Serving Nonprofits. Strengthening West Virginia

Transforming West Virginia's Nonprofits - Beckley
2015-04-09 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Beckley Dream Center, 224 Pinewood Drive, Beckley, WV, 25801
THE CHALLENGE
Nonprofits are viewed by investors and donors as mission-driven organizations, and the evaluation of success focuses on a nonprofit’s impact in the community. Though mission-driven, nonprofits are business enterprises as well, with business models that make programs and organizations operate and succeed. As community leaders, it is our responsibility to ensure that nonprofits in West Virginia transcend public scrutiny ensuring purpose of mission, ethical practices, accountability and transparency.
During this series of regional gatherings, nonprofits will come together for dialogue and discussion around guiding principles in the unveiling of West Virginia’s Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence and the future of the nonprofit sector in the Mountain State.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
All Nonprofit leaders, staff, and volunteer board members.
WEST VIRGINIA PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE
West Virginia’s nonprofit organizations provide a wide variety of valuable services and products that are essential to communities across the state. The success of these nonprofits is dependent upon public confidence and support. The West Virginia Nonprofit Association, in partnership with Dr. Susan Aloi of West Virginia Wesleyan College and a team of stakeholders, has developed these Principles & Practices to serve as a model for West Virginia nonprofit organizations to guide their operations and practices, enabling them to meet their missions.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR WEST VIRGINIA’S NONPROFITS?
Communities throughout West Virginia are having deep conversations about our state’s future by asking What’s Next for WV? The same applies to the nonprofit sector, and in this session we bring nonprofit leaders and representatives together to allow for fresh, innovative thinking to emerge on the future of West Virginia’s nonprofit sector.
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WVU: Ethical Challenges of Social Work Supervision
2015-04-09 09:00 - 16:00 | WVU-Eastern Division, Erma Byrd Health Professionals Center, Martsinburg, WV
April 9, 2015, 9am-4pm, WVU-Eastern Division, Erma Byrd Health Professionals Center, Multimedia Room, Martinsburg, WV
Ethical Challenges of Social Work Supervision
Patricia Chase, LCSW, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, WVU School of Social Work
CEUs: 6 Social Work hours (approved for 6 SW ethics hours); 6 GPC hours (Skill Area: Management); 6 CECNPM hours (Core Area: Human Resource Development – Management)
Registration Fee: $65 (Early bird rate of $58.50 by March 20, 2015)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
Ethical practice in social work supervision carries with it a number of familiar and new challenges that can require thoughtful and reflective practice to successfully navigate. Working with power imbalances, assessing and ensuring worker competence in the midst of high work demands, managing dual relationships and role changes, providing useful and meaningful evaluation and feedback, supporting workers through traumatic critical incidents, all carry potential ethical dilemmas that are difficult but at least familiar. Sorting through the ethical conflicts of social networking, helping workers ethically integrate spirituality into social work practice, maintaining client service amid diminishing budgets and increasingly complex policy/practice changes are less familiar but equally challenging. This workshop will explore with participant involvement these ethical risks to supervision. Ideas will be shared on how to avoid potential pitfalls as well as possible solutions worth examining.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will reflect on their own supervisory practices to examine potential ethical challenges that may be inherent in their work; identify social work ethical standards that apply to supervision; gain ideas from fellow participants about how to manage ethical dilemmas they may encounter in supervision; and increase their understanding of the ethical challenges unique to modern social work supervision.

Transforming West Virginia's Nonprofits - Huntington
2015-04-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Christ Temple Church, 2400 Johnstown Rd, Huntington, WV, 25701

