Speaking
Events and Topics
Toni is a sought-after speaker in the areas of nonprofit, leadership, women in business, management, health and healthcare. She speaks to local, regional and national organizations.
Speaking Topics
Business Leaders Are Best for Nonprofits:
Out of the more than 1.5 million nonprofits organizations in the U.S., half are in jeopardy of failing at any given time, more than 10% close within five years and nearly 20% shutter within ten years. It’s not because their mission isn’t important, or because good-hearted people aren’t committed to improving the lives of others. It’s because these organizations are missing vital expertise at the very top–business acumen. In her talk, Toni Pergolin will discuss why business leaders are critical in today’s environment and the difference it makes in whether a nonprofit will thrive and survive.
Not a Lemonade Stand–Nonprofit Organizations Are Real Businesses:
The belief that nonprofit organizations are soft and don’t need to generate a “profit” is misguided, and worse, dangerous. For nonprofits providing essential life supporting or life changing services, the absence of an operating margin threatens the existence of the organization and the people it serves. In this talk, Toni Pergolin will dive into how to lead with the mantra of “no margin, no mission” to empower nonprofit leaders to operate their organizations like any other business.
Other speaking topics:
- Leading through a Time of Crisis
- Nonprofit leadership to achieve results
- Career path to Real Purpose: Nonprofit Leadership
- Creating, nurturing and sustaining healthy nonprofits
- Developing future women leaders
- Effective nonprofit boards
- Nonprofits are businesses, too
- The mission vs. margin balancing act
- Turnarounds don’t happen in the finance department
Speaking Engagements Include
November 16, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. | Leadership Forum
Union League of Philadelphia Business Leadership Forum
Too Important to Fail
November 15, 2022 at 12:00 noon | Luncheon Event – Register Here
Camden County Regional Chamber of Commerce Game Changer Series’
Too Important to Fail
April 27, 2022 | Conference Keynote
HFMA New Jersey Annual Conference
Lessons Learned from Nonprofit Leadership
April 26, 2022 | Variety Club Board Retreat
Variety, the Children’s Charity of the Delaware Valley Annual Board Retreat
Too Important to Fail
March 23, 2022 | Rutgers School of Business
Rutgers University Women’s History Month – “How I Became” Series
Conversation with the Dean Adya
December 3, 2021 | Virtual Conference Session
BIO NJ – Inspiring Women in STEM Conference
Journey to the C-Suite
November 20, 2021 | Conference Keynote
Nursing Organizations’ Alliance
Mission/Margin Balancing Act
February 16, 2021 | Virtual Conference
National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children Annual Leadership Conference
Mission/Margin Balancing Act
October 28, 2021 | Moderator and Panel Discussion
Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey
Journey to the C-Suite
November 18, 2020 | Virtual Conference
Association Headquarters’ Annual Leadership Forum
The Board’s Role in Nonprofit Leadership
October 28, 2020 | Virtual Retreat
2020 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat
Mission/Margin Balancing Act
October 20, 2020 | Virtual Conference
New Jersey Business and Industry Association
Too Important to Fail – A Nonprofit’s Path to Recovery
September 23-24 | Virtual Conference
Pennsylvania Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association (RCPA) Annual Conference
Leading Through the Life Cycle of a Crisis