Serving Nonprofits. Strengthening West Virginia

Volunteer Management Strategies
2022-12-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by UST
Thursday, December 8th, 1:00 PM – 2:0 PM ET
Registration Fee: FREE
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From recruiting and training to engagement and retention, your organization has likely invested a great deal of time and effort into ensuring your volunteer program is successful. Volunteers make up an essential part of a nonprofit’s workforce—making effective volunteer management strategies vital to an organization’s day-to-day operations and key to developing and maintaining volunteers that are knowledgeable, passionate, and dedicated.

With relevant training, proper supervision, and meaningful recognition you can improve volunteer retention rates and increase engagement. Join us for our next edition of UST Live as we welcome leaders with expertise in volunteer development, management, and engagement. In this session, we’ll explore:

Ideas for increasing volunteer acquisition and retention rates
Tips for developing and implementing thoughtful training strategies
The importance of volunteer recognition and keeping them engaged

Because volunteers are unpaid, keeping them engaged and excited about the work you do is essential if you want to avoid excessive turnover. Investing time and resources into these relationships from the beginning is vital in driving your mission forward.

Overcoming the Overhead Myth: Budgeting for an Effective Website, Marketing & Growth
2022-12-13 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by Firespring.

Tuesday, December 13th, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Registration Fee: FREE
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Free Educational Webinar

When it comes to running your organization, most nonprofits feel pressured to do as much as possible with as little as possible. Donors still scrutinize nonprofits, wondering what percentage of their gift actually goes toward the “cause.”
Today, it’s crucial to invest in your organization so you can continue to operate and support your mission.
Join us in this webinar and discover:

What is the overhead myth and why does it matter?
The impact of underinvestment.
How to address concerns with donors.
What marketing efforts provide the best ROI to help you move the needle.
How to improve the budgeting process at your nonprofit.

About the presenter

Kiersten Hill
Director of Nonprofit Solutions

Kiersten Hill, is a Nebraska-native born and raised in North Platte. She graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. With almost two decades in nonprofit management and fundraising, she has raised over $20 million for Nebraska nonprofit organizations and worked to better train and equip nonprofit leaders and boards of directors.

Nonprofits: Get your content planned for 2023!
2022-12-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This training is offered by Nonprofits LEAD.

Wednesday, December 14th, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Registration Fee: $25
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During this training, we will discuss what platforms you should be using in 2023, content ideas that are trending in the nonprofit world and you will leave with the start of a 12-month content calendar.

You will also have the option for nonprofit pricing for my newest service, social media video editing.

This is a VIRTUAL event and the cost is $25 per person.

5 REASONS TO REGISTER!
1. Get all of your social media posts done for the entire year!
2. Find out what platforms are in and which ones are on their way out!
3. Let us help you with creating content that is trending
4. Get a head start on 2023!
5. Have a better understanding of marketing before the new year hits!

If you have any questions, contact:

Rosemary Brown
Nonprofits LEAD Program Director
reb007@marietta.edu
740-376-4559

ABOUT KRISTEN:
Kristin Meeks is the owner and operator of WV Social Media Consultants, LLC. Since 2010, she’s been helping organizations big and small make social media marketing simple to understand and integrate into their everyday marketing efforts! Her enthusiasm and attention to detail are what sets her apart from the competition.
Kristin has assisted over 200+ clients in various industries including real estate, healthcare, tourism, retail, computer technology, and photography! You can also find her working on election campaigns, with professional athletes and volunteering her services to improve economic development in the Mid Ohio Valley.
In 2014, Kristin was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Belpre Chamber of Commerce and Young Leader of the Year by the Mid-Ohio Valley Chamber of Commerce. She was also a part of the 2015 class for Generation Next 40 under 40 by the WV State Journal. In 2016, she was awarded Women-Owned Business of the year by the MOV Chamber.
Kristin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marietta College and a Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University.
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Enhance Your Funding Success Through Partnerships
2022-12-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Monday, December 19th, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Registration Fee: $39 per person, $99 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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This is part of our TargetED series. Buy two and get one free!

Effective partnerships can make your applications even more appealing to funders. That’s why connectedness has never been so important.
But successful partnerships rarely “just happen.” They usually require strategic steps and resources in order to reach their highest potential. Therefore, you need to think about both setting up collaborations and managing them.
During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will give you details about the different collaborative models your nonprofit can engage in so that you can increase the odds of getting funded.
You will learn about:

the work and development required for various partnership models;
how you can identify the best model for your programs or projects;
what you need to think about as you work within each model;
real life examples of successful collaborative efforts;
how you can remain proactive when managing partnerships so you’re not just reacting to issues; and,
why you must avoid being a “Lone Ranger” when addressing challenging community issues.

Both novice and veteran nonprofit leaders will benefit from this TargetED, because partnerships and collaborations are important in every stage of nonprofit development.
You’ll have the opportunity to ask Alice questions so you’ll walk away with an understanding of the different types of partnership models as well as the ability to engage in “win-win” strategies with new ideas and open eyes.

Date
Monday, December 19, 2022 – 2 PM EST

Duration
45 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows what it takes to get funded.
As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and the Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she’s worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds.
Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise. Her insightful trainings on grant proposal writing and development, community change models, service projects, and measuring outcomes have helped over 4,000 individuals positively impact their communities.

HR Summit
2022-12-20 10:00 - 17:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.

Tuesday, December 20th, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Registration Fees: Members: $250, Nonmembers: $450 (The member discount code can be found in the Members Only portal, or you can email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org for the code.)
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HR operations in the nonprofit sector are regularly managed by professionals serving in multiple roles. Consistently applying human resources principles shapes up to be no easy goal. At times human resources management can be reduced to a process of enforcing policies and making sure employees get paid. With revenues sometimes flat-lining, leaders are charged with bringing on new employees, rolling out new programs and plans, and trying to find innovative and effective ways to maximize performance on a shoestring.
As nonprofit leaders look to the future, finding ways to increase employee engagement and organizational efficiency, and execute best practices will be prominent in strategic plans. This summit will help you understand how to accomplish your mission through a talented and motivated workforce.
Topics covered include:
* Employee Engagement
* Performance Management
* Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
* Learning & Professional Development, and
* Staffing & Recruitment.

