Serving Nonprofits. Strengthening West Virginia

Federal Programs and Applying for Federal Funds Training (WV)
2023-11-30 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Doubletree by Hilton, 1001 3rd Ave, Huntington, WV, 25701, United States
This session is offered by the West Virginia Community Development Hub and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

November 30th, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

Registration Fees: Free (limited tickets!)
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Do you have a community development project you need assistance with? Are you curious about how to find the right federal program or funding to push your project forward? Did you receive federal funding recently and want to make sure you’re following legal and financial federal requirements for your project?
Join us on November 30th for a special training from the West Virginia Community Development Hub, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and federal partners as we share our knowledge about how to best secure and find federal funds and programs to match your needs. There are so many federal programs available for community development work and there are dollars on the table for those projects. Through this training, we’ll help prepare you for a successful Spring 2024 federal funding cycle, and for successful management of your current federal grants.
This one-day conference will dive into locating federal grants, applying for federal grants, and how to secure and manage federal grants. Funding partners will discuss USDA, ARC, and federal appropriations (earmark) funding opportunities for community development projects. The training is ideal for organizations that are completely new to federal grants or who have recently hired new staff who are writing federal grants.
The full agenda is here.
The ‘Federal Programs and Applying for Federal Funds Training’ is happening on Thursday, November 30th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can register for the event here.

Intermediate Grantwriting
2023-11-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Thursday, November 30th, 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 tools, practice of skills and significant writing opportunities to deepen participants’ knowledge of and skills in grantwriting.
This intermediate-level training is also a hands-on writing clinic, in which registrants will receive feedback from other participants about specific sections of one of their grant proposals as well as have an opportunity to create and/or improve some usable grant content for their organizations.
Learning Objectives:

Develop grant content for your organization
Analyze actual grant applications, and recognize successful and unsuccessful strategies
Receive peer feedback on submitted grant applications and on the content written in the workshop

This session is focused on writing. For a session on the grantseeking process, you may wish to instead register for the Beginning Grantseeking session. This session focuses on the nonprofit funding landscape and the process of seeking grants. MCN also offers Beginning Grantwriting sessions. Visit MCN’s Event Calendar to register for one.

As this session is part writing clinic, please plan to bring a current grant proposal (or a previous one from your organization) to workshop.
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
Jan Castillo’s career spans over 20 years in the corporate communications and investor relations industry. For ten years she was partner and minority-owner of The Carideo Group, Inc., an integrated communications consulting firm. In 2015, Jan began volunteering for a small dental clinic, where she donated her time providing grant research and proposal writing services to support the growing nonprofit. Here, she found her passion for grantwriting and in early 2017, Jan left the corporate world and formally launched The Dotted Line Collaborative, a grants development firm with the mission of connecting ideas and outcomes through grants. Jan is an active member of the Minnesota NorthStar Chapter of the Grants Professional Association where she currently serves as secretary, and is a member of the Association for Fundraising Professionals.

Building the Total Value Budget
2023-11-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by GrantStation.

November 30th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Registration Fees: $69 per person or $159 for 2-10 people
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A Step-By-Step Framework for Crafting an Unbeatable Project Budget
An A+ proposal budget provides an honest, complete, and clear picture of the total value of everything it takes to do your work successfully.
It also stands as an invaluable management and evaluation tool when it comes to running your grant-funded program.
So, how can you craft this type of budget? That’s the question you’ll explore with Maryn Boess in this down-to-earth, myth-busting session.
In this webinar, you will:

learn and practice how to take a “total value” approach to budget-building, so you can clearly and compellingly show the value of everything it takes to do your work successfully;
learn why you should (almost) never plan your proposal budget using the form the grantmaker gives you, and what you can use instead;
work with a real-life scenario to go through each of the six major budget categories, looking at the key issues and challenges you can expect to run into in each one;
have the chance to whip out your calculator and try your own hand at thinking through some of the situations in a real-life scenario;
get a behind-the-scenes view of how grantmakers evaluate your proposal budget and what your budget tells them about your organization;
clear away the confusion around the value of volunteer time, accounting for “match,” handling administrative/indirect costs, and other perennially perplexing budget issues; and,
be introduced to a powerful planning tool to help you craft a budget that is comprehensive, realistic, and bullet-proof—and that will work for you, your organization, and your grantmaking partners.

Most importantly, you’ll walk away understanding how to break the “starvation cycle” that plagues many nonprofit organizations so you no longer understate the cost and value of your mission-critical work.
This session is perfect for any project or leadership team member who wants to transform a budget into a rock-solid resource plan that will support your project’s successful implementation.

Date
Thursday, November 30, 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

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).

A to Z of Human Resources: HR Administration
2023-12-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Tuesday, December 5th, 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 2 – Best Practices: HR Administration

Outsourcing HR
Personnel files
Employee handbooks
Job descriptions
Compensation

Event Details

This workshop is one session of a three-part HR training series. The remaining session is HR: Talent Management on December 12 from 9 – 11 a.m. Central. Use the registration button at the top of this page to register only for the HR Administration 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.

Assessing Your Government Grant Readiness - Knowing What You're Signing Up For
2023-12-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by Common Good Vermont.

Wednesday, December 6th, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Registration Fees: $35 for all – please be sure to enter West Virginia Nonprofit Association under the Referring State Nonprofit Association
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Are you ready to manage government grants?
This webinar will help you evaluate which grants to apply for and what will be expected of you once you are awarded a grant. We will also look at resources and skills needed to meet those expectations internally and options if your organization does not currently have those skills on staff.
Meet the Trainer: Wendelyn Duquette is the President and Founder of QuickStart, LLC an accounting services firm serving non-profit organizations with consulting and outsourced accounting services. She has been a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 1996. Her diverse non-profit experience makes Wendelyn a unique asset to non-profit organizations. She was a founder of the Vermont Women’s Fund where she helped raise their 2 million endowment, has served on many non-profit boards including several grant making organizations and is trained in results-based accountability. Prior to founding QuickStart Wendelyn had 15 years as a manager in the non-profit sector. Since 1996 QuickStart has helped over 500 organizations set up and maintain QuickBooks financial software.
Questions about the event? Email lisa@commongoodvt.org.