NPQ Webinar: Executive Transitions
2015-03-31 13:30 - 14:30 | Webinar
BoardSource, NPQ, and Raffa, P.C. Are Proud to Present . . .
A Complimentary, 4-Part Webinar Series on
Executive Transitions: Critical Guidance for Boards and Executives (Whether a Transition Is Imminent or Not)
Recent research indicates that nonprofit CEOs are aging in place—that is, that approximately 40 percent have been in their jobs for over ten years, and a majority are over 50 years old. This translates to a significant potential for turnover, whether planned or unplanned. With that turnover of longstanding execs or even founders come opportunities but also real and serious risks . . . to reputation, organizational relationships, and—generally—the sustainability of your organization.
How do you find the right match and set the right table so that you can attract and keep the leader your organization needs for its best possible future?
Executives should be able to move out of leadership with the strategic and management capacities of the organization robust and vibrant and broadly held. Succession planning and executive transition, done well, deliver this.
This series of webinars involves some of NPQ’s most expert authors on the issue, addresses the components of good succession planning and transitions, from deepening the leadership “bench” to creating exit agreements.
Webinar #1 The End Game: An Organizational Sustainability Framework for Executive Transitions
March 31, 1:30–2:30 pm EST
Presenters: Ruth McCambridge, Editor in Chief Nonprofit Quarterly and Tom Adams, Director of Sustainability, Succession and Transition Planning, Raffa P.C.
This session will define some terms associated with succession planning and executive transition, and will take a quick look at the variables involved in various scenarios. Additionally, we will discuss what part succession planning plays in nonprofit sustainability. What are the factors that need to be attended to for the organization not to lose ground during a transition, and how should these generally be approached? What are appropriate and inappropriate end goals for an executive transition? Among the topics that will be addressed are the role organizational culture plays in transitions and the importance of using the moment to examine your enterprise model, strategic directions, and the leadership competencies needed for success.
You will be able to sign up for the entire exclusive four-part webinar series:

Webinar #2 CEO Confidential: Making, Communicating, and Implementing Your Organizational Exit (April 28, 2:30–3:30 pm EST)
Webinar #3 The Common (and Sometimes Pernicious) Traps in Executive Transitions (May 19, 1:30–2:30 pm EST)
Webinar #4 Preparing for the Inevitable: The Board’s Role in Succession Planning (June 16, 1:30–2:30 pm EST)

Make sure to sign up today, and NPQ will send instructions on how to join the session!

WVNPA Webinar - Funding Rural America: Finding New Grants for Small Communities
2015-03-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
When has it ever been easy to secure funding for rural communities? Is there a way to level the playing field so rural nonprofits as well as small towns and counties/boroughs can compete for both government and private sector grants? What are the other options for financially supporting a rural project whether you are a nonprofit or local government? Are collaborative efforts worth the effort? And, of course the biggest question: Who is funding rural America? These, and other relevant questions, along with current trends affecting rural funding will be addressed in this webinar presented by Cynthia Adams, CEO of GrantStation.
90 minutes, plus 30 minutes for questions and answers.
About the Presenter
Cynthia Adams has spent the past 40 years helping nonprofit organizations raise the money needed to do their good work. Many of her early efforts centered on raising funds to set aside wilderness areas in Alaska. In 1990 she started her first company, the Alaska Funding Exchange. This endeavor served as the testing ground for a national company, GrantStation, which opened its Internet doors in the fall of 2001. Cindy built this business because she believes that grantseeking requires a thorough understanding of the variety and scope of grantmakers and sound knowledge of the philanthropic playing field. Her life’s work has been to level that playing field, creating an opportunity for all nonprofit organizations to access the wealth of grant opportunities across the U.S. and throughout the world.

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Nonprofits LEAD: You Cannot Not Communicate
2015-03-19 17:30 - 19:00 | DaVinci’s Restaurant, 215 Highland Avenue, Williamstown, WV, 26187, United States
Communication is a powerful tool. Whether you are a director, staff member, volunteer, or board member, what you have to say is important and how you say it is vital. The way in which we communicate with one another can help propel our work and our causes forward or bring them to a grinding halt. Join Dr. Robert McManus as he explores the concept of communication and its importance to nonprofit staff, directors, leaders, volunteers, and board members. He will provide basic tips and guidelines to help more effectively communicate both verbally and non-verbally with all stakeholders.
Heavy hors d’oeuvre and beverages will be provided. Networking will be from 5:30 – 6 p.m. Dr. McManus’ presentation will begin at 6 p.m.

