Re-Imagining Impact: Leadership Strategies for Greater Results

Re-Imagining Impact: Leadership Strategies for Greater Results
BBB Charity Effectiveness Symposium VIII
February 25, 2014
Baruch College Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Welcome
Claire Rosenzweig, CAE, President & CEO, Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan New York, and the Education and Research Foundation of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York, Inc.

David S. Birdsell, Dean and Professor, Baruch College School of Public Affairs

Opening Remarks
Making an Impact: Goals for the Future
Speaker: Bill Chong, Commissioner, Department of Youth and Community Development, New York City

Panel Discussion
Collaborations and Collective Impact: What Are We Learning?
Moderator: Lori Bezahler, President and Board Secretary, Edward W. Hazen Foundation
Kavitha Mediratta, Programme Executive, Children and Youth, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Kevin Ryan, Program Director, New York Foundation
Deborah Thompson Velazquez, Senior Program Officer, Altman Foundation

Panel Discussion
Defining and Measuring Impact: Insights from the Field
Moderator: David S. Birdsell, Dean and Professor, Baruch College School of Public Affairs
Gordon Berlin, President, MDRC
Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director, The Osborne Association
Carson C. Hicks, Ph.D., Director, Programs and Evaluation, New York City Center for Economic Opportunity

Keynote Remarks
Impact and Opportunity
Speaker: Melissa Berman, President & CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Introduced By Richard Brown, Vice President-Philanthropy, American Express

Question Moderator: James A. Krauskopf, Distinguished Lecturer and Director, The Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, Baruch College School of Public Affairs