Spotlight: Alternative Angles for the DEI Space
2023-12-07 10:00 - 17:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Thursday, December 7th, 10:00 AM – 5:00 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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This virtual Spotlight training will take a closer look at common Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) challenges and offer four fresh perspectives on addressing them through action. Each of these four sessions will invite participants into deep dives rich with frameworks, share application tips and tools designed to disrupt social norms, and create conditions for change.
Sessions Include:

Alternative Training
Coalition Building
Wellness and Resiliency
Operationalizing Accountability

Spotlights are day-long virtual trainings, offering four to five 60-minute sessions, each exploring a different aspect of a specific topic. Each session will be led by experienced nonprofit leaders and subject-matter experts. Spotlights are designed to offer practical information that can be applied immediately along with larger-picture questions and possibilities to consider for the long-term.
We know it’s difficult to carve out large chunks of time in your day to attend trainings, so we’ve spread the sessions out over a full day, with breaks in between. You will have access to the session recordings for three months!
Schedule
All sessions listed in Eastern Time.
10:15-11:15 a.m. // Wellness and Resiliency
This session will invite participants to consider the ways self-awareness and power intersect, creating an access point to collective well-being. In this session, the presenter will outline a rhythm of organizational trauma-informed anti-racism that maintains a relentless commitment to liberation without sacrificing the well-being of the individuals who uphold these efforts. Join this session to explore what it feels like to be well and free.
Arielle Grant, founder, Render Free
11:30-12:30 p.m. // Alternatives to JEDI Training
Are you burned out on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) trainings, yet seeing no tangible change at your organization? Are you tired of JEDI initiatives that seem to fail, or worse, cause unexpected harm? Are you looking for ways to make JEDI learning an everyday way of life? In this interactive session, you will explore an approach to making JEDI the “how” of delivering on your organizational mission, beyond workshops and trainings. The presenter is experienced in leading nonprofits to assess the success of their JEDI initiatives, to bridge the gaps uncovered in the assessment, and to create accountability to a new JEDI vision–with examples and tools that you can apply right away! As a bonus, you will also have a chance to discover alternative ways in which to meaningfully and effectively teach, learn, and influence change around JEDI.
Shona Ramchandani, principal and founder, Chrysalis Consulting Collaborative, LLC
2:30-3:30 p.m. // Coalition Building
Join us for a dynamic workshop on coalition building, tailored specifically for the vibrant landscape of Minnesota’s nonprofits. Discover practical strategies and collaborative tools to forge powerful alliances and amplify your organization’s impact within the community. Limited resources and the need for affinity spaces creates even more urgency for coalition building now. In this session participants will be invited to concentrate their energy towards strategic relationships—how to nurture and sustain them in the service of collective solution-making.
Corenia Smith, strategic partner & health equity consultant, Wholesome Management

3:45-4:45 // Operationalizing Accountability for Change
A key question leaders often receive related to their work is “how do you measure the impact of your work?” To build on this, we also must ask the question “who have you asked?” The purpose of this session is to examine stories, models, and artifacts of accountability that can operationalize accountability and drive organizational change. The key priority of this framing is to ensure accountability can be community-led and co-constructed to achieve alignment.
Jerad Green, founder & strategic consultant, Quixotic Solutions LLC
Each session will have a takeaway tool that is designed to comprise a toolkit.
The Spotlight will be hosted by Ashley Oolman of Allied Folk, LLC.

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.
State Association Partners
Kentucky Nonprofit Network, Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, and Common Good Vermont
Speaker Information
As the founder of Render Free, a small business that exists to disrupt racial trauma by promoting whole-body wellness, Arielle Grant is intimately familiar with the demands of a social system predicated on workaholism, burnout, over-extension and sleepwalking. Arielle is a certified Restorative Justice Circle facilitator, a student of Enneagram University, and is committed to her own healing through conscious living and modalities of growth. She has a degree in communication which equips her in the skill of language and storytelling, an integral part of naming inner-narratives. She is experienced in story-work which is rooted in trauma-focused narrative therapy. Most importantly, she too is learning everyday what it means to live fully human in pursuit of freedom and offers her experience as a liberation coach, mindfulness mentor and contemplative activist.
Jerad Green, founder & strategic consultant of Quixotic Solutions LLC, is an experienced practitioner making strides in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As an equity strategist and leader, Jerad specializes in leading organizational transformation through capacity building, change management, and organizational development toward equitable outcomes. Jerad has an ability to pair theory with practice to build capacity and developing systemic interventions to create sustainability and continuity with DEI work. Jerad believes that DEI is not an isolated effort but “everyone’s everyday work.” He earned his bachelor of science degree in social work from Winona State University and his master of arts degree in higher education administration from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory and facilitator of the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory.
Ashley Oolman is the founder of Allied Folk, LLC. As a Black neurodivergent woman, leveraging differences to strengthen human connection was a means to both survival and healing. To her work with Allied Folk, she brings lived experience, multiple degrees, and an unwavering belief that we all have the power to change the future. Together with organizations and community partners, she co-creates spaces for exploration and re-learning, designed to advance equity, reconciliation, and ultimately, change.
As the principal and founder at Chrysalis Consulting Collaborative, LLC, Shona Ramchandani leverages her deep experience, a lifelong commitment to equity work, and a deep passion for authentic, action-oriented and transformative change to help curate a transformative visioning space for organizations invested in making powerful and sustainable justice, equity, diversity & inclusion change. Locally, Shona has collaborated with many Minnesota nonprofits, and is also a co-author of Racial Equity Statements for Minnesota’s Science Museum, Theatre in the Round, and Park Square Theatre. Shona received her master’s in liberal studies with a focus on social justice advocacy, and she is also a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)®.
With a background in nursing and a passion for reproductive justice, Corenia Smith skillfully operates at the intersection of policy, politics, and health equity. Her professional experience is deeply rooted in organizing, and she embraces the spirit of grassroots power-building. Corenia’s mission extends to helping organizations navigate the multifaceted challenges of our time, from the practical work of organizing and facilitating meaningful convenings to broad coalition-building for transformative justice. As the driving force behind Wholesome Management, she’s dedicated to making the invisible, visible and fostering a healthier and more equitable world.

Credential in Leadership and Organizational Culture
2023-12-11 12:00 - 2023-12-12 18:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is offered by Utah Nonprofits Association.

December 11th and 12th , 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: $180 for Members ($40 for each additional participant), $360 for Nonmembers ($80 for each additional participant). Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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NEW CONTENT FOR 2023: Participating in the Credential in Leadership and Organizational Culture will outfit you with practical, actionable skills and tools for building a high-performing nonprofit. The course includes online, live training sessions, consultations, a library of resources and upon full completion of the course requirements, a Credential Badge in Leadership and Organizational Culture.

