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  • The Feasibility Study – Understanding and Using This Important Tool For Your Nonprofit Organization

    # 92 JC Penney Conference Center (UM-St. Louis North Campus) One University Blvd. , St. Louis, MO, United States

    The basic function of the Planning and Feasibility Study is to determine how well positioned the organization is to achieve the traditional standards and hallmarks associated with a successful fundraising campaign program. An effective use of the study process can uncover ways and means to lead organizations to success, even when the challenges may appear daunting or ambitious. Feasibility studies ...

    $20

  • Understanding Funders’ Expectations for Evaluation

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    About the Workshop: Understanding Funders' Expectations for Evaluation There are many reasons for a nonprofit to evaluate its performance and outcomes, including gathering the information that helps in serving the community as effectively as possible and also enabling the organization to report on its impact to funders, board members and other stakeholders. This workshop helps attendees understand the evaluation vocabulary ...

    $50

  • Marketing Strategies for Social Media Campaigns

    # 92 JC Penney Conference Center (UM-St. Louis North Campus) One University Blvd. , St. Louis, MO, United States

    Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. in #92 JC Penney Conference Center on the UM-St. Louis north campus Social networks are becoming an integral part of the marketing mix. On these platforms, brands can engage with prospects and consumers on many levels. In this three-hour seminar you will learn how top brands create a presence on these social networks, ...

    $25

  • The Balanced Scorecard

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    About the Workshop: The Balanced Scorecard The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a strategy performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions. The BSC has evolved to become an ...

    $50

  • ALMA Workshop – Strengthening your Position as a Community Asset (Newly Rescheduled Date!)

    Centene Center for Arts and Education 3547 Olive Street, St. Louis , MO, United States

    NOTE:  This workshop was originally scheduled for January 20th, 2016.  Because of weather, it has been rescheduled to February 24th, 2016.   About the Workshop: Strategic Planning:  Strengthening your Position as a Community Asset Arts organizations are always reaching for new audiences, new revenue streams and greater impact. Funders in and outside the arts arena are stressing the importance of ...

    $30

  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Collaboration

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    About the Workshop: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Collaboration  Collaboration has come to mean many things for today's nonprofit, from the coordination of service delivery among referral partners to the sustained collaboration needed for collective impact. This workshop covers the different stages of collaboration and how to evaluate both the process and outcomes that make collaborative relationships successful. About the Presenter: ...

    $50

  • Change Readiness & Leading Towards Culture Change

    Lutheran Hour Ministries 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive, St. louis, MO, United States

    Is your church or organization in need of a change that goes beyond the surface? Are you ready to take the necessary steps to move toward a new reality? Need clarity on your role as a leader in the culture-change process? Come learn how culture impacts outreach, and how to alter or clarify your mission, values, vision, and strategy in ...

    Free

  • Why Can’t I Find Good People? Effective Recruiting and Interviewing Skills for Non-profit Managers

    # 92 JC Penney Conference Center (UM-St. Louis North Campus) One University Blvd. , St. Louis, MO, United States

    Nonprofit organizations often lack the resources that for-profit organizations have in the field of finding and hiring new employees.  Come to this class to learn effective recruiting strategies, as well as the dos and don’ts of effective interviewing, tips for asking behavioral questions, and role play and discussion. In addition to the knowledge gained and skills practiced, participants will receive ...

    $30.00

  • Stewardship

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States
    $40

  • Strategic Doing: Making Plans that Impact

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Tired of talking about strategic planning and ready to move on to the next step? Learn how to transform that strategic plan tome that sits on your bookshelf into something you'll actually use. Through this session, learn how to simplify the strategic planning process so that your organization can finally focus on action and impact.   Through this session, participants will: ...

    $20.00

  • The Balanced Scorecard

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    The balanced scorecard is a strategy performance management tool - a semi-standard structured report, supported by design methods and automation tools that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions. The scorecard has evolved to become an effective strategy execution framework and communication tool. ...

    $40.00

  • Nonprofit Sustainability

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Prerequisite: nonprofit board presidents/executive directors, board members, nonprofit senior leadership Many parts of an organization must contribute to sustainability practices in order to create the fiscal stability need to accomplish its mission. This workshop will present a variety of best practices and assessment tools to help you identify strategic decisions that can be undertaken by management and the board to ...

    $25

  • Strategy Basics: Moving Your Mission Forward

    Network for Strong Communities 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240, St. Louis, MO, United States

    Participants will learn: The difference between a strategy and an operational plan How to determine what ground work needs to be done before you enter the planning process  To develop a benchmark strategy that is appropriate for your organization The triggers that will cause you to update your strategy About the Presenter:   Diane Drollinger Diane is the President/CEO of Nonprofit Services ...

    $60

  • Strategy Basics: Moving Your Mission Forward

    Virtual Workshop

    Yuck! Strategy! Wow! Strategy! You may have had both responses when it's time to develop or update your strategy. Six months - 2 years -3 years, 5 or 10...there are lots of ways to build strategies and lots of ways to engage (or disengage!) your board. Join us at this "get real about strategy session" where you will learn: Participants ...

    $35

  • Strategy Basics: Getting Ready for a Strategic Plan

    Virtual Workshop

    Strategy Basics: Getting Ready for a Strategic Plan Does strategy make you yawn? Grimace? Run? Unlock the basics of an effective strategic planning process that is engaging, real and can help you bring your organization to the next level. We’ll give you tools to have an inclusive, thoughtful and energizing strategy process with outcomes that are measurable and satisfying. You’ll ...

    $40