Conferences & Events

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30674
• Date: 01 November 2019
• Published date: 01 November 2019

NONPROFIT BUSINESS ADVISOR NOVEMBER 2019

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DOI: 10.1002/nba

Conferences & Events

2019 Conference for Community

Arts Education

The National Guild for Community Arts Education

will host its 82nd Annual Conference for Community

Arts Education Oct. 30–Nov. 2 in Austin, Texas.

According to the NGCAE, this conference brings

together more than 700 leaders and educators from

a variety of backgrounds to share knowledge, build

relationships and advance a common vision: a na-

tion where arts education is accessible and embraced

as essential for human development and healthy

communities.

This year, the conference will showcase visionary

and creative change makers from across the country

and throughout Austin and Texas who are using the

power of the arts to examine and challenge inequity,

engender hope and promote connected, creative com-

munities. Participants will have their choice of over

40 workshops and roundtables, 10 full- and half-day

institutes and nearly a dozen offsite sessions showcas-

ing Central Texas’ arts community.

Registration fees for this event range up to $890.

For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2lyTK7o.

Grant Professionals Association

Annual Conference

The Grant Professionals Association will host its

2019 Annual Conference Nov. 6–9 in Washington,

D.C.

According to organizers, this conference draws

over 900 grant professionals each year who gather

for learning and networking opportunities where they

exchange strategies, solutions, resources and more. By

the end of the event, attendees are equipped with a

year’s worth of support in their daily responsibilities

as grant professionals.

The conference’s breakout sessions will cover a

number of tracks, including:

• federal grants,

• consulting,

• evaluation and collaboration,

• prospect research and donor relations,

• professional development and communication

strategies,

• grants management and budgets,

• personal growth and

• proposal development.

Specic session topics will include:

• “Prospect and Moves Management Tools for

Grant Professionals,”

• “10 Steps to Becoming a Better Grant Manager:

A Road Map for Federal Grant Success,”

• “The Big Fish: Planning, Launching or Propel-

ling Your Mega Foundations Portfolio,”

• “Crash Course in DAFs: An Introduction to

Donor-Advised Funds for the Nonprot Profes-

sional” and

• “What to Expect for Federal Grants and Con-

tracts in 2020 and Beyond.”

Registration fees for this event range up to $1,035.

For more information, visit https://www.

grantprofessionals.org/conference.

ARNOVA 2019 Annual Conference

The Association for Research on Nonprot Or-

ganizations and Voluntary Action will hold its 2019

Annual Conference Nov. 21–23 in San Diego.

According to organizers, this conference aims to

create a public conversation on, as well as opportuni-

ties for presenting research about, pressing issues and

vital opportunities facing the voluntary or nonprot

sector. It is both a showcase for the best and most

current research, as well as a seed bed from which

new research is born. This three-day event includes

two plenary sessions, over 180 panel and/or paper

presentation sessions, a poster session and numerous

opportunities for networking/idea sharing.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Nonprots

and Philanthropy in a Polarized World: Speaking

Truth to Power and Using Power to Speak Truth.”

Nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and

voluntary associations are inextricably linked to the

economic, political and socially polarized world in

which they inhabit.

This conference will explore questions such as how

foundations can combat or contribute to economic, po-

litical and social divides; what role wealth as expressed

through individual philanthropy can contribute to or

mitigate polarization; what role should lesser-studied

nonprots, such as unions, have in a polarized world;

and what role should cooperatives and other forms

of social enterprise have in creating solutions.

Fees for the conference range up to $426.

For more information, visit https://www.arnova.

org. ■