Cost:
Intended Audience:

$15
Scholarship funding can be requested.
Executive directors; nonprofit staff; board members; volunteers; interns
Dr. Robert McManus is the McCoy Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Communication at the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business at Marietta College, Ohio. He is also the co-author of Understanding Leadership: An Arts and Humanities Perspective. Dr. McManus holds an MBA as well as Ph.D. in Communication Studies. He regularly teaches courses on leadership studies and lectures on the intersections between leadership and communication.
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Nonprofits LEAD: Executive Directors Learning Group
2015-03-11 08:30 - 09:30 | Our Community’s Foundation, 1620 Park Avenue, Parkersburg, 26102
The Executive Directors’ Learning Group is open to any and all person’s leading a nonprofit organization in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The group meets every other month and rotates between Washington County Ohio and Wood County West Virginia. We meet from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. The topics, issues, and ideas discussed are identified by the participants. The sharing of articles, videos, and other resources is encouraged. Light refreshments are provided.
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WVNPA Webinar - Building a Powerful Grants Strategy for 2015
2015-03-10 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar
This webinar will take participants through the process of establishing a grants calendar for the next 12 to 18 months. Fast-paced, and filled with action steps, Cynthia Adams, CEO of GrantStation, will discuss how to design and adopt a Grant Decision Matrix before beginning the process of building a specific grants strategy for each project. All participants will also receive a set of worksheets that they can use to create their own approach to building an overall grantseeking strategy for their organization. This webinar is for beginning, intermediate and advanced grantwriters.
75 minutes, plus 15 minutes for questions and answers.
About the Presenter
Cynthia Adams has spent the past 40 years helping nonprofit organizations raise the money needed to do their good work. Many of her early efforts centered on raising funds to set aside wilderness areas in Alaska. In 1990 she started her first company, the Alaska Funding Exchange. This endeavor served as the testing ground for a national company, GrantStation, which opened its Internet doors in the fall of 2001. Cindy built this business because she believes that grantseeking requires a thorough understanding of the variety and scope of grantmakers and sound knowledge of the philanthropic playing field. Her life’s work has been to level that playing field, creating an opportunity for all nonprofit organizations to access the wealth of grant opportunities across the U.S. and throughout the world.

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WVNPA Webinar - Government Grants and Contracts: Getting Reimbursement for Your Nonprofit's Indirect Costs
2015-02-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
The new reforms make clear that a nonprofit’s indirect costs are legitimate expenses that need to be reimbursed and that nonprofit organizations receive at least partial reimbursement of their indirect costs from states, local governments, and other pass-through entities for services they perform under federal awards.
New federal rules aren’t just for nonprofits with federal grants. Whether your nonprofit receives funds directly from a federal agency or federal funds are mixed into your state and local contracts and grants (which you may not even be aware of), the new rules from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) went into affect at the end of December and apply to you. Most notably, the OMB Uniform Guidance makes clear that state and local governments are required to reimburse you at least a portion of your nonprofit’s indirect costs (sometimes called overhead or administrative costs) when federal funds are involved. But, this is not the only change nonprofits need to be aware of to ensure governments pay their fair share of the costs. To maintain good standing, nonprofits must also be aware of and comply with other changes as well.
Join us for a one-hour webinar where you’ll learn:

What the major changes in the OMB Uniform Guidance are that will affect your organization;
What your organization needs to do to take advantage of and comply with the new rules;
What you can do to ensure state and local governments implement the changes as OMB intended.

This webinar will be presented by David Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy, and Beth Bowsky, Policy Specialist – Government-Nonprofit Contracting, both at the National Council of Nonprofits. For more information about the changes, visit:
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/public-policy/omb-guidance-indirect-costs.
Bring your questions– Beth and David will be happy to address them.

