Optional Speed Networking Sessions
Tower Room

A fun and fast-paced networking opportunity designed to connect newcomers and conference veterans alike with other giving professionals before the Summit program begins. 

Breakfast
Columbus Room 

Columbus Room

Welcome Remarks             
Charles Moore, Executive Director, CECP

Breakout Sessions - Choose One

I. Courageous Leadership on Challenging Societal Issues            
Uptown Room

Domestic violence, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS.  The companies represented on this panel have made significant commitments to addressing these societal issues with tremendous results over the years. At the outset, however, few other corporate funders were active in these issue areas. Moving forward required each company to make the case internally and externally as to how signature initiatives in these areas fit with the company’s brand, core values, and business strategy. 

Looking back, what was the decision-making process that led to these selections?  What where the expected and unexpected challenges?  How do these issues fit within the broader portfolio of corporate responsibility and how have they ensured long-term commitment to these areas? What advice to they have to share about the process that applies to companies seeking to develop signature programs across the full spectrum of funding priorities—from “crowded” issues that already receive much corporate support to issues that have not attracted significant corporate participation to date?

Matt Lonner, Manager, Global Partnerships & Programs, Chevron Corporation
Jennifer Silberman, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Hilton Worldwide
Rose Stuckey Kirk, President, Verizon Foundation

Moderator:
Susan McPherson, SVP/Director of Global Marketing, Fenton Communications

II. Impact Investing: Opportunities for Corporate Philanthropy         
Hudson Room

What is impact investing?  Who’s doing it and what have they learned?  How does it fit into the landscape of B Corps, social impact bonds, microfinance, and other concepts making headlines today? 

This practical session, moderated by the founder of the Global Impact Investing Network, shares the history, latest trends, and projected growth of the industry, all with a focus on what’s relevant about impact investing for corporate grant-makers domestically and internationally. 

Using corporate case studies as a starting point, the discussion will cover impact investing models for corporate foundation endowments as well as traditional grants, highlighting promising models for projects that range from field-building and pure philanthropic giving to dynamic investment funds that deliver market-rate returns.

Graham Macmillan, Senior Program Officer, Financial Inclusion, Citi Foundation
Charu Adesnik, Economic Empowerment Investment Portfolio

Moderator: 
Amit Bouri, Director, Strategy and Development, Global Impact Investing Network

III. Making Multi-Sector Collaborations Work:                    
Lessons from the White House Council for Community Solutions
Tower Room 

In today’s resource-constrained environment, communities are struggling to address their greatest challenges. Community collaboratives represent a growing trend that offers real hope that more can be achieved – that high school graduation rates can rise, teen pregnancy rates can fall, and communities beset by violence can see a renewal of peace. To achieve such goals, government, community members, nonprofits, philanthropy and business must pull together. Implementation can be a challenge, but a growing number of effective multi-sector collaboratives are showing the way. This cross-sector panel of distinguished leaders will offer a deep-dive into the role of companies in supporting this work, including surprising findings as to how to decide when to engage, what a company can expect to contribute, and how to sidestep known pitfalls.  

Stephanie Gambone, VP, External Relations, The Philadelphia Youth Network
Paul Schmitz, President and CEO, Public Allies, Inc.

Moderator: 
Willa Seldon, Partner, The Bridgespan Group

Lunch                                                                  
Columbus Room

Performance
Rha Goddess, Activist, Social Entrepeneur; Founder, Move The Crowd

Keynote Remarks
Cory Anthony Booker, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey

Reflecting on his civic transformation agenda for Newark, Mayor Booker will share his thoughts on the innovative reforms needed to create meaningful change in our communities. How has the vision evolved? What are the lessons everyone can learn about civic renewal from this experience, and how can companies be true partners in the process of renewal?

Emerging Trends in Giving Data                        
Columbus Room

CECP delivers the industry’s first comprehensive look at emerging trends in corporate philanthropy using its proprietary Corporate Giving Standard database, now containing over $100 billion in giving data from more than 200 companies. CECP will share the most recent trends in cash and non-cash giving, matching gifts, international giving, Fortune 100 contributions, employee volunteerism, giving motivations, and more.  Through live polling, audience members will join the conversation and contribute their perspectives on the findings. This presentation provides a sneak preview of the 2012 Edition of CECP’s flagship data publication, Giving in Numbers, to be released later this year.

