2010 Northwest Exchange
March 26-28, 2010
The Olympia Center, Olympia, WA
Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2010 NW Exchange a successful event! This includes league volunteers who created an action packed agenda, fun evening events, and great meals, our speakers, who provided meaningful information and opportunities for meaningful dialogue, and our attendees, who were engaged and participated fully! Photos can be found on the Junior League of Olympia Facebook page.
Northwest Exchange, a training event for Junior League members from throughout the Northwest is being hosted by the Olympia, Washington league March 26, 27 & 28, 2010. The theme for this year’s event will be ‘Create Your Future, helping us focus on our future by supporting individual members to carry out their passion in the league, the league carry out its mission in the community, and our association, AJLI, lead us to our future. Attending Northwest Exchange will enhance League experience for the general member as well as help prepare members for leadership positions. Tentatively, the following topics will be offered during the conference, but please check back as the conference date gets closer for a final line up of topics!
· Strategic Directions – The AJLI Strategic Roadmap, Governance vs. Management, Nominating, and Community Impact
· Fundraising – Developing a Funding Strategy for your league, Strategic Fundraising, and Managing the $ once you have it!
· Technology – Using the internet and social networking to recruit and retain members and using technology to meet your league’s mission. In addition, a technology roundtable is being organized and your league will have the opportunity to demonstrate technology used to help carry out its mission.
· Facilitated Discussions – There will be time to network with members from other leagues and facilitated discussions on member recruitment and retention, PR goals, successes and challenges, and developing and encouraging community partnerships.
Every training opportunity focuses on sustaining our future to continue our shared mission. We are pleased to offer this conference to further develop the potential of women in League.
Our special guest will be Anne Dalton, Chief Officer for Strategic Initiatives with AJLI, the Association of Junior Leagues International in New York.
Please contact Wendy Tanner, NW Exchange Chair, with any questions at 360-481-3448, or click here to send an e-mail: