“Re-Examining Philanthropy: Exploring Root Concepts For Our Field(s)”

WE INVITE YOU to join our attendees in Indianapolis, IN. ARNOVA members from throughout the U.S. and around the world will gather to share thought-provoking research and engage in lively discussions. Scholars, practitioners and students exchange knowledge about voluntary action, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropy. Make plans to be a part of this important community.

What is the ARNOVA Annual Conference?
As the leading organization supporting research and education in the fields of voluntary action, philanthropy, nonprofit management, and civil society, ARNOVA stages this public conference each November. The conference is designed to create a public conversation on, as well as opportunities for presenting research about, pressing issues and vital opportunities facing the voluntary or nonprofit sector. It is both a showcase for the best and most current research, as well as a seed bed from which new research is born.

More than 600 researchers, teachers and leaders from the field gather at the Annual Conference. Over recent decades, the public conversation at our conference has evolved to address new developments in our field(s), including social entrepreneurship, social economy and all aspects of civil society, as well as to meet the needs of those who study and lead “the social sector.” ARNOVA’s Annual Conference is the largest gathering held regularly anywhere devoted to these matters.

To view the ARNOVA Conference schedule and details go to www.arnova.org (available mid-August).

Participant Overview
Of the more than 700 persons expected to attend the conference, roughly 80 percent will be based in universities or colleges. They are leading scholars and teachers. However, many of them also serve as community consultants and nonprofit board leaders. The remaining 20 percent will be staff or leaders of nonprofit or social-economy organizations, full-time consultants to those groups, and some who play other roles in the world of philanthropy. If the pattern of recent years holds, at least 25 percent of participants will come from outside Canada and the U.S. Roughly 30 percent of conference attendees are students and others training to be the next generation of leadership for the voluntary sector.

Who benefits from our work? It is increasingly the case that developed societies, especially in the west, are depending more and more on voluntary-sector organizations, nonprofits, and emerging enterprises in “the social economy” to do the work of providing human services and developing civil society. ARNOVA’s work benefits all of society by helping generate the knowledge and perspectives that can make those organizations and enterprises more effective. With our focus on teaching, we are also playing a key role in preparing the next generation of leadership. Special projects we carry out have directly addressed the needs of nonprofits and foundations in developing new knowledge and sustaining important conversations vital to refining and improving their practices and services. In short, a wide range of organizations and individuals seeking to serve the public good are strengthened by the work of ARNOVA and its members.

Exhibit & Advertising Opportunities

The best place to meet our members face-to-face! Professors, researchers, consultants, nonprofit executives, and foundation executives from a variety of disciplines and research interests attend the conference. They are deci¬sion-makers in their fields and are responsible for making purchases ranging from books to consulting services to educational opportunities.

Cost:
$375 for nonprofit organizations
$575 for profit organizations
Includes: One six-foot draped exhibit table; two chairs; full conference registration for one participant; electrical and phone hook-ups available at an additional cost.
Exhibit hours: (preliminary schedule, subject to change)
November 15th 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
November 16th 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
November 17th 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Refreshment breaks will be held in the exhibit area.
DEADLINE: October 1 to be included in the Conference Program

Advertising Opportunities

Conference Program Advertising
Another way to reach your audience! Consider purchasing an ad for placement in the 2012 Conference Program. Every attendee will use the program throughout the conference.
Sizes & Costs:
Full page, inside front or inside back cover........$500
Full page inside the program...............................$350
1/2-page inside the program.................................$250
1/4-page inside the program.................................$150
All advertisements print in black ink. Inside front cover and inside back cover ads are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. DEADLINE: October 1, 2012 – all ads must be received

Conference Tote Insert
A great way to advertise! Your materials are given to every attendee at the registration when they pick up their conference tote bag.
Cost:
$275 per insert
Includes: One item (flyer or pamphlet) will be inserted into all attendee’s totes.

Items must be pre-approved by ARNOVA by October 29, and must arrive at the Conference Hotel by November 12, 2012. A limited number of inserts will be allowed.
For larger items or more than one item, please contact the ARNOVA office.

To register, fill out this form and send it back to ARNOVA.