Join us for the 29^th ABAG Annual Meeting, featuring celebrated author Leslie Crutchfield.

2012 Annual Meeting
Maximize Philanthropy

keynote address "Do More Than Give: How Donors Maximize Philanthropic Impact”
by Leslie Crutchfield, Senior Advisor, FSG
Coauthor of Do More than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World
Coauthor of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

ABAG annually invites our members and partners to celebrate our region's community of grantmakers and elect our board members. Each year a keynote address serves to inspire and challenge local philanthropy to work smartly and passionately to improve community conditions. We are especially pleased to welcome Leslie Crutchfield, a renowned advisor to both nonprofit organizations and foundations on high-impact philanthropy.

Schedule Overview
11:00-12:00 networking
12:00 lunch
12:30-1:30 our program

Registration
$65 per person

Registering online? You will be prompted to purchase an Annual Meeting ticket from the website storefront. You must select the ticket when entering your registration information. You will then be prompted to pay securely by credit card or select "Bill Me” under Payment Type to receive an invoice. Call us at 410-727-1205 if you have any questions.

About Leslie Crutchfield
An internationally-renown author, speaker, and leading authority on scaling social innovation and high-impact philanthropy, Leslie serves as a senior advisor with FSG, a nonprofit strategy firm cofounded in 1999 as Foundation Strategy Group by Mark R. Kramer and Michael E. Porter. Leslie and FSG managing directors John Kania and Mark Kramer are co-authors of a new book on catalytic philanthropy, Do More Than Give, which showcases high-impact funders who change the world (Wiley 2011). She co-authored the critically-acclaimed book, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (Wiley 2008), recognized by The Economist on its Best Books of Year list. For the past decade Leslie has guided a range of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations across North America as an independent advisor. Leslie is a recent managing director of Ashoka and former director of Ashoka’s USA and Canada fellowship program. In the 1990s, Leslie cofounded and ran a nonprofit social enterprise. Leslie is a frequently invited to lecture at domestic and international events, and to conduct workshops and private training sessions for nonprofit and philanthropic leaders. She is an active media contributor whose work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, hbr.org, Fast Company, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and Stanford Social Innovation Review, and she has appeared on programs such as ABC News, NPR and PBS. Leslie serves on the boards of SEED Foundation and Kiva, and she was a Crossroads volunteer in Africa. She holds an MBA and a BA from Harvard University, and resides in the Washington, D.C., area with her family.

PARKING INFORMATION:

The St. Paul Garage fills quickly. Please allow yourself plenty of time for parking.