Dear Friends,I hope you will join me in Atlanta from May 3-5 for our 12th National Conference.

The year 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Family Promise as a national

organization. The conference theme, “Sharing Our Dream, Keeping Our Promise,”

reflects both our collective accomplishments of the past 25 years and the

aspirations we all share to help shape our communities and end family

homelessness.

Reflecting our location and our theme will be our featured keynote speaker,

Ambassador Andrew Young. Dr. Young first gained acclaim as an aide to Rev. Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. He went on to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations,

Mayor of Atlanta, a member of the US House of Representatives and has authored

several books and is an ordained UCC minister. Ambassador Young will draw on

his lifetime of service to inspire us with our opening keynote address.

As always, we are offering a wide range of workshops that address the needs of

Family Promise staff, board members and volunteers. These include sessions

dedicated to all aspects of Affiliate management, from sustainable fundraising to

best practices in case management to strategic board development. Presenters

will include Family Promise staff and associates, Affiliate leaders and outside

experts in a wide range of fields. Expect to be enlightened, inspired and

challenged!

Make sure to leave time to enjoy our host city. The Conference will be in

Buckhead, the most dynamic section of Atlanta, and our Saturday night event will

be a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy the Fernbank Museum, the

preeminent science center of the southeast, with music, great food and dancing.

Ultimately, much of the real benefit of attending a Family Promise conference

happens more by chance, in the connections that are made during breaks or

meals or after a workshop ends. When one Affiliate Director turns to another and

says, “We had a similar situation. This is how we handled it. Do you want to talk

more?” Our conferences provide you with an opportunity to connect with others

who “share the dream” to end family homelessness in America. I’m sure the

experience will leave you recharged and refreshed, able to better serve the

families that depend upon you.

So come to Atlanta and celebrate the 25th anniversary of our collective efforts to

“keep the promise.” See you in May!

Sincerely,

Karen OlsonPresident

Cancellation PolicyIf you need to cancel your registration, you can do so for a full refund minus a service charge of $15 bynotifying Angelica by mail or email (akennedy@familypromise.org) no later than April 19th, 2013. After April19th, 2013 we can refund 50% of your registration fee. Hotel rooms should be canceled by calling the hoteldirectly. The Saturday Night Event is finalized two weeks before conference on April 19th, 2013. We cannotoffer any refunds after this date.

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Conference at a GlanceFriday, May 3, 2013Sessions for staff and board members begin early Friday morning, so plan to arrive on Thursday.

For Network Directors and Case Management Staff Staff-only sessions are tailored to help staff adopt key strategies and best practices thatwill deepen and strengthen services for families.

7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and Registration8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Session I

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session II12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session III

For Board Members and Developing Network RepresentativesFrom governance to communications, board leaders will acquire skills and knowledgeto maximize resources that will help families thrive. Cultivating funding, buildingleadership and recruiting congregations will be among the topics covered in thesessions. The wisdom and experiences of Associates and Affiliate leaders will energizeand prepare participants for the work leading up to opening.

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast and Registration 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Roundtable Discussion

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Working Sessions3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Working Sessions

For CoordinatorsHost week is intense but brings immeasurable gifts to the congregation. Share withand learn from your peers the strategies that make for a successful and fulfilling host week.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Registration2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Working Session

For All4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration, if not previously registered5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Opening Dinner & Conference Kick-off

Keynote Ambassador Andrew Young

8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Family Promise Game Show

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Thanks to Our Conference SponsorsWe thank our generous sponsors, who have helped make this conference possible:

Registration Form (continued)Meal options Please check any of the following that apply:

� I am requesting vegan meals.

� I am requesting vegetarian meals.

Have questions? Call 908-273-1100, Ext.20, or email us at akennedy@familypromise.org

I am interested in attending the following workshops:(These help us determine schedule and frequency; additional workshops will be offered as well.

Workshop registration will take place at the conference.)

� I don’t eat red meat.

� I am gluten free.

