Recent Speeches by Peter Goldberg


Read Peter Golberg's bio here.

Alliance National Conference, Oct. 14, 2009 (Speech)
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Welcoming the attendees of the Alliance National Conference in Houston, Goldberg conveyed his thoughts on the resiliency of the Alliance membership in a difficult year, as well as the importance of working toward a better government contracting model.

American Association of Children’s Residential Centers (AACRC) 53rd Annual Conference, Oct. 8, 2009  (Speech) [.PDF]
The American Association of Children's Residential Centers (AACRC) brings professionals together to advance the frontiers of knowledge pertaining to the spectrum of therapeutic living environments for children and adolescents with behavioral health disorders. Goldberg spoke at the organization’s 53rd annual conference, conveying the Alliance for Children and Families’ commitment to residential care.

Foster Family-based Treatment Association (FFTA) 23rd Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care, Aug. 3, 2009 (Speech) [.PDF]
Goldberg was the keynote speaker at the Senior Management Luncheon of the FFTA 23rd Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care. The title of his presentation was "What Does It Take to be a 21st Century High Performing Organization?”

Adoption Exchange Association: Leading High-Performing 21st Century Nonprofit Organizations Through the Whitewaters of Change, May 29, 2009 (Speech and Presentation)  [.PDF]
The Adoption Exchange Association, a national nonprofit membership association whose central goal is to assist and encourage its members nationwide as they find adoptive families for all children and youth who wait in foster care, invited Goldberg to be a keynote speaker at its annual conference. Goldberg shared components for maintaining a high-performing nonprofit organization and trends facing these organizations.

Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence: A Look at the National Agenda: The Impact of Federal Funding on Nonprofits, May 1, 2009 (Speech) [.PDF]
Goldberg was one of the keynote speakers at this conference event, where he discussed the impact of federal funding on nonprofits, specifically the tactical and conceptual dimensions. In addition, he reviewed some compelling ideas on ways to empower the nonprofit sector to realize the change necessary for future health and strength.

Catholic Family Center: Staying Ahead of the Curve During Transformative Events, March 2009 (Speech and Presentation) [.PDF]
Catholic Family Center in Rochester, N.Y. invited Goldberg to address its board and senior staff members on important trends within the human service sector, including the economy and recession and the new presidential administration. Goldberg also discussed the important of civic engagement, especially during these extraordinary times.

Family Service Centers: The Power of Civic Engagement: Public Policy Increases Capacity and Results, March 2009  (Speech and Presentation) [.PDF]
This Alliance member agency located in Clearwater, Fla. was co-sponsor of a board training event for area nonprofit social service organizations called “Is Your Board Making a Difference Through Advocacy and Civic Engagement?” Goldberg discussed civic engagement and policy advocacy in detail, including the importance of board members being active. His presentation included several barricades to effective civic engagement and how to overcome them.

Wisconsin Association of Family and Children’s Agencies: 21st Century High Performing Human Services Organizations Navigating through the Whitewaters of Change, March 2009  (Speech and Presentation) [.PDF]
More than 40 child- and family-serving organizations, some of which are also members of the Alliance, attending this state association retreat where Goldberg shared the seven components of a high performing nonprofit, important trends in the human services sector, and the “main things”: the election and the economy.

Alliance Senior Leadership Conference, February 2009 (Speech) [.PDF]
Goldberg welcomed Alliance members to this 41st annual event. He discussed the two transformative events in the past year: the economic meltdown and the presidential election. In addition, he discussed what these two events mean for Alliance member agencies, the children, families, and communities they serve, and how the Alliance serves its members.

Giving Institute Gurin Forum, Are Charitable Dollars Getting Where They’re Needed Most? December 2008, New York City (Speech) [.PDF]
Goldberg was invited by the Giving Institute to address the issue of whether charitable dollars are going where they are most needed as it relates to the nonprofit human services field. He was a member of a panel and gave a speech on how the human services field must recognize that it does not get the level of charitable giving as other nonprofit because it doesn’t “sell” itself well enough and “make its case” to the community.

