ARNOVA Section Meetings
Note: Most Section business meetings will be held Thursday or Saturday mornings. More information in the final program. Here you will find highlights of Section activities at the Conference.
Teaching Section Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, November 19, 4:00-6:00 and & 7:oo-9:00 p.m. — Pre-Conference activities include a panel on Advocacy and Nonprofit Management Education with Philadelphia nonprofit executives and foundation representatives. An evening panel – followed by a dessert reception – will be focused on “Nonprofit Management Education--An Inside View: Continuing the Conversation” from The Nonprofit Quarterly.
Registration fees $20 for section members; $25 for non-section members; $15 for students. This includes continental breakfast Thursday morning. All ARNOVA members are invited to this pre-conference workshop. The goal is to provide practical resources and rich learning for those who teach on our field(s).
ARNOVA’s Section on Teaching is planning two sessions during the regular conference schedule. These sessions will focus on “Online Teaching.” They will examine the legitimacy of teaching nonprofit management this way, and examine best practices. All are welcome to attend.
Community and Grassroots Associations (CGAP) — This Section is planning a first Panel session on the topics of “Community Organizing, Civic Engagement and Democracy: Cross-national Perspectives.” Much has been written about the shift from an age of government to governance, with community organisations and other non-governmental actors engaged in governing beyond the state. This plenary will examine the potential and limits inherent in this shift from three contrasting perspectives, drawing on empirical research and a range of theoretical perspectives.
Community & Grassroots is also co-sponsoring, with the Theories, Issues and Boundaries Section a second session on “When Social Movements and Electoral Politics Work Together,” with a presentation from Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, CUNY. Respondents will include leadership from the CGAP and TIBS Sections, and there will be time for questions and discussion.
The Pracademics Section — A Pre-Conference event Wednesday (3-6 p.m.) on “Practical Collaborations: How to Establish and Maintain
Mutually Beneficial Relationships.” This will feature a panel of practitioners from nonprofit organizations in Central Pennsylvania who have worked with ARNOVA researchers on a variety of practical projects. In this work, scholars and practitioners are mutually supportive peers, and expert knowledge is shared through a two-way process. Facilitated table discussions will follow on how to translate the panelists’ experiences to other venues.
Two additional sessions in the program from this Section will focus on: Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteering: Breed Unto Itself; and
“What do you have to offer? Using reflective practice to discuss marketing with volunteer organizations.”
Theories, Issues and Boundaries Section (TIBS) — In addition to the session co-sponsored with CGAP (see above), this Section has organized a panel on the question: Why the Absence of New Theory About Foundations' Role Today in Social Change? The presenters include James M. Ferris (of USC) and Stefan Toepler, (of George Mason). Session Co-Chairs will be Susan Ostrander, Tufts University; and Kelly LeRoux, University of Kansas.
Values, Religion and Deviance Section (VRADS) — The newest Section of ARNOVA has organized a special Panel on the topic of “Good and Evil in the Nonprofit Sector.” Presenters will David Horton Smith (Boston College), Edward Queen (Emory University), Joyce Rothschild (Virginia Tech), and Gil Clary (College of St. Catherine).