Nearly 650 Nonprofit Students To Showcase Their Skills During Annual Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Conference

Students to Conduct Case Study Exercises with Nearly 20 Local Nonprofit Organizations

WHO:  Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA) and University of Central Florida

WHAT:  Host the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance flagship annual meeting called the Management/Leadership Institute, also known as AHMI

WHEN:   January 3 – 6, 2011  

WHERE:  Walt Disney World Swan Resort      

1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, FL  

VISUAL:  Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.  

Come see how this conference is impacting the local community!  Hundreds of students will visit local nonprofit organizations to work in teams to analyze, evaluate and propose solutions for these agencies' real-life organizational challenges.  Participating nonprofits include Give Kids the World, Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, Heart of Florida United Way, Mustard Seed, and Shepherd's Hope.  We can arrange for you to be onsite during these "case studies."

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:  Students; Nonprofit Leadership Alliance President Dr. Wayne Branch;  Plenary Session Speakers ( Kathy Cloninger, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA; Ann Cramer, Director for IBM Corporate Community Relations and Public Affairs; Matt Dunn, Manager of Community Affairs at Google; Yolanda Londono, Vice President of Global Social Responsibility for Tupperware Brands; and Meg Crofton, President of the Walt Disney World Resort); local nonprofit organizations that participated in a "case study."

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  According to industry statistics, employment in the nonprofit sector grew from 1998-2005 by 16 percent, and nonprofit organizations and agencies hold more than $3.4 trillion in revenues. Over the next decade, there will be a tremendous need for programs, such as the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, to prepare the talent needed to provide and fill the nonprofit sector's critical management and leadership roles.  

ABOUT THE NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE:  Since its inception in 1948, the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (formerly American Humanics) remains the only national organization certifying future and current nonprofit managers and leaders.

ABOUT AHMI:  The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is hosting its flagship annual meeting called the Management/Leadership Institute, also known as AHMI.  AHMI is a one-of-a-kind event at which almost 600 socially conscious, career-minded students, close to 100 academic professionals, and more than 300 nonprofit leaders gather for the purpose of learning, networking and professional development.

www.nonprofitleadershipalliance.org

Contact:   Paula Evangelista, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, [phone] - cell

January 3rd-6th, [phone]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Jan. 3, 2011/

SOURCE Nonprofit Leadership Alliance

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