VNR Workshops and Conferences
For more information about the following VNR workshops, go to In the News
2/16 - Strategic Planning for Burbank Nonprofits
2/23 - Getting Started with Nonprofit Program Evaluation
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Community Workshops and Conferences
VNR also provides information about workshops held by other community organizations in the San Fernando Valley, as well as more major programs or conferences in nearby locations. To search for events by date, go to Calendar.
American Grant Writers' Association offers workshops and an online course. Its 4-day Grant Researching and Proposal Writing Workshop is a hands-on experience where participants develop a program, practice pre-writing exercises, write sections of a proposal, and review peers' writing samples. The Association's online course includes modules in Researching Grant Opportunities, Program Development and Proposal Writing, Professional Ethics, and Planning Budgets for Foundation and Federal Grants. In addition, the Association has an online bookstore and a referral service that connects searchers with its Certified Grant Writers. For more information, go to www.agwa.us/.
Cause Marketing/Corporate Partnerships is a webinar sponsored by the Center for Nonprofit Management. These strategies can provide revenue generating and awareness raising resources for nonprofits. Attendees will gain new insights and ideas for developing sponsorships, strategic partnerships, and what to look for in forming media partnerships. To be held on February 7, 2012 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (PST). Cost: $40. For more information and to register, go to: Webinar Cause Marketing.
Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management The Society for Nonprofit Organizations and Michigan State University's Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies jointly award a Certificate for students completing eight online courses from SNPO's Learning Institute. The Learning Institute courses are self-paced, and focus on core competencies of nonprofit leadership and management. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for each course are also available from Michigan State University. To find out more and to enroll go to: Adult Continuing Education Online.
Grantsmanship Workshops The Grantsmanship Center's Grantsmanship Training Program is designed for both the novice and the experienced grantseeker. The intensive five-day workshop combines expert instruction with practical exercises through all the stages of planning programs, locating funding sources, and writing grant proposals. The next five-day workshop will be held on July 16-20 at The Grantsmanship Center's downtown Los Angeles location. For more information and/or registration contact the registrar at 213/482-9860 or registrar@tgci.com
Helping Your Staff and Board Become Great Nonprofit Marketers is a webinar to be presented by Kevi Leroux-Miller, president of Nonprofit Marketing Guide. It is free, but participation is limited. An online recording will be available for two weeks after the event to those who register now. The seminar will concentrate on how to help existing staff learn how to market the organization, when the resources aren't there to hire marketing consultants. To be held on Thursday, February 16th from 10 am to 11 am (PST). To read more about it and to register, go to: Helping Your Staff and Board Become Great Nonprofit Marketers .
Technology Deals and Strategies for Nonprofits is a webinar that will discuss why organizations that aren't using technology strategically to further their mission are falling behind. This webinar also shows how to make strategic technology decisions and where to access effective, money saving resources, such as cloud computing, data backup, budgeting, planning, and technology-specific resources. To be held Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (PST) Fee: $40 for nonmembers, discounts available for members. For more information and to sign up, go to: Technology Deals and Strategies for Nonprofits.
Top Sellers: Getting Started With Email Fundraising is an online seminar that will cover how to design and write an email campaign that will work, what tools can help send emails and collect online donations, and a walk through what details are needed to know to design an individual email fundraising campaign. To be held February 23, 2012 from 10:00 to 11:30 am (PST). Cost is $40. For more information and to register, go to: Top Sellers: Getting Started With Email Fundraising.
Top Sellers: Telling Your Story With Blogs, Photos and Videos is an online training session presented by Idealware. It will explain how to convey the great work a nonprofit organization is doing with blogs, photos and videos. These tools are powerful ways to share the difference an organization is making in the world. It covers the principles of good storytelling, looks at examples and research about what's working for nonprofits, and then discusses the tools that can help put the information online. February 9, from 10 am to 11:30 am (PST). Cost: $40.00 For more information and to register, go to: Top Sellers: Telling Your Story.
Tseng College of Extended Learning MPA and Certificate Programs at California State University Northridge offers many courses on nonprofit management subjects, such as basic nonprofit management, strategic planning, fundraising and human resources. These graduate-level courses may be completed as a graduate certificate only or as part of an MPA degree. For more information, please contact the MPA office at 818/677-5635 or go to:
Nonprofit Sector Management - The Tseng College
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Funder Events
Several "Meet the Funder" events are being planned and will be announced when they are scheduled.
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Peer Networking
Research on capacity building shows that peer-to-peer sharing of information and problem-solving strategies is one of the most powerful and cost-effective ways to strengthen nonprofit organizations. Thus one of VNR's main objectives is to provide easy, geographically-focused platforms for nonprofit leaders to talk with each other, share their challenges and successes, and offer help to their peers. The first VNR peer network is a small group of mental health professionals who are working to implement a program for involving families in mental health services in San Fernando Valley mental health agencies.
Information on other peer networks will be offered in this part of the VNR website—stay tuned!
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