As more Millenials and GenZers enter the workforce, organizational leaders need to rethink and refresh their thinking in how to lead, and re-evaluate what leadership culture and structure should look like. The traditional canon of nonprofit organizational leadership is replete with expectations that often foundationally center in “saviorism” in policy and practice. What can you, your team, and stakeholders do to re-imagine how you do your work in the community to dismantle and restructure this? Learn how language and seeming “best practice” can often coninue harming the people we intend to help.
As nonprofit leaders, we most likely find ourselves involved in the work of this sector because we feel called to implement the mission of our organizations. We seek to achieve the vision of the change we feel is needed in our community, and we are driven by values that we hope guide the way we do our work.
However, miscellaneous pain points or organizational life cycle challenges (and sometimes, amazing opportunities for growth) can often challenge our ability to best meet our mission. As nonprofit leaders, our personal skill sets (strengths and weaknesses) need constant revisiting to make sure we are not “getting in the way” of what we hope to achieve. The Credential in Leadership and Organizational Culture can help with that.
We will take what has traditionally been rested in majoritarian-centered ideals of nonprofit professionalism and explore it through a JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) lens, in an effort to rethink the concept of “best practice.”
“Helping, fixing and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul.” – Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen
Online Classroom Training Sessions
Your subject-matter-expert/consultant will lead you and other nonprofit leaders in two days of online training sessions. To get the most of this training, we ask you to please complete the participant survey in its entirety (due one week prior to the training). You will receive the survey two weeks prior to the first session. It is our objective to tailor this training to your needs; the more our subject-matter-expert/consultant knows about you, the more you will get out of it.
A One-on-One Consultation
You’ll meet with the subject-matter-expert and receive specific feedback and coaching on your organization’s culture and leadership.
Successful participation means that you’ll develop a leadership and organizational development plan and timeline based on the principles explored in the Credential. On which areas of your own personal growth would you like to work? What resourcing will you need to accomplish this and what do you need to do to acquire the support from donors and your board to achieve the objectives of your plan and timeline? What cultural shifts would you like to undertake in how your team meets community needs.
Cost:
UNA Member Rate: $180 for the first person/$40 for each additional participant
Not-Yet-Member Rate: $360 for the first person/$80 for each additional participant
Course Dates:
Online Training Sessions
Part 1 | November 13, 2023 | 10 am to 4 pm
Part 2 | November 14, 2023 | 10 am to 4 pm
Organizational Consultation (deep dive into your nonprofit’s needs):
40 minute consult on December 11 or 12, 2023
Location:
Online via Zoom
Subject-Matter-Expert: Rebecca Chavez-Houck:
Former Utah State Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck holds a BA in Journalism & Mass Communication and an MPA, both from the University of Utah. She represented the northeast quadrant of Salt Lake City on Utah’s Capitol Hill from 2008 through 2018, where she focused on policy related to health & human services, as well as voter engagement & access. Rebecca came to the state legislature with more than 20 years experience in nonprofit administration and public affairs. She also has extensive experience as a nonprofit governance volunteer having served on myriad local and national nonprofit boards of directors. Rebecca serves as an adjunct instructor for the University of Utah Programs of Public Affairs and also provides candidate and community engagement consulting through her public affairs firm, Aspira Public Affairs.
Subject-Matter-Expert: Shawn Newell:
Shawn is a retired VP at Industrial Supply Company with 37 years of service. Active in community roles, including VP of Salt Lake NAACP, various board positions, including the Road Home, the Chair elect of Friends for Sight, and former board member of Utah Nonprofits Association. He serves on multiple committees and councils including the Council on Diversity Affairs (CODA). He served as the co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Newell is an entrepreneur owning Waves Enterprises, LLC. He holds multiple degrees and certificates in leadership and diversity and enjoys officiating youth sports and BBQing. Mr. Newell is married with three children and six grandchildren.

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

Tuesday, December 12th, 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
Disciplinary documentation and action
Exiting employees
Supervisor orientation and training

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
mcnArlene 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.

Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise - Even if They Don't Wanna!
2023-12-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by Firespring.

December 12th, 3:00 PM

Registration Fees: Free
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Are you a nonprofit trying to fundraise? You have a board—and believe it or not, your board should function as a fundraising machine. If it runs more like a college clunker than a luxury sedan, this webinar’s for you.
Join us in this fundraising webinar to:

Assess your board’s fundraising personality.
Motivate your board members to fundraise.
Set goals and kick off campaigns.
Create individual plans they’ll rock.
Track without nagging.
Use goal attainment as board engagement.

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.

Spotlight: Fundraising Rewind 2023
2023-12-13 10:00 - 16:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

Wednesday, December 13th, 10:00 AM – 4:30 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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In 2023, MCN brought its Nonprofit Fundraising Conference back, and in-person, for the first time since 2019. Almost 500 nonprofit fundraisers and sector colleagues convened in St. Paul for this day of learning and professional development. Now we’d like to share some of this great content as a virtual Spotlight. We’re offering four of the highest-rated sessions of the conference to our virtual audience in Minnesota, and members of our partner nonprofit state associations around the country.
Sessions include:

Telling Your Story with Data
Values Based Donor Qualification
Demystifying Donor Advised Funds
Audit Your Online Donor Experience

Spotlights are day-long virtual trainings, offering four to five 60-minute sessions, each exploring a different aspect of a specific topic. Each session will be led by experienced nonprofit leaders and subject-matter experts. Spotlights are designed to offer practical information that can be applied immediately along with larger-picture questions and possibilities to consider for the long-term.
We know it’s difficult to carve out large chunks of time in your day to attend trainings, so we’ve spread the sessions out over a full day, with breaks in between. You will have access to the session recordings for three months!
Register now for this fast-paced review of important, timely fundraising topics that will help prepare you for a successful 2024!
Schedule
All sessions listed in Eastern Time.
10-11 a.m. // Telling Your Story with Data
You have an important story to tell. Whether it’s to a funder, policymakers, or your clients, data can help you paint a clearer picture of your community or those you serve. In this session, learn how to use data in ways that tell a story. Topics will include why we use data, how to construct a story with data, and how to make sure you are using data in ways that are meaningful. Presenters will share free tools and resources available on Minnesota Compass that you can use to tell your story.
Allison Liuzzi, research manager and project director, Wilder Foundation
11:30-12:30 a.m. // Values Based Donor Qualification
We know you’re searching for ways to center your community and move as much money to mission as possible. You want to be sure that your donors are part of your community–not the center of it. You’re committed to fundraising in a way that creates a more just and equitable community. Join us for Values-Based Donor Qualification. We’ll share our framework for how you can use your organization’s values to guide your decisions about who you include in your one-to-one fundraising portfolio.
Sarah Staiger and Laura Vitelli, partners, Staiger | Vitelli and Associates
2-3 p.m. // Demystifying Donor Advised Funds
While donor advised funds have become much more mainstream across the nonprofit sector, there are still a great deal of questions and confusion around these flexible giving vehicles. In this session, the presenters will share a brief history of donor advised funds (DAFs), discuss exactly how DAFs work and why different individuals, families, and organizations may choose to use them to accomplish their charitable giving goals. They will look at the various types of DAF providers out there and discuss some of the critiques and public policy discussions currently surrounding DAFs. Most importantly, they will share information on how nonprofits can do a better job of working with DAFs, both through the individuals and organizations that use them as well as with community foundations. This aims to be a very interactive session, so bring your great questions as well!
Heidi Tieszen, philanthropic advisor and Jeremy R. Wells, senior vice president of Philanthropic Services, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

