FPN Programs & Events

Resources & Information From Past FPN Programs & Events
   

FPN Webinar: Gulf Oil Spill Update & the Role for Philanthropy
With many grantmakers in Florida trying to determine how they can help with the Gulf oil spill in ways that are most effective and appropriate amid the massive funding from BP and the government, an FPN webinar on July 21, 2010, sought to help by presenting experts from Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.  The presenters gave the latest updates on the oil spill's impacts on the Gulf and offered some insights on where private funders may be able to help.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
  

FPN Florida Innovations Webinar: Increasing Floridians' Access to Food Assistance: The Benefits Connections
In a July 15, 2010, FPN Webinar, representatives from the Winter Park Health Foundation, Florida Department of Children and Families and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida described an innovative cross-sector partnership, The Benefits Connection, that was launched in July 2008 to increase Florida citizens' accessibility to Food Stamps.  The pilot initiative has helped capture millions of unclaimed federal dollars for Food Stamps in Central Florida, and has resulted in a return on investment of almost 1,000%.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
  

FPN Florida Innovations Webinar: Empowering Effective Teachers: The Gates Foundation's Historic Investment in Hillsborough Schools
An FPN Webinar on June 25, 2010, provided an overview of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's historic $100 million, seven-year grant to support a new initiative in the Hillsborough County School District aimed at transforming the way the district recruits, trains and retains high-quality teachers.  Hillsborough Superintendent MaryEllen Elia and Gates Foundation representatives Teresa Rivero and Ky Vu shared what they hope to achieve in the initiative and how they plan to do it.  Rivero and Vu also described the Gates Foundation's education funding strategy and its approach to states overall and to Florida specifically.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
  

FPN Florida Innovations Webinar: Transforming Florida's Child Welfare System: Promising Results From a Jacksonville Pilot
This May 6, 2010, FPN Webinar described a radical transformation of Florida's child-welfare system over the past three years, marked by a wholesale shift in spending, that has led to dramatic improvements in the well-being of children and families involved in a pilot program in Northeast Florida.  The program has been a true cross-sector partnership, and its success has led to calls for it to be replicated across the state and across the country.  In the webinar, government, nonprofit and foundation representatives described the dramatic results of the pilot program, and provided key advice and lessons learned on how the program can be replicated elsewhere.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
  

Grantmakers Going Green Webinar
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this FPN webinar on April 21, 2010, featured Ted Hart, president and CEO of GreenNonprofits, who shared practical tips and advice from his "Nonprofit Guide to Going Green."  In addition, Daryl Houston from the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and Greg Luberecki from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice shared their foundations' experiences in becoming more environmentally friendly and helping nonprofits do the same - from small operational changes to major initiatives. 

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
 

Communicating Leadership Webinar
In an April 1, 2010, FPN webinar, communications expert Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies offered a wealth of practical guidance on how community foundations can communicate effectively about their leadership work.  Grimm gave tips and advice on how to define your leadership profile, develop appropriate communications strategies and activities, and measure success. 

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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn - Oh My! Using Social Media Effectively
At a session held on February 11, 2010, prior to FPN's 2010 Statewide Summit on Philanthropy, a panel of Florida grantmakers described how they are using social media to help support and advance their work.  Presenters were Shari Gantman, Vice President of Communications, Health Foundation of South Florida; Greg Luberecki, Director of Marketing and Communications, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice; and S. Slade Sundar, Director of Digital Communications, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. Moderator: Larry "Bud" Meyer, President, Meyer Communication, LLC.

> Video Highlights (YouTube)
   Video provided courtesy of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties

2010 Statewide Summit on Philanthropy
More than 150 people from Florida's grantmaking field and other sectors gathered in Orlando on February 11-12, 2010 for FPN's second annual Statewide Summit on Philanthropy.  The event explored how foundations in the state are working in new ways to solve some of the state's most intractable problems in such areas as health care, education, workforce development and social service.

> Summit Resources
> Summit Photos

Tweets, Followers & Blogs: Foundation Strategies for Using Social Media
An FPN Webinar on October 8, 2009, provided foundations with some practical information, guidance and lessons learned on how they might use social media strategies to advance their mission and goals.  Social media expert Allen Gunn from Aspiration in San Francisco provided an introduction to social media tools and strategies, while Marc Fest from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Susie Bowie from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Nonprofit Resource Center shared how their organizations are currently using social media.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
> Download Susie Bowie's Presentation Slides (PPT)
> Download Marc Fest's Presentation Slides (PPT)
> Download Allen Gunn's Presentation Slides (PPT)
> Aspiration's Online Communications Publishing Matrix
> Guidelines for Knight Foundation-Related Blogging

Sharing Community Foundations' Back-Office Operations
In this FPN teleconference program, Kerry Bartlett, executive director of the Indian River Community Foundation, describes how her foundation has contracted out its back-office operations to Greater Horizons, which is administered by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Bartlett and Brenda Chumley, executive director of Greater Horizons, describe the key details of the arrangement, outline key lessons they've learned along the way, and offer practical advice for others considering a similar arrangement.

> Download the Teleconference Recording (MP3 format)

Planning for Florida's Future: The 2030 Project
At an FPN Webinar on September 17, 2009, Tony Carvajal, executive vice president of the Florida Chamber Foundation, gave FPN members an overview of the foundation's 2030 Project, an initiative designed to mobilize the state around a 20-year strategic plan for Florida's future.  The plan's success will be based on "getting things right" in six key areas, all of which relate in some way to the work of FPN's members.

> View the Webinar (Audio & Video)
> Download Carvajal's Presentation Slides (PDF)

Florida's "Stimulus Czar" Reviews Recovery Act With State's Foundations, Nonprofits
At an FPN Webinar on June 16, 2009, Florida Economic Stimulus Special Advisor Don Winstead gave a detailed overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to more than 60 foundation and nonprofit representatives.  He described how Florida will receive $14.1 billion over the next three years from the Act, and identified several possible opportunities for private funders to help Florida maximize the federal stimulus dollars it receives.

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> Download Winstead's Presentation Slides (PDF)

Communicating the Value of Foundations
Strategic research and communications experts Rich Neimand and Dave Clayton of the Neimand Collaborative led a June 9, 2009 FPN Webinar in which they offered practical guidance on how foundations of all types can communicate about their value, role and impact in a strategic, proactive and consistent way.

> Presentation: Communicating the Value of Foundations (PDF)
> Basic Messaging Framework: Communicating the Value of Foundations (PDF)

America's Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness in Florida
Dr. Ellen Bassuk, President of the National Center on Family Homelessness, spoke at an FPN Teleconference on April 2, 2009, about the troubling status of homeless children in Florida and proposed solutions to end homelessness among children in our state. 

> Florida Report Card on Child Homelessness (Two-Page Summary)
> Florida Report Card on Child Homelessness (Full Report)

At 2009 FPN Summit, Government & Philanthropy Leaders Urge Stronger Partnership
More than 125 representatives of philanthropy, nonprofits, government and business gathered in Orlando on January 22-23, 2009, for FPN’s first-ever statewide summit on philanthropy, "Growing Philanthropy, Shaping Florida."  The summit provided multiple opportunities to discuss how all sectors can work together as effectively as possible during today’s troubled economic times, with a detailed focus on some of our state’s most critical issues in education, health care, housing and the environment. 

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