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Recent Speeches by Peter
Goldberg
Read Peter Golberg's bio
here.
Alliance National Conference, Oct. 14, 2009 (Speech)
[.PDF]
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)
[.PDF]
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
(Speech and
Presentation)
[.PDF]
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
[.PDF]
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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