10th Annual Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness

Doing It Right: Achieving Mission, Embracing Ethics
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March 7, 2008

Over 150 leaders in the nonprofit sector attended the 10th Annual Forum on Nonprofit Effectiveness, Doing It Right: Achieving Mission, Embracing Ethics, March 7, 2008.

• The conference featured nationally-renowned keynote speakers Thomas Jeavons, Ph.D., executive director of ARNOVA and Paul Pribbenow, Ph.D., president of Augsburg College.
• Attendees participated in ethical decision-making sessions with F. Miguel Valenti, J.D., Lincoln Professor and Assistant Director of the School of Theatre and Film at Arizona State University.
• Attendees also worked through and provided solutions for real-life ethical case studies.
• Following lunch, attendees shared in a celebration marking the naming of the Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation with remarks by Center director Robert Ashcraft, Center Leadership Council chair Don Lindner, and Bob Long with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Click here to view Dr. Pribbenow's power point presentation.

Thomas H. Jeavons, Ph.D., Executive Director, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Indianapolis

• In addition to being the Executive Director for ARNOVA, Thomas Jeavons is a visiting professor of philanthropic studies at Indiana University and Jessie Ball duPont Fund Trustee. Before joining ARNOVA in 2006, Jeavons was the Chief Staff Officer for the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends for ten years. Most notably, Jeavons is the founding director of the Center on Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Grand Valley State University. He received his B.A. from the University of Colorodo where he majored in philosophy and dance, M.A. in theology from Earlham School of Religion and Ph.D. in management and cultural studies from The Union Institute. Jeavons holds a Certificate in Fund Raising Management and a graduate certificate in business administration. He is also co-author of the book, Growing Givers' Hearts: Treating Fundraising as a Ministry.

Paul C. Pribbenow, Ph.D., President, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.

• Paul Pribbenow is recognized as one of the country’s most engaging commentators and teachers on ethics, philanthropy and American public life. Before coming to Augsburg College in 2006, Pribbenow served as president of Rockford College in Rockford, Ill.  He also has served as research fellow for the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College (Indiana); dean for College Advancement and secretary of the Board of Trustees at Wabash College; vice president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and associate dean of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Pribbenow holds a B.A.from Luther College (Iowa), and an M.A. and Ph.D. in social ethics from the University of Chicago. Pribbenow is the author of numerous articles on the professions, ethics, and not-for-profit management. He writes a regular column for Contributions magazine, and has edited two collections of essays entitled Serving the Public Trust: Insights for Fund Raising Research and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2.

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For details on past Forums, click one of the links below:
• 2007 Annual Forum.
• 2006 Annual Forum.
• 2005 Annual Forum.
• 2004 Annual Forum.
• 2003 Annual Forum.