Join us at the

Seventh Annual 2008 Funders Forum & Networking Gathering

October 23 - Pre-Forum Activities
Dinner with the Funders & Silent Art Auction
Brazos Cotton Exchange, Bryan, TX

October 24 - Full-Day Forum
Brazos Center, Bryan, TX

Presented by
A Circle of Ten, Inc.
Network for Collaboration
and
A&M College of Architecture’s
Center for Housing & Urban Development

Designed to provide opportunities for Leaders to interact
with federal, state and private funders, and each other

A Circle of Ten, Inc. - Network for Collaboration
205 East Commerce, #205, Jacksonville, TX 75766
903-541-0013 Fax 903-541-0014 circleof10@circleof10.org www.etvv.org

Click here for 5 minute slide presentation
Click here Registration for Funders Forum Registration

 

REASONS FOR THE FORUM….. REASONS TO BE INVOLVED

• Agencies You care about do not have enough Money and fail to “ask”.

• Not enough Private (Corporations & Foundations), Federal or State Grant
  monies come to Rural Texas.

• 40-50 reps from Private, Federal & State agencies are coming Oct. 23 & 24 to explain                                        “How to Get  Grants.”

• We need to Welcome and Impress them.

• Agencies You care about need to come for face-to-face interaction.

SCHEDULE SUMMARY

Oct 23-THU Kick-off "Dinner with the Funders”                                                                                              at the Brazos Cotton Exchange, Downtown Bryan  (Link to Referral Form for Dinner with Funders)

Oct 24-FRI Full-Day Funders’ Forum 8:30 AM to 4 PM                                                                                                              at Brazos Center with…

               -Nine different Funders’ Panels

               -Individual, One-on-One Consultations (135 sessions available)

               -Exhibitor Tables & Networking

Click links below for more information:

2008 Forum Information

 

  -Media Release & PSA -2008 Forum
  -List of Funders Attending (“RSVP Yes” list updated each Friday)
  -Flyer Information

  -A Quick Look at “Why we do the Forum”

  -Planning & Committee Opportunities

  -Sponsorship Opportunities

  -Registration for Funders Forum
  -2007 Forum  “A Look Back”

  -2008 Forum Full Schedule (Note.  Panels and IC Sessions added a few weeks prior to Forum)

 

Participation Information

  -Dinner with Funders

     -Who to send? Limited to 130 Key Leaders. 

     -How to refer a Key Leader?

     -Art Show & Silent Auction. Click here to learn more.

  -Full Day Forum

    -Who to send?  Why a Team Approach?
    -How to choose Panels?

    -How to sign up for Individual Consultation Sessions?

    -Exhibitor Table Information

    -Registration Form

 

Forum History
     -Full Story of 2007 Forum

     -Funding Panels, Individual Consultation Sessions Offered 2007
     -2007 Forum Photos
     -Funders of the Year

 

 

 

Draft 1 Planning for TAMU Web Site. Sept 2, 2008