How to Defeat Fundraising's Silent Enemy: Donor Attrition
2022-12-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by Firespring.

Tuesday, December 20th, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Registration Fee: FREE
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Free Educational Webinar
In this session, Jay will help us learn how to step off of the donor acquisition treadmill and start revving up donor retention. Seven out of 10 donors give only once, but this doesn’t have to be your reality.
Jay will help us understand how a 10% increase in donor retention will more than double the lifetime value of a donor and minimize our reliance on producing constant appeals for new donors.
Jay is ready to teach you:

How to establish a powerful and engaging web presence that retains donors
What we can learn from the annual Fundraising Effectiveness
Survey Report from AFP
Why donors leave and what to do about it
6 key drivers that can double the lifetime value of your donors
Methods for creating repeat donors

About the presenter

Jay Wilkinson

Jay Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Firespring—a Nebraska-based Certified B Corporation. In 2016, Firespring was featured as one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Places to Work in America and has been listed on the Inc. 5000 fastest growing companies 7 times. Last year he was a finalist for the PR Week’s Most Purposeful CEO Award. After decades, Jay remains passionate about crafting his own company’s culture, and spends the majority of his time helping organizations find their why and deepen their impact.

How to Include Your Participants in Program Design
2023-01-09 14:00 - 14:45 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Monday, January 9th, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Registration Fee: $39 per person, $99 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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This is part of our TargetED series.
Funders often ask how your organization includes program participants in the development, design, or implementation of your programs. There’s only one way to actually answer this question: You must actually engage your participants!
Discussing how to set up and run your programs with your target population may seem like just an additional step to get funded. But it can actually save you time and resources in the long run because it helps you create meaningful programs that get to the root cause of people’s needs.
During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will show you how to solicit input from those you serve (or plan to serve) so that your programs are more impactful.
This TargetED will cover:

the key decision making points in your program planning that are the ideal times to engage your participants;
methods to solicit their input so you design a program that is truly a solution to their challenges; and,
how you can use their input to create strong grant proposals and impactful programs.

This session includes 30 minutes of practical teaching and 15 minutes of Q&A with Alice so you can adopt an updated “lens” as you design your programs—one that is aligned with your participants’ perspectives.

Date
Monday, January 9, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
45 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Al
ice Ruhnke

Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows
what it takes to get funded.
As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and the Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of
the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she’s worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds.
Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise. Her insightful trainings on grant proposal writing and development, community change models, service projects, and measuring outcomes have helped over 4,000 individuals positively impact their communities.

Strategic Planning in Nonprofits
2023-01-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is offered by the Nonprofit Association of Washington.

Wednesdays, January 11th – 25th, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET

Registration Fees: $75 for Members, $150 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.

Event Details

3-Part Series
Wednesday, January 11, 2023,
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, and
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
4:00pm-5:30pm PT

Is strategic planning on your radar? Do you need to clarify the strategic direction of your organization and the strategies that will be used to achieve your vision while also ensuring organizational health and sustainability? If you answered yes, join this three-part webinar series that will set you on the path to developing a plan that does not sit on a shelf collecting dust! Strategic planning aligns your people and resources around a plan to achieve your mission.
The series will be anchored with Strategic Planning in Nonprofits (SPiN), a toolkit developed by Nonprofit Association of Washington to make strategic planning accessible and manageable for you, your board, and your staff. Over the course of three 90-minute webinars and at-home work between sessions, we will review the six phases in the planning process. You will leave with the tools and confidence to develop a strategic plan for your organization.

Learning Outcomes
You will:
• Be able to work through the six phases of a strategic planning process
• Be able to assess the current state of your organization
• Know how to improve your mission statement
• Be able to name at least one strategic priority for your organization
• Have an action plan of at least two next steps toward developing a strategic plan
• Have the resources, templates, and processes to complete a strategic plan
Course Outline
Part 1: Getting Started with Strategic Planning
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm PT
This session will introduce the what and why of strategic planning as well as lay the groundwork for the six phases of planning. We will explore the first two phases of the planning process, Prepare and Listen. After completing this session, you will understand the need for strategic planning, be able to articulate what you hope planning will accomplish for your organization, and be equipped with the tools to assess your organization’s readiness to engage in a strategic planning process. You will also be able to identify key planning questions and stakeholders for your planning process.
Part 2: Your North Star – Mission and Vision
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm PT
This session will explore the role of consulting with a broader circle of stakeholders as you (re)envision your mission and vision. We will explore who your stakeholders are and what data you might gather. We will also talk about the role of a mission and vision statement in serving as the north star for your strategic plan. We will review key elements of mission and vision statements. After completing this session, you will be prepared to assess your organization’s mission and vision statement and know how to engage key staff and board to craft statements that capture and communicate your organization’s identity.
Part 3: Rolling Up Your Sleeves – Plan, Execute, and Evaluate
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm PT
This session will present a process to innovate, develop, and prioritize strategic goals with your board and key staff. From there we will also discuss how to write good objectives to make your priorities actionable and measurable. Many strategic plans get left on the shelf to collect dust. Discover how to avoid this pitfall by building an execution and evaluation plan into your process. After completing this session, you will know how to write strategic goals and objectives for your organization and have ideas about how to align your resources so you can reach your goals. Most importantly, you will know how to keep your plan a living document and how to track progress on your goals.

Who Should Attend

Board Members, Executive Directors, and other nonprofit staff working with boards

Accessibility

Captioning: We will have automated captioning enabled.
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual 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.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.