� The Art of Influencing Others: Getting People &

Projects Unstuck and Moving Forward

� The Early Years

� Introduce, Cultivate, Ask

� ABCs of CoCs

� Continuing the Journey

� Corporate Partnerships

� Enough is Enough

� Shortening Length of Stay

� Taming the Beast—Don’t Let Government

Funding Control You

� Strictly Business

� Connecting in a Connected World

� Using “Next Practices” to Secure Your Future

� Meet the Experts

� Congregationally Based Housing Solutions

� Measuring Up—Program Outcomes

� Plan, Present, Persist—A Comprehensive

Approach to Recruiting and Retention

� It Takes Two to Tango

� Understanding the Government Approach to

Homelessness

� Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

� Bossypants—Managing Staff

12th NATIONAL CONFERENCE

May 3-5, 2013Atlanta, Georgia

Keeping Our Promise

Sharing Our Dream

Years

for effectiveness. However, if we trulywant tobe innovative and move forward, we mustlearn how to incorporate “next practices” intoour planning, governance and operations.These are the practices that help us identifyand use trends, adapt to rapidly changingenvironments, align with technology, andbuild organizational capacity in a toughfinancial climate.

Meet the Experts: This workshop exploresthe many ways that former guests enrichAffiliates. Program graduates and otherAffiliate leaders share tips on how toincorporate former guests into the board,committees, speakers’ bureaus and more.

Congregationally Based HousingSolutions: How can you leverage your mostimportant partners—congregations—tosolve your biggest challenge: housing? This

workshop explores successfulmodels for congregationallybased housing solutions andhow you can build theserelationships at your Affiliate.

Measuring Up—ProgramOutcomes: Led by experts inprogram measurement andassessment, this will be adiscussion of the variousoutcomes Affiliates can use tomeasure their impact onguests and the community, aswell as those that can be usedto appeal to new funders.

Plan, Present, Persist—AComprehensive Approach toRecruiting and Retention:

This workshop takes a project managementapproach to congregational recruitment andretention. Whether you are looking toexpand your reach or trying to patch upholes, the workshop will leave you withtangible strategies for gaining new hosts—and keeping existing ones.

It Takes Two to Tango: And to make anAffiliate successful. This workshop looks atkeys to a successful board/directorrelationship. Aimed for both, participants willwalk out with practical ways to strengthencommunication, understanding andultimately, effectiveness.

Understanding the Government Approachto Homelessness: This workshop will be aprimer on how local, state and federalgovernments approach homelessness. Withmany changes taking place that affect yourAffiliate, it is more important than ever thatboards have a basic understanding ofgovernment policy, structure and funding.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Getting guests employed isa key goal for every Affiliate. Experienceddirectors share their insights on how topartner with potential employers andempower guests to be successful in their jobsearches.

Bossypants—Managing Staff: Geared forExecutive Directors, this workshop looks atthe best practices – and the pitfalls – inmanaging, evaluating and rewarding staff.How do you help your staff set goals, overseeperformance and address personnelchallenges?

Billy Bennett is the founder of Pyramid ODIand The Pyramid Group, an internationalorganization development group. Arecognized authority on the design anddevelopment of high performance organi-zations, Bennett has also been published inthe Southeastern Academy of Marketing, BestCases in Teams and The Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Work Teams. Hewas the editor of Team Leader Resource, amonthly magazine for team leaders. Bennetthas been an active volunteer with FamilyPromise of Augusta since 1998.

Charlie Bethel has represented District 54 inthe Georgia State Senate since 2010 where heserves a secretary of the Reapportionmentand Redistricting Committee among otherappointments. He has a JD from theUniversity of Georgia and is also a privatepractice lawyer in Dalton. He is a long-timeFamily Promise volunteer.

Claire Cline is Regional Director for UnitedWay of Metro Atlanta. Immediately prior toher role with UWMA she was the ExecutiveDirector of Georgia Perimeter College. She has also worked for the State of Georgia’sDepartment of Natural Resources andimplemented education programs at FortMcClellan, from which she still ponders whyanyone would jump out of a perfectly goodairplane.

