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CCEF
PO Box 19290
Stanford, CA 94309
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Executive Director
Susan Sweeney
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The 2003 California Consortium of Education Foundation's annual conference was held November 6 & 7 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose and was considered by all who attended a great success. Two days of intensive workshops, informative sessions, thought provoking keynotes and networking came to an end with members of the local education community heading back to their communities reinvigorated with new ideas and energy. Said one LEF leader, "I have attended four CCEF conferences and this was the best by far. It was so well organized. All of the presenters were excellent and totally on track with their subjects.”
The record attendance resulted in an exciting energy and exchange of ideas. The registration area with displays and tables for casual groupings outside the meeting rooms offered ample networking opportunities. LEF leaders really want to meet with their peers, whether from district or single site foundations, elementary or high school. CCEF’s first attempt to bring LEF leaders together based on student population served was very successful.
Veteran CCEF conference attendees judged the 2003 conference to be “the best ever.” First timers also expressed favorable opinions. Mentioned with appreciation were:
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First day workshops on foundation operations, some designed for newcomers and others for the more experienced
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The variety of subjects covered in the second day workshops, the useful suggestions and stimulating ideas they presented
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State level perspective of California education, political and fiscal, provided in the general sessions
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Opportunities to meet and exchange knowledge with others developing a broader foundation network
The role of CCEF is to furnish information, instruction, and yes, inspiration that will enable LEFs to be educational partners in their local communities. That’s what the CCEF conferences and publications are designed to do and CCEF wouldn’t be the effective organization it is without it’s conference cultivated networks, networks powered by the desires of individuals to help one another with their common goal of serving students and schools.
Foundation Executive Directors still talking and exchanging ideas after a session is over
CCEF Board of Directors
Caroline Boitano
Consultant
Robert B. Caine
Kentfield School District
Joan H. Fauvre
Pasadena Educational Foundation
Gerald Howard
Interstate Commercial Mortgage Services
Joan Johnston
Palo Alto Foundation for Education
Morgan Odell, DPA
Santa Ana Education Foundation
Sally A. Outis
Albany Education Foundation
Wayne Padover, Ph.D.
The California AfterSchool Partnership
Michael Pinto, Ph.D.
Laguna Beach Ed Endowment & Capital Fund
Frank J. Quevedo
Southern California Edison
Lawrence Schwab, Esq.
Bialson, Bergen & Schwab
Emanuel Scrofani, Ed.D.
California School Boards Association
Carol Sigelman
KeyLink Consultancy
Lois Swanson
St. Helena Schools Foundation Endowment Trust
Kathy Owyang Turner
San Francisco Education Fund
Susan Wittenberg
The West Contra Costa Public Education Foundation
CCEF Advisory Board
Steven T. Kuykendall
Congressman
Steven T. Kuykendall & Associates
Mary Leslie
Consultant
Charla Rolland, Ed.D.
Stanford University
Gladys Thatcher
CCEF Founder
Ronald T. Vera, Esq.
Law Offices of Gutierrez & Vera
Robert Wood, Esq.
Lafayette Arts & Science Foundation
Newsletter Editor/Designer
Robin Gladstone webmaster@cceflink.org
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QUOTES AND PHOTOS—DAY ONE (TOP)
The sense of the
participants in the Education Foundation Fundamentals Workshop was that of "urgency". Those
initiating education foundations recognized they needed to do it with great
rapidity, given the current state budget situation. Those who were trying to
reinvigorate their foundations seemed to have recognized the "missed
opportunities" for resource development they have experienced.
Wayne Padover, The
California AfterSchool
Partnership
Education Foundation Fundamentals focused on raising funds and friends for foundations as well as developing programs.
Phil Sims of Sims and Layton addressed the legal issues in establishing an LEF and Terri Montgomery of Vavrinek, Trine, Day and Co., LLP provided financial information.
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It's been clear to me for
some years that the emergence of local educational foundations is one of the
most convincing signs that American democracy is still healthy, despite all
the battering it's been taking in recent years. I have great admiration for
those who band together to pool their own energy and financial resources to
help shape a better future for their children and their children's children.
No matter how modest any of your specific projects may be, that's the larger
context in which it needs to be seen. I wish you all the very best of luck
in all your endeavors.
Mal Warwick, Chairman, Mal Warwick & Associates, Inc.
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"Major gifts fundraising is
about building relationships. Good cultivation means they learn more about
your organization and you learn more about them and what they care
about. Never forget that people give based on shared values...not because
you need 'stuff'."
Emily Hull Parsons
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Lois Swanson and Susan Wittenberg presenting
"Grants that Work"
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Kevin Gordon's presentation
about the financial crisis in California presented the best and worst,
focusing on the important role of local education foundations in this
environment. "The challenges each of you face as you help lead local
foundations in supporting our public schools is directly impacted by the
politics of public school funding at the state level. Our collective goals
should include a commitment to activism in the statewide efforts to protect
school funding and to band together when state leaders are looking to cut an
already under funded system."
From the Morning
Keynote: "Forecast of Budget & Politics Affecting Education Next Year"
Kevin
Gordon,
California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO)
After the morning keynote a panel of foundation leaders, Joan Fauvre, Pasadena Education Foundation, Terri Kent, Los Gatos Education Foundation and Muhammed Chaudhry, Franklin McKinley Education Foundation, discussed ways in which they had met the challenges of funding pressures on their foundations.
