Without a roadmap (or GPS), the best conceived road trip can become a disaster. The same can be said for an exciting social service outreach endeavor. Learn how to build your social service outreach by starting with defining your values, mission, and vision statements. You’ll also learn how to get to know your community, where to look for community partnerships, ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Summit Lounge in the J.C. Penney Conference Center on the UMSL campus As every 501(c)(3) organization knows, IRS rules and regulations are stringent and require compliance on an ongoing basis if a nonprofit organization intends to maintain its 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status. Attend this special, low-cost workshop to ...
Participants in this workshop will learn: · What is facilitation? · Facilitator vs. Trainer · When to be a facilitator and when to be a trainer · Dealing with difficult personalities · Handling conflict · How to be a leader when you are not the facilitator
If your nonprofit serves children in Missouri, come get a free overview of what national and local data is tracked and made accessible to you free via the KIDS COUNT® efforts of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Learn how to find and use the right data to effectively support your mission. Cosponsored by ARCHS, the official Missouri KIDS COUNT® data ...
Managing your Major Gift Process: Moves Management 101 What is moves management? It is a strategic and systematic process of managing donor relationships that help “move” donors to give larger and more impactful gifts and create new levels of sustainable support for your organization. This interactive workshop will define moves management systems and give you strategies on how to embed ...
Volunteering Across the Lifespan: Engaging Volunteers of All Ages Friday, June 26, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. How can you engage volunteers from pre-school to retirement? This workshop will present the unique challenges and best practices from volunteer managers working with volunteers of all ages. Topics will include best practices for the unique needs of each generation from ...
Find out how federal grants work.! Participants will learn: How do you find opportunities? Deciding when to go for it – how to assess a request for proposal. The required sections of a federal grant proposal – need, project description, goals and objectives, organization capacity, evaluation plans, and sustainability. What to do before you finally “push the button”! You will ...
Nonprofit staff or board members who want to better understand 1) how to read financial statements, 2) oversee best budgeting and cash management practices and 3) respond to current requirements for financial accountability are invited to this free session at Central Library led by Mary Kay Lofgren and Stacy Peter, CPA managers in the Nonprofit Division at RubinBrown LLP. Cosponsored ...
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 from 3-5 p.m. in the Social Sciences and Business Building SSB # 218, on the north campus of UM-St. Louis *Note different location than previous workshops* Given the vital role of volunteer nonprofit corporate board members in our region, and in the entire nonprofit sector, it is of utmost importance that more people fully understand the ...
Demystifying Planned Giving – Planned Giving BasicsWhat is Planned Giving?· Definition of a Planned Gift· Types of Planned GiftsWhy are the myths about Planned Giving?· Donor type· Staffing· DifficultyWhat are the truths about Planned Giving?· Donor type· Staffing· SimplicityWays donors can giveStats on giving· All donation types· Planned GiftsReview of Basic Terms Planned Giving Terms:· What they mean· How to make them relevant to donors· Which tools are best for your NPHow to ...
Present with Power, Poise and PunchDo you want to overcome nervousness and deliver your best presentation ever? Then this enrichment program is for you.This presentation skills workshop will assist you in gaining techniques to improve your ability to confidently communicate effectively, persuasively and with presence using your own style. You’ll learn how to use positive body language for impact and ...
Gaining Access to Capital Are you ready for a capital project? Topics will include: How to use debt Lease vs. buy Specific financing sources for nonprofits Case studies – using leverage to scale programs About the Presenters David Desai-Ramirez David Desai-Ramirez, IFF’s executive director for Kansas, Missouri and southern Illinois, is responsible for leading and managing operations and lending activities ...
Founders and leaders of new or volunteer-staffed nonprofits are invited to this special session led by VLAA's Sue Greenberg about the practical side of managing your organization to achieve your mission. Get how-to tips from a pro on prioritizing time, building your board, essential record-keeping and internal controls, and developing a doable CEO job description. Bring questions. Cosponsored by Volunteer ...
At the NPML Fundraising Institute 2015, learn the most up-to-date information on current fundraising practices and ideas. To register for all five sessions at a cost of $350, click here. If you'd like to register for individual sessions, at the per session cost, click on the individual session links. This year's sessions are: Session 1: Successful Grant Writing -- ...
Event Details: Getting Started in Evaluation and Outcomes Outcome evaluation is an important process for nonprofits in making programs as effective while reporting to funders and board members on the success of your organization. This interactive workshop is for those who are new to outcome-based evaluation and addresses the following topics: 1) assessing organizational readiness 2) determining targeted outcomes that ...
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Social Sciences and Business Building SSB # 410 (please note different location than previous workshops) Working with volunteers means planning and attending a lot of meetings, so why not become a pro at designing and leading them? In this half-day workshop, we'll get hands-on with techniques to learn ...
Event Details: Organizational Systems: Leading from the Middle In order to survive in these turbulent times, organizations need competent, effective, and empowered middle management. Yet those in middle positions commonly report that their jobs are demanding and stressful. Leading from the Middle aims at transforming middle positions into the drivers of integrated and effective change in their organization. An interactive ...
Event Details: How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal You will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: How to prepare for writing a proposal How to gather and prepare preliminary information How to develop ideas for the proposal How ...
Event Details: Your brand is your organization’s calling card, and after the name, your organization’s tagline is the most effective way to communicate your brand. So, is your tagline a good one? During this learning opportunity: - We will look at names, taglines and organization descriptions and how to make them work together. - We will explore when to change ...
Get to know Lutheran Foundation in this 90 minute informative workshop. We will cover the Foundation’s history, vision, mission, and core values. We will also review the Foundation's six Funding Focus Areas and opportunities for funding. This workshop is perfect for organizations seeking Lutheran Foundation funding for the first time, and for new staff of current and past grantees. Free parking and ...
Event Details: Participants in this workshop will learn: · What is facilitation? · Facilitator vs. Trainer · When to be a facilitator and when to be a trainer · Dealing with difficult personalities · Handling conflict · How to be a leader when you are not the facilitator About the Presenter: Jane Klieve President, Klieve Group,LLC Jane has more than ...
For those who plan to apply to Lutheran Foundation for funding, this in-depth three hour workshop is a helpful overview of what we consider to constitute a strong grant request and what information we look for in applications. Lutheran Foundation staff will review each section of the application and describe the rationale for the questions, how to answer the questions ...
Event Details: Preparing a grant application or proposal is more than just asking for money to fund your organization and its programs. Private Foundations, Corporations and Governmental Agencies want to invest their $$$ in an organization’s programs that fit their own goals and in projects that should in all likelihood succeed. You’ll review each essential element of a successful grant ...
Starting and Governing a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Organization in Missouri Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Social Sciences and Business building, Room # SSB 411 (on the UMSL north campus). Starting a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and governing a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization are flip sides of the same coin. Steps you take in forming a 501(c)(3) ...
Event Details: Modeling Evaluation through Logic Models Logic models can provide an excellent means to evaluate the effectiveness of your organization and programs. But sometimes using a logic model or other evaluator measures can seem like a time-consuming task that provides little in the way of reward. If you keep it simple and know how to use it though, a ...
Any nonprofit professionals and interested volunteers are invited to this overview of the latest free resources and services for fundraisers available at St. Louis Public's Central Library including: 1) recent Foundation Center and other subscription database upgrades providing information about grantmakers and/or potential individual donors, 2) recommendations of free research websites and online learning opportunities to help you keep up ...
Event Details: Laser-Focused Development: Building Successful Development in Small Shops Raising funds in a small shop with limited resources can be a challenge – but it CAN be done! With a “laser focus” on using the best and most affordable techniques, the one-person shop can set and reach development goals that will drive your agency toward success. Learn to 1) ...
The Arts and Education Council and NSC Present: ALMA Workshop: Maximizing Your Gifts: Funding for Arts Organizations Join us as we dive into fundraising for arts organizations! This workshop will focus on: · Making your arts project sizzle for Individuals · Promising realistic arts outcomes for Foundations · Finding your art's project value for Corporations About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer ...
Event Details: Managing Difficult Volunteer Behaviors and Situations Discipline and volunteering do not sit well together; they feel uncomfortable in the same sentence .From time to time, even the best volunteers can be difficult or a situation involving them becomes awkward. Left unresolved, the behavior and or the situation will lead to disruption throughout the volunteer ranks. Should the relationship ...
Event Details: Optimizing your Event for Fundraising Success Events are the most costly fundraising initiative for organizations, so having an intentional and strategic focus is imperative for success. How can your event be a driving force for new potential donors to engage with your organization? How can it be a part of your Individual Giving Program and be a platform ...
Event Details: Board Engagement The Board of Directors can be one of the greatest assets of a nonprofit organization but for this to be true, board members must be fully engaged in their role. This seminar will share best practices in building and maintaining that kind of energy and engagement and will offer ways to address existing challenges in this ...
Creating Successful Group Dynamics: How to Build Better Teams, Committees, and Collaborations Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Social Sciences and Business building, Room SSB 411 (on the UMSL north campus). “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever ...
About the Event: Donor Retention: Inspiring Loyalty in your Fundraising As recently reported in the latest issue of Advancing Philanthropy "Competition is fierce...Just as in every other industry, loyalty is, if not dead, then on life support." What is your organization doing about retaining donors? Everyone knows it's easier and far less expensive to keep donors than find new ones ...
About the Workshop: Five Fears of Branding and How to Overcome Them Why does branding leave some nonprofit leaders quaking in their all too sensible shoes? Learn the five main fears around branding and how to break through them. See examples of other nonprofits that worked through their fears to build stronger, more engaging brands. About the Presenter: Maryanne Dersch ...
Event Details: About the Workshop: Tools for Data Collection This workshop continues our series of "how-to" evaluation sessions that focus on developing impact measurement strategies that make the most sense for your program, for those you serve, and for the level of resources you have to work with. This workshop focuses on developing realistic and effective data collection tools for ...
About the Workshop: Nonprofit Presidents' Council: The Relationship Between the ED and the Board The quality of the relationship between an organization’s board and its executive director sets not only the agenda, but the tone for an organization. Establishing clear lines of communication, adeptly navigating relationships, and setting standards for leadership between board members and the executive director is integral ...
About the Event: Are You Ready for Federal Grants? In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the ins and outs of writing and preparing federal grants. Topics to be discussed include how to find opportunities, deciding when to go for it and assessing a request for proposal. This workshop will also cover in-depth all the required sections of a federal ...
About the Workshop: The ABCs of MOUs What is a memorandum of understanding and how do you formulate it? This mini-workshop explains the rationale and the elements of an adequate memorandum of understanding. It is an essential document to establish and define partnerships. About the Presenter: Kent Hornberger Kent Hornberger is a Certified Grant Professional with over 40 years of ...
Part 1: Best Choices & Basic Steps If you are thinking about helping your community by founding a nonprofit corporation, experts Sue Greenberg and Laurie Hauber will explain the various legal and financial options to consider, and outline the essential steps in the nonprofit process. Potential sources of revenue, how to build a good governing board and developing a realistic ...
Event Details: Nonprofit Services Center and the Gateway Center for Giving Present: Missouri Common Grant Application: Free Orientation for Nonprofits Join us for a free orientation to the Missouri Common Grant Application (CGA), and information about how to use it effectively. The CGA allows grantmakers and grantseekers to work from a common set of questions and definitions ...
About the Workshop: Steps to Formulate a Realistic Budget for a Grant Proposal Having a clear and realistic budget is essential to any grant application. Funders scrutinize budgets if they are interested in funding your proposal, so having a specific, realistic, and strong submission which can withstand a critical eye is important. In this workshop, you will learn how to ...
Social media is now considered a basic necessity for effectively communicating an organization’s mission, needs, and efforts. Come to this class to get a basic landscape on today's key social media tools and learn tips on how to leverage these tools to meet your organization's goals. The class will cover pointers on how to get started or just review what you ...
Part 2: Nuts & Bolts for Success & Sustainability Participants who have completed a mission statement and program plan for their organization are invited to bring them to this session to get help with important details before submitting their organization’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, and 501(C)3 application.
About the Brown Bag: Special Event Professionals and Volunteers Brown Bag Lunch Participants will: · Grab a bite with others special event professionals! · Problem Solve. · Share your successes and challenges. · Leave refreshed! About the Facilitator: Amanda Galloway Project Manager, NSC Amanda Galloway is a freelance journalist, author and PR professional who has spent her career working with some of ...
About the Workshop: Big Gifts – Small Shops Think you can't get big gifts in small shops? Think again! Learn to educate, inspire, and motivate your entire agency, including your Board, to get behind the major gifts process. Together we’ll unravel the mysteries of building the case for funding, identifying major gift prospects, preparing for solicitation, cultivating, making the ask, ...
About the Workshop: Jump Start your 2016 Fundraising Year! Give a JOLT to your 2016 fundraising plan early in the game by attending this post-holiday, hands-on workshop. By mid-January it's time to pour out the eggnog and get serious. Adopt several new tips and techniques to make 2016 a banner year for your organization. In this workshop, we will explore ...
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 ...
Stepping out in ministry often means stepping outside of our comfort zones. When we reach across barriers within our communities, we sometimes find ourselves in unfamiliar territory. Join us for an in-depth workshop designed to prepare leaders and volunteers for ministry in the margins. Having a deeper understanding of those whom we serve often leads to more effective outreach! Guest Speaker: Hannah Shanks (MSW, ...
About the Workshop: Charitable Gift Annuities Made Simple Charitable gift annuities can often seem challenging and daunting, but they can be a powerful development tool for an organization. This workshop will cover the basics of charitable gift annuities – who is your best Gift Annuity Donor, why is this a smart choice for well-established nonprofits, and how do they work? ...
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 ...
Join with others from St. Louis area churches and organizations to discuss what works, what doesn’t, and how to best manage your volunteers effectively. This quarter’s meeting will focus on how to best manage and engage both Christian and non-Christian volunteers who are working side-by-side in your organization or congregation. Guest Speakers: Sara Lux is the Director of Development at The Bridge ...
About the Workshop: Build your Donor Base from Scratch So you don't have a natural constituency, right? No alumni! No grateful patients! What to do? Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how to build a donor base from scratch. This workshop is for small nonprofits who are likely reliant on grant funding and who struggle to develop a pool of ...
Best Practices in Hiring and Performance Management Acquiring, developing, and managing personnel is an essential component of any nonprofit’s success. But how do you make sure the most qualified candidates find your positions? How do you decide whether a candidate is right for the job? And once you've hired someone, how do you manage their performance and set them up ...
NSC is announcing a new partnership with Denver-based Lebertech Technology Services which will allow you access to the highly requested Raiser's Edge Elite Training Program. Participants will meet for two days a month over four months (eight total sessions) and develop mastery of one of the industry's leading donor engagement software, Raiser's Edge. Dates include: February 11 & 12 March 22 & ...
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, ...
The Global Leadership Summit, produced by Willow Creek Association, is a low-cost, two-day training that equips Christian leaders with vision, skill development, and inspiration to more effectively lead. No matter where you lead, the GLS is a world-class experience designed to help you get better and embrace your grander vision—the reason God called you to lead. This year's Summit is ...
NSC is announcing a new partnership with Denver-based Lebertech Technology Services which will allow you access to the highly requested Raiser's Edge Elite Training Program. Participants will meet for two days a month over four months (eight total sessions) and develop mastery of one of the industry's leading donor engagement software, Raiser's Edge. Dates include: February 11 & 12 March 22 & ...
The Global Leadership Summit, produced by Willow Creek Association, is a low-cost, two-day training that equips Christian leaders with vision, skill development, and inspiration to more effectively lead. No matter where you lead, the GLS is a world-class experience designed to help you get better and embrace your grander vision—the reason God called you to lead. This year's Summit is ...
About the Workshop: What is Inbound Marketing and How Can it Help you Raise Money? Shift the dynamics of your donor relations by using inbound marketing tools. Instead of buying, begging or bugging your way to new audiences, you will earn your way in. Learn to use marketing activities that bring visitors in, rather than having to go out to ...
About the Workshop: Identifying and Vetting Federal Grant Proposals The federal government has over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies amounting to billions of dollars each year. Sifting through myriad opportunities and determing what grants to select can be a time-consuming and difficult process for some organizations. How do you determine which grants are most appropriate ...
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 ...
Sometimes well-intentioned and seemingly acceptable fundraising activities can run afoul of the law, even without a nonprofit knowing it is breaking the law. But ignorance of the law is no defense against an investigation into illegal fundraising activities. Come to this class to learn more about some of the fundraising-related laws that you need to know about, including: State regulations ...
As the culture around us changes, it can become increasingly difficult for the church to communicate in a way that connects with our communities. “When God Left the Building” is a film that addresses this challenging topic and highlights churches that have decided to stay on mission, flex their approach, and reach those outside the church. We will gather in ...
About the Workshop: Cyber Security Awareness for Nonprofits Cyber security focuses on protecting computers, networks, programs/applications and data from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction. The presentation will focus on how to protect yourself and devices from common threats. The following topics will be discussed in our presentation: · Password Security · Common Malware threats · Phishing · Social ...
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 ...
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: ...
About the Workshop: Storytelling: How to Tell Stories with Passion, Drama and Tension Powerful storytelling makes an emotional connection and keeps your current supporters engaged and your prospective supporters wanting to learn more. This workshop will teach you how to craft powerful stories so you won't miss an opportunity to share all the good work your nonprofit is doing. About ...
Event Details About the Workshop: Sustainability for the Arts Many parts of an arts organization must contribute to sustainability practices in order to create the fiscal stability needed to accomplish the organizations mission. This workshop will: · Present a variety of best practices and assessment tools · Help you identify ...
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 ...
About the Workshop: What to Expect When You're Expecting Revenue We all hope that our development officers and fundraising efforts are moving us in the right direction…but do we know what to realistically expect? This presentation will help non-profit senior leaders and financial professionals have a better grasp of fund development, its possibilities and pitfalls, and what it actually takes ...
About the Workshop: The Art and Science of the Ask The "dreaded" ask keeps us from reaching out to people who might likely appreciate the opportunity to invest in your organization. Get ready to join with colleagues and do some asking in this hands-on and interactive workshop to alleviate the analysis/paralysis that comes with asking someone for money. It's a ...
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 ...
Generational differences often include new perspectives on church and spirituality. With an increasing number of millennials in our churches and communities, it is important to understand who they are and how to best engage them within our congregations and organizations. Join us as we delve into the characteristics of the millennial generation, and discuss not only their significance to outreach, ...
The Global Leadership Summit, produced by Willow Creek Association, is a low-cost, two-day training that equips Christian leaders with vision, skill development, and inspiration to more effectively lead. No matter where you lead, the GLS is a world-class experience designed to help you get better and embrace your grander vision—the reason God called you to lead. This year's Summit is ...
Human Resources and Volunteer Management: It might not seem like the two are connected, but volunteers, like employees, are valuable resources for non profits. Learn about which best practices from Human Resources translate to the world of Volunteer Management. Identify what strengths of successful volunteer management program can be shared with Human Resources. With this knowledge in hand, you will ...
The Global Leadership Summit, produced by Willow Creek Association, is a low-cost, two-day training that equips Christian leaders with vision, skill development, and inspiration to more effectively lead. No matter where you lead, the GLS is a world-class experience designed to help you get better and embrace your grander vision—the reason God called you to lead. This year's Summit is ...
What impact can BOLD LEADERSHIP have on how we SERVE? Join us as we hear from five unique churches/organizations who are doing innovative work in order to have a life-giving presence in their communities. The evening will begin with drinks and light appetizers. Then, presenters will have seven minutes to share their stories, with a time of Q&A following the ...
Every organization should have board or staff members that possess financial credentials and/or experience and are charged with the primary responsibility of reporting or managing the financial matters of the nonprofit. However, board and staff members whose expertise is other than financial still need the ability to monitor and manage the financial condition of the organization. This is an introductory, ...
We've heard these before: Change is scary. Change is difficult. Change is uncomfortable. The reality is that change is probably the only thing that is guaranteed in this world. If we avoid change, we avoid potential for growth and opportunity. Remaining stagnant or developing "sameness" in today's competitive market is not an option for fundraisers or organizations as a whole. ...
Do you want to strengthen your board’s effectiveness and the relationship between your board and staff executive? Do you want your board and members to be vitally engaged and forge the best possible working partnership with staff to more fully achieve the organization’s mission? This workshop is for current and aspiring nonprofit staff executives and board leaders, including incoming board ...
Tom Ahern speaks internationally on how to make more money from donor communications. He's written five how-to books on that particular topic. His clients for direct mail, case statements, audits and training include major charities like Sharp Healthcare (San Diego), the Gettysburg Foundation, the University of Chicago, Save the Children, Oxfam Australia as well as many smaller and local nonprofits. ...
St. Louis area churches and organizations will once again gather to discuss the “ins and outs” of volunteer management. The focus of this meeting will be determined at the 1st Quarter gathering on February 9th. Click Here to Register Now!
About the Workshop: Fundraising to Infinity and Beyond! Change is happening at a rapid-fire pace. Diverse audiences – from the Greatest Generation to Millennials – require multi-channel approaches. Transformative philanthropy, plus the growing movement of Effective Altruism, and other developments mean that we have to constantly modernize our fundraising programs. This workshop will help you think through the new realities in fund ...
About the Workshop: Board Development The Board of Directors is potentially one of the greatest assets of a nonprofit agency. Ideally, service on a Board is a rich and fulfilling volunteer engagement that benefits both the individual and the nonprofit. This seminar will address best practices in nonprofit boards and share approaches for addressing some of the challenges with developing ...
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About the Workshop: Creative Approaches to Evaluation Going beyond anecdotal evidence and outcome-based evaluations oftentimes presents itself as a challenging obstacle to those working in the arts. After all, how can you quantify the impacts associated with creativity, the artistic experience, and personal transformation? This interactive workshop will explore approaches to evaluation that make sense for arts organizations by balancing ...
About the Workshop: Steps to Formulate a Realistic Budget for a Grant Proposal Having a clear and realistic budget is essential to any grant application. Funders scrutinize budgets if they are interested in funding your proposal, so having a specific, realistic, and strong submission which can withstand a critical eye is important. In this workshop, you will learn how ...
Volunteer experiences foster opportunities for people of various backgrounds to interact with one another. But navigating the many currents of class, race, faith, education and language can cause friction between volunteers, those they serve, and you - the volunteer manager who’s steering the ship! In this session we’ll discuss how to train our current volunteers to serve with cultural sensitivity, ...
Digital Fundraising has made its way into the development programs of hundreds of philanthropies across the country. In concert with the rise in online events such as Giving Days and crowdfunding, digital fundraising has become a critical channel for all non-profit organizations, large and small. We will explore the elements of a next generation development office, from a technology and ...
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. In this webinar, we will make recommendations for crafting an effective, integrated and low-cost video strategy resulting in content that will ...
About the Workshop: Social Media for Nonprofits The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway ...
Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 3-5 p.m. in Room # 92 of the JC Penney Conference Center on the UMSL north campus Nonprofit organizations are not exempt from the laws that cover fair wages and compensation for employees. As such, nonprofit organizations need to know about the new overtime regulations that were recently announced by the U.S. Labor Department, which ...
About the Workshop: Maximizing Outcomes and Program Learning Through Process Evaluation We all know how important it is to measure our outcomes in today’s nonprofit environment. And nothing is more disappointing than carefully planning our outcome measurement strategies, then learning at the end of our evaluation that we fell well short of where we wanted to be. This workshop is ...
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: ...
In the small shop, fundraising can be a big job. Having a Board that is involved in raising money can make a huge impact and help you raise hundreds of thousands more than you can do alone. Unfortunately, many nonprofit organizations struggle with Boards that are well-meaning but reluctant and inexperienced in fundraising. In this training, we'll uncover the reasons ...
About the Workshop: Introduction to Grantwriting In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: -How to prepare for writing a proposal -How to gather and prepare preliminary information -How to develop ideas for the proposal -How to ...
About the Workshop: Volunteer Engagement 101 Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged? In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss best practices for the basics of volunteer ...
About the Workshop: Demystifying Planned Giving – Planned Giving Basics What is Planned Giving? · Definition of a Planned Gift · Types of Planned Gifts Why are the myths about Planned Giving? · Donor type · Staffing · Difficulty What are the truths about Planned Giving? · Donor type · Staffing · Simplicity Ways donors can give – Stats on giving · All donation types · Planned Gifts Review of ...
This program is co-sponsored by the UMSL Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program and will be presented by not-for-profit managers from the Rubin Brown LLP accounting firm. It will focus on budgeting and reviewing and understanding nonprofit financial statements.
About the Workshop: Present with Poise, Power, & Punch Do you want to overcome nervousness and deliver your best presentation ever? Then this enrichment program is for you. This presentation skills workshop will assist you in gaining techniques to improve your ability to confidently communicate effectively, persuasively and with presence using your own style. You’ll learn how to use positive ...
Gateway Conference on Philanthropy Register now for this exciting re-envisioned conference for fundraisers and other professionals working in philanthropy. Early bird discounts available through July 8. This will be a full day of big ideas and engaging learning experiences lead by some of the most dynamic and forward-thinking leaders in philanthropy and fundraising. Join us for a day of ...
About the Workshop: Two Taps to Donate How mobile giving will revolutionize how we communicate with donors Mobile wallets are the next big things, allowing donors to give with two quick taps. The increased use of mobile will affect our websites, email, social networks, and print materials. You’ll learn which web trends you need and which ones you can live ...
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: Best Choices and Basic Steps Tuesday, September 6, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability Tuesday, September 13, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
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: Best Choices and Basic Steps Tuesday, September 6, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability Tuesday, September 13, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
About the Workshop: Organizational Systems: Leading from the Middle In order to survive in these turbulent times, organizations need competent, effective, and empowered middle management. Yet those in middle positions commonly report that their jobs are demanding and stressful. Leading from the Middle aims at transforming middle positions into the drivers of integrated and effective change in their organization. An ...
This practical how-to session led by two experts in monthly giving will equip you to start, or continue to grow, a successful monthly giving program for your organization. Filled with helpful tips and action-oriented ideas you can start using right away, you will learn how to plan, implement, monitor and improve any monthly giving program. At the conclusion of this ...
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: Best Choices and Basic Steps Tuesday, September 6, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability Tuesday, September 13, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
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: Best Choices and Basic Steps Tuesday, September 6, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability Tuesday, September 13, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
About the Workshop: Basics of Grant Research RESEARCH METHODS TO IDENTIFY FOUNDATION, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING PROSPECTS You will learn the fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs. Appropriate research takes time and is well worth the investment. This workshop introduces you to research resources and methods. You will ...
This webinar presents the key findings from a comprehensive review of the theory underpinning relationships fundraising. It presents the most relevant current thinking from marketing and social psychology and explores how it might be applied to fundraising. It also reveals what leading practitioners in the project's advisory group think are the biggest challenges facing this mode of fundraising. At ...
Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. #92 JC Penney Conference Center on the UMSL north campus Most nonprofits deal with adult volunteers, and nonprofit trainers and staff know that teaching adults is much different than teaching children. Adults have certain expectations and learning styles that need to be utilized in order for them to retain the ...
About the Brown Bag: Participants will: - Grab a bite with other professionals (lunch will be provided) - Share their experiences with capturing donor stories - what works and why? - Discuss how to create the most impact and meaning with video of planning giving donors telling their stories – how they have been touched by the organization, what the ...
How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal You will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: How to prepare for writing a proposal How to gather and prepare preliminary information How to develop ideas for the proposal How to outline project ...
What happens when you gather community stakeholders into one space, give them two days to connect with others who share their commitment, and provide the opportunity to learn from top minds in the nonprofit industry? You empower an enormous force for positive community change! NSC’s 2016 Momentum Conference is a first-of-its-kind event that will draw nonprofits, funders, community leaders and ...
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 ...
About the Workshop: The Art and Science of the Ask The "dreaded" ask keeps us from reaching out to people who might likely appreciate the opportunity to invest in your organization. Get ready to join with colleagues and do some asking in this hands-on and interactive workshop to alleviate the analysis/paralysis that comes with asking someone for money. It's a ...
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.
Time Management for Peak Performance 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 About the Workshop: As the saying goes, time is money and lots of it gets lost in disorganization and disruption. Today more than ever, we’re faced with a constant barrage of emails, texts, meetings and tasks that can contribute to that disorganization. Often, we flit ...
Diversity is the seeking and achieving of a broad representation of experiences, perspectives, opinions and cultures. Inclusiveness is an essential source of vitality and strength for the effective pursuit of an organization's mission. Join three diversity-focused fundraisers for a discussion about the importance of, and opportunities provided by, inclusion in the charitable sector. At the end of this session ...
Had Enough of Campaigns? Don’t worry – not THAT kind of campaign. Dan Reynolds, Managing Partner of Holmes, Radford & Avalon, Inc., a St. Louis-based campaign consulting firm, will present the following 2 courses. The Importance of a Pre-Campaign Feasibility and Planning Study: In this session, you will learn about the purpose and benefits of conducting a feasibility study ...
The 2016 U.S. Trust® Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy examines giving patterns, priorities and attitudes of America's wealthiest households. Since 2006, this biennial study has been written and researched in partnership with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The largest, longest running series of its kind, the study is an important barometer for wealthy donors' charitable engagement and viewpoints, ...
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 ...
Had Enough of Campaigns? Don’t worry – not THAT kind of campaign. Dan Reynolds, Managing Partner of Holmes, Radford & Avalon, Inc., a St. Louis-based campaign consulting firm, will present the following 2 courses. The Importance of a Pre-Campaign Feasibility and Planning Study: In this session, you will learn about the purpose and benefits of conducting a feasibility study ...
Networking for Success | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Wednesday, December 14th 2016 About the Workshop: Join Nancy Imbs, principal of Polished, as she shows you how to successfully build your professional connections by increasing your network and influence. Her interactive session reveals strategies to connect with people in person, build casual acquaintances into real connections and leverage social ...
IQ vs EQ: Why Being Smart Isn’t Enough to Be Successful (An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence) Successful supervisors, managers and executives are often distinguished by their ability to successfully manage themselves and others. Said another way, they are socially and emotionally intelligent. It’s true, growing research shows that it’s not enough to have good technical skills or a high IQ; ...
How can you hit the ground running without running over the people on the path? This seminar will explore and explain factors that contribute to successful leadership transitions on nonprofit Boards and help new leaders feel equipped for their role.
Hear from nonprofit leaders about their professionals journeys of advancing within their organization. Whether it be from one department to another or moving up within the same department, panelist were successfully made the transition. Learn how you can apply their lessons learned to your professional journey Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Location: Network for Strong Communities 8764 Manchester Rd., Suite 203 ...
What do you need to know before accepting an invitation to join a nonprofit Board? What questions should you ask? Once you have joined the Board, what expectations will you have of the organization and will the Board have of you? If you are helping recruit new Board members, how should you prepare? This seminar will you be equipped to ...
RESEARCH METHODS TO IDENTIFY FOUNDATION, CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING PROSPECTS You will learn the fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs. Appropriate research takes time and is well worth the investment. This workshop introduces you to research resources and methods. You will learn how to use these resources. ...
The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway as she covers the basics of communicating ...
In today’s highly competitive funding environment, understanding and communicating the impact of your organization is more important than ever before. This interactive workshop focuses on the art of determining meaningful and realistic outcomes for your work and introduces logic models as first steps in an effective evaluation process.
How to be a courageous communicator or why codependent communications makes your brand boring Nonprofits 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 ...
So often we hear someone say “That’s a great idea, we should write a grant for it”, yet the process of seeking and securing grant funding can be daunting, especially when it comes to applying for and administering state or federal grants. The objectives of this workshop will be to discuss the grant writing profess for state and federal grants ...
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. ...
Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged? In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss best practices for the basics of volunteer engagement, such as: Volunteer recruitment Volunteer ...
Do you wish to improve your organization’s grants program to increase income? Should you outsource grant writing or keep it in house? Do you need just a “writer” or are you looking for a grant professional to find opportunities, work with staff to prepare proposals and manage grants? What qualifications, experience and expertise should a grant consultant/writer have? Do success ...
Join Amy Altholz from RubinBrown to examine the contents of the recently issued exposure draft, Presentation of Financial Statements for Not-for-Profit Entities. This seminar will cover the highlights of the key proposed changes, review the proposed updated financial statement and footnote presentation format, and discuss what organizations should be doing now to prepare for future implementation.
Nonprofits today engage in a variety of evaluation approaches to meet their planning and reporting needs. This interactive workshop focuses on building a realistic approach to tracking program outputs and outcomes in order to measure organizational performance and plan for improvement.
Participants will learn: Best Practices in Hiring · Finding and Recruiting Qualified Candidates · Interviewing Tips · Using Social Media in Hiring · Use of Assessments · Reference Checking · Criminal Background Checks · Preventing Discrimination Claims · Onboarding Best Practices in Performance Management · Coaching and Counseling · Using Performance Reviews · Employee Disciplinary Process · Employee Misconduct · Managing Absenteeism · Responding to Employee Complaints · Investigation Process · Termination of Employment
The federal government has over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies amounting to billions of dollars each year. Sifting through myriad opportunities and determining what grants to select can be a time-consuming and difficult process for some organizations. How do you determine which grants are most appropriate for your organization? How do you figure out which ...
Changing the Charity Paradigm: A Half Day Workshop Wednesday, April 26, 2017 8:30am-12:30pm Location: Salem Lutheran Church 8343 Gravois Rd St. Louis, MO 63123 Description: High Value, No Cost! Send Me St. Louis has been at the forefront of advancing the conversation related to a better, more transformative way of serving the poor and marginalized. Given the significant ...
Serve BOLDLY Amidst Change: An Evening of Possibilities Tuesday, May 9, 2017 7:00pm-9:00pm Location: CRAVE Coffee House 3500 Caroline St. St. Louis, MO 63104 Description: High Value, No Cost! How can we Serve Boldly amidst change, whether it be internally or in the world around us? Join us for an inspirational evening as we hear from five unique churches and organizations who ...
