Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Pierre

Wednesday, September 21st

7—8 am: GPA Annual Meeting

7:45—8:15 am: Registration & Breakfast

8:15—8:30 am: Welcome—John Grayson, SDNA’s Executive Director

8:30—9:45 am: Breakout Sessions

• “Capacity Building with Nonprofits: Lessons Learned”
  Helen Usera, Ed.D., President and CEO of the Chiesman Center for Democracy
• “Becoming a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE): Tips and Tactics”
  Rob Timm, Executive Director of the Huron Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc.
• “Preparing for GPA’s GPC Credential”
  Kristi Crawford, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Sanford Health Foundation

 10—11:15 am: Breakout Sessions

• “Shameless Self Promotion: Required for Recruitment”
  Sara Carothers, Volunteer Director at HELP!Line Center
• Panel: “Volunteerism in Indian Country”
  Michelle C. DuBray, Owner of Pinto Horse Woman Consulting; Donita Fischer, Projects Coordinator, Cheyenne River Tribal Ventures; Julie Garreau, Executive Director of the Cheyenne River Youth Project
• “Finding Grant Sources—Who Cares?”
  Kathy Bangasser, Grants Officer at Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota

11:30 am—1 pm: Luncheon and Keynote Speech—Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ph.D.
“We’re number 6... no, number 5... next stop...  Getting to Number 1 among the States in Volunteering”
Professor and the Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service at Cleveland State University, Dr. Brudney has been lauded as “foremost research expert on volunteer management programs and community volunteer centers in the United States” by the Urban Institute.

1:15—2:30 pm: Breakout Sessions

• “Grants 101 (Part 1): Getting Grants”
  John J. Ruffolo, Ph.D., Consultant at JJR Grant Consulting
• “Volunteer Management, Data Collection, and Storytelling”
  Rich Braunstein, Ph.D., Board Chair, SDNA; Professor, The University of South Dakota; Research Associate, Government Research Bureau 

2:45—4 pm: Breakout Sessions

• “Grants 101 (Part II): Post-award”
  Becky Heisinger, Grant Finance Manager at Avera Rural Health Institute
• Panel: "Pierre/Fort Pierre Flood Volunteerism"
  Laurie Gill, Mayor of Pierre; Sam Tidball, Mayor of Ft. Pierre; Mark Morris, Morris, Inc.; Dennis Pfrimmer, CEO of Capital Area Counseling; Larry Weiss, Board Chair for the Oahe Chapter of the American Red Cross
• “Accommodating Volunteers with Disabilities”
  Shelly Pfaff, Executive Director of the South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities; Colette Wagoner, Program Specialist of the South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities

4:15—4:30 pm: “Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going”—John Grayson, SDNA’s Executive Director

4:30—5:30 pm: SDNA’s Annual Meeting

5:30—7 pm: Social Reception

Thursday, September 22nd

7—8 am: AFP Board Meeting

7:45—8:15 am: Registration & Breakfast

8:30—9:45 am: Breakout Sessions

• “Grants Leadership: Demonstrating Leadership to Overcome Internal Organizational Challenges”
  Sandra Ogunremi, DHA, Director of Office of Rural and Frontier Health
• “Motivating Your Volunteers to Success”
  Michael and Sandra McNeely, The Abbey Group

10—11:15 am: Breakout Sessions

• Panel: “Enabling Volunteers to Achieve Fundraising Goals”
  Shelley Hanisch, Director of Development at Active Generations; Kris McKittrick, Board Chair of Working Against Violence Inc.; Rick Weber, Development Director at the Children’s Home Foundation; and Kellie Yackley, Annual Giving Coordinator at St. Mary’s Foundation/GMC Foundation
• “Making the Most of Volunteer Time and Your Own: Strategic Management of Volunteers”
  Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ph.D., Professor and the Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service at Cleveland State University

11:30 am—1:30 pm: AFP’s National Philanthropy Day Luncheon & Keynote Speech—Governor Dennis Daugaard

2011 Governor's Awards for Philanthropy Recipients
Philanthropists of the Year—Ed and Peg Seljeskog, Rapid City
Philanthropic Business of the Year—The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year—Dave Fleck, Sioux Falls
Special Governor’s Award in Philanthropy—Honor Flight South Dakota

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