About the Speaker

Kim Rakow Bernier, MPA
Kim is an organization and management consultant who partners with nonprofits to align people, purpose and planning for impact. She is a nonprofit practitioner and educator with over twenty years of experience and leadership in building the capacity of leaders and organizations. Kim has led nonprofits planning efforts from inside and out of multiple organizations; most recently at a global grantmaking nonprofit in her role as Executive Director, and as the chair of the strategic planning committee in a leadership development and environmental restoration organization.
Kim is a
skilled educator and facilitator. Her passion for teaching dates back to her time as a teacher in the Solomon Islands as a Peace Corps volunteer. Back in the U.S., Kim spent close to a decade leading outreach initiatives at a global sustainability education organization. In that role, she presented over 200 workshops and keynotes at schools and conferences around the country. More recently, Kim has designed and facilitated board retreats, workshops on meeting facilitation, and strategic planning processes.
Currently Kim provides organizational development and management consulting services to nonprofits, partnering on strategy planning, theory of change development, board development, and meeting and retreat facilitation to increase program impact and achieve results. Kim has a Master of Public Administration degree and a Certificate in International Development Policy and Management from the Evans School of Public Affairs.

(FREE) How to Use QuickBooks for Donor Thank-You Letters
2023-01-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Thursday, January 12th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Registration Fee: FREE
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Do you struggle to send IRS-required thank-you letters out to your donors? Did you know that you can actually send IRS-compliant donor thank-you letters directly out of QuickBooks?
You can either print or email them. It’s very cool! You can even do it with one click at the same time you are recording the donation.
We are very excited to have Gregg Bossen, a CPA specializing in auditing nonprofits and president of QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits, present this one-of-a-kind and highly requested webinar! Gregg’s firm audits over 30 nonprofits a year.
In this must-see session, we will cover:

what is legally required to be on a donor thank-you letter;
how to set up letter templates in QuickBooks that are IRS-compliant;
how to email or print these letters directly out of QuickBooks;
how to generate year-end reports for donors that list their donations; and,
dealing with special event tickets when only a part of the payment is a donation.

Don’t miss this opportunity! You will be VERY glad you came!
Note: This session is for users of both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop.

Date
Thursday, January 12, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Gregg S. Bossen

Gregg is a practicing CPA with a full-service accounting firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. His firm specializes in tax and accounting for nonprofits and small businesses. Most of his clients are nonprofits/small business owners who use QuickBooks. Gregg has been teaching QuickBooks seminars around the country for various groups, both new users and other CPA’s, and is considered to be an expert in the program. Gregg has taught for Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks, teaching CPA’s around the country the new features in updated versions of the software. Gregg also teaches annually at the Scaling New Heights Conference, presently the largest gathering of QuickBooks Pro advisors in the world. In total, Gregg has taught over 1500 seminars to more than 35,000 students.

The Power of 3: How to Build Your Fundraising Capacity
2023-01-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar series is offered by GrantStation.

Wednesdays, January 18th, February 15th, and March 15th 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Registration Fee: $159 for all 3 Webinars – save $48 (To register for just one webinar see individual sessions)
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Are you on the never-ending search for long-term fundraising success?
Fundraising can be a giant “rabbit hole” for many organizations. It’s difficult to know where to begin and where to focus your efforts.
That’s why it’s important to identify the fundraising activities that provide the highest return for your time.
During this Power of 3 series, Mandy Pearce, owner of Funding for Good, will help you grow your organization’s fundraising capacities.
In the first webinar, Identifying Needs and Building Budgets, you’ll see how the budget deconstruction process works so you can identify gaps and craft realistic projections at the program and organization levels. You’ll understand that an effective fundraising plan begins with realistic budgets.
The second webinar, Creating a Written Fundraising Plan, will show you how to use essential metrics to develop the right strategies to fully fund your organization. You’ll walk away ready to replace fundraising fantasies with fact-driven processes.
During the final webinar, How to Optimize Your Income Streams, you’ll learn how you can evaluate the high-impact and low-input fundraising strategies that are perfect for your organization.
Over three webinars you’ll learn how to:

avoid common budgeting pitfalls;
utilize different budget formats which can improve functional use;
complete a historical review of your organization’s fundraising data (and why you need to do it);
use data to develop an action-oriented and viable fundraising plan;
explore options to evaluate and diversify revenue streams;
evaluate fundraising efforts to minimize stress;
adopt fundraising strategies that maximize results; and,
facilitate intentional conversations with your team to reframe fundraising priorities.

By the end of the series, you’ll walk away with new ideas on how your fundraising can have a bigger impact.
This series is perfect for anyone involved in the development work at a nonprofit organization, including executive directors, development directors, board members, and program directors.
The Power of 3 webinar schedule is:

Identifying Needs and Building Budgets on January 18th;
Creating a Written Fundraising Plan on February 15th; and,
How to Optimize Your Income Streams on March 15th.

All webinars are 90 minutes and begin at 2 PM EST.
Can’t attend one of the sessions live?
You’ll receive the full webinar recording and the teaching materials after each session.

Full participation in How to Build Your Fundraising Capacity is applicable for 4.5 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.”

Date
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
Three 90-minute webinars (01.18.23/ 02.15.23 / 03.15.23)

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive four GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2.-4. A confirmation email from each of the Zoom webinars with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Amanda Pearce, CFRE

A proposal writing expert, executive and development coach, fundraising consultant, and national fundraising trainer, Mandy Pearce launched Funding for Good, Inc. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable.
Mandy has taken her passion and expertise for fundraising to the development field and shared it with individuals and organizations for over two decades through executive coaching, strategic and development planning, seminars, and specialized consulting programs.
Her business model is centered on her key values: honesty, efficiency, direct communication, and bringing dollars to local communities. Funding For Good, Inc. continues to create sustainability and build capacity for organizations across the country through the effective sharing of the knowledge and skills required to generate success. Mandy lives in Hickory, NC, with her husband and their dogs, who share her enthusiasm for the outdoors.