2nd Quarter Christian Volunteer Managers Network Meeting Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:00am-11:00am Location: Lutheran Hour Ministries 660 Mason Ridge Center Dr. St. Louis, MO 63141 Description: High Value, No Cost! This Quarter’s Topic: “Making Room” For a church or organization to be healthy, there must be room. Room for new volunteers to enter the ranks, room for current volunteers to ...
The Gateway Center for Giving is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Missouri Common Grant Application (CGA), a popular grantmaking tool that allows grantmakers and grantseekers to work from a common set of questions and definitions that reinforce solid nonprofit and philanthropic practices. CGA Version 2.0 incorporates important questions that reflect a lens of ...
This session will explore types of metrics and drivers as well as processes and how to apply the information. Hear practical examples of implementing and measuring data to gain insights to your fundraising and help you achieve your performance goals. A panel discussion will follow presentations by our speakers, so come with your questions. Panelists: Mike Ehlert, Ross Hendrickson, and Julie Turner
Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and in life! Giving an effective presentation is all about connecting with your audience. It's showing your passion, sharing stories and keeping it simple. This workshop will help get your audience listening ...
National Philanthropy Day is a special day set aside to recognize the great contributions of philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—to the enrichment of our world. NPD was originally conceived of and organized by Douglas Freeman in the 1980s. The first official events were held in 1986 after President Reagan signed the official NPD proclamation. The day provides an ...
This workshop will focus on the challenges, responsibilities and journey of aspiring to be or becoming a director. Beyond the usual discussion points (new role and new rules) there is a key administrative mindset necessary to succeed as a director and we will explore the "pivot" that must occur to succeed a new director. Session attendees will discuss the ...
The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway as she covers the basics of communicating ...
Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It's a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. IQ will get you in the door, but it's your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others that will determine how successful you are in ...
Preparing a grant application or proposal is more than just asking for money to fund your organization and its programs. Private Foundations, Corporations and Governmental Agencies want to invest their $$$ in an organization’s programs that fit their own goals and in projects that should in all likelihood succeed. We will go into detail on explaining/developing each essential element ...
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return with their two-part series "So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?" On January 11, 2018 they will present "Best Choices and Basic Steps" and on January 18 they will be discussing "Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability". ...
This one-day workshop will help participants develop and practice their active listening skills.
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return with their two-part series "So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?" On January 11, 2018 they will present "Best Choices and Basic Steps" and on January 18 they will be discussing "Nuts & Bolts for Success and Sustainability". ...
You will learn the fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs. Appropriate research takes time and is well worth the investment.
Gateway Center for Giving and Network for Strong Communities present: Missouri Common Grant Application (CGA) Version 2.0: Orientation for Nonprofits The Gateway Center for Giving is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Missouri Common Grant Application (CGA), a popular grantmaking tool that allows grantmakers and grantseekers to work from a common set of questions and ...
Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration & Networking 9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Morning Session with Michael Geis 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Break, Lunch & Networking 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Session with Carol Weisman Fees: $70 SLPGC & AFP Members $110 Non-Members TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE VISIT: The St. Louis Planned Giving Council Calendar of ...
This lively and interactive training program will education all participants about the subject of discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Dan Sise, J.D., Interim Director of the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri St. Louis, will discuss the legal and good governance obligations of nonprofit board members, potential liabilities, and options to protect board members from those liabilities. Dan will touch on the applicable laws and regulations (federal and state) as well as best practices to help ...
ABOUT DEVELOPMENT 101 How do most of us learn about development? On the job, that’s how. That can be a good thing…or a disaster! Come spend time with Linda Haley learning about the basics you’ll need to figure out which development positions are right for you, learn the fundamentals early so you’ll have a firm foundation for your development future, ...
Dates & Times: February 26, 2018 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM | February 27, 2018 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM Location: UMSL J.C. Penney Conference Center 1 University Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63121 Price: $40 - Two Day Pass $25 - One Day Pass The Capacity Builders Conference will provide non-profits in the Promise Zone with the tools to grow ...
Dates & Times: February 26, 2018 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM | February 27, 2018 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM Location: UMSL J.C. Penney Conference Center 1 University Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63121 Price: $40 - Two Day Pass $25 - One Day Pass The Capacity Builders Conference will provide non-profits in the Promise Zone with the tools to grow ...
About the Workshop: Creating Your Development Plan Raising money but lack a plan? Join us for this hands-on workshop to explore critical elements of Development Plans. Access templates to make your own and leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds ...
Dan Sise, J.D., Interim Director of the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri St. Louis, will discuss the reporting and financial accountability obligations that accompany grant funds – how to manage the money, understand and comply with the grant agreement, keep on top of the paperwork, communicate with your funder, and arrive at a happy outcome for ...
About the Workshop: The ABC's of MOU's Many governmental agencies and foundations require that you partner with other agencies/organizations to secure funding. During this session you will examine the key elements and guidelines to develop an effective Memorandum of Understanding. You will also learn the difference between a MOU, a letter of commitment and a letter of support. You will ...
About the Workshop: Creating Your Development Plan Raising money but lack a plan? Join us for this hands-on workshop to explore critical elements of Development Plans. Access templates to make your own and leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds ...
About the Workshop: Creating Your Development Plan Raising money but lack a plan? Join us for this hands-on workshop to explore critical elements of Development Plans. Access templates to make your own and leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds ...
No matter what your role, you'll find this event informative and inspiring! At any time, a natural disaster or man-made crisis can hit, impacting the people our organizations serve and requiring staff and volunteer leaders across the agency to shift their focus to best fulfill the mission and benefit the community. At this program, you will hear from some key ...
About the Workshop: Volunteer Engagement 101 Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged? In this interactive workshop, we will discuss best practices for the basics of ...
About the Workshop: Developing a Proven Workplan to Successfully Apply for Governmental Funding This workshop will share techniques and templates to help you compete successfully for federal and state grant funding. How to review a request for proposal and develop a workplan to present a competetive proposal well for timely submission. About the Presenter: Kent Hornberger Kent Hornberger is ...
About the Workshop: Learn how the Federal budget works and how $$$ are made available to the various agencies- and how the federal "grants calendar" works - and how to use grants.gov and the various agency websites to identify potential opportunities well in advance of the deadline date when the application is due. How to forecast opportunities. How to identify ...
About the Workshop: Morning Session: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm The basics of designing & developing effective programs/initiatives determining success through measurable outcomes the role of high-quality assessments to accurately gauge success building a strong program evaluation model making date-driven decisions to inform strategic planning Lunch Break: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Afternoon Session: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm the ...
About the Workshop: Volunteer Recruitment Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment, such as: Designing your recruitment strategy Creating targeted recruitment communications Writing attractive recruitment appeals Sweetening ...
A successful major gifts program has the power to change the game for a nonprofit in the best way possible. Whether you work in development at a museum or advancement at a university, if you're in fundraising, you understand how major gifts are paramount to the sustainability of every nonprofit organization. Dan Reynolds will walk us through the steps involved ...
About the Workshop: Deepening Volunteer Engagement Volunteers can be crucial to the success of your programs. But how can you deepen your relationship with volunteers, ensuring that they happily support your organization with their time, resources, and connections? In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss: volunteer appreciation and retention how to engage volunteers as donors how to engage volunteers as community ...
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is a philosophy of management that focuses on improving an organization's efficiency and effectiveness, which can result in improved morale and teamwork. In this workshop, Sarah Buek, MSW, LCSW, founder of Insight Partners Consulting, LLC, will introduce participants to common CQI models and processes that they can apply to their nonprofit work, help them identify the ...
Are you thinking about starting a nonprofit, but don’t know where to begin? Or have you already started a nonprofit, and need help understanding the rules and regulations? Come to the UMSL Nonprofit Entrepreneur Workshop! Click Here to Register Now! Bring your friends to this FREE event! 8.16.18 NP WKSP Flyer WHEN: Thursday, August 16, 2018 ● 5:30 pm to 6:30 ...
Prepare for the CFRE exam with AFP St. Louis. This two-day course includes knowledgeable, top-notch instructors and case studies to assist you in preparing for the exam. Join us! Participation in the AFP CFRE Refresher Course may assist you in learning or reviewing concepts covered on the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) examination as detailed on the Test Content Outline provided ...
Join AFP St. Louis for a full day of learning and dialogue about the basics of fundraising. Designed for those new to the fundraising and nonprofit management professions, this interactive seminar offers an overview of a range of topics in fundraising, development, and management including the nature of nonprofits, prospect research and management, annual giving strategies, donor cultivation and stewardship, ...
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Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and in life! Giving an effective presentation is all about connecting with your audience. It's showing your passion, sharing stories and keeping it simple. This workshop will help get your audience listening ...
Join GPA for their September session - Consulting may not be rocket science, but to those on the outside looking in, it might as well be. But it doesn't have to be that way. Johna Rodges will share her own journey from steadfast employee who loved a paycheck to confident consultant.
Amy Lottes, GPC, will be back at Central Library by popular demand to present "Grant Writing 101" – this 90 minute program is aimed at nonprofit corporations interested in learning how to approach charitable foundations to apply for grant funding for their organizations. Learn why you might want to pursue grant money, considerations to keep in mind, and how to ...
Volunteer groups, whether corporate, faith-based, or student groups, can help your organization accomplish big tasks. They can also be a great way to connect your organization to key players in the community, and make a lasting impression on potential donors and on-going volunteers in just a few hours. But what is the best way to coordinate episodic groups to ensure ...
Do you need help getting started with grantwriting? In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: How to prepare for writing a proposal How to gather and prepare preliminary information How to develop ideas for the proposal ...
Join GPA for their October Session - How are you building sincere funder relationships? Cultivating funder relationships should be the first step in any grants cycle and can help secure valuable dollars. Yet organizations don't always plan their cultivation moves with foundations. Topics: Key stages in relationships; Cultivation tips; Best practices.
The core of successful administration is the ability to assess our approach to the concepts that define human resources and personnel as well as our understanding of professionalism, the importance of exhibiting and supporting a defined work ethic and addressing the challenges of staffing, training, and delegation. This workshop will cover the critical issues as they relate to developing and ...
$35 Members | $49 Nonmembers | $35 Students Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn—long gone are the days where the only source for news was the news itself. Join Abby Samel of Storyboard Consulting to discuss these changes in our medial landscape. With more people turning to their smartphones and social feeds for the news of the day, Abby will provide ...
High Value, No Cost! After much talk about millennials, it is time to turn our attention to the emerging generation, Gen Z. Join Send Me and Julianna Shults, Program Manager for Lutheran Young Adult Corps, as they outline key characteristics of Gen Z and tease out implications for engaging them as volunteers. Julianna Shults Program Manager, Lutheran Young Adult Corps Julianna ...
Outcomes measurement is another tool, another language, for capturing and sharing your organization’s story. Unfortunately, in too many organizations, this work focuses on counting what’s easy to count instead of measuring what’s meaningful. In this workshop, we explore the purpose and types of outcomes, what makes an outcome meaningful and measurable, how to craft outcome statements, and strategies for measuring ...
This 90-minute GFC presentation by Kent Hornberger, GPC, a member of the Board of Directors of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute will explore how to help your nonprofit organization formulate goals and objectives and implement an evaluation plan for successful programs and grant awards. Learn how to set clear goals and objectives in your grant proposal, what the difference is ...
Preparing a grant application or proposal is more that just asking for money to fund your organization and its programs. Private foundations, corporations and governmental agencies want to invest their money in an organization's programs that fit their own goals and have a high likelihood of success. During the workshop you will learn: What are the 9 essential elements of ...
Congregations/organizations funded during Lutheran Foundation's December 2017 grant cycle, and who are planning (and who are eligible) to seek another year of funding for the same program/project this coming December are highly encouraged to attend this workshop. The workshop will cover what to include in your grant application - particularly regarding your program's outcomes - practice in writing strong outcome ...
Tickets AFP MEMBER: $45 - Morning Program Only (8:30 a.m. – Noon) $45 - Afternoon Program Only (11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) $85 - Full Event (8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) NON-MEMBER: $65 - Morning Program Only (8:30 a.m. – Noon) $65 - Afternoon Program Only (11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) $125 - Full Event (8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) ...
High Value, No Cost! What do you see when you look at the community where you serve and/or live? A place full of struggles, or a place full of potential and value? Come learn why how we view our communities matters and how we can respond to God’s invitation to LOVE where we serve and live.
Personal branding is how you appear to others. It's about making a commitment to the journey of defining yourself as a leader and how this will shape the way you will serve others. This program will help you recognize the importance of developing your brand to enhance success. I'll show you how to define and cultivate your strengths to develop ...
Tax Reform – The Effects on Nonprofits Join us at the November Network Luncheon for a presentation on "Tax Reform – The Effects on Nonprofits." Nonprofits may not pay taxes but they can still be affected by changes in the tax law. The 2017 tax reform legislation brought sweeping change to everyone, including tax exempt organizations. Join us for an opportunity ...
In this GFC program, Dan Sise, J.D., Interim Director of the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri St. Louis, will discuss the legal and good governance obligations of nonprofit board members, potential liabilities, and options to protect board members from those liabilities. Dan will touch on the applicable laws and regulations (federal and state) as well as ...
Tickets: $65 - AFP Member $85 - Non-member Full tables and sponsorship opportunities are also available; please contact Ellen Howe at ellen@theromegroup.com for additional information. Schedule: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Reception 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Luncheon & Awards Program About National Philanthropy Day National Philanthropy Day is the St. Louis region’s premier celebration of charitable giving to ...
High Value, No Cost! Join others from St. Louis area churches & agencies to discuss what works, what doesn’t, and how to best manage your volunteers. This quarter’s topic is: Volunteers and Legal Issues.
Do you need to find corporations, foundations, and government agencies to help fund your programs? During this workshop you will learn: the fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs where to find accurate information on corporate, foundation and federal grants opportunities how to develop a ...
What makes a donor engage? Why, with varying degrees of passion, do they decide to fund? How can we keep existing donors engaged amidst deteriorating tax incentives? Lindsay Matush, CEO of Vario Marketing, will help you assess the “donor resonance” of your brand and equip you with tools for understanding your donors’ motivations. You’ll gain practical marketing ideas for year-round ...
Volunteering is a great way to learn about your community and make a difference in people's lives. Katelind Hosie, Lead Manager of the United Way of Greater St. Louis' Volunteer Center, will show you how to connect with volunteer opportunities in your community and choose a volunteer project that is right for you. Additionally, you will be given the opportunity ...
In the highly competitive world of grants, learn the art and science of creating excellent grant applications. Share perspectives and embrace practical examples that will give you an edge in writing proposals and obtaining funding. You will leave this interactive session with tools and techniques you can put to immediate use as you seek funds from the private sector. Hands-on activities ...
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
News stories about fraud and embezzlement at nonprofit organizations abound. Too many organizations find themselves dealing with these kinds of problems when an understanding of common schemes, and the implementation of relatively simple, yet important processes, procedures, and policies could protect them from many of these issues. Join us for a discussion on how nonprofits can prevent and detect fraud ...
In this GFC program, CPA managers from the not-for-profit division of RubinBrown LLC will present best practices for reading financial statements and overseeing budgeting and cash management practices for your nonprofit organization, including expectations and trends in the public demand for nonprofit financial accountability. Registration is requested, as space is limited.
Would you love to be able to track fundraising results, measure social media engagement or show your donors and grantmakers how their investment is making an impact? Let us show you step by step how to easily create a powerful dashboard to help you communicate your nonprofit’s performance. Click to learn more. You'll learn from this Live Webinar: How dashboards ...
About the Program “There’s never enough time!” Does this sound like your constant refrain? We all feel this way at some point in our lives (or maybe daily!) both professionally and personally. Start the New Year off right with new strategies to manage time effectively and make 2019 your most efficient and productive year yet! Join us for coffee, pastries, and learning as we kick off 2019 together. About the ...
Would you love to be able to track fundraising results, measure social media engagement or show your donors and grantmakers how their investment is making an impact? Let us show you step by step how to easily create a powerful dashboard to help you communicate your nonprofit’s performance. Click to learn more. You'll learn from this Live Webinar: How dashboards ...
Many nonprofits utilize volunteers to help them host events, such as festivals, 5K runs, fundraisers, and community engagement gatherings. But how do you best recruit, organize, train, and supervise volunteers for your organization's large events? In this interactive workshop, we'll cover everything you need to know to effectively coordinate volunteers for your next event, including: Getting started: planning to implement ...
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 from 1- 4 p.m. in # 202 J.C. Penney Conference Center (on the UMSL north campus) Successful grant research includes a review of various kinds of data like giving statistics, reports, and databases. But learning to identify, evaluate, and select data resources used in grants research can be a challenge. This course will provide participants with ...
3-Day Intensive Bootcamp January 25, 26, and February 23 from 9 am - 5 pm In this very intense 3-day bootcamp you will learn the following: Understand the available social media networks, the nuances of each network, and the challenges and opportunities of marketing/messaging to the brand’s desired audience on each network Conduct social analysis of brands to identify best practices and ...
