Leading in Tough Times


There has been an inherent tension between grantors and grantees about the business of money. 2009 demands a different kind of conversation. As grantors and grantees alike struggle to adapt to unprecedented economic uncertainty, it's time for straight talk. It's time to break down the barriers to harness the collective power of grantors and grantees to develop a more open relationship.

Author and consultant Marcia K. Sharp will facilitate the dialogue, challenging participants to:

Change the conversation
Play to each other's strengths
Lead together

This interactive session is intended to yield practical, actionable steps designed build a new kind of philanthropic practice in the community, one that is transformational rather than transactional.

Thursday, July 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. to noon
San Antonio Convention Center
Cost is $35 (includes continental breakfast)
Note: Parking is available at the Convention Center for $8.

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Introducing our Facilitator
Marcia Sharp is a founding principal of Millennium Communications Group, a strategic communications consulting practice targeting growth and change issues in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. She is a research fellow of the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California, and is presently working with the California-based James Irvine Foundation. A graduate of Harvard University, Sharp sits on the Council of the Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.