Identifying Needs and Building Budgets
2023-01-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Wednesday, January 18th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Registration Fee: $69 per person, $159 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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Budget surprises can leave your organization strapped for cash and operating in crisis mode. Unfortunately, organizations in crisis mode rarely inspire confidence from donors.
That’s why your budget is such an important piece of effective fundraising.
It will allow you to be transparent about your needs, which can build donor trust.
During this webinar, Mandy Pearce, owner of Funding for Good, will walk you through the budget deconstruction process so you can identify gaps and craft realistic projections at the program and organization levels.
You’ll learn:

the most common line-items in a nonprofit budget;
the three items most often missing in nonprofit budgets;
how to avoid common budgeting pitfalls;
key tips for crafting budget assumptions to justify the math; and,
different budget formats to improve functional use.

You’ll see how a realistic budget can be used to drive your fundraising plan.
This session is perfect for anyone involved in the development work at a nonprofit organization, including executive directors, development directors, board members, and program directors.

Date
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Amanda Pearce, CFRE

A proposal writing expert, executive and development coach, fundraising consultant, and national fundraising trainer, Mandy Pearce launched Funding for Good, Inc. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable.
Mandy has taken her passion and expertise for fundraising to the development field and shared it with individuals and organizations for over two decades through executive coaching, strategic and development planning, seminars, and specialized consulting programs.
Her business model is centered on her key values: honesty, efficiency, direct communication, and bringing dollars to local communities. Funding For Good, Inc. continues to create sustainability and build capacity for organizations across the country through the effective sharing of the knowledge and skills required to generate success. Mandy lives in Hickory, NC, with her husband and their dogs, who share her enthusiasm for the outdoors.

Creating Accessible Website Content
2023-01-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.

Thursday, January 19th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Having an accessible website is a moral obligation and often a legal one, too. Website content managers have a responsibility to make their message available to the widest possible audience, avoid legal issues, reach marketing goals, and most importantly, do the right thing.
Aten’s accessibility expert, Michaela Blackham will provide a step by step guide for content editors to create more accessible content for their website.
She will explain a number of important guidelines to reach compliance including:
1. Writing effective alternative text for images
2. Using infographics and charts appropriately
3. Embedding videos properly
Content editors will leave feeling confident in creating and analyzing their content to comply with ADA best practices.
Key Takeaways:

Learn why accessible content is extremely important
What the common issues found in content tend to be
Discover ways to find and resolve or avoid these issues all together with a list of best practices to follow.

This workshop will be presented by Michaela Blackham, Accessibility & QA Specialist at Aten Design Group
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Participants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation.
Not sure if your organization is a member? Check out our member directory. If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Please Note: This meeting is open to staff and board members of current Nonprofit New York member organizations and non-member organizations. Organizations may send more than one individual to participate, HOWEVER if the event sells out registration may be limited to ONE person per organization due to space constraints.
If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Refund 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.
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Registration 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.

Growing Your Grants Readiness
2023-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Thursday, January 19th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Registration Fee: $69 per person, $159 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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The Culture and Practices of Successful Grantseeking Organizations
What does it take to be a successful grantseeking organization?
Success in grantsmanship involves much more than being able to write a good proposal. As an organization, you must also have the right culture, the right values, the right tools, and the right resources in place to support your grantseeking process and manage your grant-funded programs and services well on behalf of your funder and the community you serve.
In this lively, interactive session, Maryn Boess will explain how to lay the groundwork for effective grantsmanship in both your organization’s culture and its practices.
You’ll learn:

the importance of mission-driven grantsmanship—and why its opposite will undermine your organization’s health and success;
how to identify your organization’s needs and resources to support a systematic and strategic grantseeking process; and,
a clear, powerful, and flexible framework you can use to develop and strengthen financial and program accountability.

You’ll be introduced to an exclusive Grants Readiness Assessment Checklist—a detailed tool to help you identify what vital grants-readiness resources and practices are already working well in your organization, and where changes and improvements need to be made in order to make sure your organization is truly “grants ready”!

Date
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Maryn Boess

Over her 25+-year nonprofit career, Maryn Boess has been an on-staff grantwriter; a grants consultant (winning $42 million for her clients over ten years); a grants trainer; a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor and coach; and – since 2006 – even a grantmaker. This 3-D background brings a unique insider’s perspective to the practical, inspiring trainings on healthy, successful grantsmanship she shares with thousands of people each year through GrantsMagic U. A true dual-citizen of the grants world, Maryn may be the only person holding membership in both Grant Professionals Association (for grantseekers) and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (for grantmakers).

(FREE) Should I Hire a Grantwriter or Do It Myself?
2023-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | WV, United States
This webinar series is offered by GrantStation.

Monday, January 23rd, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Registration Fee: FREE
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This is part of our TargetED series.
As your grant programs grow, you have an important decision to make: Should you hire an external grantwriter or do the work yourself?
This isn’t always an easy choice. It can be hard to effectively evaluate both the benefits and drawbacks.
During this free TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will help you weigh each option so your organization can move forward with a decision.
You’ll learn:

the pros and cons of working with an external grantwriter versus doing the work “in house”;
the key questions to consider to help you make a sound decision;
why you can’t just write the cost of the grantwriter into the proposal; and,
the best practices when working with external consultants or building your own team.

This TargetED includes 30 minutes of practical teaching and 15 minutes of Q&A with Alice. It is perfect for executive directors, founders, and program directors who want to make the best use of their limited time and resources.
And even if your organization has already made the decision to move in one direction or another, you’ll still walk away with helpful tips in getting the most out of that decision.

Date
Monday, January 23, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
45 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Alice Ruhnke

Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows what it takes to get funded.
As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and the Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she’s worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds.
Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise. Her insightful trainings on grant proposal writing and development, community change models, service projects, and measuring outcomes have helped over 4,000 individuals positively impact their communities.