3:30-4:30 p.m. // Audit Your Online Donor Experience
Is your online donor experience leaving supporters feeling warm and fuzzy or confused and frustrated? Together we will use two or more case studies from nonprofit panelists and deconstruct how their online donor experience could be improved. We will look at the entire user pathway from entry point to email receipt and you will leave with concrete ideas for how you can audit and improve your own online experience.
Chris Briggs, major gift officer, Clare Housing and Cary Lenore Walski, nerd-in-chief, Copilot: Web Development & Ongoing Support for Nonprofits
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.
These sessions will be recorded. The recordings will be made available to registrants after the live event for three months.
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.
State Association Partners
Kentucky Nonprofit Network and Common Good Vermont
Speaker Information
Committed to ending HIV stigma, Chris Briggs has been raising awareness and funds for those living with HIV and experiencing housing instability in Minnesota since 2014. Chris’ drive to end HIV as we know it today comes from his current work at Clare Housing as a front line caregiver and major gift officer.
As project director of Minnesota Compass, Allison Liuzzi (she/her) works with a team of researchers to describe and measure progress on topics related to our shared quality of life in Minnesota. She has particular interest in demographic trends, employment and workforce development, and immigration. Allison joined Wilder Research in 2012. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Luther College, her master’s degree from Michigan State University, and completed her doctoral coursework in sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Allison lives with her family in Saint Paul’s Como Park neighborhood.
Skill in asking the right questions has set Sarah Staiger apart in her career. Her inquisitiveness and relational skill create space for people and organizations to become deeply curious, laying the groundwork for change. Curiosity can begin to break away at outdated systems that cause harm, it can allow for vulnerability and growth, and it can help us imagine our very best future and determine what it will take to get there. Sarah’s time as a fundraiser, coach and communicator and her passion for building power through organized people and organized money. Sarah’s master’s degree in advocacy and political leadership connected her fundraising work to policies and systems. Make her day and invite a conversation about power dynamics in our work and lives.
As a philanthropic advisor at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Heidi Tieszen partners with individuals, couples, families, and corporations to realize their charitable goals and make an impact. Prior to the Foundation, Heidi worked at Children’s Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota Foundation in both stewardship and major gifts. She previously worked in marketing at companies including Bain Capital and Bain & Company. She has an English degree from Augustana College (now University) in Sioux Falls. Heidi serves as a board member of the Real Estate Riders, a bike team raising money for the MS Society, and is a member of the Minnesota Council on Foundations’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. She also volunteers at Every Meal.
Laura Vitelli knows the joys and challenges of working to create change in our homes, institutions, and communities. With 30 years as a nonprofit leader, she’s experienced the days when everything seems to be coming together and the days when you ask is ‘why does it have to be so hard?’. Laura works with clients to build capacity so that it doesn’t have to be so hard. Nonprofit leaders with big visions count on her to help crystalize and communicate their strategy and to secure the sustainable resources to make it happen. She is a master planner able to help teams set big goals and map the path to achieve them. Laura’s work experience is supported by her MBA in nonprofit management.
Cary Lenore Walski is nerd-in-chief of Copilot: Web Development & Ongoing Support for Nonprofits. Cary is an award-winning web developer using her knowledge of psychology and the arts to create better online experiences for nonprofits. She works primarily using the WordPress and Squarespace platforms. As a former digital fundraiser herself, she knows how to do a lot with the limited resources available to most social impact organizations. She graduated magna cum laude from Macalester College with a B.A. in psychology. Her many interests include ethical nonprofit storytelling.
Jeremy R. Wells serves as senior vice president of Philanthropic Services at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Jeremy serves as the chief fundraising and donor stewardship strategist. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas and is a frequently requested speaker on a variety of advancement and fund development topics, including charitable tax policy, development planning, utilizing volunteers, donor engagement, stewardship, ethics, and campaign strategy. In addition to his work, Jeremy has served on many local, regional, and national nonprofit boards, including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Global board of directors and the AFP Political Action Committee board. He was also selected as a “40 Under 40” recipient by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal in 2018. He holds M.A. and CFRE designations.

Bylaws for Nonprofits
2023-12-14 13:00 - 16:30 | The McDonough Center for Business & Leadership, Marietta College, 5th Street, Marietta, OH, 45750, United States
This session is offered by Nonprofits LEAD.

Thursday, December 14th

Bylaws for Beginners: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Advanced Bylaws: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET

Registration Fees:

$30 for Bylaws for Beginners OR Advance Bylaws
$50 for BOTH workshops

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Join us at Marietta College on Thursday, December 14th to boost your bylaws knowledge with Flite Freimann.
Whether you are an by-laws beginner, need to improve your general understanding, or you have specific questions and by-law scenarios you need help troubleshooting, we have the class for you!
Bylaws for Beginners
DATE: December 14th, 2023.
TIME: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
LOCATION: Third floor Gallery of The McDonough Center for Business & Leadership, Marietta College.
WHO: Nonprofit executive directors, staff, or board members who are new to by-laws, or want a refresher on the basics.
TOPICS TO INCLUDE

Membership
Meetings of Members
Board of Directors
Officers
Committees
Corporate Staff
Conflict of Interest
Books & Records
Amendments
Adoption of By-laws

Advanced By-laws:
DATE: December 14th, 2023
TIME: 3:00 – 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Third floor Gallery of The McDonough Center for Business & Leadership, Marietta College.
WHO: Nonprofit Executive Directors, staff or board members who want to delve into delve deeper into bylaws.
This session will be in a seminar format with opportunities to discuss specific bylaws scenarios, challenges and questions.
ABOUT FLITE FREIMANN
Flite currently serves as the Director of the Washington County Department of Job and Family Services. The county human services agency, JFS provides food assistance, Medicaid, and workforce development and training opportunities to county residents. Additionally, JFS provides adult and children protective services. Flite also oversees the County Home, a taxpayer subsidized assisted living facility.
Prior to serving as JFS Director, Flite was an attorney in private practice. He also served as a court administrator and magistrate. Flite clerked for the late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer at the Ohio Supreme Court.
Before attending law school, Flite served in the US Army obtaining the rank of Captain. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Jumpmaster School, Airborne School, Air Assault School and the US Army Ranger Course.
Flite is a proud graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law and the University of Utah.

