Mark your calendars for the 2009 Network of California Community College Foundation Symposium - Wednesday, October 28th - Friday, October 30th!
This is the ONLY event designed by and dedicated to advancement professionals in California's community colleges. Network with your peers and learn from experts in the fields of advancement, recruitment and retention of board members and staff, alumni programming, communications, and more.
Who Should Attend
Community college and foundation directors, chancellors, presidents, board members, trustees, and external relations professionals from California and neighboring states.
Strategies to Weather the Storm
Learn the nuts and bolts of fundraising during challenging economic times; what to keep, what to cut, what to expand, and what to explore to make more money using less time and resources. Make certain your fundraising programs are prepared to succeed not only now but when the economy recovers.
Industry experts and special guest speakers will share strategies for developing and operating a thriving foundation. Learn how to foster successful campus and community relationships. Attend a personal development or career advancement seminar for fundraising professionals.
Schedule at a Glance - click to view!
From basic building blocks to the newest techniques, the NCCCF 2009 Symposium will give you the tools you need to enhance your fundraising efforts!
Learn from the Best
Hear from keynote speakers Pamela Cox-Otto, President & CEO, Interact Communications, Inc.; Dr. Jack Scott, Chancellor, California Community Colleges; Philip Berry, President of Berry Associales, LLC., and Brian Flahaven, Director of Government Relations and Institutionally Related Foundations, CASE.
Dr. Pamela Cox-Otto
Highly skilled, a brilliant strategist, and possessing a wild sense of humor, Pam Cox-Otto, Ph.D. brings a wealth of experience to meeting the marketing needs of community colleges. Pam has created statewide image and recruitment programs for community colleges, implemented government relations efforts, and recreated the brands of many colleges coast-to-coast. She has written a book on best web practices for colleges (Making your Website Work, LRP), and is currently writing the first of a three-part book series on generational marketing for colleges. She's a frequent national keynote speaker and she blends the latest research and marketing skills with a deep understanding of two-year colleges.
Pam's current expertise in research, planning and communications began humbly, as a television news reporter in the tiny California town of Eureka in 1974. Her experience as a reporter was developed through covering Salinas, Monterey, Sacramento (the state capitol) and later ended as a reporter in the San Francisco television market. She maintains a busy schedule, balancing her work at Interact with teaching in the MBA Program at Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin), raising her family, and writing books. Her all-time favorite review of her personal speaking engagements came from a college president at an AACC presentation: "If Robin Williams were a woman, he would be Pam."
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Dr. Jack Scott
A member of the State Legislature since 1996, Dr. Scott represented California’s 21st Senatorial District, which includes Pasadena, Glendale, and Burbank; a portion of the city of Los Angeles, and other surrounding cities and communities. During his distinguished senatorial tenure, he served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, which considers all legislative measures dealing with K-12 education and the state’s colleges and universities.
Prior to being elected to the State Legislature, Dr. Scott was President of Pasadena City College beginning in 1987. The hallmark of Dr. Scott’s presidency was the launching and completion of a $100 million master plan to meet the college’s needs into the 21st century. Although state funding declined during Dr. Scott’s presidency, the college balanced its budget, laid-off no members of its faculty or staff, and maintained an educational program of high quality. Pasadena City College had reserve funds of more than $6 million when he retired in 1995.
Dr. Scott is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Pepperdine University and is the first person to be honored as President Emeritus of Pasadena City College.
Previously, Dr. Scott was a teacher and administrator at Pepperdine University for 10 years before he became the Dean of Instruction at Orange Coast College in 1973. Five years later, in 1978, he became the President of Cypress College.
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Philip Berry
Philip is the President of Philip Berry Associates, LLC. He inspired the founding of PBA after working in over 60 countries and lecturing extensively on innovation, talent development, diversity and leadership.
Prior to this he was Vice President, Global Workplace Initiatives and Corporate Officer for Colgate-Palmolive, a global consumer products company. Philip joined Colgate in 1990 as Associate Director of Human Resources in the U.S. Company. He subsequently held senior Human Resources positions serving the Central Europe/Russia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America and European Divisions. In 2001, Philip became Vice President, Global Employee Relations - Best Place to Work, and was elected a Corporate Officer in 2003. Prior to joining Colgate, Philip acquired broad Human Resources expertise at Procter & Gamble, where he worked for eight years in labor relations, organizational development and compensation.
Philip was appointed to the Business Leadership Council of CUNY (City College of New York) and is on the Panel for Education Policy appointed by the Mayor of New York. Further, he is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for City University, which has responsibility for the 23 colleges within the New York City area. He is also on the Advisory Board of the New York City Center, an arts and cultural institution. In addition, he is Co-Chair of the Corporate Diversity Council for the Asia Society.
Mr. Berry received a B.A. in Sociology from Queens College and an Associate’s Degree in Marketing from Borough of Manhattan Community College. He holds an MBA from Xavier University, and an M.S.W from Columbia University. He speaks French, Spanish and knows Swahili and several other languages.
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Brian Flahaven
Brian Flahaven is director of government relations and institutionally related foundations for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the professional association for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development. CASE’s membership includes 3,300 colleges, universities and independent elementary and secondary schools in 54 countries around the world. Brian directs CASE’s government relations initiatives and tracks federal, state and international legislative and regulatory issues of concern to CASE members.
Prior to joining CASE, Brian was the manager of government relations and public policy at the Council on Foundations, where he authored the Council’s Legislative Network e-newsletter and organized Foundations on the Hill, an annual Capitol Hill advocacy day sponsored by the Council and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers. Brian also served as the first Public Policy and Philanthropy Fellow at the Council of Michigan Foundations, worked for former Illinois Lieutenant Governor Corinne Wood and interned for former Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert.
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Manhattan Beach Marriott
Affordable group rates have now been secured for all 2009 NCCCF Symposium attendees at the Manhattan Beach Marriott hotel!
Reservations can be made online with nccncca code at: Manhattan Beach Marriott >>
Reservation can also be made by phone: 1-800-228-2100. Please mention the group name "Network" when placing your reservation with the agent.
Get a head start on the 2009 NCCCF Symposium and book your hotel reservation today!
Manhattan Beach, CA
Manhattan Beach has it all. A shopper’s delight with an array of shops, boutiques and major department stores found throughout our downtown and north end business districts, the Manhattan Village Mall, and lining the boulevards of Sepulveda and Rosecrans. Dining choices are nearly endless. Whatever you desire to eat, you’ll find it superbly prepared at one of Manhattan Beach’s fine restaurants.
Be sure to join us for an exclusive reception at the Lido di Manhattan Ristorante & Bar Thursday, October 29! This will be the perfect opportunity to experience Manhattan Beach while networking with other Symposium attendees. The event is free to symposium attendees.
For more information on Manhattan Beach, visit
http://www.ci.manhattan-beach.ca.us/Index.aspx?page=1