Annual Connecticut Nonprofit Conference

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Keynote Speaker

Craig Kielburger

In 1995, Free The Children was founded by a12-year-old student named Craig Kielburger who gathered 11 school friends to begin fighting child labour. Today, Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million young people involved in programs in 45 countries. Today, Kielburger is a best-selling author and the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. He has received ten honorary doctorates and was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition, Craig's work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, 60 Minutes and the Today Show, as well as in People magazine, Time magazine and The Economist. Get ready to be inspired!

Governor Dannel Malloy to Speak at the Conference

This year we are pleased to announce that Governor Malloy will deliver the opening remarks beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the conference. We are grateful for everything that the governor has done for nonprofits and the people and communities that we serve.

We are honored to have him join us!

Register for the conference here!

Craig and Marc celebrate 15 years of social change on a global scale!

Toy Drive

We are thrilled to announce that we will once again hold a Toy Drive at this year's conference. (Details TBA soon.) Last year, 150 toys were collected at the conference and given to NBC Connecticut’s Joy of Sharing Toy Drive to benefit the United Way and Toys For Tots. (See article)

The Toy drive is brought to you by CT Nonprofits and our Media Sponsor, Co-Communications. For more information, please contact Mark Berardi at 860-525-5080 or mberardi@ctnonprofits.org.

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Our Master of Ceremonies is Debbie Fay, Principal and Founder of bespeak presentation solutions, llc.

If you've ever had a teacher, mentor or boss who saw your potential before you did and then helped you realize it in full form, you know the kind of coach and trainer I am. Throughout my career as an instructor for Wang Labs, to my years of teaching business school students, to directing hundreds of presenters of all ages, I have excelled at seeing my student's/client's abilities and possibilities and helping them see and reach it themselves.

As a public speaking coach I have a proven track record of turning timid terrified speakers into confident compelling ones.

Equally important, I have years of experience creating, editing and producing presentations. I know what makes a successful dynamic presentation and what makes a mixed up, muddled mess. Personally, I prefer the former. My guess is you do too. I work on every aspect of my client's material to develop presentations that audiences listen to, learn from, and love. Most important, together we build presentations that get heard and get results.