- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Over the past decade a great deal of research has been undertaken on philanthropy in communities of color.
We will explore how racial and ethnic groups use philanthropy to strengthen identity and promote achievement, as well as resources and research findings on how to reach donors of color.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-3:00pm Overview:
This workshop is for anyone who needs to understand the language of accounting and have a basic ability to interpret financial information.
We will provide you with an understanding of basic concepts and terminology used in financial statements, as well as commonly used tools for analyzing them.
You will spend time in teams learning to apply these tools to analyzing financial statements, including your own if you choose.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
This is a hands-on, interactive and practical workshop for the experienced trainer who wants to brush up on or enlarge their curriculum design skills and discuss best practices with other trainers.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
This workshop will focus on recent trends in direct mail and how many organizations are using unusual offers, formats and designs – not to mention email and other online tools – to help drive better results.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Nonprofits sometimes get great program ideas, and then those programs fail.
Failure might be due to circumstances beyond our control, but, more often, it’s because of poor planning.
This introductory workshop will focus on the steps that you can take to increase the chances of having a successful program—whether it’s a one-time program, or a long-term program.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Can nonprofit leaders move away from the notion that in order to succeed, they have to be heroic and self-sacrificing? And why do they find it difficult to share leadership?
Creating “leader-full” organizations – nonprofit organizations in which each staff member is given the opportunity to lead from wherever he or she sits – can make the difference.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
Building skills in all of the various fundraising techniques is essential.
However, your organization will not fully realize its philanthropic potential until you can put all the pieces together.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
A marketing plan can help your organization advance its mission and gain a competitive edge through strategic positioning.
Steve Damiano Time: 10:00am-3:30pm Overview:
Planning in a rapidly changing context requires people and organizations to be clear about their core purpose and to align themselves with the environment in which they are working to achieve that purpose. Many people are finding that elements of the traditional planning process, such as a self-contained planning committee, SWOT and detailed long range objectives, are not giving them the perspective, information, flexibility or collective will they need to advance their mission.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:15am-1:00pm Overview:
Mark Twain seems to have captured the sentiment of most supervisors when he said, “Like porcupines in love, most evaluations are a pain for both parties”.
Steve Damiano Time: 9:30am-4:00pm Overview:
This session will outline the necessary steps and strategies for good program evaluation.
It will help you customize strategies for your particular programs and make them easy to implement. It will also get you ready for that next grant by designing program evaluation based on desired outcomes and measurable results.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Over the past decade, nonprofit organizations have been testing and refining approaches to using the internet to attract donations.
Other forms of revenue generation have been declining, revenue from online donations continues to grow.
Beyond taking advantage of the increasing comfort level of donors to contribute online, nonprofits need to integrate their fundraising strategy (connecting email, direct mail, telemarketing and friend-to-friend asks) and leverage the interactive platform of the web to make personalized and compelling requests for support.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm Overview:
Do your resume and cover letters passionately communicate your unique experience, skills and interest in a position?
By connecting your excitement for a position and showing how your skills and experience can benefit an organization, you will craft a professional snapshot that is sure to make a potential employer take serious note.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
This workshop will explain the “do’s and don’ts” of soliciting gifts in person.
You will receive practical step-by-step instruction, practice role-playing, and receive feedback from the instructor.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
This workshop will focus on three of the most important components of volunteer management: recruitment, recognition and retention.
9:30am-12:30pm: Philanthropy in Communities of Color
