SmartSimple Attends the Florida Philanthropic Network (FPN) Statewide Summit on Philanthropy
On January 29th and 30th, the
SmartSimple team made their way down to Orlando, Florida, to take part in the
annual FPN Statewide
Summit on Philanthropy Conference, held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
“It was great to be able to attend this conference for
the third year in a row,” says Todd Lapin, Director of Strategic Accounts.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and catch up with clients and
friends I've known for years.”
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| Todd Lapin greets visitors to the SmartSimple booth. |
Presented by Bank
of America, the FPN Conference is an annual event aimed at bringing members
of the Florida philanthropic community together to share new learnings, discuss
issues, trends and ideas surrounding the health and vitality of “The Sunshine
State.” Key experts and industry professionals shared their thoughts and best
practices, including Aaron Dorfman of the National
Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, William A. Schambra of the Hudson
Institute's Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, and Phil
Buchanan, President of the Center
for Effective Philanthropy.
This year’s keynote speaker was Ambassador James A. Joseph,
Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke
University. He has been leader in residence for the Hart Leadership Program and founder of
the United States Southern Africa
Center for Leadership and Public Values at Duke and the University of Cape Town.
“Ambassador Joseph is a phenomenal speaker and had some truly
insightful commentary to share with the audience on the state of philanthropy
today. It was a pleasure to hear his keynote speech,” continues Todd.
“I was also proud to see one of our clients, Richard Brown,
as the featured speaker at the Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy dinner,” Todd
adds. “Richard is Vice President of Philanthropy at American Express, and is a
national leader in the area of non-profit leadership.”
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| A great turnout at the FPN Conference. |
SmartSimple also participated in the Foundation Center’s session called “How
to Get on the Map” – an initiative they’ve undertaken with the Forum for
Regional Associations of Grantmakers to help improve the ability to access and
share granting data – stay tuned for a separate post on this fantastic
initiative!
In closing, Todd shares a quote from another of our clients,
Barbara Ryan Thompson, Executive Vice President and CEO of Helios Education Foundation, which she posted
on the FPN Twitter feed during the conference; “Is the philanthropic sector’s work inspiring our communities to dream?
Is it inspiring us to learn and share? Is it inspiring us to do and become more
for the greater good?”
“I think these are vitally important questions for everyone
to ponder, no matter where they do good works,” concludes Todd.
Stay tuned for an upcoming blog on all the events
SmartSimple will be attending in March, as well as information on our Annual
Community Conference in Toronto, Canada, on April 15th!
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our website for our latest webinars
and, as always, you can request
a demo if you’d like to learn more about what SmartSimple can do for you.
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