2026 COMMUNITY SUMMIT

Ticket Price Structure:

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and to be responsive to the changing funding landscape for many nonprofits, we are offering a self selection of scholarship need. Please use the following promo codes to select a scholarship option that meets your professional development budget needs. If you are unable to pay for the $40 ticket price, please use the following promo codes.

• HALF: Discounts the ticket by 50%

• FULL: Discounts the ticket by 100%

2026 summit information and schedule

Tuesday, April 28th:

8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am Belonging & Networking
10:00 am Concurrent Sessions

• Board Training: 10 - 12:30 pm with Tessa Lance

• ED Bootcamp: 10-12:30 pm with Andrea Coen, Betsy Dittenber, Sandy Visnack, Kellye Weber (Space is limited. Special Registration Required)

• General Sessions 1 & 2:

  • 1. From Burnout to Belonging: Building Resilient Organizations Through Kind, Clear, and Financially Sustainable Policies with Arden Trewartha & Megan Straus

  • 2. Rethinking Partnerships: 11:30-12:30 pm with Shelley Schreiner

12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions:

• ED Bootcamp: 1:30 - 4:30pm with Eric Johnson & Julia Makowski, Megan Straus (Space is limited. Special Registration Required)

• General Sessions 3: 1:30-2:30 pm (Please select your sessions when you register)

  • 3A. Board Management with Brian Beaulieu

  • 3B. Finding Grants with Carol Ann Soltz

• General Session 4: 3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • 4A. AI Considerations in Nonprofit Management with Andrea Coen

  • 4B. Individual Giving with Lezlie Berkley

4:00 pm 2026 Insight Series, Profit with Purpose: The Business Case for Giving with Chris Haggarty, Katy Blanton & Jordan Brown. Hosted by the Chaffee County EDC & the Central Mountain Small Business Development Center. Featuring networking happy hour and panel.

Wednesday, April 29th:

8:30 am Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am Concurrent Tracks:

• ED Bootcamp with Moe Leneweaver, Shelley Schreiner & Dominique Naccarato

• Community Restorative Practices Training Pt. 1, Hosted by Full Circle Restorative Justice

12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Concurrent Tracks:

• ED Bootcamp Closing Session with Betsy Dittenber & Sandy Visnack

• Community Restorative Practices Training Pt. 2

2:00 pm We are Chaffee’s Leaders Hosted by Chaffee County Public Health
4:00 pm Closing

Please contact Betsy@chaffeecommunity.org or 719-204-4565 if you are interested in sponsoring.

Previous Summit information

2025 summit information and schedule

Tuesday, April 29th:

8:30 am Registration Opens
9:00 am Welcome & Networking
10:00 am Concurrent Sessions

• Board Training with Tessa Lance: 10 - 12 pm

• ED Bootcamp with Andrea Coen, Betsy Dittenber, Michael Robinson, and Sandy Visnack: 10-12 pm (Space is limited. Special Registration Required)

• General Sessions 1 & 2:

  • 1. Intergenerational Communication with Emily Marquis: 10-11 am

  • 2. Individual Donor Campaigns with Moe Leneweaver: 11-12 pm

12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Networking
2:00 pm Concurrent Sessions:

• ED Bootcamp with Shelley Schreiner and Sandy Visnack: 2 - 3:30pm

• General Sessions 3: 2-2:45 pm (Please select your sessions when you register)

  • 3A. Organizational Culture with Maren Miller

  • 3B. Strengthening Your Brand with Paul Tally

• General Session 4: 2:45 - 3:30 pm

  • 4A. Volunteer Management Basics with Aubrey Tamietti

  • 4B. Major Donor Appeals with Moe Leneweaver

3:30 pm Transition

4:00 pm Chaffee County Economic Development Corporation: Insights Series: Richard Wobbekind, Associate Dean for Business & Government Relations, Senior Economist and Faculty Director of the Business Research Division at the University of Colorado Boulder.

6:00 pm Closing

Wednesday, April 30th:

8:30 am Registration Opens
9:00 am Concurrent Tracks:

• ED Bootcamp (Continuation of Day 1 Program) with Betsy Dittenber, David & Sandy Visnack, and Michael Robinson

• General Sessions:

  • Track 1: Grant Writing Tutorial with Jodi Petit

  • Track 2: Impact Evaluation with Andrea Coen, Dominique Naccarato, and Shelley Schreiner

12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Concurrent Tracks:

• ED Bootcamp with Betsy Dittenbur, Sandy Visnack, and Kellye Weber

• General Sessions:

  • Track 1: Grant Writing Workshop

  • Track 2: Communicating Impact with Andrea Coen, Dominique Naccarato, and Shelley Schreiner

3:30 pm Closing
4:00 pm Happy Hour at Elevation Brewery

2025 Sponsorship Opportunities:

Thank you to our generous sponsors for making the Summit affordable for our nonprofit leaders. Your sponsorship invests in the entire nonprofit sector by connecting our leaders with support, knowledge, skills and connection that will help their organizations all year long.

2025 Sponsorship Prospectus