From Client to Citizen: Building Civic Capacity with the People We Serve, October 2008,
Pittsburgh, PA (Speech and Presentation)
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At the invitation of Alliance member Parental Stress Center in Pittsburgh, Goldberg spoke about civic engagement at the From Client to Citizen: Building Civic Capacity with the People We Serve event held at the University of Pittsburgh. His speech, “Strengthening Authentic Voices: Human Services and Civic Engagement,” discussed the importance of civic engagement and advocacy to nonprofit human services organizations. He also noted how agencies can be built up to realize a stronger capacity to impact public sector thinking.

Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Program, October 2008, Charlotte, NC
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Bank of America invited Goldberg to speak at its Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Program about scenario planning, a planning tool which the Alliance has completed research and numerous exercised. The presentation, “The Role of Scenario Planning in an Uncertain World,” was a timely reminder that all nonprofit executives can benefit from scenario planning, but must resist the urge to deal with those urgent concerns at the expense of future operating issues or opportunities.

Alliance National Conference, October 2008, Baltimore, MD 
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At the 2008 Alliance National Conference, Goldberg addressed attendees with an important message centered on the conference theme: “The Power of Purpose, the Purpose of our Power.” Said Goldberg, “The nonprofit sector now represents more than five percent of our gross domestic product. Our purposes are still grounded in nobility and altruism, but that nobility and altruism is now accompanied by a size and scope that suggest, at least potentially, a little more muscularity. In effect, we have expanded the platform from which we exercise the power of our purpose.”

Alliance National Conference, Oct. 17, 2007, Anaheim, CA [.PDF]
During the Alliance’s premier event, Goldberg updated the audience on important events at the Alliance: the hiring of Elizabeth Carey; grants programs such as the New Age of Aging, Building Community Voices, and New Voices at the Civic Table; and plans for celebrating the Alliance’s centennial. Goldberg said, “And while it is important to celebrate our successes and yours, it is clear to me at least, that our upside potential as a national organization and as a community of agencies to further create, further inspire, and further lead for positive social change is together — and that is incredibly motivating.”

Adelphi University Event, Oct. 23, 2007, New York City (Speech and Presentation) [.PDF]
At this special event held to pay tribute to social work and social work advocacy, Goldberg reviews the eight barricades to effective values based advocacy and civic engagement, as well as seven examples of effective advocacy. Goldberg commented, “So, considering that our society can overcome one injustice after another, can we ever doubt what can happen with the strong commitment of millions of people like us to storming the barricades of indifference?”

American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, Oct. 25, 2007, Orlando, FL [.PDF]
Speaking to another national gathering of an important membership association, Goldberg pays tribute to the bond between the Alliance and AACRC, while also showing the importance of residential services. “It has never gone unrecognized by the Alliance and its members that AACRC took somewhat of a risk to situate yourselves in such a way where your operations are housed in a larger organization, the Alliance, and where you have contracted the day-to-day operations to this larger organization.” Goldberg noted. “All among us today recognize the obvious fact that residential-based care is a powerful treatment with a great capacity to change lives. You can be assured that the Alliance honors and values the role of residential care as a necessary component in a comprehensive system of behavioral health care, including the full continuum of programs and services for children and their families. I believe these services become more essential to communities every day.”

Boys & Girls Clubs of America Family Support Symposium, Nov. 5, 2007, Atlanta [.PDF]
Goldberg commended the Boys & Girls Clubs for embracing concepts of family support and family strengthening, using the Alliance’s National Family Week program as an example of a program that has successfully implemented similar concepts. “National Family Week has become a catalyst for serious discussion and a forum for strong civic engagement and advocacy.  National Family Week has successfully promoted the message that strong families are at the center of strong communities and everyone has a role to play in making families successful,” Goldberg said.


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