YNPN Chicago members get discount to Donors Forum Luncheon

From Donors Forums Website:

38th Annual Luncheon: Engage Everyone: Changing the Face of Leadership

Building on the Member/Partner Convening on community engagement in March 2012, this event opens the discussion to a larger audience, as the Luncheon, for the first time in its 38-year history, is open to all, regardless of membership in Donors Forum.

We will explore how Illinois nonprofits and grantmakers can promote community leadership in their work through a variety of strategies, including intentional efforts to identify and uplift diverse assets and people who may be underutilized or overlooked. The keynote speaker is Paul Schmitz, a member of the newly created White House Council on Community Solutions. Schmitz is also National CEO of Public Allies and author of the acclaimed new book, Everyone Leads.

Paul founded Public Allies Milwaukee in 1993, and has served as the national CEO of Public Allies since 2000. Public Allies' mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits, and civic participation. Paul writes and speaks often on topics of national service, civic engagement, community building, diversity, nonprofit workforce development, and social entrepreneurship. In December 2010, he was named to the newly created White House Council for Community Solutions, formed to advise the President on ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses, and government to work together in meeting community needs.