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Nonprofit Management Institute 2013

Join your peers from around the world for two days of intense learning and networking at Stanford's beautiful campus. The 8th Annual Nonprofit Management Institute, held on September 10-11, will include leading practitioners and university professors as speakers, all with the aim of helping you to improve your organization. Save the date!

 

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  • Philanthropy Educators Symposium

    Date: 
    Wed, 06/19/2013 - 09:00 - 17:00
    Location: 
    Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center (326 Galvez St)
    By invitation only

    The largest-ever convening of philanthropy educators, hosted by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) in partnership with the Learning by Giving Foundation and Giving 2.0. The day’s program includes opportunities to share best practices for teaching philanthropy to university students, discuss what constitutes “success” in philanthropy education, and inspire each other to achieve the greatest impact and best teaching experience for faculty and students alike.
     
    The full agenda will kick off with a keynote by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Stanford PACS Founder and Chairman, Lecturer in Business Strategy at the Graduate School of Business, and Lecturer in Public Policy at Stanford University. Over the course of the day, participants will engage in moderated panel discussions, a series of Ted Talk-style presentations, and interactive breakout sessions, featuring faculty from Stanford, University of Michigan, Georgetown, NYU and more. The program will conclude with reflections from Melissa Berman, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, and President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. 

    For more information about the Philanthropy Educators Symposium, including logistics, please view our page at: http://pacscenter.stanford.edu/content/philanthropy-educators-symposium
     
    Paul Brest, Stanford PACS Faculty Co-Director, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School, is the Faculty Advisor for the Philanthropy Educators Symposium. Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen is the Chair. 

  • Philanthropy Educators Symposium
  • PHILANTHROPY INNOVATION SUMMIT

    Date: 
    Thu, 09/12/2013 - 08:00 - Fri, 09/13/2013 - 18:00
    Location: 
    Stanford University

    This year, the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society will host its inaugural PHILANTHROPY INNOVATION SUMMIT: Passion + Impact, an invitation-only event for individual and family philanthropists to convene and discuss their giving with peer experts in an intimate, non-solicitation environment. Confirmed speakers include:

    Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen | Jack Dorsey 
    Ben Horowitz | Laurene Powell Jobs | Tom Siebel 

    Paul Brest, Stanford PACS Faculty Co-Director, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Law School, will serve as Faculty Advisor of the Summit. Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, Stanford PACS Founder and Board Chairman, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund), President of the Marc and Laura Andreessen Foundation, Lecturer in Philanthropy at Stanford University, and New York Times bestselling author of Giving 2.0, will chair the Summit.

  • PHILANTHROPY INNOVATION SUMMIT

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