Session Proposal Collection
For our national summit with Catalyst Kitchens, we are seeking interested programs that want show best practices, discuss innovation, and delve into the issues that matter most in our line of work.  
Here are our suggested categories so far, please use these as inspiration for filling out the form!

  • Training, Education, and Career Pathways Track

    • Certifications, Accreditations, Apprenticeships

      • State-registered, American Culinary Federation, Department of Education, College Partnerships, ServSafe, and more

    • Recruitment and Retention strategies +1

      • Marketing to potential students

      • Social Media engagement with your community

      • Community partnerships and dual enrollment with other programs and services

    • Entrepreneurialism

      • Walking a tightrope - Economic empowerment vs. Realistic expectations for graduates

      • Your program’s readiness to teach the right skills

      • Alumni outreach and “master classes” to build careers

    • Employment in general

      • Understanding the industry and the types of jobs available throughout the food system

      • Excellent employer partnerships - nationally and locally

    • Training Add-ons and Alternative Career Tracks

      • Agriculture

      • Warehousing

  • Kitchen Innovation Track

    • Core Types of Operations for Catalyst Kitchens

      • Best practices in Café, Catering, Restaurants

      • Best practices in Hunger Relief and Contract Meals

      • Innovations in Café, Catering, Restaurants

      • Innovations in Hunger Relief and Contract Meals

    • Emerging types of social enterprises

      • Product Development - types, marketing, expansion, scaling

      • Food subscription programs

      • Grocery stores

    • Emerging types of hunger relief and contract meals

      • Medically Reimburseable Meal Programs

      • Food prescription programs

    • Hybrid Approaches

      • Buy-One-Give-One Pricing Models

      • Pay-What-You-Can Cafes

      • Food Trucks and Meal Outreach

  • Development, Community, and Communications Track

    • Types of fundraisers

      • Unique fundraisers around the network, e.g. 5K’s, unique dining events, etc.

      • How-to's for capital campaigns 

      • Leveraging Social Media giving

    • Using Data to tell fundraising stories

      • Incorporating social return on investment

      • Leveraging national impact in your local fundraising

    • Federal Funding Streams

      • SNAP E&T

      • WIOA

      • HUD and other state and federal funds

    • Marketing

      • Diner to Donor Pathways

  • “Untracked” Discussions

    • Living Wage discussions

      • SNAP E&T for wage reimbursement

      • Struggling with the pay for nonprofit workers in our orgaizations - our duty to our workers on the edge of livability

    • Advocacy and Policy Priorities for Catalyst Kitchens

      • Culinary Priorities

      • Workforce Priorities

      • Nonprofit Industry Sustainability

    • Outside Partners

      • Social Enterprise Product Partners - Gifts for Good, Procure Impact, REDF marketplace, Social Enterprise Alliance

      • Workforce Development Partners - REDF, Alternative Staffing Alliance, DOL

      • Culinary Nonprofit Partners - Jacques Pepin Foundation, World Central Kitchen

      • 2nd Chance Employer Partners - Dave's Killer Bread, MOD Pizza, Elior NA, AHLA

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