2026 EEC Summit
Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Denver Botanic Gardens
Join SCFD, Denver Botanic Gardens, and the Collaborative of the SCFD from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. on September 15 for the 2025 Engage-Empower-Connect Summit at Denver Botanic Gardens’ Freyer-Newman Center. This year’s FREE summit will feature engaging panel discussions on several nonprofit management topics.
The schedule of events is as follows:
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Check In
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Opening Remarks
1:15 – 2:00 p.m. Strategic Collaborations: Leveraging Resources
A timely and meaningful conversation about collaboration, resource sharing, and mergers in the district’s cultural sector.
2:10 – 2:55 p.m. Community Engagement
A deep dive into best practices for community engagement, from relationship-building and story-telling to creating actionable requests for support.
3:05 – 3:50 p.m. Advancing Technology for Nonprofits
A discussion on the practical uses, opportunities and risks of AI for nonprofits and ways technology can increase access and create organizational efficiencies.
3:55 – 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Networking Happy Hour in the UMB Amphitheater Tent
New this year, the EEC Summit will be followed by the 2026 Rex Morgan Awards. Learn more here.
Registration is currently full. To be added to our wait list, please email .
