Improving health through a state-wide collaboration with local impact: Discover CHEP
The Community Health Engagement Program (CHEP) is a component of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), funded from the National Institutes of Health. This partnership of Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame promotes collaboration among community partners to improve research, health, and healthcare. Objectives of this presentation are to provide an overview of CHEP and how the activities of CHEP can benefit nonprofit organizations. Activities of CHEP, such as assisting with the development, implementation and evaluation of community engaged program(s) will be highlighted. Further, CHEP organizes forums to strengthen collaboration between community and academia; and enhance education and training. Success stories of local partnerships will be emphasized to demonstrate the capacity of CHEP.

Speakers:
Carol J. Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD, Associate Professor, Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University
Susan Tharp, County Extension Director, CFS, Purdue Extension, Clinton County

Exhibitor Tables

Breakout Session 3: 2:00-3:30pm

Fundraising: Legal Issues and Pitfalls
This workshop will focus on statutory guidelines for charitable organizations when working with professional fundraisers. Professional fundraisers are required to register with the Office of the Indiana Attorney General and there are numerous websites that offer information on professional fundraisers.

Speakers:
January Portteus, Deputy Attorney General Attorney General's Office

Going Up! Preparing Your Elevator Speech for Funders
Conventional wisdom states that you should be able to effectively explain your organization’s mission and accomplishments in the time it takes to ride an elevator. What is your organization’s “elevator speech” and how do you effectively deliver it to potential supporters? This session will help you craft your organization’s elevator speech and effectively deliver it to donors, grantmakers and volunteers.

Speakers:
Marie Beason, Manager of Educational Programs, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance
Beth Cassleman, Executive Director, The Clowes Fund

What’s the Score? Results Scorecard TM: A Tool for Measuring Success
Please join us for a demonstration of Results Scorecard TM, results-based accountability software for public sector leaders. This web-based portal allows partner organizations and the community at large to identify shared results, create/monitor a plan to achieve those results and enter and organize indicator and performance level data to track progress. During this session, Lisa Osterman and a representative from the Results Leadership Group will demonstrate this powerful tool.

Speakers:
Lisa Osterman, Making Connections Indianapolis

Trends in Charitable Giving in the United States
Who gives? To what? How does giving change with the economy? With government funding? This presentation will use the 50+ year history of data from Giving USA to explore short- and long-term trends in charitable giving.

Speakers:
Melissa S. Brown, Associate Director of Research, The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

How Local Organizations Have Used Community Data for Success
Want to know how to increase the quality of your organization’s decision-making, increase transparency, and use quantifiable facts to inform your decision-making process? This session will feature a panel of nonprofit organizations that have successfully used community data to inform strategic and tactical decisions for their organization. Learn from a panel of community and nonprofit organizations how community data can and should be used to improve resource development, strategic planning, and community research and assessment. SAVI (www.savi.org) is a community information system that provides reliable, timely, and detailed data about communities in Central Indiana.

Panelists:
Steve Stoughton, Principal, The Stoughton Group
Jenna Wachtmann, Resource Development Coordinator, Mary Rigg Community Center
Matt Hannigan, Resource Librarian, Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Emily Krauser, Project Manager- Data, Indiana Youth Institute
Facilitator:
David Wantz, Associate Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations, University of Indianapolis

Capacity Building Tools & Techniques: A Transparent Discussion of Lessons Learned
Capacity Building is often referred to as the actions that collectively improve non-profit effectiveness, ensuring the ability to achieve the agency mission. In reality, the process requires a significant investment of time, human and monetary resources. Local examples of committed agency staff, dedicated to the hard work of building excellence, will include a panel discussion on the highs and lows of making substantive change. Join us for an interactive discussion of best practices and the process of ensuring organizational fit.

Panelists:
Kimberly Donahue, Director, Nonprofit Training Center, United Way of Central Indiana
Aimee Laramore, MBA, Owner & Lead Consultant, ALlyd Image Solutions
Sandy Stewart, Executive Director, Primelife Enrichment, Inc.

