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CSPRC Spectrum Conference Archive

Here is a review of the offerings from the CSPRC Spectrum 2011 Conference "Bright Ideas":




Flashes of insight abounded for nonprofit professionals at Bright Ideas: SPECTRUM CONFERENCE 2011!

-- Morning keynote speaker: Bits of Brightness, Susan M. Werremeyer, owner of Carleton | Werremeyer

-- Lunghtime keynote speaker: Shining the Media Spotlight on Your Organization, Jasmine Huda, reporter and anchor with KMOV-TV News 4.

Plus 16 enlightening breakout sessions on these incandescently hot topics:

-- Social Media: Legal Issues & Organizational Liability -- Barbara Dunn, Howe & Hutton, Ltd.

-- Special Events: Raising Dollars While Keeping the Misison Front & Center -- Stephen Phelps, Doorways

-- Shedding Light on Your Stakeholders & Your Communications Plan -- Allison Collinger, AHC Consulting, LLC

-- It’s Not Who You Know, But Who Knows You: SEO and Making Your Website “Findable” – Erin Husband, Twist

-- Partners, Not Just Board Members – Amy Rome, CFRE, principal, The Rome Group

-- Everyone Needs an Editor: The Best One May Be You – Dick Weiss, founder, WeissWrite LLC; contributing editor, St. Louis Beacon

-- Why No One Seems to Care About Your Nonprofit (And What to Do About It) – Maryanne Dersch, 501creative inc.

-- Illuminating the Media: What They Want From You – Kelsey Volkmann, web editor, St. Louis Business Journal; Megan Lynch, investigative reporter, NewsRadio 1120 KMOX; Sheila Condon, news producer, KSDK-TV Newschannel 5

-- Financial Topics & Key Internal Controls -- Leanne Rohr & Brent Stevens, RubinBrown, LLP

-- Next Bright Idea? The Who, What, When, Where & Why of Social Enterprize -- Barbara Levin, Alliance for Building Capacity, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University

-- Let's Give 'Em Something to Talk About: Social Media and Digital Word of Mouth – Brian Cross, managing partner & director of rocket science; Elasticity

-- 24 Online Resources Every Nonprofit Executive Should Know -- Brad Smith, St. Charles City-County Library District

-- Ensuring Your Nonprofit's Future: Recruiting and Retaining Young Employees and Volunteers – Mallory Rusch, Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, St. Louis

-- Corporate Giving Isn’t Changing, It’s Changed! – Mary McMurtrey, Gateway Center for Giving

-- Social Media for Social Good: Emerging Trends and Tactics – Lisa Weser, senior vice president; Emerging Communications, Fleishman-Hillard

-- Polishing Your Presentation Skills -- Phil Moses, Better Business Bureau  

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Thank You to Our Sponsors!


Gold Sponsors



501creative, inc.



Midtown Printing


Silver Sponsors

Almanac

        

Birchtree Studio



Kama, Inc. 



Reynolds/Ungerer Wealth Management Group



YMCA Trout Lodge



Bronze Sponsors

Better Business Bureau
Blackbaud
Maryville University
Missouri Foundation for Health
Non-Profit Management & Leadership Program - UMSL
The Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis
RubinBrown LLP
Safe Connections
St. Louis Audio Visual, Inc.
St. Louis Pre-Sort, Inc.
Twist
United Way of Greater St. Louis
William Greenblatt Photography