Close Date
Dec 7, 2023 5:00pm or when items no longer available.

An Inside Look at Firespring's Nonprofit Website
2023-12-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by Firespring.

December 19th, 3:00 PM

Registration Fees: Free (as a reminder, WVNPA Members receive a discount through Firespring)
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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.

Creating a Trauma-Informed Workplace
2023-12-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is offered by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.

December 19th, 20th, and 21st, 4:00 PM – 6:00 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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Acknowledging and effectively intervening in stress and trauma builds a resilient workforce better able to manage crisis in our lives, organization, and community. But what does it mean to be trauma-informed, and how can nonprofits build such an environment for their own teams?
In this workshop, participants will:

Learn a shared vocabulary of trauma-informed language
Define and learn research-based strategies to prevent vicarious trauma (including second-hand trauma exposure for indirect service staff)
Develop skills around individual coping and resilience
Explore what it means to be a trauma-informed workplace through a community care model
Apply principles of trauma-informed workplace to your organization
Identify and implement the 8 components of Trauma-informed supervision
Implement all of these concepts and skills in a strengths-based framework grounded in the understanding of and response to the impact of trauma to approach relationships

This workshop is geared toward supervisors looking to build their skills in recognizing and managing stress responses.
This training takes place over the course of three days: December 19, 20, & 21, from 3 – 5 p.m. CST each day.
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 for 14 days 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
Lisa Allred started advocating for survivors of violence in college when she founded an Acquaintance Rape Education Program that was incorporated into orientation for all first-year students at Wake Forest University. This led her to working as a crisis therapist for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence and to spearheading movements in North Carolina to change laws on marital rape and stalking. After getting her licensed clinical social worker degree, she became the clinical director for a sexual abuse evaluation program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in child psychiatry. After another decade as a clinician and trainer, she switched gears and went into nonprofit management, specializing in program evaluation and development, grant writing, and clinical supervision. To round out her experience, she has spent 25 years providing trainings for therapists, nonprofit leaders, and graduate students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. Her training specialties include communication and conflict, stress management (in 10 minutes or less), creating trauma-informed workplaces, motivation, child development, program evaluation, grant-writing, and clinical practice. She loves to help organizations and people become more focused and effective by improving their systems and motivating their staff.

Getting Your 2023 1099's Out of QuickBooks for Desktop Users
2024-01-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar focuses on QuickBooks materials – all nonprofit-focused!
January 17th – 9th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Price: $109 (Subscribe to their Newsletter and save $20 using JAN20OFF)
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It’s year-end and time to get out your 1099’s! Join this timely webinar where Barbara Starley, CPA will walk you through how to get your 1099’s directly out of your QuickBooks File.
Topics Include:
– Step by Step Set Up Walk Thru (can be done in 2024 for 2023 1099’s)
– Setting up Vendors
– Telling QuickBooks which transactions go on the 1099
– Review 1099 info before creating
– Adjusting a 1099 amount to correct the total
– Creating and Sending 1099’s to Contractors
– Reporting 1099’s to the IRS with the 1096 Cover Sheet
*This training is for the Desktop version of QuickBooks*

Live Grant Assistance Session - Common Types of Outdoor Recreation Projects
2024-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This virtual live session is being offered by the West Virginia Grant Resource Centers.
January 18th – 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Price: FREE
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The West Virginia Grant Resource Centers invite you to attend a virtual Live Grant Assistance Session on Common Types of Outdoor Recreation Projects on January 18, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. The session will be led by Carmen Bowes, Grants and Research Coordinator for the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative.
In this session, we will discuss the grant writing process for common types of outdoor recreation projects, including useful tips, definitions, and common proposal requirements. We do hope you can join us.

Getting Your 2023 1099's Out of QuickBooks for Online Users
2024-01-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar focuses on QuickBooks materials – all nonprofit-focused!
January 18th – 9th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Price:$109 (Subscribe to their Newsletter and save $20 using JAN20OFF)
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It’s year-end and time to get out your 1099’s! Join this timely webinar where Barbara Starley, CPA will walk you through how to get your 1099’s directly out of your QuickBooks File.
Topics Include:
– Step by Step Set Up Walk Thru (can be done in 2024 for 2023 1099’s)
– Setting up Vendors
– Telling QuickBooks which transactions go on the 1099
– Review 1099 info before creating
– Adjusting a 1099 amount to correct the total
– Creating and Sending 1099’s to Contractors
– Reporting 1099’s to the IRS with the 1096 Cover Sheet
*This training is for the Online version of QuickBooks*

Fundraising in the Age of A.I.
2024-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This virtual live session is being offered by The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Microsoft.
January 23rd – 2:00 PM EST
Price: FREE
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Everyone is talking about A.I., and nonprofits are successfully implementing A.I. tools to streamline everything from donor solicitation to gift acknowledgement. Some are calling it the “A.I. revolution.”
But even with the rush to embrace the latest generative A.I. platforms, questions and concerns about its ethical use and impact on society remain. To help you understand the potential A.I. presents to fundraisers and avoid the risks, we are bringing together tech and fundraising leaders for an informative discussion.
Join us and our panel of experts to learn more about navigating the risks and rewards of fundraising in the age of A.I.
Read about the speakers and register HERE.

Three Data Points to Review to Raise More Money in 2024
2024-01-24 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by GrantStation.

