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Thursday, March 24, 2011
4:30 PM -
6:00 PM		 Conference Kick Off and Plenary Session #1: "Education for a Changing Field in Changing Times"
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6:00 PM -
6:30 PM		 Transport to University of San Diego for Opening Reception (Provided by NACC)
6:30 PM -
8:30 PM		 Welcome Reception at University of San Diego
8:30 PM -
9:00 PM		 Transport to Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa (Provided by NACC)
Friday, March 25, 2011
7:00 AM -
8:30 AM		 Breakfast, Networking and Exhibits Open
8:30 AM -
9:30 AM		 Plenary Session #2: "The Changing Face and Likely Future of Nonprofit Funding and Its Implications for Educating Nonprofit Leaders"
9:30 AM -
10:00 AM		 Break
10:00 AM -
11:30 AM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F  
"Models of Study Abroad Programs for Graduate Nonprofit Programs" - J. Patrick Murphy "Leadership Trends in the Nonprofit Sector" - Jeni Gamble

"Design, Evaluation and Research on Developing Emerging Leaders in the Nonprofit Sector" - Angela Bies & Will Brown

"Nonprofit Management Education as a Site for Collaborative Leadership Learning" - Margy-Jean Malcolm		 "Is Philanthropy a Discipline or a Field of Knowledge: Experience from a Joint EU-American Program" - Giuliana Gemelli

"Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Philanthropic Studies" - Julie Hatcher

"Teaching Through Dialogue in Undergraduate Philanthropic Studies" - Sarah Nathan		 "Institutionalization: The Significance of the Dean-Director Relationship" - Keith Seel & Robert Ashcraft "An Evidence-Based Paradigm for Teaching Nonprofit Lobbying: An Applied Approach" - Pat Libby "Influences of Short-Term Cross-Cultural Volunteering on College Students" - Shawn Flanigan  
Panel Presentation Paper Panel Paper Panel Expert Presentation Expert Presentation Panel Presentation  
11:30 AM -
12:30 PM		 Lunch
12:30 PM -
2:00 PM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F Session G
"Inviting the Community Back In" - Peter Elson "Governmental Regulation of Advocacy in Canada's Nonprofit Sector: Critical Implications for Democracy" - Nick Mule

"Engaging Men in Gender Justice: Overcoming Barriers to Girls' Education in the Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan & Northern Pakistan" - Aamir Jamal

"Women in Peace Building NGOs: A Call for Increased Female Participation and Visibility" - Courtney Rowe

"Educating the Most Vulnerable: The Experience of Unaccompanied Minors at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp"		 "PhD Programs that Offer Specializations in Nonprofit/ Philanthropic Studies: Perspectives from PhD Students" - Heather Carpenter, Lindsey McDougle, Erin Nemenoff, Kim Meredith "Why Should I Know This?: Teaching Nonprofit Management Courses from a Liberal Arts Disciplinary Background" - Matther Baggetta & Jennifer Brass

"The Humanities, Philanthropic Studies and Improving the Practices of Nonprofit Organizations" - Al Lyons & Marc Hardy

"Virgil's Aeneas as the Quintessential Social Entrpreneur: Juxtaposing Selections from Epic Poetry and Entrpreneurship Theory to Teach Social Entrpreneurship" - Gordon Shockley & Peter Frank		 "The Necessary Skills for Entry Level Nonprofit Employees" - Patrick Harman

"MPAs with a Nonprofit Concentration: What are Graduates Doing?" - Leigh Hersey, Dorothy Norris-Terrell & Susan Schmidt

"Needs Assessment and Curriculum Mapping: Enhancing Management Skills of the Nonprofit Workforce" - Lili Wang & Robert Ashcraft		 "Student Community Based Learning in NPM Education Programs" - Beth Gazley

"Strengthening Student Community Based Learning in NPM Education Programs" - Laura Littlepage

