Join California ReLeaf and co-hosts the Alliance for Community Trees and the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 2008 Community Tree Leadership Forum, a two-day event designed for staff members and volunteers of urban forestry nonprofits.
The Community Tree Leadership Forum works to increase the impact of the nonprofit and community organizations working on urban forest issues by providing in-depth training to strengthen management and leadership skills within our sector. At this event, participants will have the opportunity to learn about fundraising, legislative advocacy, and marketing. Pricing includes lodging Friday-Saturday, most meals, and all sessions and materials.
Northern California
The Community Tree Leadership Forum works to increase the impact of the nonprofit and community organizations working on urban forest issues by providing in-depth training to strengthen management and leadership skills within our sector. At this event, participants will have the opportunity to learn about fundraising, legislative advocacy, and marketing. Pricing includes lodging Friday-Saturday, most meals, and all sessions and materials.
Northern California
August 1-2, 2008
UC Santa Cruz
* Registration deadline: July 18
Southern California
August 8-9, 2008
Kellogg West Conference Center & Lodge, Pomona
* Registration deadline: July 25
Speakers
Tracy Yassini
Fundraising and Development
Over the last 15 years, Tracy Yassini has had the rare and great fortune to be able to garner experience in nearly all forms of fundraising-city and state funding, corporations and foundations, major gifts from individuals, endowment and capital campaigns, individual sustainer programs, direct email, gala events and house parties. In addition to several years spent at larger "institutional nonprofits," her "on the ground" experiences with social justice and social service organizations enables her to address real life issues with strategies and approaches that work. Tracy is a certified Conflict Resolution Mediator and a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Connie Gallippi
Legislative Advocacy
Connie Gallippi is a Senior Policy Consultant at Conservation Strategy Group who specializes in urban forest and urban sustainability issues. She provides strategic guidance, state legislative and administrative lobbying, and public funding consultation to a variety of nonprofit and public agencies on urban forestry and sustainable cities initiatives. Before joining Conservation Strategy Group, Connie was the Greenprint Director at the Sacramento Tree Foundation, a community-based nonprofit organization. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in Forestry and Natural Resource Management and is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist.
Connie Gallippi is a Senior Policy Consultant at Conservation Strategy Group who specializes in urban forest and urban sustainability issues. She provides strategic guidance, state legislative and administrative lobbying, and public funding consultation to a variety of nonprofit and public agencies on urban forestry and sustainable cities initiatives. Before joining Conservation Strategy Group, Connie was the Greenprint Director at the Sacramento Tree Foundation, a community-based nonprofit organization. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in Forestry and Natural Resource Management and is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist.
Robert Palmer
Strategic Marketing
Robert C. Palmer is president of Platzner & CO a boutique consulting firm that empowers foundations, social enterprises and nonprofit organizations to achieve a higher level of community impact and change. Working with local, national and global organizations, Platzner & Co. designs and implements sustainable marketing and business programs tailored to the individual needs of each nonprofit, so that they can consistently attain their goals and fulfill their mission. Palmer has more than 20 years of strategic communications, marketing and general business experience including 15 years of high-tech work in Silicon Valley. He received his B.S. in Journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and resides in Oakland, CA.
Cost$250 per person
$150 discounted rate for California ReLeaf Network Members
* Cost includes one night of lodging, meals, registration, course materials, and parking for those who register by the deadline. Thanks to generous support from the USDA Forest Service and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, fees are greatly reduced for all participants.
Here’s what past participants had to say:
“I have been fundraising for over 25 years and I still learned something today.” - Larry Webber, Keep Brevard Beautiful
“Thank you - this has renewed my commitment to urban forestry for another ten years!” - Joan Lionetti, Trees for Tucson
“All of the information was relevant and I will definitely be recommending the Community Tree Leadership Forums to my colleagues.” - Christie Ralston, Friends of Troy Gardens
For more information, including prices, visit either Santa Cruz or Pomona event websites. If you have any questions, contact Ashley Mastin at (530) 757-7330 or amastin@californiareleaf.org.
Register for the Community Tree Leadership Forum
Here’s what past participants had to say:
“I have been fundraising for over 25 years and I still learned something today.” - Larry Webber, Keep Brevard Beautiful
“Thank you - this has renewed my commitment to urban forestry for another ten years!” - Joan Lionetti, Trees for Tucson
“All of the information was relevant and I will definitely be recommending the Community Tree Leadership Forums to my colleagues.” - Christie Ralston, Friends of Troy Gardens
For more information, including prices, visit either Santa Cruz or Pomona event websites. If you have any questions, contact Ashley Mastin at (530) 757-7330 or amastin@californiareleaf.org.
Register for the Community Tree Leadership Forum
