Roundtable 2009 Annual Meeting: Big Ideas Contest!
Written by Rosetta Thurman, on May 21, 2009
We want your ideas ... ideas to make Greater Washington's
nonprofit community stronger, more influential, and have a greater impact
in the future. On
June 10, three $1,000 awards will be given to the
contributors of the best three ideas, thanks to the sponsorship of Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman. WIN $1,000 FOR YOUR BIG IDEA!
Upholding the theme of our June 10 Annual Meeting, "Which Future for Our Nonprofit
Community?" we invite Roundtable Member organizations (staff,
board members) to submit BIG IDEAS--
solutions for what we should do now to transform the nonprofit community
in Greater Washington.
Selected ideas will be posted on the Roundtable's blogleading up to the
Annual Meeting. Staff and board will cull the list to the top 10
Big Ideas and Members will vote on them during our 2009 Annual
Meeting. Three winning Big Ideas will be chosen by a majority vote
of attendees onsite on June 10 and receive $1,000 for their nonprofit
organization.
Submit your Big Idea online (in 100 words or
less) before 5pm
on June 8 to enter the contest! (Early entries may
get more visibility!)
The top 10
Ideas will be voted upon by Members on June 10.
Three ideas
will be selected and contributors will each receive $1,000 for their
nonprofit organizations - Roundtable Member organizations - thanks
to the sponsorship of
Gelman, Rosenberg
& Freedman.
Our Annual
Meeting keynote speaker Paul Light shares seven of his
Big Ideas for the nonprofit community at the end
of his 5-page Four Futures article. You can also view
our first entry from Martha's Table's Lindsey Buss on our blog.
We say "Enough!" Enough talk
about the challenges of the economic environment - let's lean into the
future with new energy. Let's face our challenges head on and
outwit those challenges with new ideas. We want your ideas about
how to move through this economic downturn and emerge stronger as a
sector.
Submit your ideason what you or
other organizations can do, and your ideas for what we can do
together as a nonprofit community. We want concrete ideas that are actionable in the next year.
Big ideas, small ideas - let's hear them!
