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SUMMARY:Role of the Board Chair Series
DESCRIPTION:This series is offered by the Nonprofit Association of Washington.\n\nWednesdays\, March 1st – March 22nd\, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: $60 for Members\, $120 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code\, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org. \n\n\nRegister Now\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\n4-Part Series\nWednesday\, March 1\, 2023\nWednesday\, March 8\, 2023\nWednesday\, March 15\, 2023 &\nWednesday\, March 22\, 2023\n3:00 pm-4:00 pm ET\nOnline Via Zoom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeading a group of governance volunteers can be challenging as well as rewarding. Serving as the chair of the board is not a role for the uninspired and undecided. In this workshop\, participants will learn about the chair’s responsibility in strengthening and improving the leadership work of the board as a whole. \nThis course is a great primer for new board chairs and excellent refresher for more seasoned board members! Whether you’re a current chair\, chair-elect\, or head up a committee\, this workshop covers leadership skills every board member needs. Topics include: leadership characteristics of effective board leaders\, key relationships in and out of the board room\, your leadership legacy\, facilitating meetings that matter\, and ways to engage individual board members. \n\n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes\nYou will leave with: \nA better understanding of the board chair’s responsibility in strengthening the work of the board as a whole.\nStrategies that can help you lead more effectively as a board chair.\nWays to more effectively structure board meetings and engage individual board members at meetings. \nCourse Outline \n\n\n\n\nPart 1: What Kind of Leader are You? \n\nThe Changing Landscape of Nonprofit Leadership – What’s Important Now\nCharacteristics of Great Board Leaders –How do You Measure Up?\nYour North Star – What Will Your Legacy Be?\n\nPart 2: What’s Your Job as Board Chair? \n\nCommon Mistakes and Frustrations\nThe Do’s and Dont’s of Effective Chairmanship\nHow to Make the Most of Key Relationships\, including the Board Chair – ED partnership\n\nPart 3: Meetings that Matter \n\nThe Bone structure: A Masterful Agenda\, Meeting Mechanics\, Strategic Information\, Ways to Evaluate Meetings\nShaping Powerful Questions that generate great discussion\n\nPart 4: Presiding vs Facilitating \n\nHow to Develop Facilitative Leadership\nCommunication Tips for Effective Listeners\nThe people side of things – managing meeting dynamics and conflict\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\n\n\n\nBoard Members\, incoming Board Chairs\, other committee chairs\, and Executive Directors are encouraged to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\n\nCaptioning: We will have automated captioning enabled. \nInterpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically\, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter. \nVisual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision\, blind\, or calling in without video a sense of space and place. \nIf you have additional accessibility requests\, please let us know when you register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\n\nAmanda Madorno is an executive leadership coach\, consultant and planning facilitator who helps nonprofit leaders and their teams drive personal and organizational change. After many years in the nonprofit sector as a fundraiser and executive\, Amanda began consulting in 1994 and incorporated Roam Consulting LLC in 2001. Her firm focuses on helping leaders build the skills they need to lead with excellence\, successfully navigate change\, and create productive teams. She believes emotional intelligence is the cornerstone of leadership excellence and is a certified EQ practitioner. \nA seasoned nonprofit interim executive\, with more than 18 interim assignments under her belt\, she brings real-life leadership experience to her coaching and consulting practice. Her clients include community health clinics\, Native American tribes\, associations\, museums\, independent schools\, social service agencies\, and Fortune 500 companies. Credentialed in Equine Experiential Learning\, Amanda blends her horse sense with her understanding of leadership. Leadership with Horses is an innovative leadership development experience that draws leaders and teams from around the globe. They join Amanda and her herd of horses in the arena to work together and make breakthroughs in their leadership skills and competencies.
