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Nonprofit Risk Management Center Presentation slides from Jan 18 Volunteer Management session   We'd like to add photos to our Web site which show non-profits in action, demonstrating their mission. Email your photos and short descriptions to Pam Evans, at Northsky Nonprofit Network, today!  Keep Connected by Selecting RSS Visit our Web site and follow the Workshops link and “Download the Workshop Schedule”, or CLICK HERE. List your program in NorthSky’s Online Planning Calendar by sending your event [here].
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Caleb B. Rick, JD, founder of Legacy Giving and an adjunct professor of Nonprofit Management at Vermont Law School Fee: $10 Do you worry that your organization will miss out on the intergenerational transfer of wealth? Are you wrestling with how to build your organization's capacity to attract legacy and endowment gifts? Do you feel overwhelmed by planned giving techno-babble? Would you benefit from straightforward strategies to engage prospects? Join us for this webinar on simple steps you can take to develop a strong foundation for your legacy giving program. Entry to mid-level practitioners, board members and volunteers.
Break for Lunch Kevin Woods, NorthSky Consultant Fee: $10, Feel free to bring a lunch Focus group research is a useful tool for collecting in-depth information about consumer needs, perceptions, behaviors and motivations. While surveys and other "quantitative" research can help you predict behavior, focus groups can help you understand "why" people act as they do. Focus groups can effectively be used to develop survey questions or to understand why people responded as they did to a survey. Focus groups are NOT good tools to predict behavior. Learn the basics of conducting focus group research including how to design the sessions, develop a discussion guide, recruit participants, facilitate the sessions, and analyze the findings. Entry to mid-level practitioners, volunteers, and board members.
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Desiree Worthington, President Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation Fee: $10 Successful fundraising professionals understand the critical importance of retaining relationships over the long term to build successful charitable giving programs. Learn how to develop a successful donor stewardship effort, which includes both appreciation and accountability strategies that have worked for other organizations. Entry to mid-level practitioners, volunteers, and board members
COSA Amendment Signed by Governor! Exciting News! On December 22, the bill that makes some much needed revisions to the Charitable Organizations and Solicitation Act (COSA) was signed by Governor Granholm. This legislation, one of the Nonprofit Caucus’ legislative priorities, will benefit Michigan’s nonprofit community by weeding out bad actors that are “charities” in name only. Among other things, this legislation will increase the fines and punishments for those organizations and individuals that purposely violate the provisions in the act, in order to protect the nonprofit community from fraudulent activities. Click here for more information. | |||
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