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Nonprofits LEAD: Conflict Resolution
2015-02-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Our Community’s Foundation, 1620 Park Avenue, Parkersburg, 26102
Do you love conflict? For most of us, the answer to that question is “absolutely not!” However, whenever you work with people, conflict is going to be a part of your professional life. Each of us has the power to reduce our anxiety about conflict and actively engage it as a force for personal, professional, and organizational growth. This introductory level workshop will give participants theory, skills, and strategies to understand conflict better and manage it more effectively.
Participants will learn about: principled negotiation, family systems theory, the various conflict management styles and how to decide which to use in a given situation, and how to decide when to employ mediation or other external resources. Participants will also engage in hands-on activities to build skills such as active listening, re-framing, and facilitation that can be applied to conflicts in various situations and settings. Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding of their own conflict management styles and skills that can improve their effectiveness in supervision of staff and volunteers, collaboration with colleagues, work with or on a board, and even in your personal relationships.
Cost: $25 Refreshments will be provided. Scholarship funding can be requested.
Intended Audience: Executive directors; staff members; board members; volunteers; interns
Maribeth Saleem-Tanner holds an MA in conflict transformation with a concentration in peacebuilding and development from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Her research at EMU focused on understanding differing perspectives on community development in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where she lived and worked for over ten years at High Rocks, an award-winning youth leadership development program. She also worked with nonprofits throughout the Allegheny Mountain and taught English and Management courses through New River Community College. Saleem-Tanner currently oversees the Office of Civic Engagement and teaches courses within the action component in the McDonough Leadership Program.
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West Virginia Policy Institute: Ethical and Effective Practices in Public Policy Affairs Programs
2014-12-05 11:00 - 15:00 | State Capitol Complex/House Chamber, Charleston, WV, United States
[A joint program of Philanthropy West Virginia and the West Virginia Nonprofit Association.]
Mark your calendar for the West Virginia Policy Institute in Charleston on December 5!
With featured speaker Tim Delaney, President and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits.
The West Virginia Policy Institute will make nonprofits and foundations familiar with ethical practices of policy engagement for making meaningful improvements for the state’s nonprofit sector.
With more than 6,000 nonprofit organizations employing more than 10% of West Virginia’s workforce, the philanthropic and nonprofit sector plays a critical role in advancing our state. This four-hour program will assist nonprofit and foundation board members, trustees, CEOs, staff, and volunteers on how they can ethically and effectively be involved in the public policy and government relations realm to advance the work of their organizations and the needs of our citizens and communities.
“Many times philanthropy and nonprofits want to be engaged in the public policy and government relations process, but don’t know how to do it or what they can or cannot do. This program provides an outstanding opportunity for nonprofits and foundations of all sizes and varieties to join us and learn the ethical and effective strategies they can undertake to advance their public policy and government relations work,” says Paul D. Daugherty, president and CEO of Philanthropy West Virginia. He adds, “we will be providing sessions for the Novice to the Moderate to the Expert throughout the Policy Institute and unveil our joint Public Policy priorities for the 2015 WV Legislative Session”.
Philanthropy WV and the WVNPA are thrilled to host this program with the support of the Maier Foundation focused on Ethical & Effective Practices in Public Policy Affairs Program. The program includes National Council of Nonprofits President & CEO Tim Delaney to provide an overview on national issues, Congressional relations, and approaches on the local level for nonprofits to advocate for their work. A variety of presenters will provide ethical practices for policy engagement, tracks for novices, moderate, experts; and unveiling of the 2015 legislative priorities for the sector will conclude the day.
Registration is $20 for members and $40 for non-members.
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IdealWare: Digging into Program Data
2014-12-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar
Three sessions, every Wednesday 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern, December 3 – December 17.
[WVNPA Members receive a $25 discount. Email lauralee@dev.wvnpa.org for details.]
In a condensed three-part look at our very popular class from this spring, we’ll take a complete look at how data can inform and effects your organization by defining the questions you want to answer with data, looking at the existing places you can find important organizational data, and what actual metrics you should track. We’ll continue with the all-important discussion around how should you think about it, measure it, and present it to others. Finally, we’ll wrap up thinking about how it can inform your decision making process.

WVNPA Webinar: Employee Handbooks: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2014-12-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Join Matt McMillion, a leader in management and human resources, who will share his expertise in Employee Handbooks. Matt will share why it’s smart to have one, essential policies you should consider, and how one can mitigate organizational risk.

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WVU: Creating Public Value for Your Agency or Organization
2014-11-14 08:30 - 11:30 | Gaston Caperton Center, Clarksburg, WV, United States
Allison Nichols, Ed.D., Clinical Extension Professor and Evaluation Specialist,
West Virginia University Extension
CEUs: 3 Social Work hours; 3 CECNPM hours (Special Topics/Electives)
Registration Fee: $35 (Early bird rate of $31.50 by October 17, 2014)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
As private, state and national funds become harder to obtain for our programs, it has become increasingly important to be able to articulate the “public value” of our work. So often we measure the “private value” of our efforts – how it affects individuals — but fail to determine how our programs benefit the public as a whole. This workshop will help you learn how to identify the public value of your work and write and disseminated effective public value statements and stories.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to distinguish between private and public value; have determined the public value of their own program; have written one or more public value statements and/or stories; and have ideas for communicating public value to their stakeholders.

