Cruiskeen Consulting LLC will be exhibiting at the WNA Summit

Additionally, I will be presenting one of the sessions (in fact, the only technology session at the conference). I will be speaking about the effective use of the Internet for nonprofit communications. Sign up.

Wisconsin Nonprofits Association
2008 SUMMIT
June 10, 2008
Sheraton Hotel, Madison

WNA’S first statewide gathering of nonprofit leaders.

• Program
• Register Online
• Register Offline
• Sponsors
• Travel

Who should be attending?
Attending
this summit will be valuable for all leaders of Wisconsin’s nonprofit
organizations; nonprofit board members, staff members and volunteers;
professionals who work with nonprofits; foundation staff members and
trustees, corporate and community leaders; elected and appointed
officials; job seekers and career changers.

Imagine a world without nonprofits...
We
are born in nonprofit hospitals, we leave our children in nonprofit
child care, we are educated at nonprofit schools and universities, we
discover and preserve nature through nonprofit environmental
organizations, we are inspired in nonprofit museums, symphonies and
theatres, we worship in nonprofit churches, synagogues and mosques and
we rely on nonprofits when tragedy strikes our communities.

The
nonprofit sector is like air – it is all around us, but we hardly
notice it. But if it went away – what would we do? A thriving nonprofit
sector means a better quality of life in Wisconsin.

The
nonprofit sector faces increasing demands from boards, staff and
communities to be more accountable, efficient and effective. Unlike
nonprofits in 40 other states, Wisconsin’s nonprofits have had no
unifying association to advance their common interests until now.
Consequently, Wisconsin’s nonprofits have been, among other things:

---Fragmented into separate silos, diluting their buying power, resources and voice
---Without collective voice at the Legislature, in front of regulatory agencies and with the public
---Duplicating efforts by separately doing things that could be centralized to save time and money
---Unable to coordinate effectively to capitalize on their combined size and strengths

The
time is right to manage our responsibilities and opportunities, define
a strong collective voice, and develop a collaborative vision and a
plan of action that builds on the strengths and effectiveness of
Wisconsin nonprofits. Our state’s nonprofits are not frills, but an
integral part of a healthy, artistic, vitally economic and productive
state.

Join us June 10, 2008 for the first annual gathering of Wisconsin's nonprofits.