Ms. Angie Abbott
Angie Abbot, MA, RD, CD is a vital member of the Purdue Consumer and Family Sciences Extension team. In that role, she is working diligently to bring The Benefit Bank to Indiana.

Duncan Alney
As President of Firebelly Marketing, Duncan Alney leads the configuration and integration of identity, word of mouth, and social media strategies to help organizations build emotional relationships and creative value for both brands and their audiences. Firebelly;s clients include Pearson Publishing, QDoba of Indiana, Deca Financial, Wind Energy Manufacturing Association, BabyPlus, J.C. Hart, Laramar, and of course our very own home-town favorite - Flashpoint HR, Air-Tan and YATS (to name a few). Duncan has worked in the brand communications field for 18 years and has experience with a wide variety of organizations and industries. He has degrees from Hanover College, USA and St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, India.

Marie Beason
Marie Beason is Manager of Educational Programs for the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance (IGA). In that role, Marie plans and executes professional education programs for Indiana grantmakers. Prior to joining IGA, Marie served as executive director of the Old Centrum Foundation and of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.

Gabie Benson
Gabie Benson is the director of development and public relations at Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis. Gabie is responsible for fund development and external communications, ensuring that Girls Inc. has the resources to reach more girls each year. Gabie has an Arts degree in Women’s Studies from DePauw University.

Michael Blickman
Michael Blickman is a partner in the Labor and Employment Group of Ice Miller who advises public and private sectors in all aspects of employment and labor relations. He focuses his practice on advising for-profit and not-for-profit employers, including hospitals, colleges and universities on a wide range of matters, including employment discrimination, union organizing, student and faculty issues, and employment contracts which include non-compete matters. His practice is extensive and includes federal court litigation, the representation of organizations before federal, state, and local administrative agencies; general employment and labor relations; college/university/educational issues; human resources policies and handbook development; and employment contracts, including non-compete and trade secrets matters. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2010 ed., Chambers USA, and the Indiana Super Lawyers list.

David Bodenhamer
David Bodenhamer is the Executive Director of The Polis Center at IUPUI. David has served as strategic and organizational consultant to universities, government agencies, and not-for-profit and faith-based organizations across the U.S. and in Europe. An active researcher and professor of history, Bodenhamer is author or editor of eight books, including The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis and The Main Stem: the History and Architecture of North Meridian Street, and has published almost 30 journal articles and chapters in books. He has made over 65 presentations to audiences on four continents on topics ranging from legal and constitutional history to the use of GIS and advanced information technologies in academic and community-based research. During his tenure at The Polis Center, the center has developed over 500 projects and a wide array of partnerships, with grant and contract funding of over $65 million.

Carol J. Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD
Carol is an Associate Professor at Purdue University in the Foods and Nutrition Department. Her research addresses the role of diet as being important for lifelong health. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, she was a public health nutritionist with the Washington State Health Department, the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center on Oahu, and the University of Hawaii.

Melissa S. Brown
Melissa Brown conducts research about charitable giving in the United States, work she began in 2001. She serves as managing editor of Giving USA, a publication of Giving USA Foundation that is researched and written at the Center on Philanthropy. Prior to becoming a researcher, Ms. Brown raised funds for Indiana University, the Homeless Initiative Program in Indianapolis, the Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC) and the Arthritis Foundation (Atlanta).

Beth Cassleman
Beth Casselman serves as executive director of The Clowes Fund. She was hired in 2000 as the first professional staff of this family foundation which was established in Indianapolis in 1952. With Beth's guidance The Clowes Fund has established a more open and focused grant making process consistent with the stewardship principles for family foundations as recommended by the Council on Foundations.

