Calendar of Events
February 7, 2012
2/7/2012: How To Move Your Board Materials On-line
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Hear how the Greater Milwaukee Foundation uses Microsoft SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat to create a board portal which provides its board members with a calendar, contacts and board materials on-line. Learn what other solutions were considered, the selection process, and why SharePoint and Adobe were selected. See a demonstration of the portal. Takeaways: Craig Nuechterlein [...] |
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February 8, 2012
2/8/2012: Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Nonprofits
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It is well known that most nonprofits are exempt from federal and state income tax. They are also frequently exempt from real property tax, but one tax exemption that even nonprofits sometimes find elusive is “sales and use” tax. With sales tax rates approaching 10% in some jurisdictions that combine state and local sales taxes, [...] |
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2/8/2012: Advancement Best Practices: Advanced Cases Discussion
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Join this problem-solving session on how to: Does your institution have untapped advancement potential? The accomplished panel for this webinar will offer strategies and actions to improve fundraising results through key priorities…AND welcomes your questions and comments on some common challenges that face start-up, emergent and mature advancement efforts – presented through case descriptions and [...] |
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February 14, 2012
2/14/2012: Evaluation Quick Tricks and Easy Tools for Nonprofits
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Non-profits leaders are responsible for attracting, retaining, and growing the financial, human, and capital resources required to deliver programs and work towards satisfying the mission. Often this work is done with lean staff and budgets. Although leaders understand the importance of performance and outcome evaluation, they often lack the staff, resources, time, and expertise to [...] |
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February 15, 2012
2/15/2012: The Power of Collaborative Solutions
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This webinar focuses on building effective coalitions and partnerships for building healthy communities. We all spend too much effort in time-consuming and ineffective coalitions. We know what makes collaborative solutions work. This workshop will explore the six key principles for building effective collaborative solutions and provide participants with stories and tools for the creation of [...] |
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2/15/2012: The Social Media Audit
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A social media audit of systems, implementation, strategy, and culture offers a comprehensive evaluation of the state of your organization’s social media strategy, processes, and systems. Audits are not a judgment, but rather a statement of where you are along a continuum of practice, and offer practical insights into your social media execution and effectiveness. [...] |
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February 21, 2012
2/21/2012: Cloud Computing for Nonprofit Organizations
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Cloud computing will be entering the mainstream in 2012. Learn about the options, benefits, risks that nonprofits will face with this growing technology. Takeaways: Joseph Scarano is currently the CEO of Araize, Inc. a software company that develops accounting, fund raising and payroll software for nonprofit organizations. Araize’s FastFund Nonprofit Software has over 1,000 users [...] |
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February 22, 2012
2/22/2012: Advisory Boards: Engaging Donors & Developing Leaders
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Chief Development Officers and their staff face increased competition for a donor’s time and dollars. At the same time the demands placed on the executive director’s time prevent them from developing the leadership skills of their direct reports. Donors are more inclined to give if they have more engagement with the organization. This workshop will [...] |
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2/22/2012: Listening & Engaging: DIY Tools for Social Media Management
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As social media tools like Twitter and Facebook become core components of nonprofit communication strategies, there is a corresponding need to assess how well programmatic messaging and organizational identity are propagating in those channels: “We Tweet; is anybody listening?” In addition, nonprofits have an increasing need to know on what blogs, websites and other online [...] |
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February 28, 2012
2/28/2012: How your Donor Management System can help Create a Culture of Philanthropy
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In this webinar we will explore what a Culture of Philanthropy means. Why your donor management system is integral to this process. The basic steps needed to create a Culture of Philanthropy. How a Culture of Philanthropy supports your work. Takeaways: David Unger MSW has been involved with not-for-profits for over 30 years; 27 of [...] |
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February 29, 2012
2/29/2012: Taking the Mystery out of Metrics
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Measure, measure, measure. More and more, we hear about the importance of metrics. But what does that really mean? Join strategy consultants Sam Frank and Michele Levy for a practical discussion about the metrics that really matter for nonprofit organizations. Takeaways: Sam Frank founded Synthesis Partnership to assist nonprofits with strategy, planning, and organizational development [...] |
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2/29/2012: Fundraising and the Next Generation
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For the first time in history, there are four generations involved in philanthropy: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y (Millenials). Although each generation is philanthropic, they have individual preferences for how they are engaged by nonprofits. This session will demonstrate how important it is to create lifetime givers by reaching out to the [...] |
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March 7, 2012
3/7/2012: Conflict Resolution Success Stories
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Are you looking for a roadmap for resolving workplace conflict? Are you interested in knowing how other managers handle challenging conflicts? Would you benefit from hearing conflict resolution success stories? In this webinar, we will review 2-3 conflict resolution case studies (any identifying information will be disguised), including the nature of the conflict, the steps [...] |
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3/7/2012: Creating a Practical Marketing Roadmap
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In this workshop, we’ll discuss the unique marketing needs faced by nonprofits and small organizations. With the vast “Universe of Marketing Possibilities”, many organizations don’t know where to start, what to implement, and how to prioritize marketing initiatives. We’ll discuss how to work within a framework and methodology that is simple, effective, and cumulative. Large [...] |
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March 21, 2012
3/21/2012: Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants: Do’s And Don’ts
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Our apologies: our speaker had a need to postpone this webinar until March 21, 2012. The time will remain the same, only the date has been changed from 1/25/12. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we do hope that you will be able to attend on the new date. More and more funders prefer [...] |
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April 3, 2012
4/3/2012: Utilizing the Powers of Mobile Technologies
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We’ve all heard about the importance of utilizing mobile devices and technology as a new marketing/fundraising channel. In 2012, this will become even more imperative as evolving technologies begin to immerse the scene. Researchers have predicted mobile internet usage will outweigh desktop usage by 2014…only 2 years away! There are various facets to consider before [...] |
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