The following are a selection of comments from evaluation forms, distributed at the end of each session.  

Power in Partnership: Local Voices, Statewide Impact
"Reminded me of importance of community, alliance, partnership; speaker was inspiring."
"An excellent speaker and role model- she can provide stories and examples to help the audience connect, laugh and engage."  
  
Fostering Successful Public/Private Partnerships
" The entire conversation was super valuable."
" Definitely interesting to learn and I love the focus on the predevelopment stage and how long it takes to build relationships and all the creative ways to make that happen."
"Great panel!  It's too cold in this room."
Leadership During Extraordinary Times: Staying True to Your Mission
" Topic of mergers is timely and orgs need a neutral facilitator to have the conversation properly and be helped to gain the courage to be vulnerable."
" Wealth of information, information I can use for my nonprofit."

 

Creating a Fundraising Strategy that Works
" Diverse knowledge base on a variety of domains of the nonprofit industry and business and excellent research sources/citations."
"Emphasis on storytelling.  Fundraising isnt what I do, storytelling is- I'm excited to use it as a powerful tool to support the fundraising team."
"How interactive and informative everything was. I stayed for both sessions so that says a lot."

 

Working with Florida's Community Foundations
" Great panel!Great moderator! Topics were relevant and true to what is happening in today's climate.  As thetime passed the discussion became better and better.  Wonderful back and forth betw mod and panelists.  Bravo!"
" I gained a new understanding of Community Foundation and its contribution to local and national nonprofits which leads to funding for community projects"

 

 

Engaging Local Governments for the Long-haul
"Informative, inspiring"
" I love the information shared about what we can specifically do to become more involved"

 

How to Effectively Communicate Your Successes
" Relevant topics; Engaging discussion"
" Great stories; very informative on heirs property"

 

Advocacy Overload - Prioritizing Your Focus
" Very informative of what policies are going to be voted on in Tallahassee"
"Honest Information."

 

State Funding for Florida's CDCs
" Timely conversation that deserves further thought.  I hope we don’t stop this momentum."
"Great program information."