AFP Minnesota presents:

Navigating Uncertain Times:
Personal, Organizational, and Public Roles of Philanthropy

Special Presentation

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Presenter: Dr. Paul Pribbenow, CFRE

AFP Minnesota invites you to join us for an event created especially for senior fundraising professionals* and featuring a special presentation by Dr. Paul Pribbenow.

We live in uncertain times—with much less control over our lives than we might like. As philanthropic professionals, we face this uncertainty in our personal lives and as a challenge in our professional and organizational work. How do we find our way in the midst of a turbulent economy? How do we help others to negotiate the anxiety and fear they are feeling?

Perhaps philanthropy itself offers us a roadmap. The personal, organizational, and public roles and values of philanthropy have stood the tests of time and may be the best anchors as we navigate these uncertain times. Our work, then, is to focus on how best to steward the gifts of philanthropy—gifts that deserve our attention and wise care!

This event is supported in part by the fundraising management consulting firm of Hansen Henley Yoder and Lamb, LLC.

*Please note: This event is intended for fundraising professionals who hold the CFRE or ACFRE or have ten or more years of experience in the field.

Space is limited! Register today.

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About Paul Pribbenow
Paul Pribbenow is recognized as one of the country’s most engaging commentators and teachers on ethics, philanthropy and American public life. Before becoming president of Augsburg College in 2006, Paul Pribbenow served as president of Rockford College in Rockford, Ill. He also has served as dean for College Advancement at Wabash College; vice president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and associate dean of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.

He is the author of numerous articles on the professions, ethics, and not-for-profit management. He publishes a bi-monthly e-mail newsletter entitled Notes for the Reflective Practitioner, writes a regular column for Contributions magazine, and has edited two volumes of collected essays entitled Serving the Public Trust: Insights for Fund Raising Research and Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2000 and 2001). He is currently at work on a book manuscript entitled Public Service: Philanthropic Fundraising as a Calling.

Dr. Pribbenow holds a Ph.D. (1993) in social ethics from the University of Chicago and was named a McCormick Presidential Civic Leader Fellow for 2003-04 and 2005-06. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Abigail Crampton Pribbenow, an arts administrator, and their two children, Thomas and Maya.