URL:https://wvnpa.org/event/role-of-the-board-chair-series/
LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beginning Grantwriting
DESCRIPTION:This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.\n\nThursday\, March 2nd\, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: $89 for Members\, $129 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code\, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org. \nREGISTER NOW\nMany people who work in nonprofits find themselves in the position of “accidental grantwriter” and do not feel fully equipped for the challenge. This session will provide a balance of applicable content and resources to deepen participants’ knowledge of and skills in grantwriting. \nSpecifically designed for beginners\, this workshop will introduce grantwriting to nonprofit professionals who have less than one year of experience with the skill. By the end of this session\, participants will learn the steps to craft\, construct\, and submit an effective grant application\, including: \n\nUnderstanding the various elements of a standard grant proposal application\nManaging the grant timelines so that high-quality and complete proposals are submitted on time\nFinding data sources to support proposal narratives\nCreating effective presentations of grant-narrative elements and ideas among or within proposal components\nIdentify which proposal-writing approaches\, styles\, tones\, and formats will work best.\nUsing appropriate and accurate visuals to highlight information\nIdentify effective practices for developing realistic\, accurate line-item and narrative budgets that describe the relationship between line-items and project activities\nSelecting evaluation models and methods for the grant applications\n\nWorkshop participants will receive a digital copy of the Handbook for Successful Grant Writing that covers topics ranging from research and planning to a glossary of commonly used terms. The Handbook is only available to participants and is not otherwise for sale. \nThis session focuses on the grantwriting process. The second session in this series is Beginning Grantseeking\, which centers around the nonprofit funding landscape and the process of seeking grants. There is also an Intermediate Grantwriting session that serves as a writing workshop. Visit MCN’s Event Calendar to register for one or all of these events. \nThank you to Xcel Energy Foundation for their support of this program! \n \nEvent Details\nThis virtual event will take place on the Zoom platform. Your access link will be emailed to you the day before the event after 12 p.m. \nThis session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants after the live event. \nCaptioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART\, ASL\, or another accommodation\, please visit our Registration Policies page. \nTo learn more about events\, registration\, and payment\, visit our Event & Registration FAQ page. \n\nSpeaker Information\nGeorgina Chinchilla Gonzalez is the executive director of ComMUSICation\, a St. Paul music youth development organization. Her recent work experience includes fundraising roles at Think Small and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra\, as well as roles in youth development through Girl Scouts of MN and WI River Valleys and as a Peace Corps volunteer. Georgina holds a masters of business administration from the University of St. Thomas\, a masters in musicology from the University of Minnesota\, and a bachelors in violin performance from Eastern Michigan University. She volunteers as a youth program quality external assessor through Sprockets\, the St. Paul out of school time network.
URL:https://wvnpa.org/event/beginning-grantwriting-4/
LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
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SUMMARY:A to Z of Human Resources: Talent Management
DESCRIPTION:This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.\n\nTuesday\, March 7th\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: $45 for Members\, $65 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code\, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org. \nREGISTER NOW\nSmall and medium-sized nonprofits typically don’t have the resources to create a human resources department with an experienced HR professional. The job of HR may be done by the executive director\, the chief financial officer\, a manager or administrative staff – wherever there is a little capacity or a little interest. If this is you\, we know the A to Z of Human Resources series can help! \nMCN invites you to join veteran HR expert Arlene Vernon for one\, two or all three workshops in this virtual series (register for all three and save)\, as she helps those new to HR — or those who’ve just had the work added to their plate — do the right things\, comply with the laws\, and adhere to best practices. \nPart 3 – Best Practices: Talent Management \n\nHiring practices\nOrientation and onboarding\nPerformance management\nHR administration and personnel files\nEmployee handbooks\nCorrective action and termination\nWhat to outsource and what to DIY\n\nEvent Details\nThis workshop is one session of a three-part HR training series. Use the registration button at the top of this page to register only for the Talent Management workshop. Use the following link to register for the full series for $129 for members and $169 for nonmembers: Register for the full series. \nThis virtual event will take place on the Zoom platform. Your access link will be emailed to you the day before the event after 12 p.m. \nCaptioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART\, ASL\, or another accommodation\, please visit our Registration Policies page. \nTo learn more about events\, registration\, and payment\, visit our Event & Registration FAQ page. \n\nSpeaker Information\nArlene Vernon is a human resource strategist with over 35 years of experience as a consultant and trusted resource for a diverse group of small and medium-sized organizations. She’s seen first-hand what nonprofit leaders face every day\, and her results-oriented consulting and training successfully fills that gap. Having worked with over 200 nonprofit and 400 for-profit organizations since starting her firm HRx in 1992\, she partners with leaders to develop and implement do-able strategies for the success of your organization. With an MBA in organizational behavior and a Master of Education in counseling\, Arlene is both a studied and practiced authority in human resources and human relations. She offers practical\, real solutions through her consulting\, advising\, and training that you can apply today.