January 12th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Registration Fees: $69 per person or $159 per group of 2-10
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Let your data be your guide!
You have a wealth of information about your donors, but are you fully leveraging it?
While it might seem like a luxury to devote time to collecting and analyzing donor data, especially for small fundraising teams, the reality is different. There are a few key data points that can effectively eliminate the uncertainty in enhancing your yearly fundraising outcomes. Using donor data metrics to guide fundraising isn’t challenging, but it does require careful planning.
During this high-energy session, Lori L. Jacobwith will bring the topic of data-driven fundraising to life and help you identify the data points you should regularly review so you’re ready to answer this question: “How will we reach our fundraising goals in 2024?”
You’ll learn:

why it’s important to take a data-driven approach to fundraising;
how you can use data to support your fundraising efforts;
the best fundraising metrics to help boost contributions; and,
the donor metrics to track that make your job easier.

Effective data-driven fundraising means you can stop “hoping” you’ll reach your goals, because, as Lori says, “Hope is not an effective fundraising strategy.” Instead, you’ll see how precise data can help you forecast and achieve your fundraising goals in 2024.
This webinar is perfect for executive directors, development directors, data managers, and other members of development teams who are looking to use donor data to guide their annual fundraising planning and implementation.

Date
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

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.
Can’t attend live? Want to review the materials after the session?
You’ll receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.
Presenter
Lori L. Jacobwith

Lori L. Jacobwith is the Founder of Ignited Fundraising. As a fundraising culture change expert and master storyteller, the sweet spot of her work is to help thousands of nonprofits put a face on their impact by sharing inspiring, ethical mission-moment stories. For more than 35 years, Lori has had a laser focus on helping nonprofit staff and board members implement fundraising solutions that put ease and joy into raising money. To date, she’s helped nonprofit organizations raise more than $500 million. Public speaking and delivering training sessions remain her passion in her quest to fulfill her personal mission of helping as many nonprofit organizations as possible exceed their annual fundraising results.

Developing Grant Proposals 101
2024-01-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by GrantStation.

January 15th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Registration Fees: $69 per person or $159 per group of 2-10
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From start to finish, your proposals must tell a strong, consistent story.
However, accomplishing this across the unique sections of an application is not always straightforward. Grantmakers make it even more challenging by using different terms that often mean the same thing.
When you’re new to proposal writing, it can feel like an overwhelming task, but it’s important to remember that you don’t have to be perfect to begin your proposal writing journey! It is a skill that you will develop and refine over time.
During this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will walk you through a systematic process to apply to all your grantseeking efforts in order to reduce the stress related to proposal writing.
She’ll introduce a planning tool that can be used again and again by your organization, saving you time and energy in your grantseeking efforts.
This webinar will help you:

understand the essential sections that comprise 95% of all grant applications;
navigate confusing grant-related terminology so you understand what funders really want;
discover the best practices on how to write each section;
use a Program Planning Framework to connect all the pieces of an application together; and,
develop strategies to infuse your organization’s strengths in your proposal to make it even more competitive.

This webinar is perfect for beginners, but grant proposal writers with limited experience will also walk away with new insights and resources.

GrantStation is a GPCI Accepted Continuing Education Provider. Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 1.5 pts points in Category 1, Education. Click to learn more about obtaining your GPCI credit.

Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

Date
Thursday, January 25, 2024 – 2 PM EST

Duration
90 Minutes

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

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.
Can’t attend live? Want to review the materials after the session?
You’ll receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.

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.

The Power of 3: Fuel Your Mission With Successful Grant Proposals
2024-01-25 14:00 - 2024-03-07 15:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is being offered by GrantStation.

January 15th, February 14th, March 7th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Registration Fees: $159 per person or $349 per group of 2-10
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Grants can help your nonprofit secure the necessary resources you need to fulfill your mission and support your community. However, it’s often a struggle to deal with the complex and competitive nature of developing grant proposals—especially if your organization has limited resources.
During this three-part series, Alice Ruhnke will help you navigate the intricacies of grantwriting so you have the knowledge and tools needed to unlock different forms of grant funding.
January 25, 2024
Developing Grant Proposals 101
During this foundational session, Alice Ruhnke will walk you through a systematic process to apply to all your grantseeking efforts in order to reduce the stress related to proposal writing. She’ll introduce a planning tool that can be used again and again by your organization, saving you time and energy in your grantseeking efforts.
This webinar will help you:

understand the essential sections that comprise 95% of all grant applications;
navigate confusing grant-related terminology so you understand what funders really want;
discover the best practices on how to write each section;
use a Program Planning Framework to connect all the pieces of an application together; and,
develop strategies to infuse your organization’s strengths in your proposal to make it even more competitive.

February 14, 2024
Jump-Start Your Federal Proposal Writing
During the second webinar, Alice will show you how to research federal funding opportunities and develop the initial strategies needed to craft competitive federal grant applications.
You’ll learn:

how to read federal instructions to help you identify ideal funding opportunities;
the steps needed to write competitive proposals;
what federal grant reviewers are actually looking for; and,
the important proposal strategies you must implement before instructions are even released.

March 7, 2024
Writing Capacity Building Grant Proposals
During the final session, Alice will define and discuss the fundamentals of capacity building grant proposals. She will introduce you to a practical approach with examples based on real experiences.
You’ll learn:

the differences between “regular” grant applications and capacity building grant applications;
how to craft compelling capacity grant proposals;
the common pitfalls you must avoid in order to get funded; and,
how to find the perfect funders who want to help you build capacity.

You’ll walk away from this Power of 3 series with invaluable and practical knowledge and strategies you can use to elevate your organization’s grant success in order to create a lasting impact.
This series is perfect for grantwriting novices as well as those seeking to further enhance their skills and overcome common challenges of securing grant funding.
***All webinars are 90 minutes and begin at 2pm EST.
Can’t attend one of the sessions?
You’ll receive the full recording and all materials on Wednesday the week following the webinar.

GrantStation is a GPCI Accepted Continuing Education Provider. Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 4.5 pts points in Category 1, Education. Click to learn more about obtaining your GPCI credit.

Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 4.5 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

Date
Thursday, January 25, 2024 – 2 PM EST

Duration
Three 90-Minute Webinars

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

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.
Can’t attend live? Want to review the materials after the session?
You’ll receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.

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.

