 From the Desk of Carrie Hoops
Executive Director Carrie Hoops talks about leadership experiences and challenges in the nonprofit sector, and the launch of our Town Hall Series.
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Executive Transition Services Celebrates 100th Interim Placement
This past fall, the Executive Transition Services (ETS) program commemorated its 100th executive placement since the program started in 2001.
The ETS Team is a cohort of 17 highly skilled and experienced nonprofit leaders who love transitions.Our concept is to take an inherently stressful time (a transition) and think about how we can make it productive, exciting, and transformative rather than a time to just "survive."
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Meet our new ETS staff member, Kathy Kniep
Stay informed with updates from the ETS program
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Announcements
It's Not Too Late to Participate in the
2011 Daring to Lead Study
Daring to Lead is a one-of-a-kind national survey that will help the nonprofit community learn more about the unique challenges of today's nonprofit executive directors. You can find more information on our website.
Survey participants are eligible to enter a drawing for a free workshop or free pass to the entire season of one of our seven peer networks (up to a $200 value). To enter the drawing, please complete the survey and then send an email with your name and contact information to daringtolead@nonprofitoregon.org.
Get Your Organization Profiled
Members of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon are invited to submit photos to be included on the Home Page of our new website in the Member Photo Gallery. Our aim is to feature some of the good works nonprofits do in our communities every day. We are looking for photos that demonstrate your mission in action. For instructions on how to submit photos, contact abeddow@nonprofitoregon.org.
We also plan to feature the good works of our nonprofit members by linking to news stories in our online News Room. If your organization was recently featured in the media and you would like to share the news story with fellow members and others who visit our website, please send the article to dsteinkopf@nonprofitoregon.org.
Look for us on LinkedIn and Facebook Now that we are one organization, we also have one Facebook account and a rebranded LinkedIn profile. Check us out, be our friend, and get linked!
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Nonprofit News
Portland Business Journal Seeks
Nonprofit Partners for 2011
The Portland Business Journal is once again looking to select four nonprofit organizations to support with advertising, employee volunteers, and other services for the next year. Their goal is to focus as much support in the way of branding and promotions behind a small number of organizations to give them wide exposure to their business audience. Application deadline is Friday, December 3, 2010 and is available online.
Idealware Announces New Initiative
The eLearning Library features interactive modules and other short training videos to help small to medium sized nonprofits make smart software decisions. Still in the pilot project phase, they are releasing two free modules:
- Twitter vs. Facebook Are you struggling to decide whether your organization should be using Facebook, Twitter, or both? Or perhaps neither? This 15 minute interactive module will help you to explore how these tools can help your organization, and what other nonprofits are doing with them.
- Constituent Chaos You likely need to track many different kinds of constituents - donors, volunteers, clients, members, email subscribers, and many more. This 10 minute interactive module walks you through options for database systems and integration to help you decide what's best for you.
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit FAQs The IRS has posted additional FAQs on how eligible small business and exempt organizations can claim the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit. Check it out to learn more about potential credits for tax-exempt employers. |
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Other Professional Development Opportunities
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Rogue Community College Offers Microsoft Training
RCC Small Business Development Center offers hands-on Microsoft PowerPoint and Publisher classes this December 4 and December 11. For more information, or to register, call 541-956-7494.
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