Ask the Experts: Nonprofit & Foundation Legal Issues
2014-11-13 11:00 - 12:15 | Webinar
[Presented by Philanthropy West Virginia and the West Virginia Nonprofit Association.]
JOIN US for a joint webinar with Philanthropy WV and the West Virginia Nonprofit Association on Nonprofit & Foundation Legal Issues. Our legal experts will provide a brief presentation followed by Q&A with webinar participants. From operational concerns to best practices, please join us and “Ask the Experts!”
This event is FREE to Philanthropy WV and WVNPA members. Cost is $30 for non-members. Non-members will be invoiced.
Contact Philanthropy WV at 304-517-1450 or by email at info@philanthropywv.org for more information.
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Nonprofits LEAD: Growing Donors
2014-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 | WVU Parkersburg, 300 Campus Drive, Parkersburg, WV, 26104, United States
Are you new to donor-based fundraising or looking for a refresher course on asking donors for funding? Growing Donors will look at the basics of fundraising from identifying prospects to first time gift and from first time gift to committed donor. Like a garden, fundraising requires commitment, cultivation and harvesting, and in this course we will identify what you need to get started, how to prepare a donor for the ask, thanking the donor for their gift and maintaining the donor for future asks.
About the speaker: Sarah Burton is is the Senior Analyst and Grant Specialist at Ethos Leadership Group, LLC, an executive coaching and employee training consultancy with clients from corporate businesses, institutions of higher learning, non-profit organizations, and political campaigns. Sarah has a rich professional background. She formerly served as Director of Advancement at Ohio Valley University. She has also served as Executive Director of Marion County Foundation (WV) and as a lead manager for a Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation grant through Marion County Chamber of Commerce (WV). Sarah has written and managed grant projects ranging in size from $10,000 to $1.8 million and frequently serves as a grant consultant and evaluator.
Cost is $15 per person. Scholarship funding can be requested here.
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For more information contact Heather Eichner, Program Manager, at heichner@nonprofitslead.org or 740-376-4559.

WV Center on Budget & Policy: Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia
2014-11-10 - 2014-11-11 | Unnamed Venue, Charleston, WV, United States
The Summit will offer a unique opportunity for people from throughout West Virginia to participate in a constructive, in-depth conversation about the complicated history of race relations and racial inequality in the state. Participants will examine the causes and consequences of structural inequities that exist across social, political, education and financial systems and how those inequities negatively affect everyone. It will encourage strong leaders, working together, to commit themselves to building a community that improves the well-being of all West Virginians.
The event will include a screening of “Cracking the Codes: Social Determinants of Racial Inequality” on Monday evening, November 10th and workshop discussions about this powerful movie on Tuesday, November 11th. The event will also feature keynote speakers, including Dr. Gail Christopher, Vice President for Policy and Senior Advisor, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Mike Wenger, author of My Black Family, My White Privilege, and senior fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC.
November 10, 5PM-9PM
The Culture Center, State Capitol Complex
November 11, 8AM-5PM
Four Points Sheraton, 600 Kanawha Blvd, downtown Charleston
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Contact
Linda Frame
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
304-720-8682
lframe@wvpolicy.org

Bust the Overhead Myth: Own Your Own Costs
2014-10-23 15:30 - 16:30 | Webinar
[Presented by the National Council of Nonprofits and Jitasa]
Do you know how to properly account for the costs of your nonprofit’s programs and activities? Your mission matters. Knowing what it costs to deliver your mission does too. In the past critics have discouraged donors from donating to nonprofits with “high overhead costs” but increasingly nonprofits are able to show that “overhead” or ”administrative costs” are essential to their missions.
Join the largest network of nonprofits in the country as we “bust the overhead myth” together by first learning how to Own Your Own Costs. Guest presenter: Jeff Russell, CEO and founder of Jitasa, an accounting and bookeeping firm dedicated to helping nonprofits thrive.
This basic level webinar is for nonprofit finance committee members, bookkeepers and accountants, executive directors, and others who manage or oversee financial operations at a charitable nonprofit.
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Volunteer WV: Strength-Based Grant Writing
2014-10-15 - 2014-10-17 | NiSource Building, 1700 Maccorkle Ave SE, Charleston, WV, 25314, United States
[WVNPA Members save $50. Read below for details.]
Strength-Based Grant Writing is intended to help build new capacity for nonprofit organizations. This hands-on, intensive training will help aspiring and experienced grant writers approach grant writing from a strength-based perspective. Strength-based grant writing seeks collaboration, shared understanding, and commitment to action by the organization and the larger community in identifying opportunities for change and new direction. At the end of this training, participants will not only understand all the components of a grant application, but will also have a new way of looking appreciatively at what works in their organization and community.
More than 300 people have attending this workshop since its inception. One participant recently wrote:
I had the absolute pleasure of participating in your Strength Based Grant Writing Workshop this past October. I cannot express to you how extraordinary and worthwhile I found the entire process.
So far, my organization has been approved for two of the grants that I have written – there is no doubt in my mind this would not have been feasible without the tools and knowledge I gained through your workshop.”
Come and join the growing network of nonprofit professionals approaching grant writing from this unique and energizing perspective. Registration is limited to the first 50 people.
We will be asking questions such as:

What are our organization’s strengths? What can we build on? What makes us unique? How do we use our strengths to get results?
What are our stakeholders asking for? How can we reframe challenges to be seen as exciting opportunities? What new skills do we need to move forward?
What do we care deeply about? What do we want more of? What strategic initiatives would support our aspirations?
What meaningful measures would indicate that we are on track to achieving our goals?
What resources are needed to implement our most vital projects?

WVU Continuing Education Certificate in Nonprofit Management
This training is approved for the WVU Continuing Education Certificate in Nonprofit Management. All hours completed during the three days can be counted towards the certification. For more information or to enroll in the program you can visit http://socialwork.wvu.edu/continuing-education/continuing-education-certificate-in-nonprofit-management or contact Jacki Englehardt at 304-293-3280, jacki.englehardt@mail.wvu.edu or Andrew Summers at asummer6@mix.wvu.edu.
Training Times

October 15: 10am-5:00pm
October 16: 9am-5:00pm
October 17: 9am-12:30pm

Cost
Registration is $199 per person. This fee covers all materials, lunch and breaks each day. Members of the West Virginia Non-Profit Association are eligible to attend at a discounted rate of $149. Please make checks payable to Volunteer West Virginia. We would be happy to send an invoice if that is more convenient for you or your organization. We are unable to accept credit card payments.
Lodging
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Express (100 Civic Center Drive, Charleston, WV 25301) at a rate of $97 per night. If you would like to be added to the room list and have this cost added to your invoice, please indicate this on the registration form. If you prefer to make your own reservation, you can call 304-345-0600 and ask for the Volunteer West Virginia Grant Writing Training room block to get the special rate (code is GWT).
Instructors
Alice Ruhnke, the founder and chief operating officer of The Grant Advantage, works with nonprofit organizations to help them increase their organizational capacity and secure funding.
www.thegrantadvantage.net
Trish Hatfield, president of CharacterEthics, helps people build skills, co-create solutions, and explore tough issues that lead to better performance as individuals and communities.
www.characterethics.com
Questions?
Please contact Moya Doneghy at 304-558-0111 or moya.doneghy@wv.gov.
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IdealWare: The E-mail Fundraiser's Toolkit
2014-10-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar
Five sessions, every Tuesday 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern, October 13 – November 11
[WVNPA Members receive a $25 discount. Email lauralee@dev.wvnpa.org for details.]
Email campaigns are a fundraising tool within the reach of even the smallest organizations. This five-week series of classes will walk nonprofits through the soup-to-nuts process of creating email campaigns, just in time for year-end appeals. Presented by experts, this series demystifies each step involved—from strategy to success. Participants will complete worksheets for review by peers and experts, will have access to Idealware staff experts during weekly open office hours sessions, and can expect to spend about two hours each week on coursework outside of the sessions. Over five weeks, they’ll develop and take away a finished and polished email fundraising strategy and the first email in their next email fundraising campaign.