Cynthia Cunningham
Cynthia Cunningham, Owner of Cunningham Consulting, has over 20 years experience in using data for program development, performance measurement, planning, and evaluation. Cynthia has worked in the public, university and non-profit sectors. She specializes in practical applications of data and communicating information in a way that it becomes intuitive for multiple audiences.

Cynthia is currently coordinating the data, learning and evaluation for the Making Connections Indianapolis Initiative originally funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and now by the Central Indiana Community Foundation. She has done evaluation for the Indianapolis Private Industry Council and developed the data and evaluation plan for the Greater Indianapolis Neighborhoods Initiative. She has been working recently with The Polis Center at Indiana University to develop training materials and conduct applied training for analysis and planning using the SAVI data system. Her work has been as diverse as helping residents in challenged neighborhoods use data to effect positive community change, to leading the evaluation of a multi-year comprehensive community initiative.

Kim Donahue
Kim Donahue is the Central Region Director for the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, a program of the Indiana Association of United Ways. She is also the director of the Nonprofit Training Center of the United Way of Central Indiana.

Her focus is on helping nonprofits to develop and grow through training, technical assistance and consulting. United Way of Central Indiana established a capacity-building initiative for its partner agencies in 2006 to provide long term assistance to agencies in need of development in governance, management and/or finance. Since then, twelve UWCI agencies have received consultant assistance through the fund.

Matt Hannigan
Matt has a Masters degree in Library Science from Ball State University and a B.A. in Psychology from Indiana University. Matt has been a reference librarian at Indianapolis Marion County Public Library’s Central Library for 30 years. For most of those years he specialized in assistance to entrepreneurs and business owners. For the last three years he has chaired a team that assists library patrons and library administration with the SAVI database and other sources of demographic information for nonprofits.

In addition to assisting patrons with their research needs at the reference desk, Matt teaches library courses for the public and library staff on a variety of subjects – Microsoft Excel, Market Research for Entrepreneurs, Database Searching, Internet Job Search, and an overview of the SAVI database. Throughout his career, Matt has been a regular presenter at local state and national library and business meetings on a wide variety of business research topics.

Justin G. Hazlett
Mr. Hazlett, Deputy Attorney General, has been a deputy with the Office of Attorney General since 2000. During his ten years with the office, Mr. Hazlett has investigated and litigated numerous cases involving deceptive business practices, appearing before both state and federal trial courts and the Indiana Court of Appeals. Since 2008, Mr. Hazlett’s investigation and litigation expertise has been tasked to further the Attorney General’s enforcement of Indiana’s laws governing nonprofits and charitable trusts. Mr. Hazlett graduated from the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington in 1999.

Sally Irvin, PhD
Sally is Director and founder of Indian Canine Assistant Network. Sally believed in the power of the relationship between dogs and people from a young age. In 2002 she was fortunate to be able to put her desire to help people change and realize their potential together with her belief in the capacity of our relationship with dogs to be a catalyst for that change. ICAN brings together three unlikely groups: children and adults with disabilities, incarcerated adults and dogs. As the offenders have the fulltime responsibility for the care and training of the future service dogs they learn responsibility and life and job skills. The people who receive the service dogs experience increased independence and an enriched quality of life.

Emily Krauser
Emily joined the staff of IYI as a Project Manager in data in 2008. As part of the data team, she oversees the production and distribution of monthly electronic Issue Alerts and Briefs and manages custom data requests for youth-work stakeholders.

She has a history of serving youth in Indianapolis that includes working as a youth supervisor at the Stopover program of the Boner Community Center and as the administrator for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis’ Strings and Jazzy Things summer music camp.

Emily earned her Master’s degree in Philanthropic Studies from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University where she studied and researched nonprofit giving trends in the U.S. She is also a proud alumna of Ball State University with a degree in Psychology.

