Community Leadership WebinarSeptember 10, 2009

Convening for Results

Welcome

• 3rd Community Leadership Webinar

• Hosted by CFLeads, Council on Foundations, Community Foundations Leadership Team

• 260 participants from 125 CFs

Bringing People to the Table

Community conversations

• Draw community attention to an issue

• Air points of view• Generate information,

data• Can be launch for

future action

Convening

• Action and goal-oriented

• Problem-solving• Community change• Intentionality

Agenda

Carleen K. RhodesPresident & CEO

Minnesota Foundation – The Saint Paul Foundation

Kevin K. Murphy President & CEO

Berks County Community Foundation

Q & A

Community Leadership Framework Value

• Many pathways to community leadership – not prescriptive

• A way to unpack complex concepts and processes

• A tool for planning that starts from analysis rather than intuition

• A tool for taking stock and evaluating progress

• A means to target the right actions to achieve desired results

Framework for Community Leadership, First Level Building Blocks

D.

Understanding and skills

A.

Values, culture and will

C.

Resources

B.

Relationships

A. Values, Culture & Will

1. Common good

2. Diverse & inclusive

3. Results-driven learning organization

4. Respectful & transparent

B. Relationships

1. Grassroots & grasstops

2. Encourage & engage new leaders

C. Resources

1. Internal systems

2. Human resources

3. Donors and investors

4. Business model

D. Understanding & Skills

1. Possess and gather information

2. Community change processes

3. Facilitation & communication

4. Knowing when & on what to act

5. Public policy

6. Outcomes & metrics

Successful Community Leadership and Collaboration

The Creation of the Arts Partnership

About the Ordway

Opened in 1985, the Ordway Center for

Performing Arts is now Saint

Paul’s premiere performing arts

venue.

Home to Renowned Organizations

• Minnesota Opera

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

• The Schubert Club

• Minnesota Orchestra (until 2005)

• The Ordway’s Productions

Problems!=Limited Trust

The Center’s inadequate endowment

Scheduling issues

Access to facilitiesRents and fees charged

2005 – The Height of Conflict

• One of four resident arts organizations withdraws from using the facility

• Another organization begins seriously exploring the feasibility of building a new venue

• Simultaneously, Ordway and other resident arts organizations are involved in aggressive (and much needed) endowment campaigns

Funders’ Dilemmas

Struggling with responding positively to “endowing status quo bad behavior”

Risk of building another facility: a dark Ordway would not be in Saint Paul’s best interest

?How can these issues be addressed?

Could they just all get along?

Task Force

• Three board members from each resident arts organization

• Representatives from funding entities

• Originally CEOs were not included, but they were invited to join as trust grew.

Initial Meetings

• Early meetings were filled with contention and posturing

• It took three meetings to get the group to agree on common interests– Flexibility– Predictability– Affordability

First Two Issues: Flexibility & Predictability

• They would be addressed with a new schedule• With the help of the consultant the group agreed to

a master schedule through 2016– The schedule depended on the creation of a Slip Stage

Master CalendarWk Holidays BLOCK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 Labor Day A X Reh Only SPCO 1 SPCO 1 X Opera In

2 MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech X SPCO/SC p SPCO 2 SPCO 2 X MO/Tech

3 MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech Opera 1 s SC s

4 SC s Opera 1 X SPCO/SC p SPCO 3 SPCO 3 X Opera 1

5 Opera 1 s SC s Opera 1 s SC s Opera 1 Opera Out X

6 ORDWAY THEATRICAL 1

7 X

8 D PAC 1 PAC 1 PAC 1 s SPCO 4 SPCO 4 SPCO 4 X Opera In

9 Halloween MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech Opera 2 X Planet 1

10 Veterans' Day PAC 2 PAC 2 X Opera 2 X SPCO 5 SPCO 5 SPCO 5 X Opera 2

11 Opera 2 s SC s Opera 2 s SC s Opera 2 Opera Out X

12 Thanksgiving SC SC s HOLIDAY SPCO 6 SPCO 6 X Kottke X

13 SC SC s SPCO 7 SPCO 7 SPCO 7 X Load In

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16 ORDWAY THEATRICAL 2: WHITE CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

