Land Trust Board Member Events

Are you a board member who is:

• Interested in becoming a more effective land trust leader
• Wants to get to know other board members and build a peer network

• Looking for expert advice on how to advance your land trust’s program priorities

Then join us at Rally for the many special board-focused sessions to discover solutions to the big issues, and learn how to provide critical leadership.

Land Trust Board Member Day
Sunday, September 30th

We invite you to spend this day focused on discovering solutions to the big issues and strengthening your critical leadership skills.

• Get expert advice and explore new conservation topics
• Learn how to be a more effective land trust leader
• Meet with other board members and build a peer network

Board Member Summit

Sunday, September 30 | 8am – 1:00pm | $50

As land conservationists, we want to know that the land we protect today, will stay protected tomorrow. However, in an increasingly diverse nation faced with many competing demands for time and attention, how can land trusts ensure they remain relevant to their communities? And as a conscientious board member, what steps can you take to strengthen your board so that your land trust thrives, now and into the future? Spend the morning exploring those steps and learn practical tools and strategies for managing challenges so you can lead your land trust as  stronger, community institution valued and supported by all community members.  Includes lunch. Additional fee and pre-registration required.

Saturday and Sunday Seminars of Interest to Board Members

Saturday, September 29

SEM-6 Major Gift Development: Fundraising that Matters
8:30am – 4:30pm

SEM-10 How to Build an Effective Board
9:00am – 5:00pm

SEM-11 Developing a Case for Support That Raises Revenue
8:30am - 4:30pm

SEM-13 Advocating for Conservation: How Do I Get from Here to There?
9:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday, September 30

SEM-15 Applying for First-Time Accreditation: Developing an Accreditation Work Plan for Your Land Trust
8:00am – 12:00pm

SEM-16 Native American Land Trusts: Lessons in Eco-Cultural Conservation
8:00am – 12:00pm

SEM-17 Board Member Summit: Building Your Land Trust's Staying Power and Increasing Community Support
8:00am – 1:00pm

SEM-20 Case Studies in Planned Giving
1:00pm – 5:00pm

SEM-21 Financial Management of Land Trusts
1:00pm – 5:00pm

SEM-22 Getting Beyond “Like” – Online Engagement Strategies for Land Trusts
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Monday and Tuesday Workshops of Interest to Board Members

Monday, October 1

A01 Voices of Experience: Learn About the Accreditation Process from Accredited Land Trusts
10:30am–Noon

A03 Urban Ag in the West: Fuel, Farms and Community Gardens
10:30am–Noon

A05 Learning Landscapes: Nurturing a Child’s Relationship to Land and Learning
10:30am–Noon

A07 Urgent Land Protection Campaigns: Success on a Short Fuse
10:30am–Noon

A08 Land Use Planning and Land Trusts Part I: A Primer for Entering the Fray
10:30am–Noon

A13 The Relationship Between the Board and the Land Trust: Who Is In Charge?
10:30am–Noon

B01 Exploring the Requirements Manual (for First-Time Applicants)
1:30pm–3:00pm

B03 Innovative Partnerships with the Public Health Community in Los Angeles
1:30pm–3:00pm

B04 Food and Feathers: Building Connections Through Farms and Wildlife
1:30pm–3:00pm

B09 Are We Protecting Land From People?
1:30pm–3:00pm

B11 Major Gift Fundraising: Fundraising that Matters
1:30pm–3:00pm

B12 The “M” Word: Merger
1:30pm–3:00pm

B17 After the Easement: The Positive Power of Land Management Agreements to Further Your Land Trust Goals
1:30pm–3:00pm

C01 Terrafirma: Conservation Defense Insurance
3:30pm–5:00pm

C04 Connecting People to Conservation Through the Arts
3:30pm–5:00pm

C12 Checking In: Is Your Land Trust Moving Forward?
3:30pm–5:00pm

C13 Assessing Bequests and Gifts of Land
3:30pm–5:00pm

C14 Managing Environmental Risk in Conservation Transactions
3:30pm–5:00pm

C16 Working with the IRS
3:30pm–5:00pm

Tuesday, October 2

D01 A Nuts-and-Bolts Primer of the Renewal Online Application and Process
10:30am–Noon

D03 Growing Community Gardens
10:30am–Noon

D04 Engaging New Communities and Expanding Traditional Friends to Advance Mission
10:30am–Noon

D12 Content Management: The Key to Marketing and Fundraising With Few or No Staff
10:30am–Noon

D13 Small Land Trusts: Building the Tools for Success
10:30am–Noon

D14 Family Dynamics and Land Conservation
10:30am–Noon

D16 Trying Times: Important Lessons to be Learned from Recent Federal Tax Cases
10:30am–Noon

D18 Public Policy 2012 Update and 2013 Forum
10:30am–Noon

E01 Exploring the Requirements Manual (for Renewal Applicants)
1:30pm–3:00pm

E03 Creating the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders: Engaging Teens from Diverse Communities
1:30pm–3:00pm

E09 Marketing: Increase and Diversify Membership, Participation, and Support
1:30pm–3:00pm

E10 Risk Management for Land Trusts
1:30pm–3:00pm

E15 Conservation Management Plans: Responsible, Dynamic, Transparent
1:30pm–3:00pm

FS01 Land Trust Accreditation Program Q&A Clinic
3:30pm–5:00pm

FS08 The Big Picture: Putting All the Pieces Together for a Successful Land Trust
3:30pm–5:00pm

View the full workshop chart.