Southern WV RPN Community Network Partners Meeting
2024-01-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Webinar, WV, United States
This virtual live session is being offered by The WV Community Development Hub.
January 30th – 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST
Price: FREE
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Register today and join us at our next Southern West Virginia Community Network (SWVCN) Rural Partners Network (RPN) partner meeting happening on January 30th, 2024! It’s a great time to hear how being an RPN partner can benefit your community. Learn more about what RPN activities happened during the first year and hear where we are going in 2024. Participants will also get introduced to the inaugural RPN West Virginia Steering Committee. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your peers and gain an increased understanding of projects throughout our region.
The SWVCN brings together partners and collaborators from throughout one of West Virginia’s most distressed regions to capitalize on the exciting momentum that’s been established over recent years.
This federal program is focused on helping rural communities and rural people by connecting them with federal partners and agencies. These strategic connections and partnerships help bridge the gap that often leaves rural communities out of federal technical assistance.
The West Virginia Community Development Hub is the host of the SWVCN, which serves as an extension of their place-based and “on-the-ground” approach to rural community development. While the network is new, members of the network have already begun to capitalize on existing collaborative efforts to address four priority areas: Economic Development, Workforce Development, Infrastructure, and Housing.
The SWVCN is focused on helping communities across 12 counties including Boone, Fayette, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
You can register for the SWVCN RPN partners meeting happening on January 30th here!

LIVE Workshop: Mastering QuickBooks (DESKTOP Version)
2024-01-30 14:00 - 2024-01-31 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is being offered by GrantStation.

January 30th & 31st, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Registration Fees: $159 per person or $349 per group of 2-10
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A How-To Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers
Do you want to help your nonprofit use QuickBooks to its fullest potential?
If so, QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and GrantStation are presenting an event just for you: nonprofits and the accounting firms that serve them.
Join Gregg Bossen, CPA PC, for this two-day workshop (120 minutes each day) as he addresses special topics, including:

advanced budgeting;
tracking restricted grants; and,
reports/board reporting.

You’ll see a live QuickBooks demo and have the opportunity to get your questions answered on the fly—so you walk away with tools needed to take your QuickBooks knowledge to the next level.
For users of QuickBooks DESKTOP:

Tuesday, January 30th (Part 1)
Wednesday, January 31st (Part 2)

CPAs earn four hours of CPE credit for the live workshops (both days).

Date
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 – 2 PM EST

Duration
Two 120-Minute Workshops

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

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.
Can’t attend live? Want to review the materials after the session?
You’ll receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.

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 CPAs, and is considered to be an expert in the program. Gregg has taught for Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks, teaching CPAs 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.

ProjectDASH Overview
2024-01-31 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
January 31st, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Price: FREE
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Please join us to learn about Project DASH, DoorDash’s delivery service for nonprofits. We’ll give you an overview of the program, answer your questions, and talk through the simple steps to get started.
This webinar is FREE for members and not yet members!
Wondering how you can incorporate Project DASH in your organization? See how Mountaineer Food Bank has implemented their partnership with DoorDASH.

Invisible Yellow Line (2 Part Training)
2024-02-07 12:00 - 2024-02-14 14:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This 2 part session is offered by the Colorado Nonprofit Association.

February 7th & 14th, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: $30 for one session, $75 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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Course Description:
Question: Board and Staff – Who does what in a well-run nonprofit organization?
Answer: It’s a partnership!
OK, but Who does What? Attend this two-part series to discover the answers. Using a football analogy and based upon the popular manual The Invisible Yellow Line™ these sessions will explain the basic roles of board and staff in five key nonprofit management areas: governance, planning, finance, human resources and resource development!
Session 1: Wednesday, February 7th From 10-12PM. We’ll dig into the primary roles of the board and staff leader in governance and planning. We’ll start with some definitions, explore the duties of Care, Loyalty and Honesty, discuss conflict of interest, mission and vision, disclosures and reporting, bylaws and policies, the basics of planning for a vertically-aligned organization, and more.
Session 2: Wednesday, February 14th from 10 AM- 12 PM. This session will cover key roles of board and staff in finance, human resources and resource development. At this session, we’ll answer questions about who is responsible for what financially, how well-meaning board members could cross the yellow line into HR management and why this is a no-no, and the importance of the board’s fundraising responsibilities.
Presented By:
Jean Block
The workshops are led by Jean Block, a nonprofit consultant and trainer in nonprofit management, board development and fundraising, and author of the Invisible Yellow Line™ and several other nonprofit books and manuals. You can learn more about Jean at www.jblockinc.com.

EXCEL-lence Spreadsheet Bootcamp
2024-02-07 12:00 - 2024-02-28 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by Montana Nonprofit Association.

February 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Registration Fees: $95 for individual members/$175 for entire member orgs, or $190 for individual nonmembers/$350 for nonmember whole orgs. WVNPA members only need to select the member rate when registering – be sure to provide your state when asked for registration to verify.
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Join MNA for a four week exploration of Microsoft Excel. If you work with any type of data, from grant reporting to program tracking, improving your skills in Excel is one of the easiest ways to level up your efficiency and productivity at work! This fast paced course will start at the very beginning in introducing Excel as an essential tool for any nonprofit professional and will build on that foundation to teach participants how to effectively organize, analyze, and visualize data in ways that make work easier, smarter, more productive, and more efficient.
This course will be broken into three sections: Excel 101 (Beginner), Excel 201 (Intermediate), and Excel 202 (Upper Intermediate). The only prerequisite for this course is that participants are encouraged to have an active subscription for Microsoft Excel.
Course Schedule
Wednesdays in February, 10:00am – 11:00am

Session #1: Excel 101 – Beginner February 7

What is Microsoft Excel
Understanding the structure of Excel workbooks
Entering, formatting, and organizing Excel Data
Working with Cell References
Sorting and Filtering Data

Sessions #2 & 3: Excel 201 – Intermediate February 14 & February 22

Excel Functions
The structure of an Excel Function
Understanding Order of Operations
Numeric Functions: SUM(), COUNT(), MIN(), MAX()
Logic Functions: IF(), VLOOKUP(), INDEX(), MATCH()
Text Functions: LEFT(), RIGHT(), PROPER(), CONCATENATE()

Session #4: Excel 202 – Upper Intermediate February 28

Excel Visualizations
Creating Charts and Graphs
Formatting Charts and Graphs
Conditional Formatting
Intro to PivotTables

Presented by Adam Jespersen, MNA Associate Director
Adam joined the Montana Nonprofit Association in 2019 as its first Director of Innovation after more than a decade of progressive experience in nonprofit management, leadership, fundraising, and grant writing. Raised in rural Montana, Adam received his bachelor’s degree from Carroll College and his master’s in business administration from the University of Montana. Trained and experienced in Lean management and person-centered design, Adam is passionate about helping people, teams, and organizations across Montana find their stride in being more effective and impactful and has been recognized for his ability to dive headlong into finding solutions and for his cooperative and thoughtful leadership approach. Adam lives in Helena with his wife and two daughters and enjoys hiking, skiing, and all that Montana has to offer.

