Within the Congress Community, there are a number of groups that enjoy getting together to meet new friends and talk about specific topics.
On Monday, November 30th, we have organized 6 rooms, each with a specific topic including:
- Small Shops
- Diversity
- Stewardship
- Success Stories
- Job Hunting
- open topics
This is a new format and we’d like your [...]
We’re listening!
At past conferences you have told us that you not only value the great education and thought provoking discussions at the formal sessions at Congress. You have also said that networking is important. (We’re a community, after all!)
We know it is not always easy to simply walk up to someone and start talking. [...]
For those who don’t subscribe to “The Agitator” news blog, yesterday they wrote about the results of their 2010 Fundraising Plans (where charities plan to invest in 2010). While this study was broader than Canada, I thought it interesting that among their respondents:
- 55% said they will spend more on online giving
- 51% on major [...]
Last week, I had a most interesting conversation with a colleague about the value we get out of conferences.
We spoke about the typical things we go to conference for, like:
“I always take away one or two ideas that pay for the conference 5 times over!” or,
“The networking is great because I can discuss big [...]