"A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Nonprofit Master's Students' Applied Projects on Nonprofit Organizations in the San Diego Region" - Holly Hoffman		 "Preparing Nonprofit Studies Students for a Global Society" - Naomi Wish, Matthew Hale, Roseanne Mirabella, Michael Taylor
Colloquium Modified World Café Colloquium Paper Panel Paper Panel Paper Panel Colloquium
2:00 AM -
2:30 PM		 Break
2:30 PM -
4:00 PM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F  
"NGO Leaders Traning Programs: North America, Latin America and Europe" - Norm Dolch "Well, Nobody's Perfect!: Teaching Ethics Through Case Studies to Nonprofit Managers When the Teaher's Actions are the Case" - Jenny Harrow & Paul Palmer

"Teaching Social Entrepreneurship in Ireland: Starting from Scratch" - Denise Crossan

"The Next Big Idea in Philanthropy Education?: Thousands of College Students as Real World Grantmakers, Innovators, Volunteers and Entrpreneurs" - Robert Grimm, Jr.

"Experiential Learning Pedagogy: Teaching Hands-On Professional Learning Experiences" - Angela Branneman		 "PhD in Philanthropic Studies: Value and Variance" - Julie Hatcher "Management Curriculum Development Beyond Nonprofits" - Rajeeva Sinha

"Policy Incubators, Policy Administrators and Policy Advocates: Building a Nonprofit Curriculum to More Effectively Address Public Policy Advocacy and Government -Related Roles of Nonprofits" - Deborah Auger

"Walking the Tightrope of Service, Teaching and Research Through a University Led Nonprofit Capacity Building Effort" - Laurie Paarlberg		 "Volunteer Administration: Tools for Curriculum Construction Bridging Practice and Theory" - Sarah Jane Rehnborg "Can You Have it All? Making the Three-Legged Stool Work When You Are Up for Tenure and Promotion in a NPM Field" - Beth Gazley  
Panel Presentation Modified World Café Colloquium Paper Panel Expert Presentation Panel Discussion  
4:00 PM -
5:30 PM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F Session G
"NACC's Impact on Nonprofit Education; Past, Present and Future" - Russ Cargo

"A Closer Review of Diversity in Nonprofit Management Education: Mapping NACC Curricula Guidelines to Diversity" - Jennifer Wade-Berg & Weisinger

"Experiential Education Approaches Used Within Nonprofit Management Education Programs" - Heather Carpenter

"Curricular Variations in Graduate Degree Programs: A Social Network Approach" - Roseanne Mirabella & Mary McDonald		 "How Can Nonprofit Academic Centers Define and Ensure Quality in Graduate Internship Programs?" - Shelly Schnupp "Research on Job Expectations and Practice in Improving Job Search Behaviors: Can Nonprofit Education Programs Aid Employment Chances of Graduates?" - Nancy Kinney "United States - Mexico Relations on Philanthropic Issues: An Oppportunity for Exchange" - Jacqueline Butcher "Philosophical Embrace - Asset Based Community Development can Reenergise Nonprofit Marketing and Help Cohesion in Academic Teaching in Nonprofit Studies and in the Sector" - Ian Bruce

"Building Academic Practice Relations for Research and Teaching: Appreciative Inquiry as an Opportunity and Constraint in Engageing with Scotland's Nonprofits" - Tobias Jung & Jenny Harrow

"A Community Based Research Model to Equip Leaders in the Nonprofit Sector" - Regan Schaffer		 "Characterizing Undergraduate Nonprofit Programs in the USA and Identifying Key Sustainability Factors" - Norm Dolch

"Fostering Future Fundraisers Through a Model Undergraduate Internship Program" - Shelley Strickland		 Internal Revenue Service Community Education and Outreach Program (CE&O) Presentation
Panel Presentation Think Tank Colloquium Colloquium Paper Panel Paper Panel Expert Presentation
5:30 PM -
6:00 PM		 Free Time, Exhibits & Networking
6:00 PM -
9:00 PM		 Gaslamp District Excursion
Saturday, March 26, 2011
7:00 AM -
8:00 AM		 Breakfast, Networking and Exhibits Open
8:00 AM -
9:30 AM		 Plenary Session #3: "Changing Government Policy and Its Implications for Educating Nonprofit Leaders"
9:30 AM -
10:00 AM		 Break
10:00 AM -
11:30 AM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F  
"Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap" - Robert Donmoyer "University-Based Education Programs in Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Administration and Philanthropic Studies: A Global Overview and Critique" - Roseanne Mirabella "Eureka! The Model for Sustaining and Institutionalizing an Academic Research Center in Changing Times" - Stuart Mendel