WVU: Nonprofit Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurs in Small Towns and Rural Communities
2014-10-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Princeton Public Library, Princeton, WV, United States
Karen Harper-Dorton, PhD, MSW, Professor, WVU School of Social Work
CEUs: 3 Social Work hours; 3 CECNPM hours (Core Area: Resource Development – Financial Resource Development)
Registration Fee: $35 (Early bird rate of $31.50 by September 12, 2014)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
1.6 million nonprofit agencies in the US had huge financial challenges during the economic downturn beginning in 2007 and lasting into 2010. Employing social workers throughout the world, the nonprofit sector has long been the arena for serving public good through donations, volunteers, and whatever social services bring revenue such as child care centers and contracts with departments of social services. This workshop will clarify changing social enterprise efforts, provide examples of social entrepreneurship, and raise action opportunities for macro social work practice. Threats and opportunities become identified as nonprofits act to manage financial risks and may open avenues such as fundraising, retaining donors, utilizing Internet tools, and integrating campaigns and special events in efforts to sustain operations. Participants will have the opportunity to review new and innovative efforts implemented by some agencies and will consider ways that their nonprofit organizations can maintain operations in uncertain economic times. Case examples of innovative nonprofit efforts will be utilized to facilitate discussion.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will increase understanding of the scope and functions of the nonprofit or third sector; consider new hybrid models of social enterprise entities with both mission and profit potentials in the spirit of self-sustainability and evaluate case examples of unique and successful efforts of innovative nonprofits serving rural and small town populations.

Nonprofits LEAD: Mini Conference on Funding
2014-10-07 08:30 - 13:00 | Marietta College, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH, 45750, United States
Does your organization have a plan to develop funds? Would you like to strengthen your donor pool? Is the time you’re investing in grant writing paying off? Has your organization thought about long-term funding with an endowment and bequests? Join us the morning of October 7 to explore these questions in depth.
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WVU: How to Make the Most Out of Your Special Events
2014-10-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Beckley Raleigh Convention Center, Beckley, WV, United States
Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW, Professional & Community Education Coordinator, WVU School of Social Work
CEUs: 3 Social Work hours; 3 CECNPM hours (Core Area: Financial Resource Development)
Registration Fee: $35 (Early bird rate of $31.50 by September 12, 2014)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
Whether it’s a fundraiser, an annual meeting or an educational conference, event planning requires attention to detail and a thoroughness that often is learned on the job and/or through missteps. Attend this workshop to learn the ins and outs of this important process, from planning to execution, anticipating glitches to assessment and evaluation. Best practices and resources will be shared including helpful checklists, relationship building, marketing ideas, contract negotiation, sponsorship, and the use of advisory/planning committees to name a few. This workshop will give you the tools you need to plan a great event for your organization.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to define the primary roles and tasks of a special event planner/organizer; define the different types of corporate and social events; outline and summarize the details of planning any special major event; identify best practices in event planning; describe the pros and cons of utilizing advisory and planning committees; describe the importance of networking, relationship building, and marketing to the event planning process and execution; understand basic concepts of contracts and banquet event orders and identify cost saving methods such as sponsorship and in-kind donations.

WVU: Quickbooks for Nonprofits
2014-09-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Gaston Caperton Center, Clarksburg, WV, United States
Sharon Smith, Arnett Foster Toothman, PLLC
CEUs: 2 Social Work hours; 2 CECNPM hours (Core Area: Financial Management – Annual Accounting Cycle)
Registration Fee: $25 (Early bird rate of $22.50 by September 5, 2014)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
This workshop will provide an overview of utilizing Quickbooks in a non-profit environment, including the basics of setting up the chart of accounts, donors, funding agencies and reports. The focus will be starting with the “end” in mind so that the desired outcome can be accomplished.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will have insight as to how to set up their accounting system in a way that will produce desired results in order to get the maximum outcome to manage their day-to-day, as well as, long-term objectives. The ultimate goal is to have Quickbooks serve as a means for making important business decisions.

WVU: Accounting Update for Nonprofits
2014-09-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Gaston Caperton Center, Clarksburg, WV, United States
Kiley M. Wagner, CPA, Arnett Foster Toothman, PLLC
CEUs: 2 Social Work hours; 2 CECNPM hours (Core Area: Financial Management – Annual Accounting Cycle)
Registration Fee: $25 (Early bird rate of $22.50 by September 5, 2014)
Target Audience: All levels of practitioners
This workshop is an accounting update for non-profits that will include the latest developments in generally accepted accounting principles, updates on COSO framework, understanding complexities of federal funding, and understandability and completeness of financial statements.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will have an understanding of recent developments in the accounting world for non-profit organizations.
LINK TO WEBSITE/BROCHURE and REGISTRATION FORM:
http://socialwork.wvu.edu/continuing-education

Nonprofits LEAD: Using Your Mission Statement to Grow Your Organization
2014-09-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Marietta College, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH, 45750, United States
Join us as we exploring how top-quality nonprofits really run, regardless of size or mission.
CEOs, Executive Directors, leadership staff, board presidents, board members, and others are invited to join Craig Greening as he discusses:

Mission Value vs. Business Value
The role your mission plays in running your nonprofit
The nine characteristics of a successful mission-based organization

Craig Greening has been instrumental in growing the Jackson County Development Center and increasing its services, staff, and funding during his tenure as the Executive Director.
This is a free event. Dessert and coffee will be served.
Register HERE.
For more information contact Heather Eichner, Program Manager, at heichner@nonprofitslead.org or 740-376-4559.

