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Engstrom Institute CEO Forum

Invitation Only

The EI CEO Forum is an opportunity for CEO's of America's leading Christian ministries to discuss challenges and opportunities facing nonprofits in the year ahead. Attendees will gain unique insights and explore strategies to effectively navigate turbulent economic waters. This forum will explore keys to visionary leadership, and ways to set a steady horizon point for successfully piloting the ministries attendees lead.

In 1 Chron.12:32, we find among King David's leaders, the men of Issachar, described as men who "understood the times and knew what Israel should do." Today, CLA knows that Christian leaders must thoroughly understand the times in which they live so that they can determine what the ministries they lead should do.

At this cutting-edge, one-day, invitation-only CEO Forum ministry leaders will hear from and interact with innovative thought-leaders who will help them to better understand the times, and know what to do in several critical areas.

2010 EI CEO Forum—Overview

The 2010 EI CEO Forum will be from 7:45 a.m. (breakfast/discussion), through 4:30 p.m. on Tues., April 20, 2010 at the Town and Country Resort & Conference Center, San Diego, Calif. It is a part of the Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) national conference, April 19-21, 2010.

2010 EI CEO Forum—Speakers:

Dr. Ken Blanchard—Founder & Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Co.

Topic: How do I build my Team?—At the EI CEO Forum Dr. Blanchard will draw upon his experience, and the insights contained in his many best-selling management and leadership books to share key insights to help leaders to build successful ministry teams.

Ken Blanchard is one of the world's most influential leadership experts, is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management. Starting with his phenomenal best selling book, the One Minute Manager which has sold more that 13 million copies he has written or co authored over 35 best selling books. Blanchard co-founded the ministry—Lead Like Jesus.

Dr. Henry Cloud—President of Cloud-Townsend Resources

Topic: Necessary Endings—At the EI CEO Forum Dr. Cloud will provide insight on how to know when it is time to end or prune circumstances, strategies, projects and even people in your ministry. Attendees will learn how making the right "necessary endings," is the key and the only way to achieve what you are trying to drive forward.

Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist and leadership consultant. He has written or co-written over 20 books, including Boundaries, Integrity and is the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program New Life Live heard in 180 markets with millions of listeners.

David Kinnaman—President of The Barna Group

Topic: How to work with the next generation of Christians—At the EI CEO Forum, Kinnaman will explore why the next generation of Christians are disengaging from institutional forms of faith, and what implications that will have for the leaders of faith-based nonprofit organizations and churches.

The Barna Group provides research and resources that facilitate spiritual transformation in people's lives. Since joining Barna in 1995, Kinnaman has designed and analyzed nearly five hundred studies for a variety of churches, nonprofits, and corporations. He and George Barna write a free research report published online at www.barna.org

Carl Jeffrey Wright, J.D.—President and CEO of Urban Ministries

Topic: Diversity in leadership—At the EI CEO Forum, Jeff Wright will provide insights for ministry leaders on the topic of building diversity in leadership in the nonprofit world.

Urban Ministries, Inc. is the largest independent, African American-owned and operated Christian media company. Wright's background includes over 15 years in the Fortune 50 companies Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb, where his last position was Vice President Corporate Development (mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances) for its consumer businesses. He is a licensed minister in the Baptist church, an attorney, and also has an MBA in finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Pastor Dan Chun—President of Hawaiian Islands Ministries (HIM)

Topic: A Call for Humility—At the EI CEO Forum, Chun will share a new way to look at leadership. We may want to learn many new leadership techniques, but it is humility that makes or breaks us. Explore this counterintuitive and revolutionary way of leading. Hear how a humble leadership style releases the power of God, helps us to see how we can improve, and empowers the people with whom we minister.

Dan Chun is senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Honolulu, and co-founder and chairman of the Christian nonprofit Hawaiian Islands Ministries which has trained more than 40,000 church/nonprofit leaders in Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay area. Dan left an early broadcast journalism career to commit to full time ministry. He holds an MDIV and DMIN from Fuller Seminary and is currently serving as a Trustee there.

2009 EI CEO Forum—Wrap Up

On April 21, 2009, during the CLA National Conference in Atlanta, Ga., CLA hosted the Annual EI CEO Forum. In that interactive forum, some 75 CEOs of Christian ministries met with Tom Tierney of the Bridgespan Group, Pat Lencioni of The Table Group, Luis Lugo of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Pam Pugh of The National Christian Foundation and Chip Ingram of Living on the Edge Ministries to discuss critical trends affecting nonprofit Christian ministries. Attendees provided outstanding reviews of this event!

CLA and the Engstrom Institute—An Overview

CLA is comprised of approximately 9,400 members representing some 4,500 Christian nonprofit organizations nationwide. CLA's mission is to equip Christian nonprofits for organizational excellence in leadership, management, governance and resource development.

The Engstrom Institute (EI) is CLA's knowledge resource center, named to honor the late Ted. W. Engstrom, a renowned leader in the Christian nonprofit world. The EI Knowledge Resource Center can be accessed on CLAs website at: www.ChristianLeadershipAlliance.com/ei