Raising money but lack a plan? Join us for this hands-on workshop to explore critical elements of Development Plans. Access templates to make your own and leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds of nonprofits in more than two decades as ...
Do you need help getting started with grant writing? In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: How to prepare for writing a proposal How to gather and prepare preliminary information How to develop ideas for the ...
Join GPA for their February session - "Diversity and Inclusion Part II: A Deeper Dive" $10 for GPA members $15 for nonmembers
This engaging class will cover key HR topics, with a focus on the essential employment policies a non-profit needs to include in its handbook. Topics will include discrimination/retaliation policies and reporting procedures, leave policies, copyright and trademark issues, and policies related to performance evaluations and employee discipline. Presenters: Mollie G. Mohan practices law with the law firm of Tueth Keeney Cooper ...
In this hands-on bootcamp you will learn: – How to tell an effective story – How to write a script and conduct interviews – The basics of cameras, lenses, and movement – Lighting – Audio – Editing – Essential video production rigs for every budget – How brands are using video to tell their stories today Who is this class ...
Participants Will Learn: Best Practices in Hiring Finding and Recruiting Qualified Candidates Interviewing Tips Using Social Media in Hiring Use of Assessments Reference Checking Criminal Background Checks Preventing Discrimination Claims Onboarding Best Practices in Performance Management: Coaching and Counseling Using Performance Reviews Employee Disciplinary Process Employee Misconduct Managing Absenteeism Responding to Employee Complaints Investigation Process Termination of Employment About the ...
3-Day Intensive Bootcamp February 15, 16 and March 2 from 9 am – 5 pm In this 3-day intensive bootcamp, you will tackle many aspects of web analytics including: The importance of digital analytics Core analysis techniques Conversions and conversion attribution Creating a measurement plan How to pull reports and glean insights for our web reports: Audience reports Acquisition reports AdWords reports ...
Agenda: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Session Speakers: Carol Weisman, President Board Builders Michael McMurtrey, VP-Investment Officer Wells Fargo Advisors MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment, such as: Designing your recruitment strategy Creating targeted recruitment communications Writing attractive recruitment appeals Sweetening the deal: volunteer-benefits-centered recruitment Utilizing ...
Join AFP St. Louis for a full day of learning and dialogue about the basics of fundraising. Designed for those new to the fundraising and nonprofit management professions, this interactive seminar offers an overview of a range of topics in fundraising, development, and management including the nature of nonprofits, prospect research and management, annual giving strategies, donor cultivation and stewardship, ...
This GFC workshop will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. It will include: • The basic elements of a nonprofit grant proposal • The "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal • How to follow up whether the answer is yes or no Please contact Lisa Thorp at ...
Is fear of the "ask" keeping you safe behind your desk instead of talking with your donors? If so, you're not alone! Join us for this totally hands-on and interactive session where you will get comfortable being uncomfortable and gain confidence and courage to reach out. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds of nonprofits in ...
You go to work each day hoping that what you do is making a difference. But how do you know the hard work you and the staff of your nonprofit organization are doing is having a positive impact and achieving your mission? This class is oriented toward program staff and leadership as they seek to implement and manage successful programs. It ...
This workshop is an overview of middle management and leadership at multiple levels (from new professional to administrator). During the workshop we will evaluate the leadership acumen and management style at each level as well as explore the importance of continuous staff training, professional development and the politics of leading. There will be an emphasis on collaborative leadership, team building ...
Agenda: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Session Speaker: Yvette Hartsfield, CAP, CFRE, Managing Director of Development Missouri History Museum MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
No matter the size of your nonprofit it’s important to make sure everyone is on the same page. An Employee Handbook allows you to set out the internal rules for your company and saves you training time when a new employee is hired. This workshop is designed to provide general guidelines and summarize basic personnel policies, employee benefits, employee responsibility ...
Are you ready to start fundraising for your nonprofit organization's project or idea, but don't know what and how much to ask for? If preparing a budget for your foundation grant is holding you back, come to this GFC program to learn the basic elements of how to draft a project budget with confidence! Please contact Lisa Thorp at 314-539-0357 ...
One of the most overlooked tools in your fundraising toolkit. In this fast-paced, 3 hour workshop, learn how to make the Gift Table your BFF in planning and executing your fundraising program. Whether you're in campaign mode or not, Gift Tables are critical elements and can serve as road maps to success, help drive in gifts from donors, and help ...
Price $10 - AFP Members $20 - Non-members Agenda 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Registration/Networking 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - Presentation 6:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Q&A About The Session Donor retention is at an all-time low. That means we're not keeping our donors involved! In this session, we will discuss why people give or don't give ...
When: Friday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: # 410 SSB/Social Science Business building (on the UM-St. Louis North Campus) Fee: $ 60 ($45 for MVMA members with promo code. If you are an MVMA member please click here (https://mvma-stl.org/page-18128) to access the invitation code. You will be required to log into your member account to view ...
Do you need to find corporations, foundations, and government agencies to help fund your programs? During this workshop you will learn: The fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs Where to find accurate information on corporate, foundation and federal grants opportunities How to develop a ...
Price $20 - AFP Members $40 - Non-members Agenda 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. - Registration and Networking 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Program About the Session Participants will learn more than five ways to incorporate major and planned giving principles into their fundraising operations. Professionals will leave with specific strategies that could be implemented immediately – without hiring ...
April 9 Luncheon | Modern Storytelling for Nonprofits Tuesday, April 9 | 11:30am–1:15pm Maggiano's Little Italy | 2 The Boulevard | Richmond Heights, MO 63117 $35 Members | $49 Nonmembers | $35 Students With increased pressure to stand out in a crowded marketplace and captivate the St. Louis donor-audience, Nonprofits are looking for powerful messaging to connect. The Almanac team will share ...
Grant Writers Toolkit: Compression Planning with Julie Boll Please join us for our April session - Compression Planning with Julie Boll
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return to the GFC with their two-part series “So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?” On April 11, 2019 they will present “Best Choices and Basic Steps” and on April 18 they will be discussing “Nuts & Bolts for ...
Agenda: 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Registration 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Session Speaker: Dianne S. Johnson, JD, VP, Insitutional Advancement Missouri Botanical Garden MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
As directors, managers, and professionals we are often comfortable with policies and procedures. The challenges are often the "gray areas". When we have to address issues that move beyond the realm or "can we" to understand "should we". Ethical leadership is critical to the success of our associations, organizations and businesses, yet training and development opportunities on this subject are ...
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return to the GFC with their two-part series “So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?” On April 11, 2019 they will present “Best Choices and Basic Steps” and on April 18 they will be discussing “Nuts & Bolts for ...
Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and in life! Giving an effective presentation is all about connecting with your audience. It's showing your passion, sharing stories and keeping it simple. This workshop will help get your audience listening ...
formerly the Saint Louis Planned Giving Council2019 Annual Conference: Left + Right = Whole Brain: Bridging the Gap for a Better Client and Donor Experience Schedule at a Glance 7:45 - 8:15 am - Registration and Breakfast 8:15 - 9:45 am - Welcome and Keynote, Rebecca Rothey, CFRE, CAP 10:00 - 2:00 pm - Conference Workshops 2:00 - 2:50 pm - Closing ...
Thursday, May 9 from 1-5 p.m. (please note new class date) in # 402 J.C. Penney Conference Center (on the UMSL north campus) Do you want to strengthen your board and committees’ effectiveness and contribution to organizational success, while forging a more satisfying, effective board-executive relationship? Do you wish you could organize your board, executive, and staff responsibilities and relationships ...
Are you a new business owner or work for an organization and need the basics on social media marketing? Join us for a three-part workshop on social media marketing for a business or organization. Darcella Craven from the Veterans Business Resource Center will take participants through a four-module class that will cover basic social media marketing, including how to market ...
About the Program: With so many digital fundraising opportunities available, which is best for your organization? Do you have a strategic plan in place for these opportunities? Learn about how you can take advantage of all of the new ways to engage your donors. From making sure you are hitting your target audience to not missing a single donation to ...
May 14 Luncheon | The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Five Years Later: What Happened After the Ice Melted? Tuesday, May 14 | 11:30am–1:15pm Maggiano's Little Italy | 2 The Boulevard | Richmond Heights, MO 63117 $35 Members | $49 Nonmembers | $35 Students In the summer of 2014, The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dominated social media news feeds and raised over 100 million dollars ...
Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It's a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. IQ will get you in the door, but it's your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others that will determine how successful you are in ...
High Value, No Cost! Gather with others from St. Louis area churches & agencies to discuss what works, what doesn’t, and how to best manage your volunteers. This quarter’s topic: Crafting Culture, Leading Change: Helping Volunteer Policies Take Root.
Are you creating a new volunteer program or looking to update your existing program? Start with your volunteer management documents! In this interactive workshop, we’ll address best practices for designing and updating the documents that keep a volunteer program running smoothly, including: Documents for volunteer recruitment: strategic recruitment plan, recruitment appeals Documents for volunteer intake: application, interview form, reference requests ...
Guest Speaker: Vivan Loy, CFP Senior Wealth Strategist, PNC Wealth Management About the presentation: In depth studies have been done by the Nonprofit Community to determine what motivates Major Donors, but more importantly what these high net-worth donor/clients expect of their professional advisors. Above and beyond the legal and tax components, which are expected, these motivated individuals expect EVERY member ...
Teamwork has become a buzz word in all professional worlds. The importance of developing and sustaining collective team projects and activities drives the work in the nonprofit world. Often we believe we are forging ahead as a team, until it's time to access our work or evaluate our success and that is when we begin to understand the difference between ...
All too often, nonprofits either measure too little, trusting in their intuition that their work is impactful, or they measure everything, losing sight of what matters most. In this GFC workshop, Sarah Buek, MSW, LCSW, founder of Insight Partners Consulting, LLC, will help participants explore several strategies for finding the happy medium, including: how to find and select appropriate standardized ...
Award-winning fundraisers Nikki Bell and Simon Scriver, who have overcome anxiety and self-doubt to become public speaking contest winners & successful relationship fundraisers, will share their learnings of how to achieve your fundraising goals when all you really want to do is hide behind your desk. You’re empathetic, creative and skilled in spotting opportunities, all qualities to be a great ...
2-Part Webinar Series Part 1: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 from 2:00-3:00 PM CDT Part 2: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 from 2:00-3:00 PM CDT Fundraising is about getting to know your donors’ values, beliefs, and experiences. Knowing and understanding their generational tendencies (i.e. Matures, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z) is one way to help build stronger relationships. Learn the characteristic ...
According to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, approximately $37 billion is wasted in the United States each year due to unnecessary meetings. Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This presentation will focus on mid-to-small-size working meetings with groups who have a job to do requiring the ...
Award-winning fundraisers Nikki Bell and Simon Scriver, who have overcome anxiety and self-doubt to become public speaking contest winners & successful relationship fundraisers, will share their learnings of how to achieve your fundraising goals when all you really want to do is hide behind your desk. You’re empathetic, creative and skilled in spotting opportunities, all qualities to be a great ...
Looking to add some vibrancy to your volunteer culture? Join us for small group discussions with local "eggsperts" over hot breakfast. These eggsperts will answer questions and give tips, advice, and new ideas to recruit, engage and communicate with your volunteers. Eggsperts: Carolyn Compton, Volunteer Coordinator, Alive (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments) Maggie Strube, Volunteer Coordinator, Ready Readers Aimee Frey, Special Events ...
With the recent news stories about sexual harassment in many different industries, it's a good time to remind non-profit organizations about this important subject. Ann Plunkett of WorkPlace Partners, Inc., will present a training program, "Preventing Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace". This lively and interactive training program will educate all participants about the subject of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. ...
Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers can also pose some major challenges. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for managing the most difficult challenges that volunteer coordinators often face, including: Ethical and legal challenges in volunteering - theft, harassment, conflict of ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in #410 Social Science and Business (SSB) building (located on the UMSL north campus) In the highly competitive world of grants, learn the art and science of creating excellent grant applications. Share perspectives and embrace practical examples that will give you an edge in writing proposals and obtaining funding. You will leave ...
All too often, nonprofits either measure too little, trusting in their intuition that their work is impactful, or they measure everything, losing sight of what matters most. In this GFC workshop, Sarah Buek, MSW, LCSW, founder of The Illumilab, will help participants explore several strategies for finding the happy medium, including: how to find and select appropriate standardized measures, how to ...
About the Session Choose your own adventure! At this event, you'll be able to select the two sessions that most interest you. We'll have advanced professionals (those with 15 years or more of experience) host conversations around some of the biggest challenges we face as fundraisers - from projecting development revenue to getting your Board involved. Price $30 - AFP ...
Do your volunteers have untapped potential? Join UMSL and MVMA for a fast-paced, interactive workshop on developing your volunteers into more engaged, invested supporters of your organization! Instructor Rick Skinner joined the United Way of Greater St. Louis in 1999 and is the Vice President of the Volunteer Center. He is responsible for the leading the nation’s second oldest volunteer center ...
The VIP Circle of Influence will provide strategic creative tools, techniques and diverse communications which result in amazing short and long-term opportunities. Topics to be addressed: New Advanced Networking direction Excellent Tools for Relationship Building Confidence Building Interpersonal Enrichment Key Tools to Increase the Competitive Advantage Enhanced Service Initiatives Speaker: Jeri Schultz, President of Jeri Schultz & Associates, LLC, has spent the past ...
Welcome! If you're ready to learn how to find and write grants you've come to the right place. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. You do not need to work in the same profession as the host agency. Itinerary and Location: This workshop is July 11-12, ...
Welcome! If you're ready to learn how to find and write grants you've come to the right place. Beginning and experienced grant writers from city, county and state agencies as well as nonprofits, K-12, colleges and universities are encouraged to attend. You do not need to work in the same profession as the host agency. Itinerary and Location: This workshop is July 11-12, ...
Price $10 - AFP Member $20 - Non-member Agenda 5:30 pm - Registration/Networking 6:00 pm - Panel Discussion 6:45 pm - Q&A About the Session Ohhhh….now I get it! For most of us hindsight is 20/20. Just as in life, as fundraising professionals, we make mistakes. If we are smart about it, we look at those mistakes as opportunities, and ...
$109/person (ends 6/25; must use priority code) + $85 subsidy (one/organization) Send Me St. Louis & Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis invite you to join us at the 2019 Global Leadership Summit on August 8-9, 2019! We have secured special group pricing of $109/person until 6/25. The Foundation is offering to subsidize $85 of this registration cost for ONE leader from your congregation or organization.*NOTE: To receive the subsidy, ...
The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway as she covers the basics of communicating ...
On Thursday, Aug. 8 from 4:30-5:30 pm, STL Nonprofit News will host a Learning Series event at Venture Cafe, 4240 Duncan. Join nonprofit gurus Maxine Clark and Diane Drollinger as we discuss Should I or Shouldn’t I Start a New Nonprofit? We’ll have a panel discussion followed by an audience Q and A.
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 ...
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 ...
About the Session At this session Martin will discuss a set of foundational principles that he has observed, experienced and practiced that led to the raising of over $500 million dollars during his 24 year fundraising career. During the talk he will answer several questions: How does fundraising benefit our organizations; What does fundraising do for donors; and What's in it for us? This is an opportunity to gain ...
Workshop’s Content: This workshop will build and practice skills in articulating and changing your nonprofit’s organizational culture. It is geared toward all organizational levels and applies to multiple areas of interest including building leadership capacity, working through changing funding streams, leading change and navigating human resource challenges. Key Learning Objectives: By the end of the two hour session, participants will ...
Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers also involves potential risks to your organization, the people you serve, and even to the volunteers themselves. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for volunteer program risk management, including: Identifying risks to your volunteers, organization, ...
About the Workshop: The Call to Courageous Leadership in Nonprofits What is your call to courage? Find the answer to this question and more at this interactive 2.5 hour workshop with Dare to Lead certified facilitator, Julie Boll. Julie is passionate about helping nonprofits learn the skills, practices and tools needed to support brave leadership and build more courageous cultures. ...
August 26, 2019 7:30 AM to August 27, 2019 3:00 PM PRICE $400 - AFP Members $500 - Non-members SCHEDULE August 26 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Registration/Check-in 8:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Morning 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch Break 12:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Afternoon August 27 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Registration/Check-in 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Morning ...
Join AFP St. Louis for a full day of learning and dialogue about the basics of fundraising. Designed for those new to the fundraising and nonprofit management professions, this interactive seminar offers an overview of a range of topics in fundraising, development, and management including the nature of nonprofits, prospect research and management, annual giving strategies, donor cultivation and stewardship, ...
$140 for AFP members ($165 after July 14) $185 for non-members ($210 after July 14) About the Conference What is changing and what is staying the same? How can we evolve to keep up with new technology that can develop agile and adaptive fundraising campaigns, while at the same time maintain strong relationships through traditional face-to-face cultivation and stewardship? We must ...
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 ...
Learn how QuickBooks can help you manage your business finances (money) and perform day-to-day bookkeeping tasks more effectively and efficiently. Discover the differences in products offered by QB (Desktop, Online, Mac). Learn how to set up your chart of accounts and create lists to keep track of customers, vendors, and other information. Additional topics include working with invoices and payments, ...
