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SUMMARY:Communicating Justice: Advocating for Meaningful Change
DESCRIPTION:A turbulent election year and a global public health crisis have left many of us wondering what we can do to drive meaningful change in our communities. How can we make our voices heard? Join us on September 15th as we hear from Z Gorley\, Communications Director at ArchCity Defenders\, about advocacy that is people- and community-centered. They’ll discuss how grassroots movements like the Close the Workhouse campaign help create a society where the promise of justice and racial equity is realized.\nArchCity Defenders (ACD) is a holistic legal advocacy organization that combats the criminalization of poverty and state violence\, especially in communities of color. ACD’s foundation of civil and criminal legal representation\, social services\, impact litigation\, policy and media advocacy\, and community collaboration achieves and inspires justice and equitable outcomes for people throughout the St. Louis region and beyond.\nZ is the Communications Director at ArchCity Defenders\, a holistic legal advocacy organization. They oversee content creation and publication on ArchCity’s social media channels\, collaborate with filmmakers\, produce a podcast\, engage in policy research\, and pitch and place news stories. Z works to ensure ACD’s media advocacy exposes injustice\, counters the misrepresentation and distortion of poor people and people of color\, and impacts community conversation on issues in St. Louis and beyond. Z has a background in community organizing\, writing\, and digital storytelling. They graduated from SLU in 2010 with American Studies and Social Work degrees\, and in 2014 with a Masters in Social Work.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/communicating-justice-advocating-for-meaningful-change/
LOCATION:Virtual Workshop
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
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SUMMARY:Advocacy and Nonprofits Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Advocacy can be a powerful tool to help advance the mission of your nonprofit while also garnering more support from the greater community. With restrictions on non-profit lobbying and limited resources\, it can also be intimidating to know where to start. Join us for a panel of nonprofit professionals who have been successful in incorporating advocacy into their work and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.\n\nModerator:\nAlexandra Rankin\, Missouri Foundation for Health\nPanelists:\nA.J. Bockelman\, Assistant Director\, Empower Missouri\nTrina Ragin\, Director of Policy and Innovation\, Operation Food Search\nNetworking begins at 11:30am. Lunch and presentation begin at noon.\nREGISTRATION COMING SOON!
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/advocacy-and-nonprofits-luncheon/
LOCATION:Maggiano’s Little Italy\, 2 The Boulevard\, Richmond Heights\, MO\, 63117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Nonprofit Marketers Network":MAILTO:csprc@qabs.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170209T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170209T110000
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CREATED:20170113T204945Z
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SUMMARY:How To Be a Courageous Communicator
DESCRIPTION:How to be a courageous communicator or why codependent communications makes your brand boring\n \nNonprofits are so afraid of making someone mad or disappointing a donor\, we tend to not take a stand. This fear of “we don’t want to say anything wrong so don’t say anything at all\,” is keeping us from communicating honestly with our supporters. An organization that is confident in its communications will have a specific point of view and stick to it\, though praise and criticism. Not that they are immune to feedback\, but they take it and make it work for them\, without derailing anything.\n \nIf your organization tends to be wary of saying anything interesting\, or has trouble focusing its message\, this session will teach you the reasons behind that hesitancy and how you can work with leadership to make the changes in thinking necessary to be strong\, purposeful and engaging in your communications.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/how-to-be-a-courageous-communicator/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Cassidy Flynn":MAILTO:cassidy@nscnow.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161213T120000
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SUMMARY:Cold Calling and Prospecting for Development Officers
DESCRIPTION:Reach any prospect. Billionaires\, your top prospects that haven’t been successfully engaged. Philanthropists who everyone calls. You can get those crucial first meetings that make or break major campaigns. This is very unique and hard to find training taught by a 30 year development veteran who still cold calls everyday. Learn to engage your HNW prospects that every other development officer wants to sit down with.\n \nAbout the presenter:\nArmando Zumaya has been in fundraising for 30 years in a variety of roles that have given him a unique perspective on development offices\, prospecting and role of prospect research/management.\nHe has spent the bulk of his fundraising career as a Major Gift\, Leadership Gifts and Annual Fund Officer on two $1+ billion dollar campaigns at Cornell University and the University of California\, Berkeley. He began his career in 1985 as a canvasser for SANE/FREEZE in Los Angeles and Ithaca N.Y. where he led door to door canvassers in the field for 5 years.  He has served in the Vice President of Development\, Director of Major Gifts and Chief Development Officer roles. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Development at the Mexican Museum of San Francisco.\nMost notably\, he served as the Director of Development at the San Francisco Opera for over 2 years where he directed the refurbishment of their major and planned giving efforts. He proudly served as the Director of External Relations at the Springboard Schools. He lectures at AFP\, AFP Hemispheric\, APRA\, APRA Chapters\,CARA\, MARC\, Compass Point\, Blackbaud\, Forum on Fundraising\, The Foundation Center and Academic Impressions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree to AFP members\n$20.00 to non-AFP members