17 Christmas

18 New Years

19 Load Out X SC SC s SPCO/SC p SPCO 8 SPCO 8 X Planet 2

20 PAC 3 PAC 3 PAC 3 X SPCO/SC p SPCO 9 SPCO 9 X Opera In

21 MLK MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech X SPCO/SC p SPCO 10 SPCO 10 X MO/Tech

22 MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech Opera 3 X Planet 3

23 PAC 4 PAC 4 X Opera 3 X SPCO/SC p SPCO 11 SPCO 11 X Opera 3

24 Opera 3 s SC s Opera 3 s SC s Opera 3 Opera Out X

25 Presidents' Day J Load In PAC 5/Witness PAC 5/Witness X PAC/SPCO p SPCO 12 SPCO 12 X Planet 4/Witness X

26 Load In ORDWAY THEATRICAL 3

27 X

28 L PAC 6 PAC 6 PAC 6 X SPCO 13 SPCO 13 SPCO 13 X Opera In

29 Easter MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech Opera 4 X Planet 5

30 PAC 7 PAC 7 X Opera 4 X SPCO/SC p SPCO 14 SPCO 14 X Opera 4

31 Opera 4 s SC s Opera 4 s SC s Opera 4 Opera Out X

32 ORDWAY THEATRICAL 4

33 Passover

34 X

35 Honors Concert X Opera In MO/Tech MO/Tech X SPCO 15 SPCO 15 X MO/Tech

36 MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech MO/Tech Opera 5

37 Opera 5 X SPCO/SC p SPCO 16 SPCO 16 X Opera 5

38 Opera 5 s SC s Opera 5 s SC s Opera 5 Opera Out X

39 Memorial Day P INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL X

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Collaboration: The Sense of Team Evolved• After the huge step of creating the Master

Calendar, the CEOs truly got on board and – Developed a new agreement governing the use of the

Center

– Conducted a thorough venue assessment together

The Next Key Issue: Affordability• After openly examining each organization’s

financials, the arts groups gained a shared sense of the collective’s challenge. They then organized an innovative joint fundraising effort to “endow rent.”

• Organization of the Arts Partnership Campaign demonstrated to all of their board members, donors and others that it was a “New Day” for all who call Ordway home.

Surprising Results

• Funds raised to date: $10 million of $32 million goal plus $10 million for the capital projects

• The Saint Paul Foundation was entrusted with managing the endowment.

Success of Even Greater Magnitude

• The newly collegial arts leaders enjoyed a major public policy win

• They partnered with environmentalists, hunters and fishing enthusiasts

• Sales tax of $240 million per year for 25 years

Community Leadership: Lessons Learned1. Start with finding common ground

2. Have some neutral interests at the table

3. Be patient and allow people to find their own way to solutions

Lessons Learned (Continued)

4. Be satisfied with small successes along the way

5. Hire the right consultant

6. Use the implied leverage of philanthropic resources very subtly

What to Avoid

• Pretending there aren’t individual agendas in play

• Assuming complex issues can be resolved quickly

More Than We Imagined

• The Arts Partnership is a formal and permanent vehicle for ongoing collaboration

• Master calendar has scheduling for all resident arts organizations until 2016

• Boards are ecstatic that the Ordway problem no longer dominates discussions

• There is excitement, respect and frequent demonstrations of mutual interest

Berks County Community Foundation & Farmland

Connecting People To Save Berks County’s Farmland

Kevin MurphyPresident and CEOBerks County Community Foundation

Overview

• Context Matters: About Berks County, Pennsylvania

• How We Did What We Did

• What We Got For It

• What We Learned

You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Berks County……..

• But if you’re a fan of literature, you’ve heard of:

Wallace Stevens and John Updike

You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Berks County……..

• But if you’re a fan of sports, you’ve heard of:

Donyell Marshall, Lenny Moore, Chad Henne and Kerry Collins

You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Berks County……..

• But if you’re a fan of country music, you’ve heard of:

Taylor Swift

You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Berks County……..

• But if you’re a fan of chocolate, you’ve heard of:

Godiva Chocolates

You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Berks County……..

• But if exist on this planet, you’ve heard of:

Jon and Kate Plus 8 (Minus One)

But What Berks Countians Love About Berks County Is…….

About Berks County

About Berks County

NYC 90 Minutes

Philly 45 Minutes

Our County Seat and Main City:Reading

Reading Has Seen Better Days

The Decline Of Reading Has Lead To Sprawl Development

By 1997, Berks County was developing land at five times the rate of our population growth

--David Rusk

What We Did: The Time Line

• November 1998: First Farmland Summit

• January 1999: First Bond Issue

• 2003: Second Farmland Summit

• 2004: Second County Borrowing

What We Leveraged

• Our Initial Expenditure: $4,000

• Total State, Federal, Local Expenditures Estimated By End Of 2010: $100 million

What We Accomplished (To Date)

• 66,905 Acres Permanently Preserved

• 143,069 Acres Under Effective Ag Zoning

What We’ve Learned

• Pick Battles That Are Important To The Community

• The More Disinterested The Facilitator, The Better

• No Good Deed Will Go Unpunished• Some People Won’t Like That You Even Asked

The Question: Tough Darts• Keep Your Board On Board• You Will Be Rewarded For This Work & People

Will Come To Expect It From You

Q & A

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• Direct your question to one of the presenters

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