People who lead programs, teams, departments or organizations are frequently charged with making difficult decisions based on incomplete information. This workshop will draw from evaluative thinking, performance management, strategic planning, and quality improvement techniques to encourage and equip nonprofit professionals to: 1) identify the data they need and 2) to share it and use it to make fact-based decisions and ...
About the Session Just like surgeons need to know the shape of the skeleton, the physical layout of the internal organs, and the connective tissues of the muscles and ligaments in order to perform a delicate surgery, fundraisers need to know the essentials of a good letter in order to effectively reach their audience and encourage maximum giving. From what ...
Representatives from the Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Center will present a session to provide current and future business owners a framework for creating a comprehensive online marketing strategy. Participants will learn what information is needed to successfully choose online marketing tools for their brand and use them to create conversions or engagements. This is part of our Lunch-and-Learn ...
Kalish Communications Media Training will teach participants how to: Give effective interviews to TV, radio, and print reporters Take apprehension away and make every interview a success Develop easy to communicate messages Not be misquoted Get your key messages into every interview Handle both tough interviews and sensitive issues Dress, sit, stand, and gesture for maximum effectiveness Manage unsettling interview ...
This hands-on workshop explores the value of moves management for major gift programs. You can make moves management a "healthy habit" by institutionalizing this vital process into your development program. Embracing moves management will make you a more intentional fundraiser and you won't have to scramble through the tyranny of the annual fund because you will know - at a ...
More and more, funders are asking nonprofits to describe how their work advances diversity and inclusion in our community. As grant and fundraising professionals, we must be prepared to respond to this question and understand how programs are (and are not) addressing these issues, and how that might impact our ability to meet our fundraising goals. At this half-day conference, ...
About the Workshop: The ABCs of MOUs Many governmental agencies and foundations require that you partner with other agencies/organizations to secure funding. During this session you will examine the key elements and guidelines to develop an effective Memorandum of Understanding. You will also learn the difference between a MOU, a letter of commitment and a letter of support. You will ...
AFP of St. Louis and Maryanne Dersch of Superstar Fundraising present: Nearly all nonprofits have fallen into this trap: we've built our homes on rented land, with social media as the main avenue to grow our influence and find new donors. Now that Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and even LinkedIn are public companies, the algorithms that we couldn't control in the ...
Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and in life! Giving an effective presentation is all about connecting with your audience. It's showing your passion, sharing stories and keeping it simple. This workshop will help get your audience listening ...
News stories about fraud and embezzlement at nonprofit organizations abound. Too many organizations find themselves dealing with these kinds of problems when an understanding of common schemes, and the implementation of relatively simple, yet important processes, procedures, and policies could protect them from many of these issues. Join us for a discussion on how nonprofits can prevent and detect fraud ...
Federal grants are notoriously complicated. Definitions and requirements for goals, objectives, impact, outcomes, indicators, performance measures, and similar terms are not always consistent, nor are expectations for what grantees must do to measure and report on their progress. Large foundations and grants from local, regional and state governmental entities may pose similar challenges. This workshop is intended for development and ...
This workshop answers basic questions about outcome-based evaluation and provides attendees with a user-friendly framework for making progress. These questions include: Why spend time on evaluation? What are appropriate outcomes for our work? How can we measure our outcomes in a way that is affordable, and most importantly, manageable, so it doesn’t detract from what we do to fulfill our ...
We have a Diversity and Inclusion committee!!! Now what? Most organizations these days have a Diversity and Inclusion committee…. That’s great, but what comes next? This is the tricky part that most organizations fall down on - what and how do we do the actual work? During this session, we will explore pitfalls and bumps in the road that others ...
About the Workshop: Basics of Grant Research Gain research methods to identify foundation, corporate and governmental funding prospects. You will learn the fundamentals of researching and identifying corporations, foundations and government agencies that are good fits to help fund your organization's mission and programs. Appropriate research takes time and is well worth the investment. This workshop introduces you to research resources and methods. You ...
This engaging class will cover key HR topics, with a focus on the essential employment policies a non-profit needs to include in its handbook. Topics will include discrimination/retaliation policies and reporting procedures, leave policies, copyright and trademark issues, and policies related to performance evaluations and employee discipline. Instructor Mollie G. Mohan practices law with the law firm of Tueth Keeney ...
Price: $10 - AFP Members $20 - Non-members Agenda: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Registration/networking 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. - Presentation 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Q&A About the Program Ethics can seem more frightening than Dracula and Frankenstein, but they don’t need to! You’ll hear from some of our local leaders about what they’ve learned, test ...
If you think the song "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is about the holidays, think again! It's about fundraising!! Did you know that most money donated each year from individuals comes during the months of November and December? And, the major of that comes in the last couple days of the year? It's an amazing time to get ...
Nonprofit Overtime Webinar On Tuesday, November 5 at 3:00 pm Eastern, the networks of the National Council of Nonprofits are hosting a national presentation to help all in the charitable community understand what the Overtime Final Rule means to nonprofit operations and missions, and what nonprofits should be doing now to prepare. We will be joined by officials from the U.S. ...
Volunteers are crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, supporting your mission with their time, resources, connections, and more. But working with volunteers can also pose some serious interpersonal challenges. In this interactive workshop, we will learn best practices for managing the most difficult interpersonal challenges that volunteer coordinators often face, including: Creating and enforcing clear expectations for volunteer behavior Designing ...
Do you want to strengthen your board and committees’ effectiveness and contribution to organizational success, while forging a more satisfying, effective board-executive relationship? Do you wish you could organize your board, executive, and staff responsibilities and relationships to best suit your organization’s size and resources? Does each of these parties’ roles, work and relations need to change to align with ...
Logic models and theories of change come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but they don’t need to be overly complicated. In fact, having a basic, easy-to-follow logic model/theory of change is one of the best steps your program can take for effective planning, evaluation, and communications for funders, board members, and other stakeholders. This workshop presents the what, ...
Join GPA St. Louis for a discussion with a local panel of funders who will share their thoughts on the importance of diversity in service provision and how they are helping promote diversity within our community. Each of the funders will also share some history about their organizations, including their past grant-making strategies, and areas of opportunity now or in ...
Remember when the only way we as marketing professionals had to communicate was to send a press release and pitch/wait on the media to possibly cover your event/story? Fast forward to 2019 and there are so many ways to share your organization's story/message/mission that it's hard to keep up with it all. The beautiful thing is that now we have ...
TICKETS: $65 - AFP Members $85 - Guests Individual tickets available beginning August 30. Full tables and sponsorship opportunities are also available; please contact Jackie Bode at jbode@aaortho.org for additional information. ABOUT NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY National Philanthropy Day is a special day set aside each year to recognize and pay tribute to those in our region and around the world who have ...
Dan Sise, J.D., Interim Director of the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri St. Louis, will discuss the legal and good governance obligations of nonprofit board members, potential liabilities, and options to protect board members from those liabilities. Dan will touch on the applicable laws and regulations (federal and state) as well as best practices to help ...
Price: $10 - AFP Members $20 - Non-members Agenda: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Registration/networking 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. - Presentation 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Q&A About the Program LinkedIn is good for a lot more than looking for your next job. It can actually be a fantastic tool to build relationships with donors, and to ...
About the Workshop: Grantwriting 101 Do you need help getting started with grantwriting? In this workshop, you will learn the fundamentals of how to develop and write the various components of a good grant proposal worthy of funding. During the session you will learn: How to prepare for writing a proposal How to gather and prepare preliminary information How to ...
About the Session Choose your own adventure! At this event, you'll be able to select the two sessions that most interest you. We'll have advanced professionals (those with 15 years or more of experience) host conversations around some of the biggest challenges we face as fundraisers - from projecting development revenue to getting your Board involved. Price $30 - AFP ...
About the Workshop: Intro to Leadership Coaching Explore how to find “coachable moments” to empower others to increase their confidence and discover their own paths to success. Experience what makes leadership coaching distinct from other ways to lead through deep listening, exploring options, identifying roadblocks and making commitments. Learn how to bring a culture of inquiry to your organization in ...
This engaging class will cover key HR topics, with a focus on the essential employment policies a non-profit needs to include in its handbook. Topics will include discrimination/retaliation policies and reporting procedures, leave policies, copyright and trademark issues, and policies related to performance evaluations and employee discipline. Instructor Mollie G. Mohan practices law with the law firm of Tueth Keeney ...
In the highly competitive world of grants, learn the art and science of creating excellent grant applications. Share perspectives and embrace practical examples that will give you an edge in writing proposals and obtaining funding. You will leave this interactive session with tools and techniques you can put to immediate use as you seek funds from the private sector. Hands-on ...
Karen Kalish is the author of How to Give a Terrific Presentation, Dealing Effectively with the Media and I'll See You On The Radio. She taught school for six years in Washington, DC before becoming a reporter for CBS-TV there. She had the same beat for ABC-TV in Chicago and then was the Washington, DC reporter/producer for Entertainment Tonight. She ...
Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It’s a pivotal factor in professional and personal success. IQ will get you in the door, but it’s your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others that will determine how successful you are in ...
Successful grant research includes a review of various kinds of data like giving statistics, reports, and databases. But learning to identify, evaluate, and select data resources used in grants research can be a challenge. This course will provide participants with (a) an introduction to the process of information evaluation, (b) data resources commonly available in grant development, and (c) how ...
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return to the GFC with their two-part series “So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?” On January 16, 2020 they will present “Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You?” and on January 23 they will be discussing “Nuts & ...
Sue Greenberg of Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and Tracy James of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri return to the GFC with their two-part series “So You Think You Want to Start a Nonprofit?” On January 16, 2020 they will present “Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You?” and on January 23 they will be discussing “Nuts & ...
Teamwork has become a buzz word in all professional worlds. The importance of developing and sustaining collective team projects and activities drives the work in the nonprofit world. Often we believe we are forging ahead as a team, until it's time to access our work or evaluate our success and that is when we begin to understand the difference between ...
Want to start 2020 with a powerful roadmap for raising money? Join us for this hands-on workshop on Creating a Development Plan. Participants will: Learn about the critical elements of a development plan Access templates to make your own Leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy ...
Does your narrative feel stale? Have your read your needs statement so many times you can’t objectively evaluate its impact? Have you been using the same language to describe your program for the last five years? Many grant professionals work in offices where they are the only grant writer. We all need someone to review our work and who better ...
This workshop will teach you how to craft messaging that attracts donors to your organization. You will create a brand promise to ground and guide all your messaging, create a tagline that is meaningful and memorable, develop talking points (not an elevator speech!) to engage new potential donors. You will also learn how to create and support a culture is ...
Stu on Stewardship will explore the four key fundamentals of donor stewardship and will then delve into how organizations can approach stewardship as an integral part of the overall fundraising cycle. The session will include a discussion on best-practices for capturing stewardship data, the most effective ways to use data to support stewardship activities, and why effective stewardship relies on ...
The Saint Louis Planned Giving Council and the Association of Fundraising Professionals are again partnering to host a three-part Planned Giving 101 Boot Camp Series. The series is designed to introduce the concepts of planned giving to development professionals, executive directors, board members and others who are either new to planned giving or interested in starting a planned giving program. It ...
Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment, such as: Designing your recruitment strategy Creating targeted recruitment communications Writing attractive recruitment appeals Sweetening the deal: volunteer-benefits-centered recruitment Utilizing ...
Having a culture of both impact and enjoyment is no easy task. We know we have to start by setting goals and recognizing achievements. From there though, we can’t have an enjoyable workplace simply by using the word "fun." Fun committees and fun days are just a small part of building the right culture. We have to have meetings employees ...
A Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) is a fundraising professional who has gone the extra mile to confirm their own mastery of fundraising practices. The CFRE is the only accredited, globally recognized certification for fundraising professionals. The 2018 Compensation and Benefits Study conducted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals shows that in 2018, CFREs in the United States earned on ...
The core of successful administration is the ability to assess our approach to the concepts that define human resources and personnel as well as our understanding of professionalism, the importance of exhibiting and supporting a defined work ethic and addressing the challenges of staffing, training and delegation. This session will cover the critical issues as they relate to developing and ...
In this live webinar, lead by Diane Leonard, owner of DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services, will help participants learn: How to reach approved budgets as a forecasting framework How to use the tools that are available to assist with forecasting, including Grants.gov, Sam.beta.gov, Federal and State agency websites How to find where and to whom dollars have been previously ...
Whether you have a new pilot project that is under resourced or your budgets overall have grown increasingly constrained, odds are you have been asked (and will be asked again!) to deliver marketing success with limited financial resources. Limited dollars don't have to mean limited impact if you consider a few key principles - both the tried and true and ...
Let's unwind and have a little fun together this spring! We'll meet up at 5:30 p.m. at the Budweiser Brew House for a happy hour, appetizers on us. You’ll get your first drink free and be able to learn more about the various event spaces within Ballpark Village. (Did you know they offer various event spaces? You may just leave ...
Nearly all nonprofits have fallen into this trap: we've built our homes on rented land, with social media as the main avenue to grow our influence and find new donors. Now that Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and even LinkedIn are public companies, the algorithms that we couldn't control in the first place are now being dictated more and more by paid posts. ...
Network for Strong Communities will be hosting a call with nonprofit leaders concerning the impact of COVID-19. We invite you to join us as we discuss the current crisis and how local nonprofits are managing their staff, clients, and mission. To join the conversation, please follow the instructions below. Topic: COVID-19 Nonprofit Impact Please RSVP with Emily Garrison: nscadmin@nscnow.org or (314)961-7604 Join ...
When: Thursday, March 26, 2020, 1-4 p.m. The class will provide an overview of key strategies to execute your most successful campaign, whether capital, endowment or comprehensive. Instructor Dan Reynolds will share best practices, priorities activities, pillars for success, and stories and lessons from the field regarding what works well and perhaps not so well. Instructor Dan Reynolds has been ...
This class will explore various new, low cost, and free resources to help you recruit, communicate with, and inspire volunteers. Topics: Tips & Tricks for Using Digital Media to Recruit Volunteers - presented by Katie Stuckenschneider, Marketing & Digital Media Manager at Forest Park. Do the Hustle! - Learn about Hustle, an effective peer-to-peer text messaging tool to reach volunteers quickly and ...
NSC will be hosting a call with nonprofit leaders concerning the impact of COVID-19. We invite you to join us as we discuss the current crisis and how local nonprofits are managing their staff, clients, and mission. Topic Families First Coronavirus Response Act Time: April 1, 2020 11:00 AM
NSC will be hosting a call with nonprofit leaders concerning the impact of COVID-19. We invite you to join us as we discuss the current crisis and how local nonprofits are managing their staff, clients, and mission. Topic Families First Coronavirus Response Act Time: April 1, 2020 10:00 AM
How to Engage Board, Staff, and Everyone Else in Marketing Your Organization Workshop to be held virtually via Zoom. In this crisis, how you communicate to your stakeholders is more critical than ever. This is your opportunity to create better outcomes in your communications. This starts with engaging all members of your organization, because if you want to communicate effectively externally, it ...
AFP St. Louis recognizes these times are unprecedented and nonprofit professionals may need to vent, commiserate, seek guidance, celebrate successes, or just "hang out" with other like-minded individuals! We are hosting a "Nonprofit Happy Hour" for any and all nonprofit professionals on Thursday, April 23rd, from 4 to 5 pm. This is an informal virtual gathering, and each participant is encouraged ...
AFP Global knows times are tough, but you still need to stay at the top of your fundraising game. That's why registration fees have been waived for the next three webinars for all members! Not an AFP member yet? You can join here: https://afpglobal.org/join Special events have long been synonymous with fundraising and as a result, every fundraiser has a story of cold ...
Leading local funders discuss what their organizations are doing in response to the current pandemic. Find out what resources are available for nonprofits and individuals who have been impacted by the disease or by the resulting downturn in the economy. They will discuss what community needs they are seeing, how they have changed their grantmaking programs, what areas they are ...
Memory Care Home Solutions applied for its first federal grant in 2017. The process was challenging, but the organization had made strategic investments in the preceding years which positioned them be competitive. Hear the story from the perspective of the Grants Manager with analysis from their federal grant consultant. The presenters will share ways for your organization to prepare for ...
Does your organization have a website no one visits, social media posts no one sees or blogs no one reads? Do you have marketing that makes your executive director happy yet doesn’t connect with audiences? Do you have a board that wants you to make them “thought leaders” and you have no idea how to do that? In this workshop, ...
Join us for a hands-on training where you will learn how to create participatory virtual experiences for your supporters. Worried that the cancellation of your in-person experiences (events, meetings, tours, performances, and trips) will lead to lost donations and connections? Wondering what else to do besides update your donors and ask for money? COVID-19 is creating an urgent need for human connection ...
AFP St. Louis recognizes these times are unprecedented and nonprofit professionals may need to vent, commiserate, seek guidance, celebrate successes, or just "hang out" with other like-minded individuals! We are hosting a "Nonprofit Happy Hour" for any and all nonprofit professionals on Thursday, April 23rd, from 4 to 5 pm. This is an informal virtual gathering, and each participant is encouraged ...
