
2018 Conference: About
2018 MNA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Catalyst: Ignite Your Strengths for the Common Good
Keynote Speakers

Derrick Feldmann

Beth Kanter

Amy Sample Ward
Preconference Sessions
Tuesday, October 2 | 9:30 - 4:30
Beth Kanter, Master Trainer, Speaker, Author
Within each of us is the potential to lead with excellence. Resilient nonprofit staff and board leaders possess strong selfawareness, self-management, and selfcare skills. They know their values, emotions, and communication styles. They have the ability to keep a pulse on their emotions so that they can stay flexible and positively choose how to react to different situations and people.
Here's the good news: these are learned skills. Are you on the leadership learning curve? Are you hoping to move into leadership and looking for ways to build your skills? Are you building the leadership bench in your organization? Join us for this workshop and take a giant step forward.

Breanna Polacik and Hannah Cortez, (the Dotted i), Mary Peterson, Tim Lockie (Now it Matters), Amy Falcione (Big Picture Marketing) , Cassidy Wendell (Cassidy Wendell LLC)
Shannon Stober, Verve Exchange Consulting
It is often said that the only constant is change. Fewer places highlight this truth more than the nonprofit sector, as our organizations are regularly charged with navigating changes in funding, staffing, our communities, and our world. These conditions, combined with our commitment to creating public benefit in our work, require us to remain nimble and agile in our mission delivery by proactively developing change management strategies and a change resilient culture. In order to do this, we must become Champions of Change.
In this fast-paced and interactive session, participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of change management theory; including best-practices for making the case for change, change obstacle identification, various approaches to developing change strategies, and tactics for ensuring change sticks. We will also explore key leadership behaviors to guide you in addressing resistance to change, as well tools to assist you in developing personal and team resiliency during times of change. Remember, change is inevitable, and the time to be thinking about change management is always now!
Learning Outcomes
During this session, participants will:
- Characterize the components change management;
- Review the process of change management;
- Define best-practices in change management strategies and approaches;
- Identify factors that contribute to change resistance and their associated behaviors;
- Explore leadership skills to assist in leading change management efforts.
2018 Conference Sponsors
Sustaining Sponsor

Supporting Sponsors



First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
First Nonprofit
M+R Strategic Services
O.P. & W.E. Edwards Foundation
Headwaters Health
Bloomerang, LLC
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Montana Children's Trust Fund
Montana Healthcare Foundation
Firespring
D.A. Davidson
JCCS
Montana Community Foundation
PayneWest
Treacy Foundation
Association of Fundraising Professionals, MT Chapter
Oro Y Plata
SG Long
SCL Health
Associated Employers
First Call Computer SOlutions
Julie Rodda Consulting
Montana Correctional Enterprises
Compass 360
Sage Solutions Nonprofit Consulting LLC
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation
Foundant Technologies