Aimee Laramore
Aimee A. Laramore serves as owner and lead consultant of ALlyd Image Solutions. A freelance writer and non-profit consultant, Aimee has served as a voice for effective non-profit agencies for more than 17 years. Her commitment to capacity building stems from a rewarding career in organizational and fund development, throughout Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. A mother of three and experienced non-profit executive, her most important accomplishments include the balance of a successful marriage of 15 years, three children and a thriving consulting practice. She has learned as much from helping dedicated leaders in mission driven work, as her education from Purdue and MBA.

Abigail Lawlis Kuzma
Abigail Lawlis Kuzma received a BA from the University of Wisconsin and J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington. Ms. Kuzma is currently the Director and Chief Counsel of Consumer Protection of the Indiana Attorney General’s office. She was co-founder of the nonprofit organization, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic and served as Executive Director from 1994 to 2009. Before serving with the NCLC, Ms. Kuzma was a subcommittee Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, and prior to that, Legislative Assistant for Senator Richard G. Lugar. . She has also presented in a number of Continuing Legal Education seminars, including Immigrants in Crisis: Human Trafficking, VAWA and U Visa and Religion and the Constitution.

Amanda Nickey
Amanda Nickey is the Executive Director of Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard in Bloomington, Indiana. She is a graduate of the MPA program at Indiana University Bloomington, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and a 2001 alumna of Teach For America. She also serves on the Economic Development Commission for the City of Bloomington and founded Local First Indiana, a support network for independent businesses.

Lisa Osterman
Lisa works in the local learning partnership of Making Connections Indianapolis. Making Connections is 10 year national initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Making Connections Indianapolis is one of 10 participating cities that is focused on building strong neighborhoods, strong families, and strong children.

January Portteus
January Portteus graduated from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 2005 and has worked as a Deputy Attorney General for the Office of the Indiana Attorney General since June 2007. Working in the Consumer Protection Division, Ms. Portteus focuses on Charitable Trusts and Non-Profit Corporation issues and is in charge of professional consultant and solicitor registration and enforcement within the Office.

Bryan Richards
Bryan Richards enables nonprofit organizations to define their goals and then measure progress toward those goals. He uses surveys, focus groups, interviews, photography, videos, and software to track improvements and showcase results. As a result, nonprofits make a powerful community impact and tell a compelling story to board members, volunteers, and funders. Bryan guides nonprofits through his Indiana-based Aspen Impact consulting practice. Through his guidance, clients have deepened relationships with community members, improved services for families, and boosted income from grants, sponsorships, and donations, oftentimes doubling or tripling program participation and income within months of starting a project.

Greg Schrage
Mr. Schrage graduated Cum Laude from the University of Dayton School of Law in 2008 and began working as a Deputy Attorney General for the Indiana Attorney General in June of that year. As part of the Consumer Protection Division, Mr. Schrage handles Charitable Trust and Nonprofit Corporation matters as well as overseeing work on all of the Division’s automobile and going out of business complaints. Mr. Schrage received a Certificate of Excellence in Public Service from Attorney General Zoeller in February of 2010.

Rebecca Sero-Lynn
Rebecca Sero-Lynn joined Indiana Youth Institute as the Program Manager of Evaluations in June 2010. In this position, she is responsible for conducting evaluations for IYI’s services and programs. Rebecca also manages the Custom Solutions portion of IYI, which provides evaluation services to youth serving agencies across the state.

Rebecca’s previous employment has included a wide range of research, assessment, and evaluation duties in the for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors. Most recently, she worked on a national research project for The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University on behalf of United Way Worldwide.

Rebecca earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology from Ohio Northern University and a Master's degree in Family Studies from Miami University. She will receive her Ph.D. in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University in December 2010.