Join us for a hands-on training where you will learn how to create participatory virtual experiences for your supporters. Worried that the cancellation of your in-person experiences (events, meetings, tours, performances, and trips) will lead to lost donations and connections? Wondering what else to do besides update your donors and ask for money? COVID-19 is creating an urgent need for human connection ...
We are in unprecedented times. Whether you have people in your organization working remotely, from the office or not at all, we all have people that make our organizations run. How you communicate with them during this time matters. It will have implications for your organization now and in the future. In this presentation, social media strategist and storyteller Katie ...
AFP Global knows times are tough, but you still need to stay at the top of your fundraising game. That's why registration fees have been waived for the next three webinars for all members! Not an AFP member yet? You can join here: https://afpglobal.org/join Done well, surveys can empower you with real, actionable, and surprising insights into what your current and prospective donors ...
Please note, this session will be held remotely using Zoom, which can be accessed from your computer, phone, or tablet. You do not need a Zoom account to join this session. Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and ...
This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave class with ...
AFP St. Louis recognizes these times are unprecedented and nonprofit professionals may need to vent, commiserate, seek guidance, celebrate successes, or just "hang out" with other like-minded individuals! We are hosting a "Nonprofit Happy Hour" for any and all nonprofit professionals on Thursday, April 23rd, from 4 to 5 pm. This is an informal virtual gathering, and each participant is encouraged ...
AFP Global knows times are tough, but you still need to stay at the top of your fundraising game. That's why registration fees have been waived for the next three webinars for all members! Not an AFP member yet? You can join here: https://afpglobal.org/join You’ve grown your legacy program, you have an impressive pipeline of donors interested and considering leaving a legacy gift ...
Chances are, your organization needs more from your website than ever before. With more communications shifting to digital, out of need or convenience, your website must do more heavy lifting than you planned. But how do you know where to begin? Join members of the Almanac team to discover a framework for evaluating your website in four critical areas: Audience, ...
COVID-19 has created multiple sources of stress. Artists and creatives have been particularly hit hard, and face unique challenges as the economy continues to be affected by the pandemic. As federal and state governments create programs to help people and businesses, it can be a challenge to make sense of, and take action on, the often overwhelming amount of information ...
AFP St. Louis recognizes these times are unprecedented and nonprofit professionals may need to vent, commiserate, seek guidance, celebrate successes, or just "hang out" with other like-minded individuals! We are hosting "Nonprofit Happy Hours" for any and all nonprofit professionals. This is an informal virtual gathering, and each participant is encouraged to join with their own beverage of choice or special ...
For many of us, "no" is the hardest word to say. Is it because we have a strong desire to be liked? Is it because we've been socialized to value other people's needs and feelings more than our own? Is it because we don't want to seem rude? Learning to use your "no muscle" not only builds character and strength, ...
Website analytics can help you track who is coming to your site, where they go once they get there and how they found you. Analytics can tell you if your social media is successfully sending visitors to your site and if donors know they can give online. Unfortunately, decoding analytics reports is not as simple or straightforward as it could ...
Join us for a hands-on training where you will learn the virtual facilitation tools, tips, and tricks needed to build trust, spark ideas, and foster collaboration in your virtual meetings. With so much of the world moving online and the inability to predict what the future holds, we cannot keep postponing these critical conversations and difficult decisions for the next ...
Join us for a hands-on training where you will learn the virtual facilitation tools, tips, and tricks needed to build trust, spark ideas, and foster collaboration in your virtual meetings. With so much of the world moving online and the inability to predict what the future holds, we cannot keep postponing these critical conversations and difficult decisions for the next ...
Gateway Center for Giving, EPIP St. Louis, Gladiator Consulting, YNPN St. Louis, NSC, and AFP St. Louis are excited to co-host St. Louis's second annual Beverage to Enhance Equity in Relationships (BEER) social event, sponsored by Bank of America. In the interest of health and safety, this year's event will be online. Jim Kemp of Bank of America will serve as our MC, interviewing several interesting guests ...
The entire world has changed amidst the world-wide pandemic. Non-profit organizations and their leadership have never been tested more than they are at this moment in history. Learn from expert Michael J. Baker, CFRE tips and strategies to ensure your Board members understand their responsibilities during extraordinary times. Key takeaways from the session include: Understanding the role of Board Members ...
Both volunteers and paid staff are crucial to the success of your organization, but how can you create and maintain a culture in which they all feel supported, valued, and part of the mission? This interactive workshop will explore best practices to help foster good working relationships between volunteers and staff. Participants will learn practical techniques for: Addressing and overcoming ...
According to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, approximately $37 billion is wasted in the United States each year due to unnecessary meetings. Meetings come in all shapes and sizes, from the convention to a quick huddle in an office hallway. This presentation will focus on mid-to-small-size working meetings with groups who have a job to do requiring the ...
Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged? In this interactive workshop, we will discuss best practices for the basics of volunteer engagement, such as: Volunteer recruitment ...
Learn relaxation skills for calming the body during times of anxiety and worry. Participants will practice self-talk techniques for minimizing worry and preventing anxious thoughts. A personal strength exercise will be introduced to help participants manage and prevent anxiety and worry. Participants will develop a peaceful feeling of confidence by using a peaceful scene exercise to minimize anxiety and worry. ...
Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not need to have ...
Who or what holds power in your organization? How can we as nonprofit professionals, ensure inclusion, diversity, equity, and access are embraced as guiding principles? Join us for a provocative and powerful panel discussion with thought leaders Antoinette Carroll, Erica Williams, and Aimee Wehmeier who will discuss diversity within power structures in St. Louis nonprofits. Upon registering, you will receive an email ...
Coordinating volunteers takes time, effort, and constant attention to detail. But sometimes the daily tasks of volunteer management can get in the way of the big-picture evaluation and planning that is crucial to the future success of your volunteer program. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical techniques to improve their volunteer program through strategic planning, including: Evaluating your ...
This year, we’ll use our 20/20 vision to take a look back and jump forward to the future of fundraising. What have you learned in 2020 that you will take with you to 2021, and what would you leave behind? What do you expect to find in 2021? What do you expect 5, 10, or 20 years into your fundraising ...
The Evaluation Association of St. Louis has partnered with the Greater Boston Evaluation Network to offer this virtual learning opportunity. The Zoom link for joining the event will be sent out prior. Session Abstract: Community health needs assessments are beneficial for many reasons, such as obtaining information on the current strengths of communities, identifying gaps and areas for improvement, and ...
When you are working on a grant proposal, do you find yourself… Creating a new program budget for each proposal? Crafting a new organizational statement to fit the character count? Modifying your programs just a little bit to meet the funder’s guidelines? Asking for an updated organizational budget to share with the funder where you “actually” are for the year? ...
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 ...
The foundation of supervision is proper and appropriate delegation, and that is often the challenge in most supervisory relationships. Although delegation is often viewed as only relevant in the supervisor’s realm, issues related to emotional intelligence, position match and fit as well staff expectations often drive successful delegation or impede progress. In this 90 minute workshop we will examine those key elements; emotional ...
Join us to hear from local professionals about the lessons they've learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring Michael Rubin, Rhonda Gray, Dan Reynolds, and Michael McMillan (not pictured). Moderated by Rachel Covington. Agenda Each section consists of a 15 minute presentation followed by a 5 minute q/a session. 11:30 am: Stay the Course, Michael Rubin 11:50 am: Developing a New Community ...
Many of us struggle with finding a balance between passive and aggressive communication. Assertive communication expresses what you believe and how it can be achieved in a way that is strong, open, tactful and effective and also allows the other to respond. Learning how to speak assertively is a key leadership skill. This seminar will help you stand up for yourself ...
Welcome to a new virtual evaluation learning experience. Evalpalooza is a 4 hour long focused, interactive, small, virtual session facilitated by evaluation thought leaders around a key topic. Sessions are limited to only 100 individuals (including presenters), are conducted via Zoom, and are interactive. (Yes, you are expected to interact!) The September event will be led by Kylie Hutchinson. Sheila ...
Need an extra set of hands as you weather the current challenges? Look no further than your Board of Directors. As the saying goes "Don't Waste a Crisis!" This virtual workshop, lead by seasoned consultant Wendy Dyer, will explore ways to better engage with your board to utilize their talents and skills as we get through the pandemic, economic response, ...
GPA monthly programs are back-virtually! Join them in October as they explore the tools needed to be more efficient your grant writing work. More details and full program description coming soon!
How does one “think like an evaluator”? How can program implementers learn to think like evaluators? Recent years have witnessed an increased use of the term “evaluative thinking,” yet this particular way of thinking, reflecting, and reasoning is not always well understood. To help remedy that, this webinar will address: (1) What evaluative thinking (ET) is; (2) How it pertains ...
No matter the size of your nonprofit it’s important to make sure everyone is on the same page. An Employee Handbook allows you to set out the internal rules for your company and saves you training time when a new employee is hired. This workshop is designed to provide general guidelines and summarize basic personnel policies, employee benefits, employee responsibility ...
Few grant application questions receive more groans from grant writers than “sustainability” questions. The tendency is to write a statement about how your organization will continue to diversify your fundraising strategy while stewarding existing donors. This response could be copied and pasted into every grant proposal written by just about every nonprofit organization across the country, but it does not ...
Join Anthony R. Alonso as he discusses the tools and techniques you should use to maximize communication efforts with your donors, especially during times where face to face visits are not always an option. Cultivation is key for the long-term sustainability of your annual fund, so make the most of a multi-channel strategy that incorporates email, direct mail, phone, text, ...
As development professionals, we are charged with the huge task of juggling many different segments of donor activities: major donors, direct mail, marketing, events, board relationships, and even planned giving. This presentation will help prioritize and give clarity to those individuals who always feel they are reacting rather than being proactive in their work to ensure the greatest return. This presentation ...
Spectrum is going virtual! Join us for a daylong digital conference for nonprofit marketers, communicators, fundraisers, and leaders. Enjoy 3 keynotes, 4 tracks of programming, and more! Virtual attendees pick 4 sessions to attend live in addition to the keynote presentations—then get recordings of ALL 16 breakout sessions PLUS the 3 keynotes after the conference ends. Earlybird pricing (now–August 31): $49 Members ...
Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It’s a pivotal factor in professional and personal success. IQ will get you in the door, but it’s your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others that will determine how successful you are in ...
Participate in this web-based class for an updated primer on how to start a Missouri nonprofit corporation that will seek to obtain 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the IRS. This class will also cover the basics of good governance policies, strategies, and requirements that will allow your organization to maintain its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status on an ongoing basis once you ...
Participate in this web-based class for an updated primer on how to start a Missouri nonprofit corporation that will seek to obtain 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the IRS. This class will also cover the basics of good governance policies, strategies, and requirements that will allow your organization to maintain its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status on an ongoing basis once you ...
The Evaluation Association of St. Louis has partnered with the Minnesota Evaluation Association (MNEA) to offer this virtual learning opportunity. Cost: The cost is free for EASL and MNEA members The cost for other affiliates and the public is $10 The Zoom link for joining the event will be sent out a few days before via email Webinar Description: Journey ...
GPA’s Annual Conference attracts over 900 grant professionals for a three-day conference full of learning and networking opportunities. Grant professionals come together to exchange strategies, solutions, resources, and more. With three days of inspiration, education, and networking, attendees are equipped with a year’s worth of support for their daily responsibilities as grant professionals. Choose from over 40 live and on-demand sessions. From early-career ...
In these challenging times, it's crucial to focus on appreciating and retaining your volunteers! This interactive workshop will be an in-depth exploration of best practices for volunteer appreciation and retention. We'll identify ways to motivate and retain volunteers through our daily engagement practices, as well as specific appreciation techniques. Participants will also learn how to craft a strategic plan for ...
Whether you're a business owner, employer, job seeker, or student - your personal brand is your professional footprint. As more people are communicating and buying online, and as global access to a myriad of devices are making it easier to create content and connections, it can be a real challenge to stand out. You may be the most talented, productive, creative, hardworking, (etc.) ...
Major gifts provide one of the highest returns on investment of any development shop. Learn how the increasing wage gap in the U.S. is impacting major gifts, what you can do to capitalize on the trends, and why it's important to nurture gifts of all levels. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy has enjoyed working with hundreds of nonprofits in more ...
As development professionals, we are charged with the huge task of juggling many different segments of donor activities: major donors, direct mail, marketing, events, board relationships, and even planned giving. This presentation will help prioritize and give clarity to those individuals who always feel they are reacting rather than being proactive in their work to ensure the greatest return. This ...
Welcome to 2020, a year that is nothing but change and challenge. A year in which a return to some storied before-time is not possible nor just. A year in which dual pandemics, one in its infancy, another over 400 years old, implore us to center Black lives and collectively imagine and lay fresh footing for a world where everyone ...
You’ve done all the right things. Collected the emails at every logical interaction with donors. Now what do you do with them? The leadership team from M&C will share strategies and tactics for making the most of this contact information goldmine. Learn about the best platforms for your organization and particular goals Demystify the magic of an effective welcome series ...
For more than 30 years, Diane M. Carlson has been helping her clients ask for and receive millions of dollars in support for their organizations. In this 45-minute webinar, Diane walks her audience through the process of managing the “ask”, starting with prospect identification and ending with how to handle saying “thank you”.
Our January virtual program will feature a panel presentation from business leaders who are managing teams that work fully remote, or a hybrid of in-person and remote. How do these dynamics impact internal communications and morale? The panel will discuss strategies for conflict resolution, authentic connections, and productivity for teams that are no longer all in the same room.
Hampered by character and word limitations, how do we tell our story and put the face of the constituents we serve into our grant applications? In this session we will explore how to add storytelling and use descriptive words to bring energy to grant applications and help them stand out in the competitive grants world. Meet the Presenter Amy Lottes, ...
Looking for ways to grow your fundraising team’s engagement, focus, and performance? Join host Robin LeVan, SVP of Marketing and Partnership and Sam Goodson, Nonprofit Cloud Consultant at Buzzbold and special guest Jarel Loveless, Chief Development Officer at Annie Malone Children's and Family Services for virtual coffee as we chat about how Salesforce's Nonprofit Cloud helped Jarel lead his team and ...
Questions For You: What is your unique superpower? What is the biggest inspirational shift you've made professionally in 2020? How are you communicating that to your donors? Within your organization, what do you love? What would you love to see? What do you hope to learn as a takeaway from attending this masterclass? Virtual Events: While they were initially looked ...
The COVID pandemic has altered much about how we work, including an increase to nonprofit employees working remotely. This workshop will take you through best practices on managing remote staff for sustaining a well-run office culture, even when everyone isn't able to be in the office. In addition to maintaining staff remotely, this workshop will include best practices for hiring ...
Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not need to have ...
2021 is finally here, ready or not. It's time to dust off those yearly budgets and find the funds to make this year a success! Join us for this interactive workshop to add new tools to your fundraising toolkit and hone in on healthy habits that result in fundraising success. Topics covered include better donor engagement, adding a gift table ...
Choose your own virtual adventure! At our annual roundtable event, you'll be able to select the three sessions that most interest you. Advanced professionals (those with 10+ years of experience) will host important conversations as the world has gone virtual and changed for fundraisers, donors, and within our communities. Learn how non-profit professionals have adapted, lead change, and re-imagined the ways in ...
Does your grant narrative feel stale? Have your read your needs statement so many times you can’t objectively evaluate its impact? Have you been using the same language to describe your program for the last five years? Many grant professionals work in offices where they are the only grant writer. We all need someone to review our work and who ...
Whether a beginner, intermediate or advanced presenter, we can all benefit from improved public speaking skills. The better your public speaking, the greater your success - in business and in life! Giving an effective presentation is all about connecting with your audience. It's showing your passion, sharing stories and keeping it simple. This workshop will help get your audience listening ...
2020 forced nonprofit professionals to re-imagine everything: programs, fundraising, service delivery, budgets—and marketing! Join us in February to hear from Erin Prange about how Big Muddy Dance Company leveraged creative marketing strategies to keep stakeholders engaged through every "stage" of a global pandemic. Erin Prange received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Spanish at Colorado State University and a ...
As evaluators, we think a lot about learning. Good learning is key to getting evaluation findings used in a way that improves decisions and increases impact. And good learning can also happen when there is no evaluation, using evidence from practice. But good learning is hard to do. This session will explore one approach to creating powerful learning conversations that ...
This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave class with ...
Did your project stop dead in its tracks? Is your grants team stuck in the mud? Is your client indecisive, or maybe even ambivalent? As grant professionals, we often find ourselves stuck in the middle of this madness. Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based treatment often used in a clinical setting to help clients explore ambivalence and boost motivation and commitment ...
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 ...
This workshop will focus on the structures and dynamics of teamwork, the common challenges and strategies to address "team brownout and team burnout" and explore activities and opportunities inherent in the current virtual workplace that can help retain team connection and cohesion. Team building and teamwork are developed when there is an intentional plan to develop and sustain a culture ...
