The Mission-Driven Management Summit is an exceptional opportunity to learn from performance management gurus -- Dan Pink and Dave Norton -- and from leading organizations, just like yours, that are putting these concepts to work. The Mission-Driven Management Summit is the only event of its kind in North America that features case studies from Hall of Fame social and public sector organizations. By attending the summit, you will:

• Learn about the Balanced Scorecard from the inventor of the concept -- Dave Norton
• Meet Dan Pink and ask him how to motivate your organization for success
• Learn peformance management secrets from practictioners with over 30 years of expereience
• Be able to develop a robust strategy planning and strategy implementation system
• Understand why the Balanced Scorecard is the ideal management framework for mission-driven organizations
• Learn what works -- and what doesn't -- from organizations that are successfully implementing strategy
• Network with C-Level executives from across the public and social sector
• Learn how to get the most out of your board and understand the latest trends in evaluating the performance of nonprofits
• Gain an appreciation of how your organization can become more effective at executing strategy
• Be ready to handle calls for increased transparency in operations
• Learn how to thrive in an environment of ever-accelerating change

In addition, attendees of the Strategy Management Summit can participate in pre-conference "how-to" training clinics led by Ascendant's team of expert consultants, who average over 10 years of experience with helping public and social sector organizations execute strategy. These pre-conference workshops are the perfect learning complement to the event, but sell out quickly, so please sign up early.

Organizations like Alexandria Public Schools, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), City of Charlottesville, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Atlanta Public Schools, IEEE, MITRE Corporation, NIH, NYC Department of Education, Rochester City School District, Society for Human Resource Management, City of Durham, United Nations, FBI, City of Coral Springs, US Army, Office of Management and Budget, and US Department of Veterans Affairs have attended in the past. Shouldn't you as well?

Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work. His latest is Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which uses 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance. Drive is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Publishers Weekly bestseller — as well as a national bestseller in Japan and the United Kingdom.

Whether you're the executive director of a charitabile organization, performance officer at a Federal agency, manager at a local municipality, or a funder that wants increased return and transparency, there's something at the event for you:

• Driving Results and Transparency
• Transforming Regional Government
• GPRA Modernization and Performance Management
• Good Governance as a Strategic Asset

This event is designed for managers and executives of all levels interested in building and sustaining a high-performance organization. Past attendees have included people with the following titles:

• Executive Directors
• Superintendents and Senior Administrators
• All C-level Executives (CEOs, COOs, CFOs,CAOs, CSOs, CIOs)
• Directors and Deputy Directors
• Senior functional leaders
• Program Directors
• Management Analysts
• Program Analysts
• Performance Assessment Officers