Yes, if it’s a fantasy I’m calling on Andrew Carnegie and a few others…. Picking up on what Wallace Jackson suggested, perhaps the Carnegie Corporation could provide an avatar of Mr. Carnegie for a virtual conference in SecondLife or some similar site?

I look forward to viewing some of the videos you posted.

As a long-time partner (and manager, and employee) of nonprofits, I find that the best measure of their current and future success is this: How satisfied, and passionate, the staff is. That measure = the best management. That measure = the highest productivity. That measure = effectiveness in carrying out the mission.

In that light, at my fantasy nonprofit conference I would have the bosses at the (well-respected) Opportunity Knock’s “Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work For Awards” winners.

That would include the ED’s from:

> Gift of Life Michigan
> Lifespan of Greater Rochester
> Sheltering Arms
> The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
> Year Up

And I would want to hear simply this: “How the heck to you do it?!”

Thanks!

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Good one Bob. We have to think about how we take care of our people. And we have to follow people who know how to do this. It’s amazing how many people in leadership DON’T know how to do this.

Mazarine

On 07/14/10 5:04 PM, Karen E. Lund wrote:
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If it’s a fantasy, I’d like to hear Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates talk about philanthropy then and now.

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RE: Who presents at your fantasy nonprofit conference?
DAVE MASKIN

To: Mazarine Treyz

Date: July 14, 2010
Former centerfielder for the New York Yankees, Mickey Rivers…

To: Mazarine Treyz
Date: July 14, 2010

Networking / Sales

Keith Ferazzi

Michael Port

Marketing:
Seth Godin
Terry O’Reilly

Strength Based Personal Development
Marcus Buckingham

Robin Sharma

Management:
Peter Drucker arm-wrestles Jack Welsh

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Yes! Some actual physical activity! even arm-wrestling would be preferable to 3 hours of talking!

Wallace Jackson

To: Mazarine Treyz

Date: July 15, 2010

Avatars, of course, in the fantasy virtual world convention center & conference hall.
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Hee hee. I can picture Avatar… but their faces were too wooden for me to think that they could do a good job of presenting.

I just got another reply to this question LinkedIn!

Nancy Love Experienced, Senior Level Healthcare Director
To: Mazarine Treyz

Date: July 19, 2010

Well, if it is a fantasy then I want to hear Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Hilary Rodham Clinton

Here’s his bio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus

What do you think?
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