URL:https://wvnpa.org/event/a-to-z-of-human-resources-talent-management/
LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
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SUMMARY:Board Governance Basics
DESCRIPTION:This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.\n\nTuesday\, March 14th\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET\nWednesday\, March 15th\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: $15 for Members\, $25 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code\, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org. \nREGISTER NOW\n\n\nNonprofit New York is excited to announce our first two-part webinar series\, “Board Governance Basics”. This series consists of two workshops over two days – by registering\, you will have access to both webinars and be sent recordings and materials for both trainings. \nTuesday March 14th 10:00 AM-11:30 AM: “The Legal and Financial Fiduciary Duties of Nonprofit Board Members” \nThis session is for nonprofit board members and support staff that need an update and primer on the legal and financial fiduciary duties of board members\, best practices and their practical application to operations. \nTopics include: the three statutory duties of board members and how to comply\, dealing with conflicts of interest\, related party transactions\, and whistleblower complaints\, important governance policy drafting and implementation\, lobbying and political campaign limitations on nonprofits\, unrelated business income\, how to read financial statements and look for signs of financial instability\, seven signs of a financially stable nonprofit. \nThe session is presented in lecture format with audience questions and dialogue on each topic. \nKey Takeaways: \n\nThe three legal fiduciary duties of board members and how to comply\n4 ways to jeopardize your tax exempt status\n7 characteristics of financially health nonprofits\nIdentifying conflicts of interest and knowing how to resolve them\n\nThis workshop will be presented by Catherine Michele Hedgeman\, Owner of Hedgeman Law Firm \nKey Area(s) of Excellence: Governance \n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 15th 11:00 AM -12:00 PM: “Overcoming the Top 5 Board Management Challenges” \nA strong\, active and engaged board is the backbone of a thriving nonprofit organization that maximizes its social impact. \nWe will go through the top five board management “challenge buckets” and highlight the tangible\, no-nonsense elements to attracting\, retaining\, managing and engaging your nonprofit board. \nWe’ll cover:1. Perception of your organization and its leadership (attracting & recruiting) 2. Vetting process best practices3. Onboarding process key tips4. Conveying expectations & roles5. Effective communication = greater engagement \nThis training is for nonprofit leaders\, staff who support and interact with board members\, as well as board members. \nAttendees will leave with resources and short- and long-term strategies to plug into a template board development action plan. \nKey Takeaways: \n\nTop strategies to overcome the top five board management challenges\nHow to attract\, retain\, manage and engage your nonprofit board\n\nThis workshop will be presented by Christine Deska\, President & Co-Founder of Nonprofit Sector Strategies\, PBC \nKey Area(s) of Excellence: Governance \nParticipants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation. \nRefund policy: Registrants who cancel their registration on or before 1 week will receive a full refund. Those who cancel on or before DAY PRIOR will receive a 50% refund. No refund will be made for cancellations made on or after DAY OF. All cancellations must be submitted in writing. \n_____________________________________________________________________________________ \nRegistration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event\, unless we hear from you otherwise\, we will include you as part of our regular mailing list. Please also be advised that the event will be recorded by Nonprofit New York. By enrolling for this event\, you hereby: (1) give consent for Nonprofit New York or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print\, online and video publications; (2) release Nonprofit New York\, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect\, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications\, including photographs\, videotapes\, website images or written materials\, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver\, please email Programs Manager\, Darby Masland\, dmasland@nonprofitnewyork.org.
