Mark your 
calendar now for Nonprofit Day! 
Friday, March 6, 2009 
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence is proud to present 
Nonprofit Day 2009, sponsored by BKD, LLP.  The event will feature 
educational breakout sessions, more than 25 exhibitors, and keynote speaker Dr. 
Paul Light. 
In 2008, more than 300 local nonprofit professionals came 
together to learn and to network.  Nonprofit Day is the opportunity to 
celebrate the outstanding work being accomplished by our nonprofit community 
throughout the year. 
Exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities are now available!  
For more information, contact Donna at 575-4341. 
 
Click here to register 
as an exhibitor, or click 
here for sponsorship opportunities.  
Keynote Speaker: 
 
Dr. 
Paul C. Light is NYU Wagner's Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service and 
founding principal investigator of the Organizational Performance Initiative. 
Until joining NYU, Dr. Light served as the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow at the 
Brookings Institution, founding director of its Center for Public Service, and 
vice president and director of the Governmental Studies Program. He has served 
previously as director of the Public Policy Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts 
and associate dean and professor of public affairs at the University of 
Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. 
 
Light has written 18 books, including the award-winning Thickening 
Government and The Tides of Reform. He is also a co-author of a 
best-selling American government textbook, Government by the People. 
His research interests include: bureaucracy, civil service, Congress, 
entitlement programs, executive branch, government reform, nonprofit 
effectiveness, organizational change, and the political appointment process. 
 
Nonprofit Day 2009 Presenting Sponsor: 
 
  
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Recognizing Nonprofit Day 2009 Sponsors: 
American National Bank 
Big Fish Marketing 
Care and Share 
Cheyenne Village 
Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable 
Colorado Springs Leadership Institute 
Community Resource Center 
Crowne Plaza 
Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA) 
Disability Services of Colorado 
Dr. Paul Light 
El Pomar Foundation 
El Pomar Nonprofit Resource Center 
eTapestry 
Food Share America 
Front Range Executive Service Corps (FRESC) 
Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado 
Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs 
Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce 
KCME 88.7 FM Classical Music 
La Foret Conference and Retreat Center 
Leadership Pikes Peak 
Pikes Peak United Way 2-1-1 
Pikes Peak Workforce Center 
Pinnacol Assurance 
Regis University 
Safe Passage 
Standards for Excellence Institute 
Touching the World 
UCCS School of Public Affairs 
Vectra Bank 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 
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