Over 100 leaders in the sector attended the 9th Annual Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness, Speak Out! Empowering Nonprofits to Help Shape Public Dialogue, March 2, 2007.

• The forum featured national speaker Elizabeth Heagy, Esq., President of the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, based in Washington, D.C. Click here to read Elizabeth Heagy's remarks.
• Attendees participated in a dynamic discussion in which advocacy experiences, questions and advice were shared.
• Following lunch, a roundtable of local nonprofit leaders talked about how their organizations contributed to advocacy and public policy.
• Roger Hughes, Executive Director of St. Luke's Health Initiatives, gave a compelling closing address on the topic of nonprofits and hyperculture.

To view the program booklet from the 2007 Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness, please visit: http://www.asu.edu/copp/nonprofit/conf/2007ForumBinderFiles.pdf