LIVE Workshop: Mastering QuickBooks (ONLINE Version)
2024-02-07 14:00 - 2024-02-08 16:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This series is being offered by GrantStation.

February 6th & 7th, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Registration Fees: $159 per person or $349 per group of 2-10
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A How-To Clinic for Nonprofit Bookkeepers
Do you want to help your nonprofit use QuickBooks to its fullest potential?
If so, QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and GrantStation are presenting an event just for you: nonprofits and the accounting firms that serve them.
Join Gregg Bossen, CPA PC, for this two-day workshop (120 minutes each day) as he addresses special topics, including:

advanced budgeting;
tracking restricted grants; and,
reports/board reporting.

You’ll see a live QuickBooks demo and have the opportunity to get your questions answered on the fly—so you walk away with tools needed to take your QuickBooks knowledge to the next level.
For users of QuickBooks ONLINE:
Tuesday, February 6th (Part 1)
Wednesday, February 7th (Part 2)
CPAs earn four hours of CPE credit for the live workshops (both days).

Date
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – 2 PM EST

Duration
Two 120-Minute Workshops

Questions? Call
1-877-784-7268.

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.
Can’t attend live? Want to review the materials after the session?
You’ll receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.

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 CPAs, and is considered to be an expert in the program. Gregg has taught for Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks, teaching CPAs 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.

Nonprofits and Elections 2024: Why and How You Should Engage (and stay nonpartisan)
2024-02-21 15:00 - 16:15 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is being offered by the National Council of Nonprofits

February 21st, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Registration Fees: FREE
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2024 has already proven to be a year to remember. Charitable nonprofit engagement in the upcoming elections is critical to shaping what will happen in the coming years, and you cannot afford to sit it out! Too many nonprofit leaders think candidates do not care or (worse) that nonprofits cannot talk to candidates or do voter engagement. Hear from national experts about how to engage in a legal and nonpartisan way and – more importantly – why it’s to your mission’s advantage for you to engage. This is the time to tell candidates exactly what is needed to better your community, increase your impact, and be a force for good. Register now to learn how.

Ready, Set, Evaluate
2024-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This session is being offered by Montana Nonprofit Association.

February 22nd, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Registration Fees: $35 for members, or $70 for nonmembers. Please note that this registration covers your ENTIRE organization. WVNPA members only need to select the member rate when registering – be sure to provide your state when asked for registration to verify.
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Evaluations can be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of your program, fulfilling funding requirements, and improving outcomes for your clients, or a waste of time and resources when organizations are ill-prepared to engage in the process or use the results.
Objectives:

Learn about 5 key areas to assess your organization’s readiness for program evaluation
Understand the different types of evaluation and considerations for choosing each
Assess whether their organization is well-positioned to start an evaluation
Assess if work is needed prior to an evaluation to increase likelihood of success

Course Instructor

Lily Sussman (she/her)
Lily is the owner and director of LAS Visions LLC. She specializes in supporting organizations to develop practical and effective data and evaluation strategies that quantify their work, demonstrate their impact, and raise awareness and funding. She has 15 years of experience working in education, public health and with nonprofits.
Lily holds a Masters of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University. Her former titles include Director of Evaluation and Learning, Epidemiologist, and Special Education Teacher. She’s involved in her community as a board member of Earth Within Girls, a Master Gardener, and a Program Co-Chair for American Evaluation Association’s Independent Consulting Group.

All sessions will be recorded and available for registered attendees to access, along with all session resources, for six months after the event.

Equitable Programs & Services: Data & Decision-Making
2024-02-28 12:30 - 14:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by the Kentucky Nonprofit Network.

February 28th, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: FREE for Members, $30 for Nonmembers. Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.
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DESCRIPTION: To build equitable and inclusive programs at our nonprofits, we must use specific data and information to understand our impact. On this call, we will uncover existing data gaps and explore simple approaches to incorporate better insight into programming. Topics include data sources, dashboards, program evaluation, goal setting, sustainability and more. Join us as we work towards building programs that are representative, responsive, and resilient.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Ashley Oolman, founder & equity strategist of Allied Folk, guides partners through targeted change management, strategy development, and progressive thought leadership. From large organizations to individual allies, she transforms business initiatives and advances equitable community spaces. With more than a decade of leadership experience in advocacy, employment, and workplace culture, she understands how to navigate complex environments and provide actionable insights for growth. Ashley strives to advance community equity through her previous contributions on a collective impact task force, and continues to serve on a coalition of providers supporting transracially adopted youth to reinforce their development of positive Black identity. In her free time, she enjoys curating events for community members to explore inclusive parenting, BIPOC women’s liberation, and the art of holding space. Ashley earned an MBA with a concentration on human resource management, a BA in psychology with a minor in human development and family studies, and a certification in organizational diversity & inclusion. Most recently Ashley completed the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy, and serves as a volunteer for the YWCA’s Racial Justice Facilitator program. She is committed to inclusion as a means to advance human rights for all people, in all walks of life.

Investing for Retirement (and Other Long Term Goals): Tips for Nonprofit Organizations, Boards, and Individuals
2024-02-29 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar, WV, United States
This webinar is offered by Common Good Vermont.

February 29th, 10:00 AM –11:00 AM ET

Registration Fees: $35 for all attendees
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Common Good Vermont is excited to partner with One Day in July on this webinar.
Navigating the complexities of market investing can be a complicated and confusing process, considering the financial industry’s lack of transparency at times. In this webinar, we will discuss investing best practices as they apply to individuals, organizations and business leaders. Specific topics we will address include:

Types of employer sponsored retirement plans and the characteristics of each
Effective investment strategies for optimizing returns and reducing tax liability
The importance of diversifying assets
How to avoid high fees
How to increase returns
How to avoid investor mistakes

Whether you are a director of a non-profit organization seeking out more information about employer sponsored retirement plans, a board member responsible for overseeing an organization’s investment account or an individual investor interested in learning more about how to effectively grow wealth over time, this webinar has something for you.
If you have any questions, please reach out to certificates@commongoodvt.org.
About the Trainer:
Carrie McDonnell: Carrie is a fiduciary financial advisor based in Central Vermont. She works for the independent Vermont-based firm, One Day In July. A former school administrator, Carrie enjoys the opportunity to educate and empower individuals, businesses and organizations to be knowledgeable and savvy investors so they can meet their financial goals.
