PANO in the Field 2005

In addition to offering training to its members and the sector, PANO's staff are often out in the field presenting at other events and providing guidance about sector issues.  We have compiled a sampling of some of these efforts:

Capital Hub 
Highland Hub 
Lehigh Hub   
Northwest Hub  
Outside Pennsylvania
Southeast Hub     
Southwest Hub 
Statewide  - General
Statewide- Lincoln Radio Journals 

 Capital Hub

Tish Mogan, Presenter
Accountability Regulations and Recommendations for Nonprofit Organizations, Annual Conference for the Pennsylvania Association of Resources for People with Mental Retardation,
November 15, 2005
Topics included updates on IRS regulatory trends and activities, Sarbanes Oxley regulations and recommendation, Nonprofit Panel recommendations and using the Standards for Excellence as a proactive accountability guideline.

Tish Mogan, Presenter
Personal and Organizational Ethics,
November 17, 2005,
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s 2005 Annual Corporate Business and Tax Conference,. Topics included formation of individual personal ethic, importance of ethics in creating a successful company, formal and informal ethical systems of a company and ethical issues impacting the industry.

Presenter, Tish Mogan
PICPA Not-For-Profit Conference
Hershey Lodge & Convention Center Hershey
Monday, June 13, 2005
Topics include: What organizations, donors, the public and accountants should know about the Standards for Excellence Certification; Specific Standards that apply to Governing Boards; responsibilities, conduct and composition; the required internal control procedures for small to large organizations; other key standards impacting Governing Boards: Conflict of Interest, Mission and Program Review and Financial Reviews; the impact of certification process on the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg

Highland Hub

Lehigh Hub
 

October 19. Town Hall Meeting, Bethlehem.  Featured Senator Rick Santorum. See the press release.

Speaker- Joe Geiger
A Nonprofit Executive Directors Roundtable—Lehigh Valley
Moravian College
Update on Global Issues Affecting Pennsylvania Charities
June 3, 2005

Presenter- Tish Mogan
Arc of Berks County Annual Conference
April 5, 2005.
 

Northwest Hub

Presenter: Tish Mogan
St. Marys Country Club, St. Marys, PA

Description: The program has two components: 1) Potential educational programs based on the Standards for Excellence and, 2) Recent legislative and IRS activities regarding nonprofit regulations.
August 10, 2005; 11:00 am to 2:30 pm.

Outside Pennsylvania

Presenter Jennifer Ross
Alliance/NCNA Joint Conference in Chicago
July 16, 2005. 
Topic: Creative Tools for Membership Recruitment

Southeast Hub

Town Hall Meeting, Philadelphia, October 2

Presenter- Tish Mogan
North Atlantic Region Spring Conference of the Soroptimist International of the Americas.
April 30, 2005: 9:30 to 10:30 am Location: Radisson Hotel, Trevose Topic: “Striving for an Ethic of Excellence.

Panel participant - Tish Mogan
Session on Standards at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Invited by the Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University and the Regional Foundation Center
April 5, 2005.

Presenter- Tish Mogan 
Third Annual Nonprofit Institute
PBI/PBEC Education Center Philadelphia
Thursday, May 18, 2004
Topics: 1. Nonprofit Board of Directors: Ethical Responsibilities co-presented with Donald W. Kramer, Esq and Virginia Sikes, Esq.
2. Standards for Excellence

Southwest Hub

Facilitator- PANO, Primary Contact: Jennifer Ross
Health Benefits Initiative- ongoing

Roundtable Discussion, PANO Representative: Joe Geiger

March 3, Pittsburgh

Leadership forum conducted by Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania and the Forbes Fund. The purpose of the gathering is to: 1) identify critical issues impacting the nonprofit sector, 2) determine organization entities that might take a lead to address them.

Trainer, Joe Geiger All-day budget training

March 5 – Greensburg
Westmoreland Conservancy Conference

Statewide

Information on our Congressional visits.
 

Statewide- Lincoln Radio Journal Interviews by Joe Geiger (see www.lincolninstitute.org for more details)

November 5-11

Senator Rick Santorum regarding the CARE Act

October 15

Ron Girsch- Educational Choices for Quality Living

September 17 – September 23
Chester Beckett, Jr. from the Leadership Network of Philadelphia

April 30-May 5
Bob Welsh of Jump Street

February 5- February 11

Tom Foley of American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania on the Tsunami disaster