"'Instituting' Collaborative Change: Inter-Institute Collaborations as a Strategy for Sustainability and Growth" - Keith Seel

"Social Work Management Education's Challenges: Any Hope for the Future?" - Rick Hoefer

"The NGOLD Center: A New Model" - Judith Hermanson

"Institutionalization and Sustainability of an Interdisciplinary Research Center at a Midsize University: Lessons and Challenges" - Claudia Petrescu and David Clifford		 "Social Entrepreneurship Competencies: Tulane's Education in a Diverse Society" - Carol Whelan

"Can We Solve Problems Instead of Managing Them? Social Entrepreneurship in Nonprofit Management Education" - Jeff Snell		 "Giving and Grantmaking Education: Innovations, Challenges and Resources" - Michael Moody Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (formerly American Humanics) Update Presentation - Wayne Branch  
Colloquium Paper Presentation Modified World Café Colloquium (Ashoka Presentation #1) Colloquium Presentation  
11:30 AM -
12:30 PM		 Lunch
12:30 PM -
2:00 PM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F  
"Capacity Building in the Third Sector Using Blended Learning as a Gateway to Practitioner Education and Training for United States and Australian Nonprofit Organizations" - Michele Cole

"The Development, Use and Consquences of Multi-Media Teaching Tools for Nonprofit Management Classrooms" - Jodi Sandfort

"Use of Social Media: Communication Among Nonprofits and with Communities" - Aida Rodriguez & Bonnie McEwan

"Building Bridges Online: Some Institutional Challenges to Developing Online Programs in Nonprofit Management and Strategies to Overcome Them" - Ron Fernandes		 "The Challenges To and Opportunities for the Development of a Field of Research for Third Sector Studies in Australia" - Wendy Earles & Les Hems

"Civil Society and Third Sector Studies for All" - Yaron Sokolov & Nissan Limor

"University Based Nonprofit Education Programs in China: An Overview and Assessment" - Chao Guo		 "Institutionalization and Sustainability in Phlanthropic Studies, Nonprofit Management Education and Third Sector Leadership Programs" - Wolfgang Bielefeld, Dwight Burlingame, Julie Hatcher, Richard Steinberg & Richard Turner "Changemaker Campus Case-Studies: Building Hotbeds of Social Innovation on Campus and in Communities" - Carol Whelan

"Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship Education" - Anna Rabinowicz		 "Wanting Leaders with 'Street Cred' in Our Classrooms: Shared Perspectives on How We Engage Practitioner-Faculty with Respect for Links Between Theory and Practice" - Erna Gelles & Linda Golaszewski Tech Session w/ Rosetta Thurmon  
Modified World Café Paper Panel Panel Presentation Colloquium (Ashoka Presentation #2) Think Tank Expert Presentation  
2:00 AM -
2:30 PM		 Break
2:30 PM -
4:30 PM		 Plenary Session #4 and Technology Carnivale: "Technology and Education for Leadership in the Third Sector"
4:30 PM -
6:00 PM		 Session A Session B Session C Session D Session E Session F  
"Nonprofit and NGO Management Education in the U.S. and Abroad" - Steve Smith "Building University Collaboration to Improve Nonprofit Excellence" - Peggy Morrison Outon "Should Changes in the For-Profit Sector Change Nonprofit Management Education?" - Kathleen Fletcher "Social Entrepreneur Leadership Model and Organizational Performance in Human Service Charities" - Darlene Pierre-Louis

"Nonprofit Entrepreneursim Curriculum: Hype, Backlash and Practical Considerations" - Renee Irvin

"The Limits of Social Entrepreneurship" - Carol Chetkovich		 "Thinking About Cultural Competency - Integrating Academic Curriculum" - Jennifer Wade-Berg "Culture Speak: Using Nonprofit Education to Hear the Voices of Others" - Mary Watson  
Colloquium Colloquium Colloquium Paper Panel Think Tank Colloquium  
6:00 PM -
6:30 PM		 Free Time, Exhibits & Networking
6:30 PM -
8:30 PM		 Cocktail Reception and Conference Closing
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