[CircleUp] Registration Now Open for First Nations' April 2009 LEAD Institute National Conference

[Andrea Wieland]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Media Contact: Montoya Whiteman
Phone: 303-774-7836 e-mail: mwhiteman at firstnations.org 


Registration Now Open for First Nations' April 2009 LEAD Institute
National Conference
 
                     
Longmont, Colorado- First Nations Development Institute (First Nations)
announced today that registration is now open for its 2009 LEAD
Institute National Conference.
 
For the 2009 conference, First Nations is partnering with Native
Americans in Philanthropy's Annual Native Philanthropy Institute. Both
events will be held at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa located at
Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico. The Native Philanthropy Institute will
take place on April 6 & 7 followed by First Nations' LEAD Institute
National Conference on April 8, 2009. The LEAD Institute National
Conference will provide training and networking opportunities for Native
nonprofit and philanthropic professionals. Conference topics will
include program development & evaluation, fundraising, Native
leadership, and financial management. Additionally, First Nations will
host an invitation-only evening reception for Emerging Native Nonprofit
Leaders.

The LEAD Institute National Conference is part of First Nations'
Leadership Entrepreneurial Apprenticeship Development (LEAD) program.
Through the LEAD program, First Nations provides selected participants a
one-year mentorship and training in areas critical to successful
nonprofit leaders, including financial management, factors affecting
Native or reservation-based nonprofit organizations, fundraising,
program evaluation and service leadership. The LEAD program is funded by
grants of $300,000 over three years from the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, $400,000 over two years from the Ford Foundation and $25,000
from American Express as well as contributions from individual
supporters.  

 

For more information, or to register, please visit www.firstnations.org
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About First Nations Development Institute
Through a three-pronged strategy of Educating Grassroots Practitioners,
Advocating for Systemic Change, and Capitalizing Indian Communities,
First Nations Development Institute is working to restore Native control
and culturally-compatible stewardship of the assets they own - be they
land, human potential, cultural heritage, or natural resources - and to
establish new assets for ensuring the long-term vitality of Native
communities.  First Nations Development Institute is a national Native
American-led nonprofit organization.
 
For more information, contact Montoya Whiteman, Director of Training &
Technical Assistance at 303-774-7836 / mwhiteman at firstnations.org.

 

 

AndreaDWieland
Andrea D. Wieland, M.S.
Communications Support Specialist
First Nations Development Institute
703 Third Avenue, Suite B
Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: (303) 774-7836
Fax: (303) 774-7841
Email: awieland at firstnations.org <mailto:awieland at firstnations.org> 
Website: www.firstnations.org <http://www.firstnations.org> 

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