The Southeast Regional Land Conservation Conference offers you two days of intense learning and networking, including concurrent seminars, keynote sessions and roundtable discussions.

Beginning with the afternoon of March 14, we’ll have four 3-hour seminars on hot topics to get you started. We’ll then officially kick off the conference with a Welcome Reception – with first round of drinks already covered by a conference sponsor!  Dinner is on your own at any of the delicious restaurants within walking distance of Sea Palms Resort.  Return in the evening, for one of three special interest group topics.

Thursday morning, a continental breakfast, another track of four 3-hour seminars, a break for lunch with remarks by Rand Wentworth, and the afternoon program, again with four 3-hour seminars. The conference ends with a celebratory Oyster Roast at Village Creek Landing, hosted by our friends at St. Simons Land Trust.

Conference Information and Registration

Registration is now closed. Walk-ins will not be accepted.

View more information about our schedule for the 2012 Southeast Conference:

• Schedule at a Glance (Please note the field trip is SOLD OUT)
• Seminars
• Instructors
• Lodging
• Fees
• Conference Agenda

Sponsors

The Land Trust Alliance- Southeast Program gratefully thanks our conference sponsors for their commitment to the importance of land conservation.

Lead

Bobolink Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Georgia Power
Merck Family Fund
WestWind Foundation

Partner

Alabama Land Trust
Atlantic Coast Conservancy
Conservation Pays, LLC
Edisto Island Open Land Trust
Georgia Alliance of Land Trusts
Georgia Land Trust
Matrix New World Engineering, Inc.
Rayonier, Inc.
Sirote and Permutt. P.C.
South Carolina Land Trust Network
Southeast Regional Land Conservancy
St Simons Land Trust
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
The Conservation Fund
U.S. Department of Defense

Supporter

Anonymous Donor
Carbon Canopy
Central Savannah River Land Trust
Forest Legacy Program, Southern Region
Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin
Mayes Wilson & Associates, LLC
Pee Dee Land Trust
Strugar Conservation Services, LLC
Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy

Special Thanks to our Associates in Conservation

Community Consultants
Enduring Conservation Outcomes
Georgia Land Conservation Center
Land Trust Alliance Board Services Program
Laurel Florio
NOAA
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust
Third Sector Innovations
World Resources Institute

Interested in Being a Sponsor?

Please review the sponsorship levels and fill out the sponsor pledge form. Or contact Chuck Roe, Southeast regional director at 919-827-0023 or email croe@lta.org.

Webinars, Workshops and Conferences:

• Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference - This annual conference offers a dynamic opportunity to meet with your colleagues in conservation, advance your skills and work to solve some of your greatest challenges.
• Webinars - participate in a 90-minute online webinar
• Workshops - attend in-person, one-day training hosted either by the Land Trust Alliance or other groups
• Regional Conferences - meet your fellow conservation leaders to learn new ideas and discuss the latest conservation community news

Tools:

• Assessing Your Organization - highlight your strengths and weaknesses to more effectively target your land trust's efforts
• Standards and Practices Curriculum - learn how to implement Land Trust Standards and Practices, the guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust
• The Learning Center - take an online course, join a discussion forum, ask an expert a question or search the digital library
• Accreditation - evaluate your land trust's performance against Land Trust Standards and Practices to demonstrate your commitment to excellence

As part of our commitment to help land trusts grow stronger, the Land Trust Alliance provides people doing conservation work with opportunities to advance their success through unique learning and networking programs in communities all across the country.

"Marc Smiley talks about the 'audacity of perpetuity' that each land trust must face as we endeavor to meet the conservation and/preservation needs of the land entrusted to us. With a diverse background in non-profit management that ranges from Shakespeare festivals to battered women shelters, my land trust toolkit was a little light. Thanks to the Land Trust Alliance and its excellent training programs, I was able to gain knowledge about this type of non-profit quickly from the most respected sources in the industry.  

With tools from the Alliance, I completely understand the 'audacity of perpetuity' and I know what steps the Connemara Conservancy Foundation needs to take in order to fulfill our promise to Texas landowners. I wish other areas of the non-profit industry had something as meaningful, appropriate and thorough as the training programs provided by the Land Trust Alliance."

— Sandra Greenway, Executive Director, Connemara Conservancy Foundation

For more information on Sponsorship Opportunities for Rally 2013, download the sponsorship brochure>>

Questions? Please contact Cary Ridder at 202-800-2222 or via email at sponsor@lta.org

Thank you to our Rally 2013 Sponsors

Patrons

Hollis Norris Fund

Benefactors

American Forest Foundation
The Conservation Fund
Dewberry
Ducks Unlimited
ILK Alliance
The Nature Conservancy - Louisiana Field Office
The Trust for Public Land
U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service

Supporters

Alliant Insurance Services, INc.
Appraisal Institute
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C.
The Nature Conservancy - Texas Field Office

Rally 2008 is the largest land conservation conference in the country and the only conference specifically for and about land trusts. The conference unites nearly 2,000 land trust professionals, volunteers, board members, funders, government agency officials, attorneys, academics and landowners committed to land conservation from across the country and abroad. All in one location!

Why Exhibit?

Rally 2008: The National Land Conservation Conference is an unparalleled event offering the opportunity for you to:

• Showcase your services, successes, stories and products to a targeted audience

• Heighten your company’s name and brand recognition within the conservation community

• Strategically position your firm before key decision makers and primary purchasers

• Make valuable personal contracts and strengthen existing relationships

• Promote your company to attendees during the regional cocktail receptions, lunches and other networking venues

Download the Rally 2008 Prospectus for Partner Support (2MB)

Download an Exhibit Floorplan (163 MB pdf)

Download an Exhibitor Overview (468 MB pdf)

Contact exhibits@lta.org or 970-245-5811 for more information.

Many hands make a light load! We invite all full-time students to volunteer at Rally as meeting managers for workshop sessions.  Students may have the registration fee waived if you volunteer at the event. 

Download a Volunteer Form.

Questions about volunteering?

Please contact Patty at ptipson@lta.org or 202-638-4725 x304

In particular, sponsors and exhibitors play a key role in helping the Land Trust Alliance underwrite the cost of Rally.  Your commitment and willingness to work together with us in support of land conservation education and training is an investment in our future.

Sponsorship Opportunities | Exhibitor Opportunities

Download a 2008 Rally Brochure (3.17 MB PDF)

Learn about the Alliance Awards Program at Rally

See highlights from Rally 2008

Have questions about Rally or wish to receive a Rally 2009 brochure?  E-mail rally@lta.org.