LEF leaders participated in a survey of the changing role of education foundations as part of the morning keynote session.
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"Local educational
foundations are doing far more than raising money for schools, at their best
they are helping rebuild the civic fabric of California communities and
creating new constituencies for our children's education."
From Luncheon Keynote:
"Improving Education Through Civic Engagement" Chuck Supple,
formerly of the Governor's
Office on Service and Volunteerism
Chuck Supple talking with session participants after the keynote
Chuck Supple's perspective in his Luncheon Keynote came from his years as an advocate for voluntary action on the part of individuals. His current role on the Youthful Offender Parole Board gives him an understanding of what can happen when young people do not have community and parental support and fail in education.
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Michael Pinto, SCHOOLPOWER (Laguna Beach), Bill Dunkle, San Ramon Valley Education Foundation and Julie Switzky, Hillsborough Education Foundation, share ideas on stewardship and endowments.
"Creative new ideas as well
as current successful programs were shared in an invigorating and
stimulating venue. Also touched on were issues of equity between wealthy
and poor school districts, a subject we might want to take a closer look at
during next year's conference."
Michael Pinto, Beyond the Basics Workshop
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Schools do not have needs,
rather than being needy they are the source of solutions which are
important, locally and nationally, critical to every facet of the future.
Prospective donors are the ones with needs, and the job of the case
statement is to communicate to donors how their needs can be met by
participating in the solutions which our schools present.
David
Lees, Making the Case for a Case Statement
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Caroline Boitano moderated a lively session on Approaching Business and Corporations with Randy Chun, Wells Fargo Foundation, and Karen Dibblee, Kentfield Schools Foundation.
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Of the 20+ attendees, only
two were from LEFs with a strategic plan. However, the remaining LEF leaders
vowed to start the process when they returned on Monday. There is no
question that LEF leaders needed this introduction to strategic thinking and
planning.
Carol
Sigelman, Strategic Planning, The Road Map to Success
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Thank you to all day two workshop presenters:
Building and Retaining a Successful Board
Nice Alterman, Nice Alterman Consultants
Successful LEF Fund Development Programs
Bernedette Medrano, Santa Ana Education Foundation
Trisha Garlock, Kiddo! (Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation)
Susan Wittenberg, West Contra Costa Public Schools Fund
Strategic Planning
Carol Sigelman, Keylink Consultancy
Internet Technology & Local Education
Foundations
Robin Gladstone, HIP Publishing Group
Making the Case for the “Case Statement”
David Lees, consultant
Approaching Business and Corporations
Randy Chun, Wells Fargo Foundation
Karen Dibblee, Kentfield Schools Foundation
Caroline Boitano, consultant
Making A Difference
Ayanna Hudson, LA County Art Commission
Richard Whitmore, Lafayette Arts & Science Foundation
Diana Long, Newport Harbor High School Foundation
Lois Swanson, St. Helena Endowment Trust
Morgan Odell, Santa Ana Education Foundation
Survey Presentation – Christine Johnson, Culture Change Solutions
Luncheon Table Discussions
Developing an Alumni Program – Elaine Woods-Martinez, Graduate
Connection
Working with Business – Trisha Garlock, Kiddo
Foundations Focusing on the Arts – Ayanna Hudson, LA County Art Commission
Executive Directors Round Table – Linda Gross, Santa Monica-Malibu Education
Foundation
Partnering with PTA – Pam Brady, California State PTA
Advocacy and Public Policy – Sabrina Skinner, EdVoice
Network of Rural LEFs – Denise Hitch, Oakdale Education Foundation
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Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) The award recognizes the IPSF School Site Ambassador program that was developed to improve the relationship and communication between IPSF and schools. Over the years, the Ambassador program has become instrumental in keeping schools connected both with the school district and foundation activities. School Site Ambassadors are representatives from individual schools who serve as liaison to enhance communication between IPSF and local school sites. For more information contact CEO Tim Shaw at info@ipsf.net
Menlo Park-Atherton
Education Foundation (MPAEF) The award recognizes the MPAEF’s new
community-building program of Foundation Ambassadors – one in every
classroom – at the four schools in the Menlo Park City Elementary School
District.
Foundation Ambassadors help
to communicate the focus of the MPAEF this year to increase participation
among parents in the mission of raising money for essential programs.
“Ambassadors help build
understanding among parents and that understanding will help us build a
stronger community,” said June Flora, president of the MPAEF, who accepted
the award at a special luncheon at the CCEF Conference in San Jose on
November 7, 2003. “In the face of growing enrollment and continued economic
uncertainty in our state, there is no more important time for parents to
understand the integral role our Foundation plays in providing local funding
for an excellent education for our children.” Contact:
ambassador@mpaef.org
Palo Alto Foundation for
Excellence (PAFE) The award recognizes the PAFE Communication Campaign
which used digital technology to create a DVD entitled “Magnifying Science”
which became the centerpiece in the PAFE Science fundraising campaign.
Believing that the
“experts,” teachers in the classroom, would be the most persuasive advocates
of the science departments’ needs, but understanding that teachers are at
their most effective in the classroom, not at myriad fundraising events,
PAFE interviewed teachers on video as a way of giving them an opportunity to
tell their stories to the widest possible audience of potential donors.
Contact Ann Avis or Barb Mitchell at:
information@pafe.org
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Thank you to the conference sponsors:
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