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Combining Practice and Theory to Improve
Nonprofit Accountability and Governance
Thursday, March 27, 2008, Mandel Center Building
11402 Bellflower Road, Room 115
Cleveland, Ohio
A symposium sponsored by
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
and The Executive Doctor in Management Program (EDM)
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
and
Co-sponsored by
The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership,
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Participants in this invitation-only symposium will discuss some of the latest research-based thinking about nonprofit accountability, governance and effectiveness. The focus will be two-fold:
- Leaders learning from researchers. Based on a critical examination, what research-based knowledge carries direct applicability to leadership practice in the sector, and what research is irrelevant?
- Researchers learning from leaders. What current issues and innovative accountability and governance practices should guide future research into nonprofit effectiveness?
At each of the symposium's sessions, theory and findings will be presented from recent doctoral research at Case, then critically analyzed by nonprofit leaders acting as discussants, and followed by general discussion among all participants. The sessions will be moderated by leading scholars from Ohio and western Pennsylvania. At lunch, topic table choices will include new federal accountability regulations, ethics, and trends in nonprofit governance.
Agenda: |
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| 8:30 |
Coffee & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome |
| 9:15 |
Session 1: Legitimacy and Effectiveness: Organizational Responses to Institutional Forces That Promote Enhanced Accountability.
Moderator: Judith Millesen, Ohio University, Political Science Department, College of Arts & Sciences
Discussant: Steven A. Minter, Executive-In-Residence, Cleveland State University |
| 10:45 |
Session 2: Governance Processes for Tackling Tough Issues
Moderator: Jeffrey L. Brudney, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Discussants: Barbara J. Danforth, President & CEO, YWCA Greater Cleveland
Lynn Singer, Deputy Provost & Vice President Academic Programs
Jeanine Arden Ornt, Esq., Vice President & General Counsel, Case Western Reserve University
Markus Bryant, President & CEO, North Central Electric & Lorain-Medina Electric Cooperatives
David A. Simpson, CEO, Hospice of the Western Reserve
J. Clarke Price, CAE, President and CEO, Ohio Society of CPAs |
| 12:30 |
Lunch — Topic Tables: What issues keep you awake at night?
Barbara Clemenson, EDM 2008: Issues with the new 990 tax form
Dr. Steven Feldman, Issues concerning the role of the board for setting ethical standards for the organization
Dr. David Hammack, Issues regarding changing contexts in the nonprofit sector |
| 1:15 |
Session 3: Practicing Broadened Understandings of Nonprofit Accountability
Moderator: Kevin Kearns, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Discussants: Brian F. Broadbent, President & CEO, Business Volunteers Unlimited
Joel Fox, Executive Vice President, The Mandel Foundation
Enid Rosenberg, Board Chair, Menorah Park |
| 3:00 |
Panel and Discussion: Ideas for practical action by nonprofit leaders and practical
focus for nonprofit researchers. |
| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
To register, please complete the online RSVP form.
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