Town Halls

Our ongoing Nonprofit Town Halls offer a special opportunity for nonprofit leaders to join a statewide conversation about our unique strengths and challenges as a sector. Designed as listening sessions and information-sharing events, each Town Hall includes a conversation about the challenges nonprofits face in different Oregon communities and capacity building needs they have, seeks input from nonprofit leaders about the direction of NAO programs and services, and identifies priorities for public policy work. As with any NAO event, there is also time for networking and collegiality.

We began holding Town Halls in 2010 with our first session in Eugene. In 2011, we held Town Halls in Portland, Bend, Medford, and Pendleton, with close to 400 nonprofit professionals participating. You can read the 2011 Town Hall Report Summary here.

In 2012, we will continue the conversation and will extend an invitation to elected officials to join us. We know the Town Hall format is especially conducive for meaningful exchange and know there are many stories of the good works of nonprofits we want to share with our elected leaders. We are also adding a funders panel to our Town Hall sessions, where possible, to offer nonprofit leaders opportunities to connect with grantmakers in their community and to learn more about their grantmaking criteria.

There is no cost to attend the Town Hall meetings.

Upcoming Town Halls

Albany on March 2, 2012
Coos Bay on April 18, 2012
Prineville on June 12, 2012
Baker City on June 13, 2012

Check back for additional summer dates and locations.