FPN Member Webinar: Florida’s Silver Tsunami: The Wave of Demographic Changes and Philanthropy’s Response

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FPN Member Webinar
Florida's Silver Tsunami: The Wave of Demographic Changes and Philanthropy's Response

Date Rescheduled
April 26, 2013
10:00 - 11:00 am ET

Who Should Attend: Staff and board members for foundations and other grantmakers. The meeting is open to FPN members only.
Cost: No charge.
To Register: Register Online.
Presenter: Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr., Kenan Distinguished Professor Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

In the FPN member webinar Dr. James H. Johnson will follow-up his presentation at FPN's 2013 Statewide Summit on Philanthropy with an in-depth look at Florida's current demographics and projections for the future, with a specific emphasis on the aging population in Florida. Florida is set to have the oldest population in America, combined with a shifting demographic that is more diverse and heavily immigrant. What does this mean for the tax base, the employment base, the service economy, education and health care in Florida? Where will the wave take us? How will this impact our communities and our grantmaking? Where should philanthropy invest now to prepare for the not too distant future?

Dr. Johnson will answer these critical questions for funders during the webinar. He was the highest-rated speaker at FPN's 2013 Summit. Whether or not you heard him at the Summit, you won't want to miss this important follow-up conversation.

About the Presenter

Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds degrees from North Carolina Central University (B.S., 1975), the University of Wisconsin at Madison (M.S., 1977) and Michigan State University (Ph.D., 1980).

Selected by Fast Company magazine as one of the "17 … brightest thinkers and doers in the new world of work," Johnson’s current research and consulting activities focus on the workforce and workplace implications of post-1990 demographic changes in the United States; and on how to create highly competitive and sustainable business enterprises and communities in the current era of economic uncertainty and global insecurity. His research on these and related topics has been widely cited in a number of national media outlets, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Newsweek, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and Business Week. He has also appeared on a number of national television shows, including The Today Show on NBC, CNN Headline News, the CBS Evening News, ABC Nightly News, Sunday Morning on CBS, Inside Politics on CNN and This Week in Review on NBC.

Prior to joining the UNC-CH faculty, Johnson was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he spent the first 12 years of his professional career.

Questions?

For questions on registration and logistics, please contact Carla Batts, 813-983-7399.

For questions on the program, please contact Maggie Osborn, 813-983-7397.