URL:https://wvnpa.org/event/board-governance-basics/
LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:GrantStation Tour
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 15th\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: FREE for WVNPA Members.  Not yet a member?  Join for free to see what you are missing out on! \nREGISTER NOW\nDescription:\n\nDuring this live demo and Q&A session\, GrantStation’s Online Education Specialist\, David Gates\, will show you how you can use GrantStation to complete your grant research quickly and get high-quality results. You’ll see how you can find and vet grants in a quick\, streamlined fashion\, so you and your staff can focus on what’s most important–serving your community. \nYou’ll learn: \n\nhow to find private\, state\, and national funding opportunities using GrantStation’s databases;\nhow to adjust your search terms so you can discover funding opportunities you never thought to explore;\nhow you can use a funder’s up-to-date profile along with the decision matrix to vet funders and save time; and\,\nhow both beginners and pros can benefit from the in-depth tutorials in the “Build Strategy” and “Write Proposals” sections.\n\nAbout the Presenter: \n \nDavid Gates\nOnline Education Specialist\ndavid.gates@grantstation.com\nDavid is the Online Education Specialist here at GrantStation. He holds an M.Ed. and has been working in education for nearly ten years. He has lived abroad in Argentina\, Mexico\, South Korea\, France\, and Bulgaria. He has extensive teaching experience and has helped professionals in a variety of industries develop great communication skills.
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LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
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SUMMARY:Content Strategy 101: Catering Your Content to Engage Your Audiences
DESCRIPTION:This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.\n\nTuesday\, March 28th\, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET\n\nRegistration Fees: $15 for Members\, $25 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code\, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org. \nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nIs your content helping your organization reach its goals? How does your digital presence (website and social media) help guide your audiences to take action to reach your organizations mission? \nRelatable content is engaging content. In this workshop you’ll learn how to research your target audiences across platforms\, develop a content strategy that centers your audience\, and elevates the digital identity of your organization. We will also share digital marketing best practices like measuring content success with simple methods fit for a nonprofit staff of any size. You won’t want to miss this collaborative workshop where we show you how to use your organizations past content to reposition your contents path to the future. \nKey Takeaways: \n\nEstablish communication objectives and measure success.\nDevelop a comprehensive understanding of target audiences.\nConduct research on competitor/peer organizations.\nDevelop an understanding of digital communication best practices.\nEnsure your digital identity and voice are inclusive and follow ethical storytelling guidelines.\n\nThis workshop will be presented by Evan Briggs\, Digital Fundraising & Client Engagement Manager for Wingo NYC \nKey Area(s) of Excellence: Fundraising and Resource Development;Technology and Data Use \nParticipants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation. \nRefund policy: Registrants who cancel their registration on or before 1 week will receive a full refund. Those who cancel on or before DAY PRIOR will receive a 50% refund. No refund will be made for cancellations made on or after DAY OF. All cancellations must be submitted in writing. \n_____________________________________________________________________________________ \nRegistration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event\, unless we hear from you otherwise\, we will include you as part of our regular mailing list. Please also be advised that the event will be recorded by Nonprofit New York. By enrolling for this event\, you hereby: (1) give consent for Nonprofit New York or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print\, online and video publications; (2) release Nonprofit New York\, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect\, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications\, including photographs\, videotapes\, website images or written materials\, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver\, please email Programs Manager\, Darby Masland\, dmasland@nonprofitnewyork.org.
URL:https://wvnpa.org/event/content-strategy-101-catering-your-content-to-engage-your-audiences/
LOCATION:Webinar\, WV\, United States
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