Conference Schedule
Registration Information
Friday, March 10
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Conference Registration
1:30- 2:00 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Meg Hendryx, Director of Development, University of
Florida College of Nursing and Chair, Nursing Advancement
Professionals (NAP) Steering Committee
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Program Session
Prospecting and Researching Techniques for Nursing, Identifying
and Gaining Referrals to Key Donors: Alumni Lists and
Beyond
Development officers are always seeking creative ways
to identify potential prospects from alumni lists and
other sources. This innovative session will demonstrate
how to proactively utilize prospect research to identify
and qualify new potential nursing prospects.
Speaker: Randy Lakeman,Senior Account Executive,Grenzebach
Glier and Associates
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Stretch Break – View Exhibits
3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Planned Giving Design: What’s Critical,What’s
Not
This fast-paced, interactive session will provide
tools to make decisions on prioritizing planned giving
program needs and help identify the most important issues
in designing planned gift development programs. Participants
will leave with a more strategic approach to allocating
limited resources of time, money, and talent to a gift
planning program.
Speaker: Shari Fox, Director of Gift Planning, The
University of Cincinnati Foundation
Media Relations Roundtable
for Today's Colleges of Nursing
Want to strengthen your relationships with local and national
media? Hoping to capture a reporter's attention to help
launch your capital campaign? Bring your issues to the
table—the media roundtable—to discuss with fellow
nursing colleagues. Whether it's dealing with crisis situations
or exploring best pitches, this roundtable is a great
way to dialogue for great results.
Speakers: Robin Hutchinson Bell, Director of College
Relations, Mount Carmel College of Nursing and Robert
Rosseter, Associate Executive Director, American Association
of Colleges of Nursing
Nursing School Advisory
Board Development and Operation
This session will provide participants with an overview
of how an Advisory Board was envisioned, defined, funded,and
launched at a Masters I University School of Nursing,with
the primary responsibility of the Board to advance the
fundraising objectives for the School’s strategic
long-term growth. Participants will learn first hand how
to: set the vision early on; establish meaningful and
integrated roles and responsibilities for the Dean, faculty,
Board members, and representatives of the Advancement
Division; clearly define the Board’s charge; design
and implement a two-day Board retreat; and engage Board
members, faculty, and Advancement representatives in securing
funding for a targeted initiative. The fundraising priority
is a Learning Resource Center that includes a Laerdal
simulation laboratory.
Speakers: Noel Appel, Director, Foundation Relations;
Dr. Jeanne M. Novotny, Dean; Dr. Suzanne Campbell, Faculty
Board Liaison; and Nancy Lynch, Board Member; Fairfield
University School of Nursing
Getting your Dean Excited
about Development
Dean’s have a to-do list a mile long. Their priorities
vary from faculty shortages, to student issues, curriculum
changes, budgets, and rankings. The last thing most deans
want to worry about is fundraising. This session will
provide participants with an overview of strategies to
get deans’ excited about development. Participants
will learn how to create a partnership with their dean
to accomplish their development goals.
Speaker: Mary Rodgers Schubert, MPM,Director ofDevelopment,
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Reception
Come and network with your NAP colleagues, deans,exhibitors
and sponsors. Discuss ideas presented andlearn how other
schools are successfully raising dollars and awareness!
(Cash Bar)
Saturday, March 11
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Nursing Advancement Professional Business Meeting
Meg Hendryx, Director of Development, University of
Florida College of Nursing and Chair, Nursing Advancement
Professionals (NAP) Steering Committee
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Program Session
Donor-Centered Fundraising: Building a Philanthropic Future
Donor-Centered Fundraising is the breakthrough concept
in fundraising and communication that sets a new standard
for fundraising success. Over 7 years of research with
hundreds of charities and donors from across North America
has produced critically important information about why
donors stop giving, or give less than they could, and
how retention and average gift value can be dramatically
improved. In this session, renowned researcher and trainer
Penelope Burk will reveal Donor-Centered strategies to
halt donor attrition and move donors upward, and identify
the three things your donors are looking for right now
before making their next gift.
Speaker: Penelope Burk, President, Cygnus Applied Research,
Inc.
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Break – View Exhibits
Book signing with Penelope Burk, "Donor
Centered Fundraising."
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Building an Integrated Advancement Model
This presentation will define and explore the powerful
organizational and programmatic advancement model which
integrates development, alumni or constituent relations,
and communications/marketing. Among the elements of the
session will be an exploration of the benefits of such
a model, and strategies for design and implementation.
In addition, content will be shared on changing organizational
culture and attitudes, and on developing aptitudes and
capacities for effective and efficient partnerships and
collaborations within advancement operations and across
the larger organization.
Speaker: Jennifer McDonough, Managing Associate, Bentz
Whaley Flessner
Nursing School Advisory
Board Development and Operation
See Friday schedule for complete program description.
