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Selecting RSS  The Top of the Pyramid: Planned Giving from the Donor's Perspective [Link] The role nonprofits can and should play in advocacy and the process for development of public policy. [Link] The Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI): FAQ section that addresses general questions including lobbying with federal funds. [Link] Grand Vision  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! 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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Getting Inside Your Clients' Heads: Conducting Focus Group Research
NorthSky Consultant, Kevin Woods of Woods Consulting, LLC Fee: $10 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 NorthSky Public Policy Briefing from Debbie McKeon, Executive Director On April 11th the Michigan Nonprofit Association, The Center for Michigan, Small Business Association of Michigan, Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Presidents Council State Universities of Michigan and Michigan Association of Realtors joined together as the Corrections Reform Coalition to jointly author a letter to Governor Snyder and other legislative leaders. It provides an excellent example of a broad-based coalition. VIEW LETTER Are there opportunities for your organization to be part of a cross-sector coalition? Are you having conversations about your organization's mission and priorities with leaders from other sectors? AFP Webinar:
Elizabeth Crabtree, Director of Prospect Development at Brown University Fee: $10 This webinar can only be accessed from NMC University. Review the key elements of designing a robust prospect relationship management program that focuses on the most important activities that need to be tracked during a campaign—prospects, fundraiser assignments and actions, and proposals. Options will be discussed that take into consideration organizational size, staffing resources and systems capabilities and limitations, allowing any fundraising operation to benefit from the creation of policies, principles and tracking systems that reflect best practices in prospect management. Entry to mid-level practitioners, volunteers, and board members. Creative Impact Michigan Editorial Advisory Meeting
No fee; registration is requested. ArtServe staff will be on location in Traverse City to introduce the Creative Impact Michigan statewide communications project, e-magazine and events website. The meeting will include an Editorial Advisory discussion, where attendees will have the opportunity to submit story ideas/leads for the e-magazine which demonstrate press-worthy examples of the positive impact which creativity is having in/on their community. For more information, contact Simón C. Perazza at 248.912.0760 ext. 4# or simon@artservemichigan.org Redistricting in Traverse City Community Conversation Members of the public are invited to participate in a Community Conversation on Redistricting in Traverse City on Saturday, May 21 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. at the Park Place Hotel, 300 East State St. Congressional, state, and local political districts are redrawn only once every 10 years, following the Census, and 2011 redistricting is underway. This event is an opportunity to learn about and discuss why redistricting matters, problems with the current process, and alternative approaches. The conversation is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Michigan and facilitated by The Center for Michigan. Co-sponsors include NorthSky Nonprofit Network, Grand Traverse Area League of Women Voters, and the Michigan Redistricting Network. [REGISTER TODAY] or call 517-484-5383.
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April 28, 2011