Skilled Volunteers: How to Find & Engage Volunteer Talent
Host: Volunteer Vancouver
Location: Volunteer Vancouver Training Room - Vancouver, BC
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $177.60/VV members, $208.95/non-members

Would your organization like to engage new volunteers to strengthen its mission?

When organizations engage targeted volunteers with specific skills to further their mission, the outcomes can be phenomenal. Skilled and talented volunteers can complement the skill set of paid employees and become a key component in ensuring not-for-profit organizations achieve their outcomes.

Engagement of skilled volunteers can give not-for-profit organizations a competitive edge that can translate dreams into action plans. But how do we find, involve and lead specifically-skilled volunteers?

For more information and registration, visit: https://www.netforumondemand.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=VV&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=140de6b2-bdd4-4e51-93e2-c9080f18b26f
 
 

March 25 & 26, 2009

Creating Sustainable Funding in Economically Challenging Times

Host: Benevon
Cost: Free

Date, Time, Location:
 * 3/25, 9-11am: Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
    http://www.benevon.com/intros/RegisterGreenBay032509

 * 3/25, 3-5pm: Citizens Bank of Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI
    http://www.benevon.com/intros/RegisterWaukesha032509

 * 3/26, 10-12pm: Boerner Botanical Gardens, Milwaukee, WI
    http://www.benevon.com/intros/RegisterMilwaukee032609

 

Questions: Contact Josh McLeod at 206-428-4361 or at josh.mcleod@benevon.com

 
 

March 28, 2009

Grantwriting: Introduction to Grantwriting
Host: Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
Location: Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, and Superior WI Campuses
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Cost: $18.56, $4.00 Senior Citizens

 

Students will learn the basics of searching out and writing grant proposals. Essential ingredients will be discussed to aid the student in understanding the planning process involved in writing successful grants, including the art of thinking like a funder.

 

For more information, visit: https://e-witc.com/coursesii/classinfo.asp?RID=2103
Registration also available in-person, and by phone (715-682-4591, Ext 3170)

 

  
 
April, 4, 2009

Evaluation Basics (For Non-Profits and Others)
Host: Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
Location: Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, and Superior WI Campuses
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Cost: $18.56, $4.00 Senior Citizens

 

This workshop will help program managers and staff practice basic evaluation techniques for process and outcome measurement. It is designed to help people with little or no prior experience learn simple evaluation techniques that anyone can do using a calculator. More advanced techniques and programs such as SPSS will be discussed but will not be the focus of this workshop. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques will be discussed along with some fun and simple practice.

 

For more information, visit: https://e-witc.com/coursesii/classinfo.asp?RID=932

Registration also available in-person, and by phone (715-682-4591, Ext 3170)

 
 

April 15, 2009

Increasing the Board's Involvement in Friend-Raising
Host: Volunteer Vancouver
Location: Volunteer Vancouver Training Room - Vancouver, BC
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Cost: $71.40/VV members, $84/non-members

The starting place for developing and maintaining a successful fundraising program is to develop the capacity to initiate and nurture quality relationships on behalf of the organization throughout the community. Outreaching to individuals and institutions to inform each about the mission statement and the important work of the organization is an essential skill for both professionals and volunteers alike if the organization is to grow and prosper.

While relationship-building skills are essential for anyone involved in a community-based organization, the tasks associated with friend-raising aren't natural or easy for many people. Increasing The Board's Involvement In Friend-Raising provides a three-step approach to developing relationships that become part of a sustainable portfolio of needed financial and human resources. The course will provide an overview of the attributes of a successful "community-based" organization, outline ways to initiate and sustain relationships, and suggest methods to mobilize these relationships into a successful fundraising program.

For more information, and to register, please visit: https://www.netforumondemand.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=VV&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=8fdc9702-22a7-4897-9f04-1790bc9878b6

 

 

April 23-25, 2009

Conference on Philanthropy 2009
Host: International Association of Advisors in Philanthropy (AiP)
Location: Sheraton Gateway Suites - Rosemont (Chicago), IL
Cost (through Feb 28): $545/AiP members, $745/non-members
Cost (Mar 1-Apr 17): $645/AiP members, $845/non-members

This 2-1/2 day event will inspire and educate those professionals who wish to integrate philanthropic planning into their practices. The distinguished speaker lineup includes 15 philanthropic experts and six keynoters, including:

- The Baroness Caroline Cox of Queensbury will discuss "The Privilege of Making a Difference"
- Roy Williams, President of The Williams Group will give insight into family succession planning with "Philanthropy's Other Motivations."
- Tanya Howe Johnson, The Partnership for Philanthropic Planning will present "Is There Hope for Planned Giving?"

A total of ten breakout sessions are planned in two tracks. A special highlight of the event will be dinner and living room-style interview with philanthropists William B. and Sallie B. Wallace, founders of the Wallace Chair in Philanthropy at the American College.

CAP designation pre-conference course review, study and exams sessions. CE credits available.

Contact Jaclyn Farnham, AiP Executive Director at 888.597.6575 or visit the AiP website at http://www.advisorsinphilanthropy.org

 

  
 
May 20, 2009

Board Basics: Roles & Responsibilities
Host: Volunteer Vancouver
Location: Volunteer Vancouver Training Room - Vancouver, BC
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Cost: $71.40/VV members, $84/non-members

Are you new to your role as a board member? Are you looking for tools and resources to contribute most effectively as a not-for-profit board member?

 

This workshop will equip you with an understanding of board members’ key responsibilities and provide tools to develop a stronger board through better recruitment, orientation, meeting management, committee structure and evaluation techniques. The session will introduce what drives high-performing board members – and the boards of directors they serve on. Register today, and learn how to:

• overcome challenges to board and organizational effectiveness

• build engaged, effective boards

• move boards out of operations and into the “big picture”

• align work and performance with organizational values and vision

For more information and registration, visit:
https://www.netforumondemand.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=VV&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=74651467-0503-4500-9634-21ddc56c4748

 

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