Events and conferences 2008





January 21, 2008
Martin Luther King Holiday - National Day of Service

March 4-5, 2008
Washington, DC - Foundations on the Hill - Council on Foundations

March 9-11, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts - Social Enterprise Summit - 9th Annual Gathering

March 10-12, 2008
San Francisco, California - Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

March 19-21, 2008
New Orleans, LA - Nonprofit Technology Network - Conference

March 26-28, 2008
University of Oxford, U.K. - The Skoll World Forum
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship-Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Skoll Foundation, Palo Alto, California

April 6-8, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts - International Corporate Citizenship Conference
Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College

April 9-11, 2007
Redwood City, California
7th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum - By invitation only

April 9-12, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota - 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference
The largest gathering of youths and practitioners from the service-learning movement.
National Youth Leadership Council

April 11-12, 2008
Chicago, Illinois - National Conference
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)

April 17-19, 2008
Portland, Oregon - 11th Annual Western Region Campus Compact Consortium’s
Continuums of Service Conference

May 4-7, 2008
Philanthropy's Vision: A Leadership Summit - Council on Foundations
Gaylord Convention Center, Washington, DC metropolitan area

May 5-6, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia - George Center for Nonprofits - Georgia Nonprofit Summit 2008


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June 1-3, 2008
Atlanta, Georgia - National Conference on Volunteering and Service

June 2-4, 2008
Washington, DC - Nonprofit Congress - National Council of Nonprofit Associations

June 5-7, 2008
Northweastern University, Boston - City Year - Annual Convention of Idealism

June 9-10, 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota - National Leadership Summit - Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

June 18-21, 2008
Glasgow, Scotland - CIVICUS World Assembly
A forum for international civil society representatives

July 2-5, 2008
Vienna, Austria
The World Justice Project - World Justice Forum - - By invitation only
A new multidisciplinary, multinational movement to strengthen the rule of law.

July 9-11, 2008
Dearborn, Michigan - Alliance for Nonprofit Management

July 25-26, 2008
San Francisco, California - Social Justice Fundraising Conference

August 16, 2008
New York City, New York -
Craigslist Foundation - Nonprofit Boot Camp

September 2008
New York City - Clinton Global Initiative - By invitation only

September 23-24, 2008
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA -
3rd Annual Nonprofit Management Institute
Sponsors: Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Association of Fundraising Professionals

Commission on Presidential Debates
September 26, 2008 - Presidential debate, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
October 2, 2008 - Vice presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
October 7, 2008 - Presidential debate, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
October 15, 2008 - Presidential debate, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

October 18, 2008
San Francisco area - San Mateo County Event Center
Craigslist Foundation - Nonprofit Boot Camp

November 4, 2008 - ELECTION DAY

November 20-22, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leading in Building Civil Society: Obligations & Privileges
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations


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