Data-informed Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
2023-01-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Wednesdays, January 25th, February 1st, & 8th, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: $129 for Members, $169 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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Is your organization undertaking strategic planning? Do you want to learn more about how to use data to capture the strengths, opportunities, and impact in your next plan? Recently, strategic planning has jumped out of the corner office of the “C-suite” toward an inclusive format that engages the whole organizational community. Over the course of this three-part training you will learn more about data-informed strategic planning and how organizations are using it to action plan and set better, more responsive goals for their future. Join us in exploring this process that can help sustain and tell the story of your program and strengthen your decision-making processes.
This is a six-hour virtual training split into three two-hour sessions, January 25, February 1, & 8, 2023 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Central each day.

Session Topics:

Session 1 – Data-informed Strategic Planning 101: This session will share Wilder Research’s experiences with data-informed strategic planning, what they’ve learned from this new method, and how organizations can benefit. Attendees will leave with an understanding of this new method of planning, as well as tools and ideas for using the method in their own processes.
Session 2 – Putting the “Data” in Data-informed: Using the right data well is key to having your plan come together. This session will explore types of data you can use in your strategic planning session: from surveys and interviews, to engaging audiences in listening sessions and arts-based methods.
Session 3 – Creating and Using Your Plan: The final session will showcase types of strategic plans that have come from data-informed strategic planning and how these are put into action.

Event Details
The sessions will be recorded. The recordings will be made available to registrants after the live event.
Captioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART, ASL, or another accommodation, please visit our Registration Policies page.
To learn more about events, registration, and payment, visit our Event & Registration FAQ page.
Speaker Information
Amanda J. Petersen, Research Scientist, Wilder Foundation, provides consultation on a variety of research projects with interests in project coordination and management, survey instrument design, sampling methodology design, qualitative and quantitative analysis, evaluation capacity building, training, and reporting results in meaningful ways. Her primary research interests include public health, education, rural communities, survey research, and general evaluation studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Gustavus Adolphus College and has a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Amanda resides in Ely, Minnesota where you can find her enjoying the great outdoors with her family.

Best Practices for PEO Selection and Management
2023-01-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.

Tuesday, January 131st, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Registration 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.
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With over 7,000 different PEO’s to choose from in the Marketplace, it can be overwhelming to decide which PEO is best suited for the needs of your nonprofit. HR and Finance leaders are invited to join us to learn best practices when choosing and managing a PEO relationship for your nonprofit.
Key Takeaways:

Attendees will learn how to compare and choose the right PEO for your nonprofit.
How to understand their bill and the total cost of a PEO to their nonprofit.
What metrics to use when evaluating the performance of their PEO.
Key considerations & implications of transitioning out of a PEO.

This workshop will be presented by Mark Dungan, VP of Employee Benefits at USI & Brendan Riffle, Senior Consultant & VP of Employee Benefits at USI
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Human Resources
Participants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation.
Not sure if your organization is a member? Check out our member directory. If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Please Note: This meeting is open to staff and board members of current Nonprofit New York member organizations and non-member organizations. Organizations may send more than one individual to participate, HOWEVER if the event sells out registration may be limited to ONE person per organization due to space constraints.
If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Refund 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.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Registration 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.

Effective Volunteer Management in Blue Skies & in Times of Disaster
2023-01-31 10:00 - 12:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Kentucky Nonprofit Network.

Tuesday, January 31st, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Registration Fees: $10 for Members ($40 for entire staff/board/volunteer team), $20 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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Join KNN and Serve Kentucky for a virtual event discussing the latest volunteer management best practices, including strategies specific for recruiting, managing, and retaining volunteers in your disaster preparedness plans, and for those recently impacted, your nonprofit’s ongoing disaster relief efforts.
Our agenda includes a keynote presentation from the team at Hands On Nashville on the latest in volunteer management best practices and engagement that includes key lessons learned from volunteer management during past disaster responses, as well as strategies for developing a community-based approach for both proactive and reactive disaster response collaboration. A panel of nonprofit leaders fresh from disasters in Western and Eastern Kentucky will join us to share their lessons learned, successes, and challenges from their own recent experiences. And we’ll conclude our virtual event with a short presentation by Serve Kentucky, our state service commission, on their volunteer management platforms and how they can help your nonprofit connect with volunteers, including sharing disaster-related volunteer opportunities.
Agenda:
10:00 am ET – Keynote Presentation – From Reactive to Proactive: Hands On Nashville’s Approach to Volunteer Management in Disasters – Nelly Pérez Meléndez, Lori Shinton, and Alexandra Dorman
11:25 am ET – Lessons Learned from KY Nonprofit Leaders (Danielle Clore of KNN facilitates a discussion with Josh Mullins, Hindman Settlement School and Heath Duncan, Habitat for Humanity Pennyrile Region & Hopkins County Long-Term Recovery Group)
12:10 pm ET – Serve Kentucky Presentation / Demo
12:30 pm ET – Event concludes
Offered in partnership with Serve Kentucky

Beginner Grantseeking
2023-02-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Thursday, February 16th, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Where does the grantseeking process start? How do you find funders interested in your organization and your programs? There are proven tactics for finding funders that are a good fit for your organization–and plentiful resources online–many of them free!
In this three-hour live online training, we’ll discuss the best ways to begin grantseeking (which is closer than you think!), explore four good places to start looking, work through a proven process for finding funder information, discover how to “dig deeper” into a foundation’s interests, and determine the best way for you to start capturing what you are learning about your organization and its potential funders.
This training is specifically designed to help you gain important grantseeking competencies and skills related to researching, identifying, and matching funding resources to meet specific needs. Through this training, you will:

Know more about major trends in grant funding
Apply methods of locating funding sources
Explore techniques to learn about specific funders
Determine the right method for maintaining, tracking, and updating information on potential funders
Identify fundable programs and projects for your organization
Locate best matches between funders and specific programs
Interpret grant application request for proposal (RFP) guidelines and requirements to accurately assess funder intent

Workshop 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.
This session focuses on the nonprofit funding landscape and the process of seeking grants. The second session in this series is Beginning Grantwriting, which centers around writing 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.
Event Details
This 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.
This session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants after the live event.
Captioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART, ASL, or another accommodation, please visit our Registration Policies page.
To learn more about events, registration, and payment, visit our Event & Registration FAQ page.