Margaret Coady, Director, CECP
Cindy Chin, Senior Research Analyst, Standards and Measurement, CECP

2:45 – 4:00 PM

Breakout Sessions - Choose One

I. Skills-Based Volunteering:
Creating a Road Map for Success
Tower Room

This interactive session will draw upon the expertise of companies that have joined A Billion + Change, a national campaign to mobilize billions in pro bono and skills-based volunteer (SBV) services from corporate America by 2013. As of May 2012, 100 companies have pledged more than $1.7 billion and at least 11.5 million hours of time and talent to nonprofits, representing a sea change in the way companies view employee volunteering that invests in nonprofits by aligning business interests with community needs.

This session will focus on how companies are making highly impactful investments in their communities through SBV, and how they have operationalized their programs, including through innovative uses of technology and new media; how they have chosen to incorporate their SBV program into their corporate structure; and how skills-based service programs are executed in different industries and geographies. Join us for a lively discussion to advance and develop your “road map” for effectively and creatively investing in your workforce and your community through skills-based service.

Gail Gershon, Executive Director, Community Leadership, Gap Inc.
Kate Rubin, President, United Health Foundation, Vice President Social Responsibility, UnitedHealth Group 
Joan Steinberg, Managing Director, Community Affairs and President, Morgan Stanley Foundation

Moderator: 
Jackie Norris, Executive Director, Corporate Institute, Points of Light

Discussion Leader:
Ryan Scott, CEO and Founder, CauseCast

II. The Measurement Challenge:                                                               
An Interactive Session on Overcoming Hurdles
Uptown Room

Measuring the results of corporate community engagement is essential to delivering on the goals of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement. Some companies have made great strides in this domain while others are at the outset of the journey. This unique session format allows attendees choose which story study interests them most: each featured panelist will have 90 seconds to describe their experience overcoming a specific measurement challenge—ranging from selecting the right technology tool to measuring shared value efforts.  After the panelists have finished their “quick pitches,” attendees can choose whose table they want to join as the panelists become table leaders for a deep-dive discussion among similarly-interested peers.

Table Topics:

·         Measuring Employee Engagement

·         Using Measurement to Guide Strategy

·         Measuring Shared Value Projects

·         Choosing and Implementing Grants Management Software

·         Using Data in Board Presentations

·         Deciding What Data to Share Publicly

·         The NGO Perspective: Setting Goals, Tracking Success 

III. Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value
A Practitioner's Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy                                              Hudson Room

Corporate philanthropy today is expected to be an active partner with government and nonprofits to find new ways to address our profound social and environmental challenges.  Consequently, companies are searching for the best ways to marshal all of their capabilities and assets to make significant and sustainable contributions.

Within a shifting construct of corporate engagement, the question we now face is: What is the role of corporate philanthropy and corporate foundations?  Further, once the field agrees on where we’re collectively headed, how do corporate giving practitioners capture the attention of their senior management to get buy-in on the implications of these trends? 

Building on the newly-released research report Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy, this session includes two periods of table discussion for attendees to share perspectives on the trends presented and brainstorm ways to set strategy in a climate of uncertainty and shifting expectations. 

Presenters:
Dr. Michael Bzdak, Director, Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson  
Rhonda Mims, President, ING Foundation, ING Americas
Heather Loebner, Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility Americas, ArcelorMittal USA Foundation and CR Governance Board 

Discussion Leader:
Kimberly Young, Director of Corporate Services, Council on Foundations 

4:00 – 4:15 PM 

4:15 – 5:30 PM

Excellence Awards Networking Break

How to Build and Support Corporate Giving Programs for the Long Term: Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy Program Showcase
Columbus Room     

Learn how the recipients of CECP’s Excellence Awards demonstrate CECP’s four standards of excellence: CEO leadership, innovation, measurement, and partnership. Following the presentation of the 12th annual Excellence Awards in Corporate Philanthropy, recipient CEOs from two leading global companies and one nonprofit organization will engage in a panel discussion about how they tracked progress and engaged key audiences to embed this work within their core business strategy for long term success. 

Arts Performance: "Wave" by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Introduction by
Katherine McQuaid, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Time Warner

Armand Hirsch, Guitar, 2009 YoungArts Alumni
Jeff Picker, Bass, 2007 YoungArts Alumni
Jake Goldbas, Drums, 2007 YoungArts Alumni

Awards Presentation

Panel Discussion among Awards Winners
CEO, Chairman’s Award Winner – Corporate Category
CEO, President’s Award Winner – Corporate Category
Executive Director, Directors’ Award Winner – Nonprofit Category

Moderator:
Charles Best, Founder and CEO, DonorsChoose.org
2011 Excellence Award Winner