IL NET Presents ... A National Onsite Training
High-Impact CILs: Supercharging Your Mission!
An Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Independent Living.
Registration for this training is closed. Click Here to purchase the Do-It-Youself Training Kit.
Come join us in Houston to learn everything you need to know about mission-driven entrepreneurship!
Entrepreneurship isn’t creeping up only in the Independent Living Movement: non-profits and advocacy organizations all over the country have begun to develop for-profit ventures to bolster their organizations and better carry out their missions. The opportunity for CILs and other IL organizations to develop or acquire businesses has arrived. Let’s not let it pass!
Please join us for this introduction to Entrepreneurship in Independent Living. Our accomplished trainers will teach you how to prepare yourself, your center, board, and staff to pursue for-profit activities. Whether it’s four months or four years away, we’ve got the tools you’ll need to assess your ability to start a business to support your mission.
Learning Objectives:
Why pursue entrepreneurial activities?
Is our Center ready for entrepreneurship?
What types of activities or programs are appropriate for our Center and how can we be sure they support our mission?
How do we research markets, prepare business plans, and design other successful development activities?
OK, we’re sold. How do we prepare our Center for this big step?
Who Should Attend?
This training will be geared towards Executive Directors, Board Officers, and other key staff and board members from Centers for Independent Living. IL Associations and independent 501(c)(3) SILCs interested in entrepreneurship will also find it useful. The training is intended solely for stable CILs / organizations with solid infrastructures, consumer services, and sound board and community relations. Due to the elaborate content presented in this training, we strongly recommend that participating organizations send two or more individuals.
Meet Your Trainers:
Andy Robinson has been raising money for social change since 1980. As a trainer and consultant, he has assisted nonprofits in forty states and in Canada, leading workshops on fundraising, grantwriting, board development, strategic planning, marketing, and earned income strategies. He is a former columnist for the “NonProfit Times,” a regular contributor to the “Grassroots Fundraising Journal,” and the author of “Grassroots Grants: An Activist’s Guide to Proposal Writing.”
Burt Danovitz, PhD. is the Executive Director of Resource Center for Independent Living of Utica, New York. Burt has worked to grow a small non-profit to a multi-million dollar operation, serving an urban and rural mix of thousands, with significant policy input. Funding relationships with over a 100 sources have integrated the IL philosophy with securing core service funds that far exceed designated IL funding. He served on a New York Senate Task Force, resulting in passage of a new nursing home diversion waiver and in collaboration with various partners, organized an effort to advance legislation that removes the institutional bias of government funding. RCIL has multiple sites and six corporations, including one for-profit LLC.
Conference Details
Dates: June 12-14, 2007
Registration: The Deadline for Hotel and Conference Registration is May 29, 2007.
Cost: $150: Includes registration, training materials, and continental breakfast.
Schedule of Events
Tuesday, June 12
9:00am-5:00pm Casual Reception 6:30pm-8:00pm
Assessing your Center: the case for increasing CIL capital. A review of IL accomplishments to date and discussion of ways in which entrepreneurship can supercharge your mission, followed by an opening reception.
Wednesday, June 13
9:00am-5:00pm
Featuring a facilitated panel of four entrepreneurial CIL’s. Topics: pros and cons of earned income, other non-profit models, and what CIL’s have to sell.
Thursday, June 14
9:00am-12:30pm
The Next steps: staying inspired and connected after you leave. Topics: Start your plan: the board, the staff, and you. Each day will feature one entrepreneurial CIL’s
innovative story, with an opportunity for questions.
Local Accommodations: Crowne Plaza Hotel Downtown Houston
1700 Smith Street
Houston, TX 77002
Front Desk: 713-739-8800
Fax: 1-713-739-7307
Rates: $129 / night
Single or double occupancy
Reservations must be made by May 29, 2007
Transportation
An accessible shuttle is available from Houston-Hobby Airport and Bush Intercontinental Airport for $18 and $23 respectively (one-way). Reservations must be made at least 24 hrs. in advance by calling 800-Blue-Van (800-258-3826) or online at www.supershuttle.com. Metro busses #102 and #88 travel from Bush and Hobby to downtown, respectively. There is a trip planner available at: www.ridemetro.org.
"Super Shuttle is committed to providing exceptional guest service for our customers with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.
All customers are required to make reservations for transportation into airports. For transportation out from airports, reservations may be made but are not required. As to in-bound reservations made at least 24 hours in advance for a specific pick-up time, SuperShuttle will make its best efforts to fulfill such reservations within 15 minutes of the requested pick- up time. Customers requiring the use of accessible transportation are also encouraged, but not required, to make reservations for outbound trips at least 24 hours in advance and to specify the need for accessible transportation. As to such reservations and except for certain outlying areas, SuperShuttle will use its best efforts to fulfill such reservations within 30 minutes of the requested pick-up time."
Local contact #: 713.523.8888
Yellow Cab Service which has available, wheelchair accessible vans, upon request.
713.236.1111
United Cab Company have accessible and lift equipped vehicles- they need at least an hour of advance notice, but also accept reservations. The person just needs to be clear about whether they need something that is lift-equipped or not.
713.699.0000
C & S Executive Transportation has two lift equipped shuttles that can hold up to two wheelchairs at one time. They do suggest the earlier the better as far as calling to reserve one of these.
281.367.7876
It is the responsibility of each participant to arrange transportation and hotel accommodations. We highly recommend making travel arrangements immediately.
Registration for this training is closed. Click Here to purchase the Do-It-Youself Training Kit.
NCIL Accepts VISA or Mastercard ONLY at this time. PLEASE NOTE: The entire online payment process must be completed for your form to be accepted. This includes submitting the online registration form and then submitting your credit card information. A confirmation will be sent to you after payment has been received.
For further training and registration information, contact Eleanor Canter at NCIL, 202-207-0334 (voice) 202-207-0340 (TTY) 202-207-0341 (fax) or eleanor@ncil.org
IL NET: Expanding the Power of the IL Movement
This seminar is brought to you by IL NET, a project spearheaded by the Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU) Program in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Through IL NET, you have access to a variety of resources to advance your understanding of independent living, including: Highly rated training programs, technical assistance resources to answer your specific questions, publications, organizations, and other valuable resources, and much more!
To learn more about what IL NET can do for you, contact ILRU at 713-520-0232 (voice), 713-520-5136 (TTY), or online at www.ilru.org or NCIL at 877-525-3400 (voice /TTY), or online at ilnet@ncil.org.
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