Join AFP St. Louis for two half-day virtual learning sessions and dialogue about the basics of fundraising. Designed for those new to the fundraising and nonprofit management professions, these interactive seminars offer an overview of a range of topics in fundraising, development, and management including the nature of nonprofits, prospect research and management, annual giving strategies, donor cultivation and stewardship, ...
Join AFP St. Louis for two half-day virtual learning sessions and dialogue about the basics of fundraising. Designed for those new to the fundraising and nonprofit management professions, these interactive seminars offer an overview of a range of topics in fundraising, development, and management including the nature of nonprofits, prospect research and management, annual giving strategies, donor cultivation and stewardship, ...
Meetings are a mainstay in business and often can reflect one’s value to an organization. Hence, how we present ourselves during meetings can help (or hurt) our career. There are times at work where we are evaluated for our behavior such as when giving presentations, when managing projects, when dealing with conflicts and different personalities, and when in meetings. If you ...
The Evaluation Association of St. Louis has partnered with the Atlanta-Area Evaluation Association (AaEA) to offer this virtual learning opportunity. Data parties are creative ways to engage stakeholders in making sense of evaluation data. They can make your results more meaningful and increase the use of your evaluation findings. Join us for a webinar on data parties to learn more ...
Increasing your focus on diversity and inclusion and raising money aren’t mutually exclusive. In this webinar, we’ll help you assess and revitalize your development program to take an anti-racist approach that results in successful fundraising and a high return on investment. In addition to providing practical advice and anti-racist actions you can take in your fundraising, we’ll also consider the ...
The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway as she covers the basics of communicating ...
Working virtually doesn't have to mean working less effectively. In this session you'll learn to think differently about meetings with your team, your peers, and those you serve — and you'll take away lessons and tools to help make every meeting matter. In this session, you will: Learn how to make all your meetings more productive. Explore ways to run ...
The 2020 Census counted every person living in the United States and the five U.S. territories. The 2020 Census marked the 24th time that the country has counted its population; the first was in 1790. In addition to the Decennial, conducted every 10 years, the Census Bureau conducts surveys year-round. Currently they are conducting a survey on the impact of ...
Professional development and training are critical to the success of managers and supervisors, but often they are the last group to design and develop a true professional development plan that emphasizes and encourages development for the next level of leadership. This workshop will review the importance of training (to perform your current position well) and professional development (to grown and ...
To be successful – really successful – we must have G.R.I.T., that fire in your belly that continues to ignite you day after day. Possessing G.R.I.T. motivates you, your passion, and things that are important to you and your success. It keeps you strong and steadfast even when faced with failure and obstacles. This empowering webinar will outline the essential components of ...
Join AFP St. Louis Chapter for our NEW annual update meeting, to be held each spring. AFP Chapter President Lyndsey Reichardt and President-Elect Theresa Fleck will share our accomplishments from 2020, our goals for 2021, and future plans for AFP St. Louis. Then, fundraising expert Martin Leifeld will present on goal setting and goal management. In this presentation Martin will ...
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? We all want to be part of an epic story where we are the hero. We have wanted it since we were children reading bedtime stories with our parents or watching our first films on the Big Screen. We are the central figure in our life’s epic of breakups, successes, failures, and adventure. However, when your nonprofit ...
Make a donation on Give STL Day to your favorite St. Louis nonprofit and watch your gift make a bigger impact. Give STL Day is powered by the St. Louis Community Foundation and is a part of the Foundation's initiative to expand charitable giving in our community and to strengthen our local nonprofit sector.
Ever wish you had a better working relationship with finance professionals? Join us for a case study between colleagues from the grants and finance world. Kim Moore, CFO and Shauna O’Toole, Development Director, will explore how they forged an effective working relationship, including grant budgets, attachments, and financial reporting. Meet the Presenters Shauna O'Toole and Kim Moore, CFO of Emmaus ...
This workshop will review the positive impact that diversity can and should have in any workplace; and discuss key parts of any supervisory relationship including; establishing and maintaining trust, setting expectations, comfort in difficult dialogue, and identifying appropriate boundaries. Diversity and Inclusion are the buzzwords and in this workshop we will highlight common pitfalls and obstacles to creating and sustaining ...
In 2018, the Animal Protective Association (APA) of Missouri, with the help of The Rome Group, launched a Planned Giving Advisory Council consisting of estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and wealth managers. This Council was tasked with helping formalize and support a planned giving program for the APA. Since the inception of this Council, the APA has launched a comprehensive ...
If you brought your nonprofit brand to life as a person, who would it be? How would they act and what would they care about? What are their ambitions and what are their blindspots? Building out your brand’s persona is a very powerful way to get clear on what makes your brand unique and how to better connect with your ...
The Evaluation Association of St. Louis has partnered with the Michigan Association for Evaluation (MAE) to offer this virtual learning opportunity. Cost: The cost is free for EASL and MAE members The cost for other affiliates and the public is $10 Description: Today, data is everywhere. We often have access to massive amounts of data about participants, service administration, and ...
Funding is tight, competition is fierce. Agencies need to balance efficient and effective writing without compromising quality. One point lost can absolutely make the difference between an award notice or rejection letter. Crafting a high-quality, comprehensive proposal will help your agency get the serious consideration it needs and deserves. This training session will take participants through the sections/elements of a ...
If you are struggling to establish consistent messaging across your teams, you’re not alone! We will discuss how to build clear, consistent messaging that can be easily shared across all mediums. In addition, we will discuss how to effectively solicit external feedback through town halls that will help you develop messaging that will resonate throughout your community.
Businesses are reopening, people are traveling, and life appears to be on a path to normal...Where do nonprofits fall on the Covid continuum? We'll check in with a panel of nonprofit experts for a pandemic update and learn how their respective worlds have evolved since Covid-19 upended life as we know it. From budget shortfalls, furloughs, and layoffs to cancelled ...
Join EASL at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood for happy hour! We look forward to getting together again for socializing and networking. We will meet outside on the patio. We hope to see you there!
Description: Evaluation and Quality Improvement are both applications of evaluative thinking - asking questions, answering them with data, and using the findings to learn and improve. Unsurprisingly, the two approaches call upon similar motives and skills. However, each has its own set of unique, value-adding tools and processes that can enhance the practice of the other. In this webinar, we ...
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go with others.”-African Proverb This age-old quote confirms the value of a team. In the world of grants, we all know that teams can increase the quality of a project or proposal, bring creativity and innovative ideas, and maximize potential for success. But just because they can do ...
This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts to secure foundation and corporate ...
Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not need to have ...
Join GPA St. Louis for their Regional Conference on September 21 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rekha Rajan, Program Leader, Master of Art in Grant Writing, Management, and Evaluation More details to follow!
Major gifts provide one of the highest returns on investment of any development shop. Learn how the increasing wage gap in the U.S. is impacting major gifts, what you can do to capitalize on the trends, and why it's important to nurture gifts of all levels. About the Presenter: Wendy Dyer Wendy Dyer, President of Wendy Dyer Fund Development Consultants, has ...
People need data more than ever nowadays. But with so much going on, they have even less bandwidth to absorb what we give them. The solution? Sticky messaging! The evaluation profession (and others) have wholeheartedly embraced smaller and more innovative forms of reporting over the years such as infographics, two-page reports, slidedocs, and story maps. However, these briefer forms of ...
This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave class with ...
Join NPMN on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 for a digital conference for nonprofit marketers, communicators, fundraisers, and leaders. The theme this year is “Spectrum: 50 Years Forward,” celebrating Nonprofit Marketers Network–STL fiftieth anniversary year and building on 50 years of commitment to the St. Louis community. Spectrum is the premiere location for professional development for nonprofit marketers and communicators. This ...
How to Have Difficult Conversations About the Workshop: Participants will learn how to grow their influence through emotional leadership and start to consciously manage their emotions, so they can be better leaders to themselves and others. This is an interactive experience and you will have time to practice concepts during the workshop. There will be time for learning, integration, practice, ...
When a board is doing great work together, it energizes mission and the staff who deliver it. But often, boards need a path to engagement and a culture that supports it. Join us to learn: Why boards can lose their steam What role board leadership plays in engagement Tricks and tools to keep your board vibrant Bring your stories. Bring ...
About the Workshop: Are you looking to revitalize and strengthen your volunteer program? Make sure your program is built on a solid foundation of best practices! In this interactive presentation, we’ll explore the fundamental principles that are at the core of every thriving volunteer program. Whether you’re rebuilding your volunteer team after being affected by the pandemic or simply wanting ...
Do you find yourself wishing you could clone yourself to get twice as much done? I can’t help you with that, but I can help you find efficiencies in your grants processes to make the work lighter. This class will cover tools and techniques to write faster, produce quality grant proposals more efficiently, and streamline reporting processes so you can ...
This class is designed to address the challenges often experienced by grant writers working at small to mid-sized nonprofits. The instructor will share best practices for budget creation, tracking, and modifications as they relate to grants. Participants will receive templates and examples of what the instructor has seen work at other nonprofits. Participants should have some grants experience for ...
About the Workshop: Kalish Communications Media Training will teach participants how to: Give effective interviews to TV, radio, and print reporters Take apprehension away and make every interview a success Develop easy to communicate messages Not be misquoted Get your key messages into every interview Handle both tough interviews and sensitive issues Dress, sit, stand, and gesture for maximum effectiveness ...
About the Workshop: Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not ...
About the Workshop: Selecting Software 101 provides a 7 step process to successfully select and implement new software at a non-profit. Participants will learn how to do each step of the process including identifying who to involve, how to identify what the requirements are, how to compare options, and how to successfully implement or migrate to a new software solution. ...
About the Workshop: Many of us struggle with finding a balance between passive and aggressive communication. Assertive communication expresses what you believe and how it can be achieved in a way that is strong, open, tactful and effective and also allows the other to respond. Learning how to speak assertively is a key leadership skill. This seminar will help you stand ...
About the Workshop: Data collection and evaluation is an important process for non-profits. Collecting, analyzing, and processing information can help inform decisions and keep organizations focused on their mission. This workshop is for those who are new to outcome based evaluation and addresses the following: Assessing organizational readiness Qualitative and Quantitative Data Real-Time Data Collection Outcome versus Process Evaluation About ...
About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts to secure ...
About the Workshop: This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will ...
About the Workshop: Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you effectively recruit volunteers which meet the needs of your programs? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore best practices for volunteer recruitment, such as: Designing your recruitment strategy Creating targeted recruitment communications Writing attractive recruitment appeals Sweetening the deal: ...
About the Workshop: Remote work and remote management have become commonplace in the nonprofit space, and although we are experiencing a “return to work” mindset, our new normal includes a hybrid model of remote and in-person work as well as managing in the remote space. “Pivot”, “jumping into a Zoom meeting’ and increased challenges in supervising remote staff members are all issues ...
Program Description It's storytime! Join us on March 22 to learn how you can use social media to tell your organization's story in a unique way and find the right people. This virtual meeting session will give unique insights across industries of how to use nonprofit storytelling on social media. Matthew R. Kerns leads a diverse panel of communications experts ...
About the Workshop: Few grant application questions receive more groans from grant writers than “sustainability” questions. The tendency is to write a statement about how your organization will continue to diversify your fundraising strategy while stewarding existing donors. This response could be copied and pasted into every grant proposal written by just about every nonprofit organization across the country, but ...
Mark your calendars and join us for Boot Camp 2022. Location: MAC-West on three consecutive Wednesday mornings at 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. These sessions are perfect if you are new to planned giving or if you wear multiple fundraising hats. Plan to invite your colleagues who may benefit from a greater understanding of planned giving. Dates: Session 1 – March 16, 2022 8:00-10:00a.m. ...
About the Workshop: The rules of getting the word out about your nonprofit and the work you do are changing as fast as the social media platforms available. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat...which ones are right for your organization and how can you maximize the time and effort invested in using them? Join PR professional Amanda Galloway as she ...
Program Description: Get the chance to ask your burning questions to various grant experts, including experts in federal grants, foundation grants, financial consulting, and working on the funders side. Moderator: Treena Thompson Panelists: Karen Cassidy (federal grants/policy/grants management) Wendy Dyer (funder relationships) Tom Mennerick (grant writer turned funder)
About the Workshop: Ever wonder why it’s so hard to break out of the mostly grant-funded model and into more diverse funding streams? In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, explore the Stanford Social Innovation Review 10 Funding Models to see the public’s perception of your nonprofit. Then, discuss ways to start building an individual giving program from scratch. About the ...
Program Description TED and TEDx Talks are a way of sharing an idea with the audience. It’s taking something that matters deeply to the speaker and rebuilding it inside the listener's minds. The goal is to give the audience the gift of an idea that, in a very real way, changes them. This session will explore how to bring a ...
About the Workshop: This workshop will focus on the structures and dynamics of teamwork, the common challenges and strategies to address "team brownout and team burnout" and explore activities and opportunities inherent in the current virtual workplace that can help retain team connection and cohesion. Team building and teamwork are developed when there is an intentional plan to develop and ...
Networking from 11:15-11:45 am Lunch from 11:45 am -12:15 pm Opening Remarks and Speaker 12:15-1:15 pm The Delmar Divine—opened in January 2022—fulfills the dream of founder, Maxine Clark, to create the space and a place to maximize the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the nonprofit sector in the St. Louis region, especially among health, education and human service organizations, while ...
About the Workshop: Join us as we explore, in detail, the Statement of Financial Position and the Statement of Activities for a nonprofit. Don’t know what these terms are? No worries, no experience necessary! Come with questions and leave with a basic understanding of the most common financial statements and terms used in nonprofit financials. This is a great workshop ...
Agenda 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Presentation, Discussion, and Q&A About the Program Have you ever experienced Imposter Syndrome? Even strong leaders sometimes doubt their abilities, especially during the uncertainties of the last two years. The presenters will authentically share how Imposter Syndrome has impacted their leadership journeys, and how they’ve used ...
About the Workshop: Do you find yourself wishing you could clone yourself to get twice as much done? I can’t help you with that, but I can help you find efficiencies in your grants processes to make the work lighter. This class will cover tools and techniques to write faster, produce quality grant proposals more efficiently, and streamline reporting processes ...
About the Workshop: This workshop will review the critical impact and importance that diversity can and should have in any workplace. We will discuss the key components of the supervisory relationship that inform diverse perspectives and approaches including; establishing and maintaining trust, setting expectations, comfort in difficult dialogue, and identifying appropriate boundaries. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are common touchpoints and ...
About the Workshop: Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It’s a pivotal factor in professional and personal success. IQ will get you in the door, but it’s your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others that will determine how successful ...
Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 am Program Schedule High Propensity Donors 8:30 to 9:30 am Eddie Thompson, Ed.D., FCEP Founder and CEO – Thompson and Associates Data and Fundraising Strategy: How Giving Trends Can Inform Our Planning and Impact Fundraising Success 9:30 to 10:30 am Mary Beth Martin, JD Senior Managing Director – Changing Our World, Inc. Break 10:30 to ...
About the Workshop: Nearly all nonprofits have fallen into this trap: we've built our homes on rented land, with social media as the main avenue to grow our influence and find new donors. But we don't control that space and who sees our content. And the algorithms change, older platforms fall out of favor as new ones emerge and it is hard ...
About the Workshop: Volunteers are crucial to the success of your programs, and true rock stars who deserve our thanks! But how can you effectively show your appreciation and deepen your relationship with your volunteers, ensuring that they continue to happily support your organization with their time, resources, and connections? In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss: Volunteer appreciation – beyond ...
About the Workshop: Helping professionals choose our career because we want to improve the lives of others, but if we can’t say no or set boundaries when it's necessary for our own wellbeing, we will experience burnout or compassion fatigue and leave the field. While creating and applying boundaries is not always natural to us, it is essential for healthy ...
About the Workshop: Explore the myriad of challenges in fundraising - a potential Recession, relentless inflation, lingering Covid-19, and more - and learn ways to navigate the land mines to manage a successful year-end to 2022! At this virtual 2-hour session, openly discuss the greatest threats to your fundraising program given the current landscape, and also how to seize the ...
About the Workshop: Do you mentor, support, or supervise black women? Are you a black woman that aspires to climb the ladder to achieve leadership in your field? In this session, we will unpack the lived experiences of black women navigating barriers, challenges, and oppression in their climb to leadership. Through hands-on engagement and small group discussion you will leave ...
About the Workshop: Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not ...
About the Workshop: Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not ...
About the Workshop: Data collection and evaluation is an important process for non-profits. Collecting, analyzing, and processing information can help inform decisions and keep organizations focused on their mission. This workshop is for those who are new to outcome based evaluation and addresses the following: Assessing organizational readiness Qualitative and Quantitative Data Real-Time Data Collection Outcome versus Process Evaluation This ...
Volunteer Management 101 About the Workshop: Volunteers can support your organization in a myriad of ways: time, resources, connections, and more. But how do you create and maintain a strong volunteer program which meets the needs of your agency while ensuring that volunteers are happy and engaged? In this interactive workshop, we will discuss best practices for the basics of ...
Fundraising 101 About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts ...
Grant Research About the Workshop: This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. ...
