Annual Collaborative Conference 2023

Join PANO and conference partners Alliance for Nonprofit Resources (ANR), the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP), and Villanova University IN PERSON this September for Landing the Plane (Without Wrecking It)!

That’s right, dust off your suitcase and your business cards – the year of the Reunion Special is finally here! We’re so excited to be taking this year’s event off-screen for the first time since 2019. For now:

• Save the dates for September 19 & 20 at the beautiful Blair County Convention Center in Altoona, PA!
• Submit a workshop proposal! – Presenting is not just for the “traditional experts”. On-the-ground experience is just as valuable! If you’ve got stories from the field (or in the air), we want to hear from you, too! Check out our Request for Workshop Proposals and submit yours by 5:00 PM Friday, June 2, 2023.
• Sign on as sponsor! We couldn’t build, fly, or land the plane that is this conference each year without our Corporate Partners as part of the flight crew.

With this year’s theme of Landing the Plane (Without Wrecking It), we are taking an honest look at where we’ve all been these last few years, where we’re going, and how to get there as safely as possible – or at least not completely crash and burn along the way! Rather than dance around what many of us seem to be feeling these days, we hope this theme acknowledges (among other things):

• The daily pressures many of us are under – to do more with less, to make change happen overnight, to continue “pivoting”, to not just keep up but get ahead of the curve, etc.
• The many challenges our sector is facing – funding and staffing and planning, OH MY! (and more).
• The very real fear of “messing up” – that often keeps us from trying new things.
• That “doing our best” will look different from day to day, and that’s ok – some days we stick the picture-perfect landing and others…well, we’re just glad to have landed in one piece!

COVID prompted so many of us to stop waiting for the perfect moment and just start building the plane while flying it (which is what we explored as our conference theme last year!). Now that we’ve got our planes in the air, where do we go from here? Knowing there will be at least a little turbulence on our flight path, what will it take to chart our course, soar to new heights, and then land the plane – all without wrecking it? Special thanks to a 2022 conference attendee for suggesting this year’s theme! (We really do listen when we ask for input!).

Join us as we unpack all that and more through the following workshop tracks:

• Caring for the Crew (HR)
• Charting the Course (Strategy, Planning, Change Management)
• Fueling the Flight (Fundraising/Resource Development)
• Ground Control to Major Tom (Communications)
• Piloting the Plane (Leadership)
• Thinking Outside the (Black) Box (Miscellaneous)

Want to get your company in on the action? Click here for sponsorship opportunities!