Workshops Here are descriptions of some of the workshops that will be offered:CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Ben McDade is Executive Vice President ofBaptists Today, an autonomous, 30 year-oldnational news journal. He formerly served asCoordinator of Fellowship Advancement forthe National Cooperative Baptist Fellowshipfor 10 years where his duties included fundraising, communications and marketing, andstate/regional relationships. McDade servedin similar roles at Mercer University, Smyth &Helwys Publishing and the South CarolinaBaptist Convention. His career has focused onhelping organizations effectively tell theirstory and secure financial resources necessaryto living out their mission.

Rev. Don Saliers is a church musician andemeritus professor of theology and worshipat Emory University. Among the ten books hehas authored or edited is one jointly writtenwith his daughter Emily Saliers, of the folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls, A Song to Sing, A Lifeto Live: Reflections on Music as SpiritualPractice. For the past three decades he hasbeen organist and choirmaster at EmoryUniversity’s Cannon Chapel, and hascontributed to the United Methodist Hymnal,The Book of Worship, and to the recentUpperRoom Worshipbook.

Conference at a Glance Featured PresentersKeynote Speaker

Ambassador Andrew Young hasalways viewed his career through thelens of his initial career—that ofordained minister. He first came toprominence as an aide to Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr., and key strategistduring the civil rights campaigns inBirmingham and Selma. His work forcivil and human rights, his many yearsin public office as Congressman,United Nations Ambassador andMayor, his leadership of the AtlantaOlympic Games, his advocacy of publicpurpose capitalism throughGoodworks International and theestablishment of the Andrew J. YoungFoundation are all a response to hiscall to serve.

Hotel InformationGrand Hyatt Atlanta, Buckhead3300 PEACHTREE RD, NEATLANTA, GA 30305 US

Telephone: (404) 237-1234

Please call the hotel directly to make your room reservation. Identify

yourself as a member of the Family Promise National Conference.

Room Rates are $109 per night for single to quad, excluding state and local taxes.

Located on the most famous street in Atlanta, Peachtree Road, The Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead is set

within the upscale uptown neighborhood of Buckhead. The spacious and recently renovated guestrooms

include irresistible Hyatt Grand Beds™, state-of-the-art Internet access and sleek flat screen HDTVs. Close

to the World of Coca-Cola Museum, the Georgia Aquarium, The High Museum of Art, LEGOLAND Discovery

Center and the Atlanta History Center, the hotel also provides you with captivating views of its Japanese

Zen Garden and is within walking distance to Lenox Square Mall, Phipps Plaza Mall and the MARTA. The

Grand Hyatt Atlanta Buckhead grants you easy access to the best that Atlanta has to offer.

Attendees arriving by car may self-park for $10 per night.

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The Art of Influencing Others: GettingPeople and Projects Unstuck and MovingForward: How do you get people to engagein your ideas, causes and projects when youcan’t control or direct them? Influence is bothart and science. In this session you will learnhow to build an influence plan for individualsand groups. Know whom to target, whatneeds to address and how to create a successstory people want to be a part of.

The Early Years: The first years of childhoodset in place structures that govern the courseof a person’s life. So what does that mean forhomeless children? This workshop looks atbest practices around working with veryyoung children, ranging from parenting skillsto education to childcare options.

Introduce, Cultivate, Ask: Hear from Affiliatesaround the country employing point-of-entryevents to build a base of motivated individualdonors. A step-by-step analysis of how tocreate your own pool of major givers and reapthe rewards of a steady stream of sustainingand unrestricted funding.

ABCs of CoCs: Either your community has aContinuum of Care or your state does and itcovers your area. What you need to know iswhat CoCs do, how they can help you andhow not participating in one can hurt youwith more than government funding. NewCoC rules out of HUD have recently changedhow CoCs operate as well as their influenceand impact on homeless and housingprograms besides those under their purview;find out how you can participate effectively tohelp those you serve.

