Jan. 30, 2016 Southeastern Mass. Land Trust Convocation
Presentations
Please click on the presenters below for each presentation PDF (if available).
SESSION ONE (9:15 – 10:15 a.m.)
WORKSHOP A. Membership Development: Cultivating, Growing, Tracking Support
Financial support from land trust members is the lifeblood of our land-saving work. Whether you’re an all-volunteer or staffed land trust, the basics of membership development are the same. Review the basics and explore next steps to grow more donor connections and land-saving support.
Marc Belanger, Vice President of Development, Buzzards Bay Coalition
Michael Lach, Executive Director, Harwich Conservation Trust
WORKSHOP B. Monitoring Your Lands, Especially Your Conservation Restrictions (CR)
Finding, marking, and mapping boundaries are land stewardship essentials that help support annual monitoring. Maintaining good relations with landowners is key to long-term success with conservation restriction monitoring. Learn about the nuts and bolts of site visits, baseline documentation, and record-keeping to monitor protected lands.
Matt Cannon, Land Stewardship Coordinator, Chatham & Harwich
Nick Rossi, Conservation Restriction Stewardship Specialist, MassAudubon
Matt Spinner, Stewardship Director, Buzzards Bay Coalition
PLENARY SESSION (10:30-11:30): Videos for Land Trusts
Videos can be a compelling platform to showcase your land trust’s work. Learn the steps from video producers as well as perspectives from local land trusts.
Chris Simmons, Dorria Marsh: Zygote Digital Films
Kat Garofoli, Administrator, Dennis Conservation Trust
Rob Hancock, VP of Education & Public Engagement, Buzzards Bay Coalition
Emma Rufo, Barnstable High School, “Hay Conservation Center”
Lucy Helfrich, Director of Program Services, The 300 Committee, Inc.
SESSION TWO (11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
WORKSHOP A. Estate Planning 101 & Educating Your Donors About Planned Giving
Planned giving can help your land trust do more good deeds, leave a legacy for the donor, and can help dampen tax liability by lowering estate value. Learn estate planning basics about bequests, IRA charitable gifts, annuities, and more as well as how to sensitively communicate about planned giving.
Attorney Brooks Thayer, Latanzi, Spaulding & Landreth, Orleans
Attorney Kathleen Fowler, Law Offices of Kathleen Fowler, Dennis
WORKSHOP B. Mapping & Prioritizing Parcels for Resilience (MAPPR)
Learn about a new, user-friendly, web-based tool to identify conservation priorities. Select for biodiversity, climate change resilience, habitat connectivity, and more.