Lincoln County Funders Panel
2014-09-17 10:00 - 11:30 | Lincoln Primary Care Center, 7400 Lynn Avenue, Hamlin, WV, United States
The Logan Healthcare Foundation, the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation present A Funders Panel, a conversation and opportunity to learn more about these foundations and their grant making programs.
This session is free to all interested persons, however the session is targeting representatives from charitable and 501c3 organizations. You may learn more about the foundations by visiting their websites noted below.
Please register for this session by sending an email with your name, the name of the organization that you are representing, and your email address (or phone number) to John Earles at j.earles400@suddenlinkmail.com
Download the flier

Logan Healthcare Foundation: http://www.loganhealthcarefoundation.com
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation: http://tgkvf.org
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation: http://www.benedum.org

What's Next West Virginia: Wheeling Regional Workshop
2014-09-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Wheeling Artisan Center, 1400 Main Street, Wheeling, WV, United States
What is What’s Next, West Virginia?
The time is right for deep conversations about our state’s future-ones that connect the good work that is underway, bring new voices into the mix, and encourage innovative thinking.
What’s Next, West Virginia? is a statewide series of community conversations about strengthening local economies. These nonpartisan conversations are designed to encourage thinking, talking, and actions based on West Virginians’ own ideas for helping their communities–and the state–move forward.
Bring What’s Next to Your Community
If you’d like to help organize local What’s Next, WV? discussions, attend a regional workshop. You’ll learn ways to-

Connect what’s happening in your area
Reach out to involve new people
Develop local coalitions
Facilitate productive conversations
Move from dialogue to action

Workshop participants will receive discussion guides
and other support materials they can use in their own communities.
Join Us at the Wheeling Regional Workshop
and invite others from your community to register as well.
Tuesday, September 16
10 am to 4 pm
Wheeling Artisan Center
1400 Main Street in Wheeling
The workshop is free, but registration is required.
Register Here!

WV Social Media: How to Avoid Social Media #FAILS
2014-09-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Woodridge Golf Club, 301 Woodridge Drive, Parkersburg, WV, 26150, United States
Is your organization struggling to see results on Facebook? Learn what works and what doesn’t. Build your business with social media in just 10 minutes per day. Learn how to use #hashtags as a successful marketing tool. Don’t boost a post without these proven tips.
The first 25 guests to register will receive a FREE social media evaluation.
Register ($25) by contacting Kristin Meeks, kristin@wvsocialmedia.com, 304-834-0764, @wvsocialmedia.
Scholarship funding from Nonprofits LEAD available to eligible nonprofits in the Mid Ohio Valley.

What's Next West Virginia: South West Regional Workshop
2014-09-03 10:00 - 16:00 | John XXIII Pastoral Center, 100 Hodges Road, Charleston, WV, United States
What is What’s Next, West Virginia?
The time is right for deep conversations about our state’s future-ones that connect the good work that is underway, bring new voices into the mix, and encourage innovative thinking.
What’s Next, West Virginia? is a statewide series of community conversations about strengthening local economies. These nonpartisan conversations are designed to encourage thinking, talking, and actions based on West Virginians’ own ideas for helping their communities–and the state–move forward.
Bring What’s Next to Your Community
If you’d like to help organize local What’s Next, WV? discussions, attend a regional workshop. You’ll learn ways to-

Connect what’s happening in your area
Reach out to involve new people
Develop local coalitions
Facilitate productive conversations
Move from dialogue to action

Workshop participants will receive discussion guides
and other support materials they can use in their own communities.
Join Us at a Regional Workshop
and bring some others from your community with you.

Buckhannon- August 14
Martinsburg- August 19
Beckley- August 21
Charleston- September 3

Workshops are free, but registration is required.
Register Here!