Continuing the Journey: Formal casemanagement after graduation is often thedifference between struggling andsucceeding. Learn from Affiliate leaders aboutsome of the innovative programs they haveput in place to ensure continued progress forgraduating families.

Corporate Partnerships: We partner withcongregations and agencies; why notcorporations? This session looks at the holisticapproach to partnering with the businesscommunity, going beyond one-time gifts tosustained volunteer programs and causemarketing.

Enough is Enough!: It might be a volunteerwho can’t stop meddling in guests’ lives, or aboard member who calls three times a day, ora family who seems intent on breaking everyrule. How do you say stop? This workshoplooks at successful strategies for holding yourground and removing problem people.

Shortening Length of Stay: This topic is topof mind for all providers of homeless services.But how do we successfully move peoplethrough quickly in a climate of highunemployment, little affordable housing andother barriers to success? Learn from Affiliateleaders who have been able to house familiesin just a few weeks.

Taming the Beast—Don’t Let GovernmentFunding Control You: Funding from HUD hasbeen changing—and not for the better. Howdo you successfully transition your fundingbase so that you are not relianton government dollars? Thisworkshop looks at bestpractices in creating asustainable funding plan thatensures your budget for yearsto come.

Strictly Business: Theprinciples that make for asuccessful company are notunique to the for-profit sector;after all, Affiliates are nonprofitcorporations. Learn how FamilyPromise leaders have appliedtheir business experience andacumen to open up whole newapproaches and models fortheir Affiliates.

Connecting in a Connected World: Who You Know, What You Know & WhereYou Share It: There are three kinds of people– those who make things happen, those whowatch things happen and those that wonder,“What happened?” Today you may be in thethird group if you are not developing the skillsof “platforming” - building a base of contacts,connections and expertise from which youcan launch initiatives that influence progressand change. Social media networking withpurpose.

Using “Next Practices” to Secure YourFuture: All Affiliates benefit fromimplementing “best practices,” those organiza-tional behaviors that are tested and respected

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Continuing Registration

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Promises Kept: A Look at 25 Years of Family PromiseReflections from the President and a Former Guest

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Session I (Concurrent Workshops)

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session II (Concurrent Workshops)

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Session III (Concurrent Workshops)

6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday Evening Outing (optional)The Fernbank Museum

Sunday, May 5, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Session IV (Concurrent Workshops)

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interfaith Worship Service and Celebration

12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Lunch Keeping Our Promise

Sharing Our Dream

Years

Registration FormOne person per registration form— please copy for additional registrants

Name_________________________________________________________________________(as you wish it to appear on your badge)

Local Affiliate __________________________________________________________________

Home Address _________________________________________________________________

City, State, ZIP __________________________________________________________________

Daytime Telephone_____________________________ Fax _____________________________

Email Address __________________________________________________________________

Registration and FeesYour registration includes the full conference schedule and meals except the SaturdayEvening Outing, which is an additional $79. Hotel and transportation costs are not included inthe registration fee.

� Registration and payment postmarked by 3/22/13: $325 ________________________

� Second Attendee from the same Affiliate –

Early Bird Registration postmarked by 3/22/13: $310 ________________________

� Registration and payment postmarked after 3/22/13: $385 ________________________

� Saturday Evening Outing (optional): $ 79 ________________________

Total Amount Enclosed: _________________________

Please make your check payable to Family Promise and send with completed registration form to: Family Promise Conference • 71 Summit Avenue, Summit, New Jersey 07901

Saturday Night in Atlanta!Cost $79/person

Dinner, dancing and… dinosaurs(not included in registration fee)

RSVP: Please check box in attached registration form.

JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EVENT!

Join us on Saturday night for an evening that combines fun and elegance with science at the world-renowned Fernbank Museum. The preeminent natural history museum in the Southeast, the Fernbank Museum features an array ofexhibits on all aspects of natural history in abeautiful setting. The evening will include a sumptuoussouthern inspired dinner, a cash bar,dancing andaccess to museumexhibits.

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