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SUMMARY:NFP Roundtable with Illinois Opportunity Project
DESCRIPTION:This event is now FULL.\n\nPlease call Kerry to be added to our waiting list.\n\n630 668-6464\n\n\n\nIllinois Opportunity Project: DuPage Non-Profit Lunch and Learn\n\nWhen: September 23\, 2015 at 11:30 a.m.\n\nWhere: Wheaton Chamber Office\, 108 E. Wesley St.\, Wheaton\, IL 60187 \n\nWhat: Round-table discussion lead by Illinois Opportunity Project panelists on how IL Turnaround policies can affect a non-profit organization\; what non-profits can do in this political landscape\; and planning\, strategies and tactics for government advocacy.\n\nWho: \n\n\n	Radio Talk Show Host and Political and Policy Expert\, Dan Proft\n\n\n\n	Illinois Policy Institute Director of Jobs and Growth\, Michael Lucci\n\n\n\n	Illinois Opportunity Project Spokesman and Liberty Justice Center President\, Pat Hughes \n\nMain Goals\n\n          To educate non-profit organizations in Illinois about how policy impacts their bottom line.\n\n          To empower them to advocate for their best interests in state government.\n\n          To partner with non-profit organizations\, helping them to build awareness of policies moving through the General Assembly and their potential impact on their organization's operations. \n\n\n	To offer effective advocacy strategies and tactics to incorporate in Government Affairs planning\n\nWhy \n\nThe Illinois Opportunity Project is committed to building strong partnerships with community and legislative leaders.  As part of that mission\, it is critical to engage non-profit organizations who are active in and responsive to their communities\, and to ensure that they are able to function effectively and expand their work.  Non-profits play an important role in ensuring that the needs of the people with in their communities are met with efficiency and compassion\, as well as contributing to the culture and social mores in their respective regions. \n\n \n\nGovernment impacts non-profit organizations in many of the same way it impacts business. Policy can affect non-profit in a number of ways\, including cost of operation\, expansion (zoning laws)\, and the ability of donors to contribute to the organization.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">This event is now FULL.<br />\nPlease call Kerry to be added to our waiting list.<br />\n630 668-6464<br />\n<br />\nIllinois Opportunity Project</span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">: DuPage Non-Profit Lunch and Learn</span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">When: </span></span></u></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">September 23\, 2015 at&nbsp\;11:30 a.m.</span></span><br />\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Where:</span></span></u></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"> Wheaton Chamber Office\, 108 E. Wesley St.\, Wheaton\, IL 60187 </span></span><br />\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">What: </span></span></u></strong><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Round-table discussion lead by Illinois Opportunity Project panelists on how IL Turnaround policies can affect a non-profit organization\; what non-profits can do in this political landscape\; and planning\, strategies and tactics for government advocacy.</span></span><br />\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Who: </span></span></u></strong>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Radio Talk Show Host and Political and Policy Expert\, Dan Proft</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Illinois Policy Institute Director of Jobs and Growth\, Michael Lucci</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Illinois Opportunity Project Spokesman and&nbsp\;Liberty Justice&nbsp\;Center President\, Pat Hughes</span></span>&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Main Goals</span></span></u></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:symbol\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&middot\;</span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; To educate non-profit organizations in Illinois about how policy impacts their bottom line.<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:symbol\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&middot\;</span></span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">To empower them to&nbsp\;</span></span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">a</span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">dvocate for their best interests in state government.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:symbol\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&middot\;</span></span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">To partner with non-profit organizations\, helping them to build awareness of policies moving through the General Assembly and their potential impact on their organization&rsquo\;s operations. </span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">To offer effective advocacy strategies and tactics to incorporate in Government Affairs planning</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<strong><u><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Why </span></span></u></strong><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">The Illinois Opportunity Project is committed to building strong partnerships with community and legislative leaders.&nbsp\; As part of that mission\, it is critical to engage non-profit organizations who are active in and responsive to their communities\, and to ensure that they are able to function effectively and expand their work.&nbsp\; Non-profits play an important role in ensuring that the needs of the people with in their communities are met with efficiency and compassion\, as well as contributing to the culture and social mores in their respective regions. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Government impacts non-profit organizations in many of the same way it impacts business. Policy can affect non-profit in a number of ways\, including cost of operation\, expansion (zoning laws)\, and the ability of donors to contribute to the organization. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Wheaton Chamber of Commerce 108 E. Wesley Street\, Wheaton
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URL:https://business.wheatonchamber.com/events/details/nfp-roundtable-with-illinois-opportunity-project-09-23-2015-6436
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