Speaker Information

Sara Spiess brings twenty years of nonprofit fundraising and development experience to her current role as Director of Grants & Foundation Relations at the YMCA of the North in Minneapolis – St. Paul. Sara specializes in securing grants and gifts from private and public partners and works to develop and steward a broad base of strategic partnerships to meet advancement objectives. In addition to grant-seeking, Sara holds expertise in sponsorship sales and fulfillment, corporate engagement, government relations, executive communications, and fundraising events. Sara holds a B.A. from New York University, a University of St. Thomas Fundraising Certificate, and is a 2016 graduate of the Leadership Saint Paul program of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. Sara has served on the board of directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Minnesota Chapter and is an active community volunteer.

New Accounting for Leases in 2022: The Change is HERE!!!!
2023-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits

Thursday, February 16th, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: $69 for Members, $99 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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EVENT INFO

WHO: Is your nonprofit leasing space or equipment of some kind? If any lease you are under is for a term longer than 12 months, then you are in for A HUGE CHANGE this year in how you account for these leases on your books! WHAT: The accounting gods issued an accounting standard that deals with leases (ASU 2016-2 & ASC 842 for the accounting geeks out there). The bottom line is, the entire amount of your lease now needs to be booked as a liability on your books with a corresponding “right of use” asset shown as well. Making things more complicated, this new liability will need to be recorded as a loan with an imputed interest rate used to record a portion of each monthly lease payment as interest expense. Seriously, this represents the biggest change in years in accounting and will have dramatic effects to your financial statements!

If you are wondering:
Does this really affect my little old nonprofit? (Spoiler Alert – yes, it does!)
Does this include things like cam charges, maintenance, taxes, etc…?
What happens if I end my lease early?
Where do I point the monthly rent checks to?
Won’t this make my liabilities on my balance sheet look huge now?
Will I still show rent expense on my Profit and Loss?
What the heck is an imputed interest rate and what rate should I use?
And finally…how do I do this in QuickBooks?

WHY COME: Whether you are a nonprofit bookkeeper, a CPA, or simply doing the books for your nonprofit, you are now required to implement this change in order to be in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. If you don’t learn this from us, learn it somewhere soon!

Don’t miss this opportunity. You will be VERY glad you came!
WHEN: Thursday, February 16th 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PST)

Email: support@QuickBooksMadeEasy.com

All Participants will receive log-in information prior to the webinar!

CPAs earn 2 hours of CPE credit for the live workshop. (In order to be awarded the full credits, you must respond to at least three polling questions per credit asked during the program.)

Field of Study: Accounting; Specialized Knowledge *This training is for users of both the Desktop and Online versions of QuickBooks*
Prerequisites: Attendees should have a background knowledge of basic accounting principles and at least one year of professional work experience in the accounting/bookkeeping field.
Who Should Attend: This webinar is recommended for accountants, bookkeepers, and executive directors of nonprofit organizations both large and small.

Working with Community Banks
2023-02-20 14:00 - 14:45 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Monday, February 20th, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET

Registration Fee: $39 per person, $99 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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This is part of our TargetED series.
Community banks can support your nonprofit’s mission and the community you serve.
Most nonprofit organizations are not intentional when choosing a banking institution. However, asking the right questions of your local banks can make your community stronger.
For example, when the Paycheck Protection Program launched, did your bank proactively reach out to alert you about how to complete the application? Many banks did. And while this was not a requirement of banks, having a relationship can help you when the unexpected happens or new opportunities arise.
During this TargetED, Alice Ruhnke will help you build relationships with your community banks.
You’ll learn:

how to find community banks that are right for you;
how the Community Reinvestment Act can benefit you;
the actions you need to take when researching banks in your community; and,
recommended steps to develop, maintain, and grow relationships with your community banks.

Even if you already have banking relationships, this TargetED can help ensure you’re maximizing this relationship.
This session includes 30 minutes of practical teaching and 15 minutes of Q&A. It is ideal for nonprofit leaders including executive directors, financial personnel, and board members who desire to propel their nonprofit to even greater impact by banking based on values.

Date
Monday, February 20, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
45 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Alice Ruhnke

Alice Ruhnke is the President of GrantStation. Having raised over $45 million from federal, state, and private grantmakers, she knows what it takes to get funded. As a former nonprofit program coordinator and director, and the Founder of The Grant Advantage, Alice has a deep understanding of the challenges that nonprofits face. Over the last 20 years she’s worked in the trenches with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to improve their capacity to raise funds. Alice is an author and educator with a passion to share her expertise.

(FREE) Impact Capital and the Spectrum of Social Enterprises
2023-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Registration Fee: FREE
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Growing your nonprofit requires innovation.
But many organizations hesitate to try something new because they fear how it will affect finances.
To overcome this, you need new ways of thinking about raising capital to help you fund the good work you do, which means you should explore all the funding sources that are available for your organization.
For example, nonprofits with earned-revenue (i.e., social enterprises) can often access impact capital and non-traditional funding sources to scale their programs and projects.
But what if you don’t consider your organization a social enterprise?
You still may be able to access impact capital—because social enterprises fall onto a spectrum. It’s not always black and white.
Taking the time to understand where your organization fits on this spectrum will allow you to determine whether your organization is a good fit for non-traditional funding sources.
During this free webinar, Paul Wright will help you understand different social impact models. You’ll explore the spectrum of social enterprise components which you can apply to your own organization and programs, so you can determine whether you have the opportunity to access non-traditional funding sources.
You will:

see examples of innovations in the public, private, and philanthropic sectors;
learn about innovative business models that combine earned revenues and social impact;
apply an innovative framework to assess your own organization;
explore the difference between sustainable and self-sufficient models; and,
determine whether raising impact capital is right for your organization.