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/cold-calling-and-prospecting-for-development-officers/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sherry Taylor":MAILTO:info@afpstl.org
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SUMMARY:Nonprofit Capacity-building through Partnering with Universities:
DESCRIPTION:Discuss ways to interface with universities and graduate students to support capacity-building in your organization.  Christine Berg and Peggy Neufeld\, Washington University School of Medicine faculty\, describe a service-learning model that supports non-profits in programming\, evaluating\, building community partnerships\, using research literature and evidence when writing grants\, and training staff and volunteers.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/nonprofit-capacity-building-through-partnering-with-universities/
LOCATION:St. Louis Public Library (Central)\, 1301 Olive Street \, St. Louis\, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
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SUMMARY:Building a Holistic Approach to Grant Seeking
DESCRIPTION:Join Cynthia M. Adams\, CEO of GrantStation\, and Monique Hanson\, Chief Development Officer of NPR\, in this fast-paced\, information packed webinar on how to build a grant seeking program for your organization. Drawing on decades of experience\, our presenters will provide practical advice\, suggest processes you may want to adopt\, and guide you toward developing a grant seeking program that will change the financial future for your organization\n \nAt the end of this session participants will understand how:\n  \n\nTo adopt a consistent process for undertaking your grants research\nTo determine how to generate a grants strategy for a particular program or project\n\n \nAbout the presenters:\n \nCynthia Adams is President and CEO of Grantstation.  She 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.\n \nMonique Hanson joined NPR in October 2012 in the role of Chief Development Officer. In this capacity\, she leads NPR’s fundraising programs including major and planned giving\, and foundation grants\, which taken together are the company’s third- largest source of revenue. A development professional with more than two decades of experience\, Hanson came to NPR after serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for YMCA of the USA\, one of the largest social service non-profits in the country.  Prior to her work with the YMCA\, Hanson served in leadership positions for the Alzheimer’s Association and other educational and cultural organizations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree to AFP members\n$20.00 to non-AFP members
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/building-a-holistic-approach-to-grant-seeking/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sherry Taylor":MAILTO:info@afpstl.org
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SUMMARY:Thinking About Starting a Nonprofit?
DESCRIPTION:This two-part program is presented by Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services for Eastern Missouri\, who will offer the following:\n\n  \n\nBest Choices and Basic Steps\n\nTuesday\, September 6\, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. \n\nNuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability\n\nTuesday\, September 13\, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/thinking-about-starting-a-nonprofit/
LOCATION:St. Louis Public Library (Central)\, 1301 Olive Street \, St. Louis\, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
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SUMMARY:Thinking About Starting a Nonprofit?
DESCRIPTION:This two-part program is presented by Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services for Eastern Missouri\, who will offer the following:\n\n\nBest Choices and Basic Steps\n\nTuesday\, September 6\, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. \n\nNuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability\n\nTuesday\, September 13\, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/thinking-about-starting-a-nonprofit-2/
LOCATION:St. Louis Public Library (Central)\, 1301 Olive Street \, St. Louis\, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160711T120000
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SUMMARY:Nonprofit Videos (on a Budget) that Engage and Retain Donors
DESCRIPTION:Up until recently\, high-quality video production has been a luxury available only to the largest nonprofits.  Now\, even the smallest charity on a budget can create a compelling and authentic video that moves the needle for their fundraising goals.\nIn this webinar\, we will make recommendations for crafting an effective\, integrated and low-cost video strategy resulting in content that will resonate with your donors\, volunteers and other stakeholders.\nAt the conclusion of this session participants will: \n\nDiscover how to create an in-depth strategy based on your nonprofit’s diverse audiences\nDetermine which equipment and technology is best for your organization’s needs\nLearn how to solicit and leverage crowdsourced content\nUnderstand how to best utilize web video platforms and social networks like YouTube\, Vimeo\, Facebook\, Instagram and Vine for distributing content\n\n \nAbout the presenter:\n \nSteven Shattuck is VP of Marketing at Bloomerang\, which helps nonprofit organizations to reach\, engage and retain the advocates they depend on to achieve their vision for a better world.\n \nSteven spent the first five years of his career at an integrated communications agency\, producing fundraising videos and other digital content for organizations like Butler University\, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis\, the Domestic Violence Network\, the Adoption Support Center\, the American Heart Association and CICOA.\n \nHe honed his digital marketing skills at two Indianapolis tech firms before returning to the nonprofit sector as Bloomerang’s marketing lead. Steven hosts Bloomerang TV\, a weekly video podcast that interviews fundraisers and consultants in the nonprofit sector.\n\n\nFree to AFP members\n$20.00 to non-AFP members
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/nonprofit-videos-on-a-budget-that-engage-and-retain-donors/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sherry Taylor":MAILTO:info@afpstl.org
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