agenda - south national service conference

8/29/13 **Denotes Virtual ConferenceSouth National Service Conference

Sept. 8-10Nashville, TN

Time Description Presenter(s) RoomSunday, September 82:00 p.m. -- 5:00 p.m. Registration3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Affinity Group Meetings:

Georgia Commission Mississippi Commission TAVSD

Embassy EastEmbassy WestForum

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Welcome/Meet and Greet Reception Pool Patio (Grand BRM if Rain)

Monday, September 9 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast Ballroom8:30 – 9:30 a.m.Opening Session

Keynote Wendy Spencer, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service

(10th floor)Crown Ballroom

9:45 – 11:15

Breakout 1

Commission Town Hall Wendy Spencer, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service

Embassy East

**Preparing for a CNCS Senior Corps Compliance Site Visit

Mark Gage, CNCS; Betsheell Louis, CNCS; and Robin Corindo, CNCS

Forum

AmeriCorps Round Tables Candice Gunn, Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism

Crown Ballroom

Designing Effective Action for Change: AmeriCorps Theory of Change

Caitlin Brooking, Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service and Zanquetta Gray, Jamie S. Dent,Volunteer Tennessee

Embassy West

General Financial Management Debra Briddell, CNCS and Tracey Seabolt, CNCS

Grand Ballroom

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Lunch & Keynote

Keynote: Service Forum Laurel Creech, Office of the Mayor of Nashville April Bazzi, AmeriCorps NCCC Ally Snell, Peace Corps Assoc.

Crown Ballroom

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Breakout 2

Telling Your Story to Build Service Champions

Moderated by Tom Branen, America's Service Commissions; Panelists: Jen Ney, City Year and other panelists TBD

Crown Ballroom

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8/29/13 **Denotes Virtual ConferenceSouth National Service Conference

Sept. 8-10Nashville, TN

Dimensions of Successful Site Management

Amy Salinas, CAC Consulting Embassy West

Evidence: What It Is and Where to Find It: AmeriCorps Evidence

Caitlin Brooking, Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service and Zanquetta Gray, Jamie S. Dent,Volunteer Tennessee staff

Embassy East

Match and Match Documentation

Debra Briddell, CNCS and Tracey Seabolt, CNCS

Grand Ballroom

**Grant Writing Lisa Castaldo & Jessica Taylor, Alagrants Forum2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Break Promenade 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Breakout 3

Commission Role in Preparing and Responding to Disaster

Candice Gunn, Georgia Commission on Service & Volunteering

Embassy East

**Program Sustainability & Capacity Building

Gary Krosman, America Learns Forum

RSVP Performance Measures Robin Corindo, CNCS and Betsheell Louis, CNCS Embassy WestGeneral Financial Management Debra Briddell, CNCS and

Tracey Seabolt, CNCSGrand Ballroom

Effectively Using Social Media Caitlin Carey, United Way Association of South Carolina

Crown Ballroom

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Break

Town Hall Grantee Meeting with Wendy Spencer

Wendy Spencer, CEO CNCS Crown Ballroom

6:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner Reception Crown Ballroom

Tuesday, September 10

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Keynote

Paul Schmitz Public Allies, CEO Public Allies Crown Ballroom

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Breakout 4

Commission Peer Networking Tom Branen & Rachel Bruns, America's Service Commissions

Embassy East

Evidence Based Programming Amy Salinas, CAC Consulting Embassy WestFGP/SC Performance Measures Robin Corindo, CNCS and Betsheell Louis, CNCS Crown Ballroom

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8/29/13 **Denotes Virtual ConferenceSouth National Service Conference

Sept. 8-10Nashville, TN

National Service Background Checks

Kinza Ghaznavi, CNCS Grand Ballroom

**Disability Inclusion Jason Wheeler, NSIP Forum11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Lunch

Keynote & Closing Stories of Service Commercial Entertainment Performance

Crown Ballroom

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Breakout 5

Commissions Monitoring Strategies

Paula DeBoles-Johnson, Volunteer Florida Embassy East

Designing a Member’s Year of Service (From Recruitment to Exit)

Amy Salinas, CAC Consulting Embassy West

National Service Background Checks

Kinza Ghaznavi, CNCS Grand Ballroom

**Senior Corps Town Hall Dr. Erwin Tan, Director of Senior Corps, CNCS Crown BallroomDeveloping Social Capitol to Lead Change, Expand Capacity, and Increase Impact

Maria Gonzales Jackson, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a)

Forum

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Break Promenade

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Breakout 6

**AmeriCorps Town Hall Bill Basl, Director of AmeriCorps, CNCS Crown Ballroom

Senior Corps Round Tables Robin Corindo, CNCS and Senior Corps Project Directors from the South Cluster

Grand Ballroom

Open Breakouts Embassy East/west

Open Meeting/Network Space Forum

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