Leslie Crutchfield Event Registration Closes 2/20/09

Willamette Valley Development Officers is proud to welcome Leslie Crutchfield to the WVDO Lunch Series on February 25, 2009 (register at www.wvdo-or.org).

Drawing from the findings in her new book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Nonprofits , Leslie will discuss the best practices that characterize highly effective nonprofits, and will illustrate how nonprofit leaders in our region can incorporate and apply these practices to their work.

During this two-hour session, Leslie will explore in-depth select practices such as effective nonprofit collaboration and how to more effectively combine advocacy with direct service.

The workshop offers a chance for open dialogue with a nationally-renown expert on nonprofit performance, intimate roundtable discussions with peers, and a chance to learn from real-world examples and immediately applicable advice for nonprofit leaders who want to achieve greater results.

This workshop is an excellent opportunity for development professionals, executive directors and board members to learn from a recognized expert in the field. Leslie Crutchfield is a nationally-renown author, speaker, and advisor to leading nonprofits and philanthropies. She serves as a Changeleader of Ashoka and is co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Wiley, 2008).

Ashoka is the world's oldest and largest organization supporting social entrepreneurs, including the "global greats" of social entrepreneurship such as Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank.

For the past decade, Leslie has advised a range of foundations, and she currently serves as philanthropic advisor to the Goldhirsh Foundation. In the 1990s, she co-founded and ran Who Cares: The Tool Kit for Social Change, a national magazine for young activists (circulation 50,000).

Leslie is a frequent public speaker and university lecturer. She volunteered with Crossroads Africa in the Gambia, and serves on the boards of the SEED Foundation, Kiva, and Little Kids Rock. Leslie holds an MBA and an AB from Harvard University, and resides in the Washington, D.C. area with her family.

For more information about Leslie Crutchfield: http://www.forcesforgood.net/authors.html

Register for lunch at: www.wvdo-or.org. There is a charge for this event