Materials from the 2009 Summit

The 2009 Summit was held on Saturday March 21, 2009. The 2009 agenda and program are below.

• 2009 Summit at a Glance (Adobe Acrobat format)
• 2009 Full Summit Program (Adobe Acrobat format)

Selected Materials from Conference Presentations:

• Connecting Your Organization to RI's Great Outdoor Pursuit by Steve Wright
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Developing a Diverse Fundraising Program by Claudia Swain
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Going Green: Sustaining your Environmental Organization through Volunteer Leadership by Stephany Hessler and Lynne Harper
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Grant Proposal Writing for Small Organizations by Jonathan Howard
  • Handout from workshop (PDF)
• How Not to Trip-up When You are Trip-leading by Denise Poyer
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• How to Work with Municipalities to Pass Open Space Bonds by Ted Clement and Roy Najecki
  • Handout from workshop (PDF)
• Integrating Conservation Strategies to Preserve Places and Communities by Rich Youngken, Wendy Nicholas, and Claudia Swain
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Getting Dam Removal into the River Restoration Mix by Thomas Ardito and Chris Fox
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Reading the Landscape to Plan & Maintain Trails by John Monroe
  • Handout from workshop (PDF)
• Restoring Coastal and Inland Buffers – How to take advantage of CRMC’s Coastal Landscaping Program & DEM Restoration Resources by Caitlin Chaffee, Carol Murphy, and Christine Caron
  • PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Rhode Island Stewardship Protocols and Invasive Species Management: How Best Can the RI Conservation Stewardship Collaborative Inform Land Stewards? by Peter August, Scott Ruhren, and David Gregg
  • Scott Ruhren's PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• Using a Salesforce Database to Build Membership & Donations by Helen Tjader
  • PowerPoint presentation (Part 1) (PDF)
  • PowerPoint presentation (Part 2) (PDF)
• Using the Web to Market Your Organization by Mark Brodeur
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• What makes a Building "Green"? How to Review and Understand Green Development by Connie McGreavy and Norman Cook
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• What Rhode Island River Advocates Should Know about Wild and Scenic Rivers by Rachel Calabro and Steve Insana
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
• When is a River Not a River? When it Stops Supporting River Life! by Alisa Richardson
  • PowerPoint presentation (PDF)

Our Lead Sponsors:

Additional Sponsors:

• Coastal Institute at URI
• DiningQuest.com
• Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
• Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program
• Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program
• The Nature Conservancy