You’ll walk away ready to grow your nonprofit with innovative thinking.
This session is perfect for nonprofit leaders who are curious about whether non-traditional capital is a good fit for their organization.
This is the first webinar in Paul Wright’s Innovate Now learning series. The second session, Innovate and Grow: Raising Impact Capital, will help you understand the non-traditional funding sources that many nonprofits can access.

Date
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
60 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Paul Wright

Paul is the President of Wright Venture Services. He’s had a 23-year career in community economic development finance and now he shares what he’s learned with social entrepreneurs and organizations that serve them. He’s often called the Common Good Coach because of his passion to help mission-driven leaders create more good in the world through their enterprise and leadership. He offers online courses and coaching on his platform at www.wvscourses.com.

The Change Map and the Bottom-Up Logic Model
2023-02-23 14:00 - 15:30 | WV, United States
This webinar is offered by GrantStation.

Monday, October 24th, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
Registration Fee: $69 per person, $159 per group – Between 2-10 people, on all different devices in different locations, can view the webinar
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This interactive session, led by Maryn Boess, founder of GrantsMagic U, offers a powerful way of thinking about and assessing the work your organization does—and a simple, step-by-step process for communicating the impact of your work to funders, partners, and the community at large.
The Change Map and Bottom-Up Logic Model are two powerful, practical tools that help community agencies organize resources toward change and diagnose misalignments between action and impact.
Using these tools together, we can create a visual framework for meaningful, measurable collective impact in a challenging and changing environment—and organize our resources to achieve it.
In this engaging, interactive session Maryn will:

introduce a very big-picture context called The Change Map—bigger than the Logic Model, even bigger than your mission!—for articulating exactly what your organization does and why it matters;
explain why the Logic Model is the indispensable, do-it-all power tool for planning, managing, and evaluating all our community work—grant proposal or no grant proposal; and,
demonstrate how to use our X-ray vision to expose the essential “bones” of the Logic Model structure and exactly how all the pieces fit together. (PLUS you’ll get hands-on practice constructing a Logic Model right on the spot!)

You’ll see how flipping the Logic Model on its side to create “The Bottom-Up Logic Model” turns it into a powerful lens for spotting, diagnosing, and fixing problems in our program plans and change initiatives.
BONUS: Through the Collaboration Logic Model, you’ll learn how the Bottom-Up Logic Model can be used to map out the work of your community teams and partnerships to make sure you maximize your collective mpact.

Date
Thursday, February 23, 2023 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

Policies

You will receive two GrantStation emails:
1. A copy of your paid invoice
2. A confirmation email from Zoom for the webinar with the login credentials
If you do not receive the confirmation email within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
After the webinar, you will receive an email with a link to the recording and any handouts.

Presenter

Maryn Boess

Over her 25+-year nonprofit career, Maryn Boess has been an on-staff grantwriter; a grants consultant (winning $42 million for her clients over ten years); a grants trainer; a grants reviewer, author, speaker, mentor and coach; and – since 2006 – even a grantmaker. This 3-D background brings a unique insider’s perspective to the practical, inspiring trainings on healthy, successful grantsmanship she shares with thousands of people each year through GrantsMagic U.

The Benefits of Launching Your New Venture with a Fiscal Sponsor
2023-02-28 10:30 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.

Tuesday, February 28th, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Starting a new social venture can be overwhelming. Many folks tend to jump straight into the process of creating a new 501c3 nonprofit organization and overlook fiscal sponsorship as an option.
This training will review the difference between a starting a 501c3 and going under fiscal sponsorship to help you determine which is best for you. We will explain some different models of fiscal sponsorship, share how to find the right sponsor, what fiscal sponsors are looking for in a potential partner, and what the standard application process entails.
Key Takeaways:

Learn the three legal fiduciary duties of board members and how to comply
Learn about the 4 ways to jeopardize your tax exempt status and how to avoid them
Learn the 7 characteristics of financially health nonprofits
Identifying conflicts of interest and knowing how to resolve them

This workshop will be presented by Catherine Michele Hedgeman, Owner of Hedgeman Law Firm
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Financial Management, Governance
Participants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation.
Not sure if your organization is a member? Check out our member directory. If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Please Note: This meeting is open to staff and board members of current Nonprofit New York member organizations and non-member organizations. Organizations may send more than one individual to participate, HOWEVER if the event sells out registration may be limited to ONE person per organization due to space constraints.
If your organization is not a current member of Nonprofit New York, visit our website for more information on joining.
Refund 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.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Registration 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.

Role of the Board Chair Series
2023-03-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is offered by the Nonprofit Association of Washington.

Wednesdays, March 1st – March 22nd, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Registration 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.

Register Now
Event Details

4-Part Series
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 &
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
3:00 pm-4:00 pm ET
Online Via Zoom

Leading 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.
This 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.

Learning Outcomes
You will leave with:
A better understanding of the board chair’s responsibility in strengthening the work of the board as a whole.
Strategies that can help you lead more effectively as a board chair.
Ways to more effectively structure board meetings and engage individual board members at meetings.
Course Outline

Part 1: What Kind of Leader are You?

The Changing Landscape of Nonprofit Leadership – What’s Important Now
Characteristics of Great Board Leaders –How do You Measure Up?
Your North Star – What Will Your Legacy Be?

Part 2: What’s Your Job as Board Chair?

