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Nonprofit Day 2006

SAVE THE DATE - Nonprofit Day 2006
September 27, 2006
Lansing Center, Lansing MI

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AGENDA

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 
Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Keynote Address - Melissa Flournoy
Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
Candidate Forum, Part 1
Mr. Dick DeVos, Attorney General Mike Cox and Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m. – Noon
Breakout Sessions:                   

1. Advocacy for the Busy Nonprofit Professional - Jean Doss, J. Doss Consulting
2. The Do's and Don'ts During an Election Year - Mitzy Sharp Futro, Michigan Nonprofit Association
3. Finding a Message that Sticks - Roger Martin, Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications
4. What's Happening at the Capitol? - Rob Collier, Council of Michigan Foundations and Erin Skene, Michigan Nonprofit Association
5. How Proposal 2 will Impact Communities and Nonprofits - Kary Moss, ACLU and Beth Sullivan, University of Michigan

Noon - 12:15 p.m.
Break

12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon
Pollsters and the Media Face-off on Election 2006
Moderator: Kelly Rossman, The Rossman Group. Panelists: Bill Ballenger, Inside Michigan Politics; Dawson Bell, Detroit Free Press; and Ed Sarpolus, EPIC-MRA.

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Break

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Candidate Forum, Part II
Governor Jennifer Granholm (invited), Mr. Amos Williams and Macomb County Clerk Carmella Sabaugh

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions:

1. Ask-the-Experts on Advanced Legislative and Administrative Processes - Joe Baumann and Evie Zois, Dykema Gossett
2. Get Involved: Increase Nonprofit Participation in Nonpartisan Election Activity - Tiffany Aurora, Michigan Nonprofit Association and Ryan Friedrichs, Center for Civic Participation
3. Capitol Tour
4. Michigan Nonprofits - Staying Legal - Nicole Dandridge, Michigan State University College of Law and Marion Gorton, Michigan Nonprofit Association

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Sponsors of Nonprofit Day

MNA is grateful to the following organizations for their generous support of Nonprofit Day 2006.

Sponsors
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Co-Sponsors
ConnectMichigan Alliance
Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Conference Partners
Michigan Association of United Ways
Public Sector Consultants, Inc.

Conference Friends
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan
Council of Michigan Foundations
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Michigan's Children
Michigan Environmental Council
Public Policy Associates, Inc.