Nora Spitznogle
Nora Spitznogle is the director of operations at Second Helpings, Inc., a food rescue, job training and hunger relief organization serving greater Indianapolis. Second Helpings uses a variety of new media, including Twitter, facebook, Flickr and blogs. They have successfully recruited volunteers, promoted events, raised money and awareness with new media. Nora has a degree in Hospitality Management from Purdue University. She is a freelance writer and photographer for the Broad Ripple Gazette, NUVO Newsweekly and Ghettoblaster music magazine. Nora has over 2000 facebook friends, most of whom she knows in real-life. She’s the mayor of seven locations on foursquare including Goat Mountain at the Indiana State Fair and The Red Key Tavern. She will share Second Helpings’ challenges and experiences with new media.

Sandy Stewart
Sandy Steward is the executive director of PrimeLife Enrichment, Inc. She joined the agency in 1992 as its first assistant director, and was promoted to the executive position in 1996. Since then, the agency has experienced dramatic growth, driven by the introduction of a major wellness program in 1996 and the opening of the PrimeLife Enrichment Center in 2003. Ms. Stewart has embarked on her twenty-six year career in elder services with a strong belief that the second half of life should be filled with endless possibilities, and works aggressively to ensure that endless opportunities to enjoy the wisdom years are available in her community. A veteran in capacity building, she resides in carmel with her husband, teenaged son, and three cats, and is passionate about nature and the arts.

Steve Stoughton
Steve, Partner, The Stoughton Group, is a former State Representative who focused on the state budget. Then he began creating and organizing non-profit initiatives for education, video media and leadership. He authored a book entitled, A LETTER TO HOOSIERS: A CALL TO TRANSFORM INDIANA. Steve’s approach to life’s challenges is to start with research based strategic planning.

Susan Tharp
Susan Tharp has worked with the Purdue Extension Service in Clinton County for 20 years. She provides community educational programming with families in parenting, nutrition, health, and serves as a community resource. She is the Co-Chair of the Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition (HCCCC) that oversees the Clinton County Minority Health Coalition, the Clinton County Tobacco Prevention Coalition and serves as an umbrella to network health service providers in the county. The HCCCC completed a community assessment process and prioritized goals that have guided the planning and implementation of successful health related events and programs as well as creating new partnerships which have resulted in increased health programming capacity.

Jenna Wachtmann
Jenna Wachtmann is Manager of Development for Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center. Jenna graduated from Abilene Christian University with a degree in English. While attending ACU, Jenna worked as Grant Writer for the Boys and Girls Club of Abilene. After college, Jenna worked for D.C. Central Kitchen/The Campus Kitchen Project running a hunger relief program on the campus of St. Louis University. The program engaged student and community volunteers in turning leftover food from dining halls and local grocery stores into new meals that were delivered to nonprofits throughout the city; the program also provided job training for low-income, unemployed adults. Since joining Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center in 2007, Jenna has helped to increase revenue for the center through increased grant/contract support from federal, state, and local funders.

David Wantz
David Wantz, a native of Baltimore, has been at the University of Indianapolis for 28 years serving in a variety of capacities from full-time teaching to senior administration. He oversees the school's community relations. He has graduate degrees in business and education; his doctorate is in counseling psychology from Indiana University. David serves in a variety of leadership positions on civil and not-for-profit boards. He is married to Susan Fleck a professional photographer. They have two adult children and three unruly cats.

Angela E. White
Angela E. White, CFRE, has been instrumental in JGA’s success since 1996, when she joined the JGA team. She has brought a high level of expertise in philanthropic consulting in areas ranging from education to social service organizations. She also brings considerable depth in research analysis on behalf of JGA clients. As all JGA consultants do with their clients, Angela becomes deeply immersed in clients’ issues and causes. Recently, she has counseled the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana and the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Aside from women-focused organizations, Angela also counsels several large social service organizations and educational institutions. Angela has served as the Conference Co-Chair for CASE District 5, the Vice President for Membership for the Indiana Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and as the Chair of the Indiana Achievement Awards. She currently serves on the Board of the Concord Neighborhood Center and on the Development Committee for Komen for the Cure, Indianapolis. She is also a member of the faculty at The Fund Raising School, and serves as a speaker and teacher for the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.