Common Mistakes and Frustrations
The Do’s and Dont’s of Effective Chairmanship
How to Make the Most of Key Relationships, including the Board Chair – ED partnership

Part 3: Meetings that Matter

The Bone structure: A Masterful Agenda, Meeting Mechanics, Strategic Information, Ways to Evaluate Meetings
Shaping Powerful Questions that generate great discussion

Part 4: Presiding vs Facilitating

How to Develop Facilitative Leadership
Communication Tips for Effective Listeners
The people side of things – managing meeting dynamics and conflict

Who Should Attend

Board Members, incoming Board Chairs, other committee chairs, and Executive Directors are encouraged to attend.

Accessibility

Captioning: We will have automated captioning enabled.
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual 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.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.

About the Speaker

Amanda 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.
A 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.

Beginning Grantwriting
2023-03-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Thursday, March 2nd, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Many 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.
Specifically 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:

Understanding the various elements of a standard grant proposal application
Managing the grant timelines so that high-quality and complete proposals are submitted on time
Finding data sources to support proposal narratives
Creating effective presentations of grant-narrative elements and ideas among or within proposal components
Identify which proposal-writing approaches, styles, tones, and formats will work best.
Using appropriate and accurate visuals to highlight information
Identify effective practices for developing realistic, accurate line-item and narrative budgets that describe the relationship between line-items and project activities
Selecting evaluation models and methods for the grant applications

Workshop 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.
This 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.
Thank you to Xcel Energy Foundation for their support of this program!

Event Details
This 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.
This session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants after the live event.
Captioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART, ASL, or another accommodation, please visit our Registration Policies page.
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Speaker Information
Georgina 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.

A to Z of Human Resources: Talent Management
2023-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Tuesday, March 7th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Small 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!
MCN 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.
Part 3 – Best Practices: Talent Management

Hiring practices
Orientation and onboarding
Performance management
HR administration and personnel files
Employee handbooks
Corrective action and termination
What to outsource and what to DIY

Event Details
This 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.
This 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.
Captioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART, ASL, or another accommodation, please visit our Registration Policies page.
To learn more about events, registration, and payment, visit our Event & Registration FAQ page.

Speaker Information
Arlene 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.

Board Governance Basics
2023-03-14 10:00 - 2023-03-15 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.

Tuesday, March 14th, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Wednesday, March 15th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Nonprofit 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.
Tuesday March 14th 10:00 AM-11:30 AM: “The Legal and Financial Fiduciary Duties of Nonprofit Board Members”
This 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.
Topics 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.
The session is presented in lecture format with audience questions and dialogue on each topic.
Key Takeaways:

The three legal fiduciary duties of board members and how to comply
4 ways to jeopardize your tax exempt status
7 characteristics of financially health nonprofits
Identifying conflicts of interest and knowing how to resolve them

This workshop will be presented by Catherine Michele Hedgeman, Owner of Hedgeman Law Firm
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Governance

Wednesday, March 15th 11:00 AM -12:00 PM: “Overcoming the Top 5 Board Management Challenges”
A strong, active and engaged board is the backbone of a thriving nonprofit organization that maximizes its social impact.
We 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.
We’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
This training is for nonprofit leaders, staff who support and interact with board members, as well as board members.
Attendees will leave with resources and short- and long-term strategies to plug into a template board development action plan.
Key Takeaways:

Top strategies to overcome the top five board management challenges
How to attract, retain, manage and engage your nonprofit board

This workshop will be presented by Christine Deska, President & Co-Founder of Nonprofit Sector Strategies, PBC
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Governance
Participants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation.
Refund 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.
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Registration 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.

GrantStation Tour
2023-03-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
Wednesday, March 15th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: FREE for WVNPA Members. Not yet a member? Join for free to see what you are missing out on!
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Description:

During 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.
You’ll learn:

how to find private, state, and national funding opportunities using GrantStation’s databases;
how to adjust your search terms so you can discover funding opportunities you never thought to explore;
how you can use a funder’s up-to-date profile along with the decision matrix to vet funders and save time; and,
how both beginners and pros can benefit from the in-depth tutorials in the “Build Strategy” and “Write Proposals” sections.

About the Presenter:

David Gates
Online Education Specialist
david.gates@grantstation.com
David 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.

Content Strategy 101: Catering Your Content to Engage Your Audiences
2023-03-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofit New York.

Tuesday, March 28th, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration 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.
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Is 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?
Relatable 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.
Key Takeaways:

Establish communication objectives and measure success.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of target audiences.
Conduct research on competitor/peer organizations.
Develop an understanding of digital communication best practices.
Ensure your digital identity and voice are inclusive and follow ethical storytelling guidelines.

This workshop will be presented by Evan Briggs, Digital Fundraising & Client Engagement Manager for Wingo NYC
Key Area(s) of Excellence: Fundraising and Resource Development;Technology and Data Use
Participants who complete the post-session evaluation can receive a PDF copy of the presentation.
Refund 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.
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Registration 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.

Inside Look at Firespring's Websites
2023-04-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
Wednesday, April 12th, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: FREE
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Finding the best nonprofit website and online tools can be daunting. We often end up juggling multiple platforms, working harder to achieve less. Wouldn’t it be better if you had just one effective nonprofit fundraising website with a content management system that does it all?
Learn how to master your online presence and leverage the power of your nonprofit website. Join us for insight into technology trends and best practices, plus see firsthand why Firespring offers the best nonprofit websites.
Attend this webinar on nonprofit websites and discover:

Why nonprofits struggle with their web presence.

The ABCs of creating a killer nonprofit website.

An inside look at how the content management system and tools work.

Answers to your questions during live Q&A.

About the Presenter:
Kiersten Hill

Director of Nonprofit Solutions

Kiersten Hill, is a Nebraska-native born and raised in North Platte. She graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. With almost two decades in nonprofit management and fundraising, she has raised over $20 million for Nebraska nonprofit organizations and worked to better train and equip nonprofit leaders and boards of directors.
