Dane Peters, Head of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, will be part of a panel discussion this Sunday (Feb 21) at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, NY on the topic of “Making Change Contagious”. The event starts at 12:30 PM, and it’s free and open to the public, so if you’d like to attend ask Dane a question, feel free to pop by!

Plymouth Explores “Making Change Contagious” on Sunday 2/21

How do successful organizations evolve and change? How can we promote our mission via strategic planning and “intentional” change?

As Plymouth Church prepares a strategic plan for the future, the Plymouth Council invites you to a conversation with three leaders of non-profit initiatives that successfully met the challenge of change.

Sunday, February 21, 12:30 p.m.
Reception Room

Our Panelists:

Paula Kascel
Deputy Executive Director, Bravo Lincoln Center Campaign
Former Director of Strategic Planning, The New York Botanical Garden (1999-2003)

The transformation of the New York Botanical Garden in the 1990s from a demoralized non-profit facing near-bankruptcy to a world-class education and research institution has put the institution back on the cultural map. The turnaround of NYBG has been examined by the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in case studies on strategic planning for non-profits.

Dane Peters
Head of School, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School

Brooklyn Heights Montessori, serving 250 students in Grades K-8, has grown in recent decades to become a vital center of childhood education in Brownstone Brooklyn. The school recently completed an extensive strategic planning exercise and, based on the resulting plan, purchased an old firehouse on Dean Street as part of its goal to increase enrollment by 15%.

Rob Rogers
Principal Architect, Rogers Marvel Architects

From large-scale public projects, such as the re-design of Governor’s Island, to institution-specific buildings, including a new campus for Westchester Reform Temple, Rogers Marvel has earned a reputation for comprehensive, sophisticated solutions that carefully address a project’s inherent strengths and weaknesses.