About the Workshop: Data collection and evaluation is an important process for non-profits. Collecting, analyzing, and processing information can help inform decisions and keep organizations focused on their mission. This workshop is for those who are new to outcome based evaluation and addresses the following: Assessing organizational readiness Qualitative and Quantitative Data Real-Time Data Collection Outcome versus Process Evaluation This ...
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About the Workshop: When a board is doing great work together, it energizes mission and the staff who deliver it. But often, boards need a path to engagement and a culture that supports it. Join us to learn: Why boards can lose their steam What role board leadership plays in engagement Tricks and tools to keep your board vibrant Bring ...
About the Workshop: Want to start 2023 with a powerful roadmap for raising money? Join us for this hands-on workshop on Creating a Development Plan. Participants will: Learn about the critical elements of a development plan Access templates to make your own Leave with confidence that you can build a practical and "doable with a stretch" plan This is a ...
About the Workshop: Marketing can be overwhelming and expensive. There’s demands on you to develop content across many platforms, from email to website to social media channels. And there’s little budget to outsource so it all falls on you. You know you should be creating good content consistently yet it almost seems impossible. How can you create content that suited ...
About the Workshop: Helping professionals choose our career because we want to improve the lives of others, but if we can’t say no or set boundaries when it's necessary for our own wellbeing, we will experience burnout or compassion fatigue and leave the field. While creating and applying boundaries is not always natural to us, it is essential for healthy ...
Grants 101 About the Workshop: Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants ...
About the Workshop: Teamwork has become a buzz word in all professional worlds. The importance of developing and sustaining collective team projects and activities drives the work in the nonprofit world. Often we believe we are forging ahead as a team, until it's time to access our work or evaluate our success and that is when we begin to understand ...
About the Workshop: When a board is doing great work together, it energizes mission and the staff who deliver it. But often, boards need a path to engagement and a culture that supports it. Join us to learn: Why boards can lose their steam What role board leadership plays in engagement Tricks and tools to keep your board vibrant Bring ...
About the Workshop: Data collection and evaluation is an important process for non-profits. Collecting, analyzing, and processing information can help inform decisions and keep organizations focused on their mission. This workshop is for those who are new to outcome based evaluation and addresses the following: Assessing organizational readiness Qualitative and Quantitative Data Real-Time Data Collection Outcome versus Process Evaluation This ...
About the Workshop: Coordinating volunteers takes time, effort, and constant attention to detail. But sometimes the daily tasks of volunteer management can get in the way of the big-picture evaluation and planning that is crucial to the future success of your volunteer program. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical techniques to improve their volunteer program through strategic planning, ...
About the Workshop: Ever wonder why it’s so hard to break out of the mostly grant-funded model and into more diverse funding streams? In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, explore the Stanford Social Innovation Review 10 Funding Models to see the public’s perception of your nonprofit. Then, discuss ways to start building an individual giving program from scratch This is a virtual workshop. ...
About the Workshop: Do you mentor, support, or supervise black women? Are you a black woman that aspires to climb the ladder to achieve leadership in your field? In this session, we will unpack the lived experiences of black women navigating barriers, challenges, and oppression in their climb to leadership. Through hands-on engagement and small group discussion you will leave ...
About the Workshop: Providing feedback can often be the most difficult task in our day and a change of approach may resolve these concerns. We are in a market where employers are fearful to lose employees and providing critical feedback is harder than ever before. However, recent research suggest that employees would rather receive negative feedback than no feedback at all. This session ...
About the Workshop: This workshop will review the critical impact and importance that diversity can and should have in any workplace. We will discuss the key components of the supervisory relationship that inform diverse perspectives and approaches including; establishing and maintaining trust, setting expectations, comfort in difficult dialogue, and identifying appropriate boundaries. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are common touchpoints and ...
About the Workshop: Did you know there are thousands of free marketing dollars available to your organization? Is your organization optimized to be found in local searches? Are you tired of hearing community members say they have never heard of your organization even though you spend countless hours on social media? Do you have no clue what local SEO means? ...
About the Workshop: As a leader in your organization, you have a wide range of responsibilities. This workshop will help you develop practical skills and strategies to further improve your leadership, communication and employee development skills. These approaches can be applied to interacting with your board, donors, clients, employees and volunteers. This will be a fast-paced and highly interactive session ...
About the Workshop: "We need help with social media, but don't know where to start." Social Media can be a powerful tool for any business, but it can also be overwhelming, stressful, and confusing. Hype Queen Media is here to help! During this workshop, we will work through the best tips, tricks, and resources of Facebook and Instagram to make ...
About the Workshop: In this workshop, you’ll hear from philanthropist Nina Needleman about the donor perspective. In this 1.5 hour session, you’ll be introduced to the Giving Questionnaire, which she developed as she thought through her charitable goals. She shares this valuable tool with you for you to use to help other donors think through their charitable intent and priorities. ...
About the Workshop: 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 walk away from this session ...
About the Workshop: 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 walk away from this session feeling ...
About the Workshop: Join us for an enriching experience at our upcoming class: "Mastering Social Media in the Nonprofit World!” Discover the secrets to crafting captivating content, growing your audience, and fostering meaningful connections as we hear about tips and tricks across popular social media platforms. Led by industry experts, Emily Laurie and Andrea Mueller, this interactive session will provide ...
About the Workshop: Remote work and remote management are now commonplace in the nonprofit space, and we have moved beyond the “return to work” mindset, and our new normal is often a hybrid model of remote and in-person work or a fully remote workplace. Now we are facing the challenge of assuring that our space remains engaging and inclusive while ...
Remote Management: Supporting Team Engagement and Inclusion About the Workshop: Remote work and remote management are now commonplace in the nonprofit space, and we have moved beyond the “return to work” mindset, and our new normal is often a hybrid model of remote and in-person work or a fully remote workplace. Now we are facing the challenge of assuring that our ...
Increase Your Impact By Preventing Back Office Burnout About the Workshop: Tired of being told to tighten your belt or perform miracles? In this interactive presentation, Sean Hale will share ways your nonprofit back office can accomplish more without working harder or working longer hours. Topics include: Finding hidden savings Using the right tool for the job Your time ...
Gearing Up for a Successful Year End About the Workshop: Explore the myriad of challenges in fundraising - a potential Recession, relentless inflation, lingering Covid-19, and more - and learn ways to navigate the land mines to manage a successful year-end to 2023! At this virtual 2-hour session, openly discuss the greatest threats to your fundraising program given the current ...
The Art Of Stay Interviews About the Workshop: Join us for “The Art of Stay Interviews” where we will delve into the power of employee engagement and retention strategies. Discover the secrets behind conducting effective stay interviews that boost employee satisfaction and reduce turnover. This is a virtual workshop. About the Presenter: Ryan Morris is the Director of the Center ...
Grant Research About the Workshop: This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. ...
Fundraising 101 About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts ...
Unconscious Bias About the Workshop: In this 2 hour, hands-on engaging workshop, participants will: Develop an understanding of unconscious bias What it looks like in action How it impacts individuals, teams, organizations, and practices You will leave this workshop more aware of recognizing your own biases to assist with being a more inclusive leader. This is a virtual workshop. ...
About the Workshop: Sometimes you join a board and you don’t know what’s expected of you. Come to this session to learn about board roles and responsibilities and how to help your nonprofit thrive. In the workshop, you’ll learn about understanding and owning your board roles and responsibilities. The session will include focus on: Role of the Executive Director Governance ...
Grab some coffee, breakfast, and join us for a networking event to get to know more about Network for Strong Communities, our CEO/President, Diane Drollinger, and local staff members. We can't wait to meet with nonprofit professionals to discuss our services, forms of collaborations, and sector issues. This is an in-person networking event in Springfield. About Network for Strong ...
About the Workshop: In this 2 hour workshop, participants will: Learn techniques to connect and engage with your audience Learn techniques to overcome fear and calming nerves to help in your success as a public speaker Learn ways to build confidence as a public speaker Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best when he said, "All the great speakers were bad ...
About the Workshop: In this session, we'll emphasize the pivotal role that every stage of the hiring process plays in shaping a candidate's perception and commitment to your organization. From creating impactful first impressions during interviews to implementing comprehensive onboarding and orientation programs, learn how to craft an inclusive and supportive environment that attracts, retains, and nurtures top talent, ultimately ...
About the Workshop: This fast-paced, two-hour interactive workshop is designed for development professionals early in their career who want to hit the ground running with healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Build your working toolkit with techniques you can put to immediate use for individual fundraising - including major gifts and digital platforms - plus best efforts to secure ...
About the Workshop: Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not ...
About the Workshop: Developing, communicating, and maintaining organizational policies is a critical part of business. What should you research? What happens if there are exceptions to your rules? Where you do start? Join us to discuss the process of creating policies, ensuring awareness of those policies, and verifying they are working for your business as intended. This is an in-person ...
About the Workshop: Teambuilding, Teamwork and Collective Impact are requiring leaders and managers to negotiate the challenges of deadlines, projects, and people. Inherent in growth and movement is conflict and often we work to resolve conflict without developing strategies and approaches grounded in experience and supportive training. This session will address and review the key principles of conflict resolution; assistance in preparing ...
About the Workshop: Coordinating volunteers takes time, effort, and constant attention to detail. But sometimes the daily tasks of volunteer management can get in the way of the big-picture evaluation and planning that is crucial to the future success of your volunteer program. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn practical techniques to improve their volunteer program through strategic planning, ...
Workshop: Social Media Simplified: Using Social Media to Amplify Your Organization's Impact Join Social Media by Lauren for an engaging presentation tailored for non-profit organization leaders eager to harness the power of social media in sharing their unique narratives. In this session, we'll demystify social media marketing, offering practical insights and strategies to simplify the process of storytelling through digital ...
Conflict Resolution Teambuilding, Teamwork and Collective Impact are requiring leaders and managers to negotiate the challenges of deadlines, projects, and people. Inherent in growth and movement is conflict and often we work to resolve conflict without developing strategies and approaches grounded in experience and supportive training. This session will address and review the key principles of conflict resolution; assistance in preparing to ...
Grant Research This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave ...
Diversifying Funding Streams Ever wonder why it’s so hard to break out of the mostly grant-funded model and into more diverse funding streams? In this hands-on 2-hour workshop, explore the Stanford Social Innovation Review 10 Funding Models to see the public’s perception of your nonprofit. Then, discuss ways to start building an individual giving program from scratch. This is a ...
When Just Say No is Insufficient: Practical Tools for Boundary Setting and Self Care Helping professionals choose our career because we want to improve the lives of others, but if we can’t say no or set boundaries when it's necessary for our own wellbeing, we will experience burnout or compassion fatigue and leave the field. While creating and applying boundaries ...
10 Things to Know about Federal Grants This class is designed for participants to dip their toes into the vast world of federal grants. It is especially helpful for organizations that have never received federal funding or recently received their first federal award, those that are receiving state or local government grants that are federally originating, and those that are ...
Canva Basics Have you heard of Canva but don’t quite know where to start? This session is for you! We’ll take time to dive into the basics of Canva, so you can take advantage of its capabilities to help elevate your organization. Following the interactive presentation, you’ll have an a work session to try out the platform independently and ask ...
Self-Care Summer Series Summer time and the livin is…still hard? Let’s make the most of this summer to focus on US and what we need to stay well while doing our important and sometimes draining work. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can really sizzle this summer by attending all ...
Social Media Basics: Getting Strategic with Facebook and Instagram "We need help with social media, but don't know where to start." Social Media can be a powerful tool for any business, but it can also be overwhelming, stressful, and confusing. Hype Queen Media is here to help! During this workshop, we will work through the best tips, tricks, and resources ...
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 ...
Support, Empower + Mentor: Supporting Black Women in the Workplace Do you mentor, support, or supervise black women? Are you a black woman that aspires to climb the ladder to achieve leadership in your field? In this session, we will unpack the lived experiences of black women navigating barriers, challenges, and oppression in their climb to leadership. Through hands-on engagement ...
Self-Care Summer Series Summer time and the livin is…still hard? Let’s make the most of this summer to focus on US and what we need to stay well while doing our important and sometimes draining work. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can really sizzle this summer by attending all ...
When Just Say No is Insufficient: Practical Tools for Boundary Setting and Self CareHelping professionals choose our career because we want to improve the lives of others, but if we can’t say no or set boundaries when it's necessary for our own wellbeing, we will experience burnout or compassion fatigue and leave the field. While creating and applying boundaries is ...
Introduction to Clifton Strengths: Understanding and Embracing Your Strengths In this session, you’ll dive into CliftonStrengths. The workshop will highlight the importance of Strengths, the meaning of each theme, and how to use them in the workplace. Join us in understanding each Strength and the value that comes from each. You’ll walk away from this session with a stronger understanding ...
Self-Care Summer Series Summer time and the livin is…still hard? Let’s make the most of this summer to focus on US and what we need to stay well while doing our important and sometimes draining work. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can really sizzle this summer by attending all ...
Fundraising 101 Join veteran fundraiser Monica Cawvey Gallagher from Three Foxes Consulting to learn about how to build effective relationships that will help you raise funds for your organization. This course will help you understand the role fundraising plays in your organization, the types of donors who could give to your cause, and how to build relationships with those donors. ...
Effective Hiring Across All Generations Are you experiencing the differences in hiring folks across the spectrum of all generations? If so, join us to unlock the secrets to building a dynamic workforce with our engaging learning session on hiring across generations. Discover innovative strategies to attract and retain top talent from Gen Z to Baby Boomers, fostering a collaborative and ...
Workshop: Leveraging ChatGPT for Marketing We invite you to join us for an hour-long workshop and journey into the world of AI-powered marketing tools. Explore a selection of AI tools in depth, uncovering their potential applications and impact on marketing strategies. Additionally, gain a brief overview of leading AI tools currently shaping the marketing landscape. Join us as we navigate ...
Fall Series: Volunteer Workshops Let’s make the most of this Fall to focus on how you can effectively recruit, retain, manage and show your appreciation and deepen your relationship with your volunteers. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can attend all four! Session One: Volunteer Recruitment Wednesday, September 11 ...
Communication in the Workplace Effective communication is a cornerstone of a successful and harmonious workplace. This workshop is designed to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to navigate workplace interactions with professionalism and courtesy. This workshop is ideal for employees at all levels who wish to improve their communication skills and foster a more respectful and productive work environment. ...
Workshop: Grant Writing Academy in Partnership with the Darr Foundation Join us for a grant writing course that will be delivered in a hybrid format where participants complete part of their work online and part of it in person over the next six months for hands-on application-based learning. Content provided by The Darr Foundation will include: Session One: Getting Started ...
The Fundamentals of Capital Fundraising Bruce will present the fundamentals of a capital campaign for your organization. He will review what needs to be determined prior to the decision to launch a campaign, how to identify and approach donor prospects, and how to develop a timeline and budget. Perhaps more importantly, he will share stories on the successes and failures ...
Gearing Up for a Successful Year End Explore the myriad of challenges in fundraising - a potential Recession, relentless inflation, lingering Covid-19, and more - and learn ways to navigate the land mines to manage a successful year-end to 2024! At this virtual 2-hour session, openly discuss the greatest threats to your fundraising program given the current landscape, and also ...
Fall Series: Volunteer Workshops Let’s make the most of this Fall to focus on how you can effectively recruit, retain, manage and show your appreciation and deepen your relationship with your volunteers. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can attend all four! Session One: Volunteer Recruitment Wednesday, September 11 ...
The Art of Event Planning Unlock the secrets to event planning success with our expert-led training from Emily Laurie and Andrea Mueller, arming you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the dynamic world of events. The session includes an overview of the following: Budgeting Sponsorships Social media marketing Graphics and flyers PR: radio, TV, billboards Committee/BOD involvement ...
Board Roles & Responsibilities: I'm on a board, what am I supposed to do? Sometimes you join a board and you don’t know what’s expected of you. Come to this session to learn about board roles and responsibilities and how to help your nonprofit thrive. In the workshop, you’ll learn about understanding and owning your board roles and responsibilities. The ...
Grants 101 Grants 101 is designed to provide attendees with an overview of the grant writing process. Participants will learn about different types of grant funders, the core components of a grant application, common attachments, how to work within their organization to find the information they need, and how to build and manage relationships with funders. Participants do not need ...
Fall Series: Volunteer Workshops Let’s make the most of this Fall to focus on how you can effectively recruit, retain, manage and show your appreciation and deepen your relationship with your volunteers. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can attend all four! Session One: Volunteer Recruitment Wednesday, September 11 ...
Grant Research This class is designed to give participants (nonprofit employees and board members) hands on experience in identifying foundation and corporate funders that are likely to give to their organization. Participants will learn how to identify appropriate funders, how to verify the funder is a good fit, and how to outreach the funder for more information. Participants will leave ...
Fall Series: Volunteer Workshops Let’s make the most of this Fall to focus on how you can effectively recruit, retain, manage and show your appreciation and deepen your relationship with your volunteers. This series of brief, one-hour seminars are designed to be taken as stand-alone sessions or you can attend all four! Session One: Volunteer Recruitment Wednesday, September 11 ...