriculum Development: What are you teaching? – Liz Kerns, Leadership Kokomo & Indiana Wesleyan University
• Participant Recruitment – Lisa Kress, Leadership Johnson County
• Funding Models: How do you fund your organization? – Mitch Isaacs, Shafer Leadership Academy

Round Two – 1:50 – 2:30 (participants choose one)

• Diversity and Inclusion Programming – Anne Darku, Norton Health Care
• Curriculum Development: what are you teaching? – Liz Kerns, Leadership Kokomo & Indiana Wesleyan University
• Participant Recruitment – Lisa Kress, Leadership Johnson County
• Funding Models: how do you fund your organization? – Mitch Isaacs, Shafer Leadership Academy

 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break

 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Best Practices Share Out

How does your organization excel? Is there a program, activity, or event where your organization really shines? Is there something you are particularly proud of? Now is your opportunity to share! Led by Barry Shrock from Leadership Ft. Wayne, participants will have an opportunity to talk about what their organization does well and hear from others.

 4:00 p.m. Break

 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. How Shafer Leadership Academy Moved from Sponsorships to Memberships

Does your organization rely on sponsorships? Are you finding it harder and harder to sell sponsorships in a crowded nonprofit community? Are you looking for a new way to secure community support? In this session Mitch Isaacs from Shafer Leadership Academy will discuss how SLA quadrupled sponsorship income in four years by switching to a membership model.

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner and Sharing at a Koto Japanese Steakhouse

 Join us for friendship and fellowship at a local Noblesville eatery. This meal is not provided by the conference.