8. Partners engaged through Advisory Teams, Volunteer Teams, the
Investment Team, the Education Team, the Equity Team, Fast Pitch
coaching, bigBANG! Teams, and more!
• 67% of Partners participated on a team
• 31 Partners served on the 2017 Investment Team
• 85% of Partners attended an event
• first year hosting Cocktails & Collaboration for our bigBANG! finalists
9. bigBANG! 2017 – our 6th showcase
• chaired by Partners Cindy Fisher and Cil Knutsen
• 218 attendees
• not only broke even but also recorded a surplus!
• 100% rated the overall event excellent or good
• 6 nonprofits gave fast pitches after two months of coaching from SVP Partners
• emeritus Fast Pitch Presenter and former Investee ED Stephanie Morrison
Hrbek of Near West Theatre served as our moderator
• celebrated at a new venue – home of our emeritus Investee Near West Theatre
10. We sought and received two grants – one from the Business of Good
Foundation for bigBANG! and one from the Nord Family Foundation to
capture SVP’s “secret sauce” of collaborative brainstorming and tailored
capacity-building.