Speakers: Noel Appel, Director, Foundation Relations;
Dr. Jeanne M. Novotny, Dean; Dr. Suzanne Campbell, Faculty
Board Liaison; and Nancy Lynch, Board Member; Fairfield
University School of Nursing
Getting your Dean Excited
about Development
See Friday schedule for complete program description.
Speaker: Mary Rodgers Schubert, MPM,Director of Development,
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Reality Show: Schools
with Simulation Labs
This moderated session provides the information you need
to develop a “case” for seeking funding and
partnerships to access health care simulation applications.
The discussion includes components to effectively operationalize
and sustain this essential educational strategy.
Speakers: Philip A. Greiner, DNSc,Associate Professor
and Director, Health Promotion Center, Fairfield University
School of Nursing; Marcella J. Griggs, PhD, Director and
Professor, Radford University School of Nursing; Debra
L. Spunt, MS,Clinical Simulation Director,University of
Maryland School of Nursing; Elizabeth C. Poster, PhD,Dean
and Professor, School of Nursing,University of Texas at
Arlington; Reba Moyer Childress, MSN,Director, Laboratories
for Clinical Learning,University of Virginia School of
Nursing. Facilitator: Myrna J. Petersen,Director of Corporate
&Foundation Relations, University of Maryland School
of Nursing.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break – View Exhibits
Book signing with Penelope Burk, "Donor
Centered Fundraising."
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon and Program
Your Sim Lab: From Dream to Reality
Sponsor: Laerdal Medical Corporation
The Laerdal story is a compelling saga of creativity,
compassion, and trust. This will be brought alive today
by Mr. David W. Shelton,President and CEO of Laerdal Medical
Corporation, a premier source of simulation research,
education, and products to impact evidence-based learning.
We are especially grateful to feature Laerdal as the primary
sponsor of this year's NAP Conference. CO-presenting with
first hand knowledge of the collaborative experience important
to a sustainable Sim Lab is Debra L. Spunt, MS,Clinical
Simulation Director, University of Maryland School of
Nursing and co-founding president of the International
Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning.
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
NAP Keynote Address
Creating a Philosophy of Fundraising
In this session, Carol will introduce you to her philosophy
of fundraising that will help you pick up the phone and
make one more call when you would rather do just about
anything else. Relax, put your pen down and think big
picture. You’re sure to gain some secrets to successful
fundraising– and gain deeper understanding on how
the blocks fit together.
Speaker: Carol Weisman, President, Board Builders,
Inc.
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Break – View Exhibits
Book signing with Carol Weisman.
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session and Committee Meetings
The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising
Building a high performance team and putting them to work.
Find out how to recruit, orient and involve your team,whether
a board or a fundraising committee, so that they are lining
up to work with you to advance the mission of your institution.
Speaker: Carol Weisman, President, Board Builders,
Inc.
NAP Steering Committee
Meeting
A welcome and orientation to the NAP Steering Committee.
NAP Program Committee Meeting
Begin planning the 2007 Nursing Advancement Professionals
Conference.
General Information
Registration
The registration fee for the 2006 Nursing Advancement
Professionals Conference is $389 for members $439 for
non-members. The deadline for early registration is February
22, 2006. The registration fee after February 22 is $459
and $509 for non-members. Deans also registered for the
AACN Spring Annual Meeting will receive the reduced rate
of $309. Please note that there is a $30 discount for
NAP Network Members. E-mail messages confirming registration
for this meeting will be sent to all participants.
Register online at https://www.aacn.nche.edu/Registration/registration.asp
or click here to download
a registration application.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms is reserved at The Fairmont Washington,
2401 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; (202) 429-2400
or (877) 222-2266. The room rate is $205 single/double.
The cutoff date for hotel reservations is February 15,
2006. To make reservations, please call the hotel directly
requesting the group rate for the American Association
of Colleges of Nursing. Reservations made after February
15 will be on a space and rate available basis only. Please
make your reservations early as space fills quickly at
the hotel.
Transportation
Reagan National Airport (DCA) is located approximately
15 minutes from The Fairmont Hotel. Dulles International
Airport (IAD) is approximately 30 minutes from the hotel.
Baltimore/Washington Airport (BWI) is approximately one
hour from the hotel. Taxis are recommended from Reagan
National and Dulles Airports; Super Shuttle is available
for ground transportation from BWI (approximate cost is
$35 each way).
Refund and Cancellation
Policy
Registrations that are canceled up to one week before
the meeting will be refunded minus a $50 administrative
fee. Cancellations received with less than one week's
notice will be refunded minus a $150 administrative fee.
There will be no refunds for no-shows.
AACN reserves the right to
cancel this conference and any group activity that does
not meet minimal group requirements. Non-refundable airline
tickets are the responsibility of the registrant.
Additional Information
For more information contact AACN, One Dupont Circle,
Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 463-6930. If you
require any special access in order to take part in this
meeting, please contact Shana Cohen at AACN or by e-mail
at scohen@aacn.nche.edu.
The Fairmont Washington Hotel is in compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Information about this and
other AACN conferences is available at the AACN Web site,
www.aacn.nche.edu.
