2016 Annual Conference
ACDN Annual Conference offers a wealth of training, inspiration, and community building for nonprofit leaders who empower women and men seeking jobs.
2016 ACDN National Conference
September 15 - 17, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Jefferson City
422 Monroe Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101
www.JeffersonCity.DoubleTree.com / Tel: 573-636-5101
Hosted by Dreams to Reality
Thank you to our Quartz Level Sponsors:
Conference Overview
The annual conference is our premier professional development event, focused on sharing best practices and building program capacity to strengthen the effectiveness of your services and the sustainability of your organization.
SEPTEMBER 15, THURSDAY
6:00pm - 8:00pm: Welcome Reception for all Conference Attendees at Sapphires Restaurant & Lounge, DoubleTree by Hilton Jefferson City, Hosted by ACDN Board
SEPTEMBER 16, FRIDAY
8:00am: Registration and Breakfast (Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Jefferson City)
8:30am - 4:30pm: Conference Sessions
12:00pm: Keynote Luncheon
4:45pm - 8:30pm: Appetizers and dinner at Missouri Capitol Building Rotunda followed by tour of of ACDN Conference Host organization, Dreams to Reality
SEPTEMBER 17, SATURDAY
8:00am: Breakfast
8:30am - 5:30pm: Sessions (Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Jefferson City)
12:00pm: Keynote Luncheon
5:30pm: Conference ends
5:30pm - 8:00pm: Optional Evening Event & Group Dinner
2016 Conference Speakers
Mary Kay Blakely, Associate Professor Emerita, University of Missouri, School of Journalism
Mary Kay Blakely is an associate professor of magazine journalism. She joined the faculty in 1997 and taught intermediate and advanced magazine writing as well as a graduate seminar, Literature of Journalism, before her retirement in 2014. A contributing editor to Ms. magazine since 1981 and former Hers columnist for The New York Times, she is the author of the critically acclaimed books, “Wake Me When It’s Over,” “American Mom” and “Red, White and Oh So Blue.” Her essays on social and political issues have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Mother Jones, LIFE, Vogue, Family Circle, Self, Parents, Newsday, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Lear’s, Glamour, Working Woman as well as other national publications. Blakely’s work has been collected in 14 writing anthologies and published in Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and Japan.
Diane Ludwig
CRFE, DBL Development Services
Jenny Bondurant
Founder, CatchPhrase Communications
