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We're happy to share these items of interest from around our local network. Please e-mail us any opportunities you would like to be featured in future editions! (The Nonprofit Connection usually goes out during the first ten days of the month; we typically don't include fundraisers.)
Training
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+ "$10k in 10 months: 20+ Fun-Raising Strategies to Increase Your Board and Volunteer ROI," Nonprofit Direct Teleseminar, Tuesday, October 11th, Noon to 1 pm, $15 for up to 5 people. Presented by Chataun Denis of Grant Source, this seminar is designed for board members and volunteers who lack a general knowledge and understanding about fundraising and the importance of having multiple streams of revenue. Participants will explore a variety of fundraising activities that fit multiple personality types. 20+ FUN-Raising strategies will help supporters go from fearing fundraising to becoming FUN-raisers! Chataun R. Denis is chief consultant and founder of Grant Source and has 19 years of experience working in the nonprofit arena in various capacities including direct service, development, and administration. More information and registration is online.
+ Forsyth Tech Launches New Nonprofit Associates Degree Program! Aimed towards working professionals and those interested in getting started in the nonprofit sector, FTCC's new
Nonprofit Leadership and Management degree program is the first-of-its-kind among community colleges in North Carolina! Classes start August 22nd. Check out their website to learn more about the curriculum; registration is online. They will be offering the first class NPO 110 Intro to Nonprofit Management this Fall on Monday nights from 6-8:50 pm. If you have questions or need more information, contact Renee Rogers, Program Coordinator at 336.734.7919. Many current professionals have worked with Renee on the creation of the program. For more information and to get all of your questions answered, attend our FREE information session on October 19th!
+ Serve It Forward Scholarships Available to Attend University of Phoenix! Through our affiliation with HandsOn Network, our volunteer leaders and members of our nonprofit network are eligible to complete an undergraduate or master's degree program on full scholarship, thanks to this innovative national partnership with University of Phoenix. The Serve It Forward program awards full-tuition scholarships to empower individual volunteers to achieve their educational goals and career aspirations, including the further development of their leadership and service abilities. Awarded on a competitive basis, applicants must have performed at least 36 hours of verifiable volunteer work in the year prior to their application and must continue to serve at the same level during their scholarship years. The scholarship covers full tuition and fees and recipients may attend any University of Phoenix local campus or the University of Phoenix online. The scholarships are part of the university's commitment to help develop leaders in local communities. Please contact us if you're interested in applying for the next round of scholarships.
Funding
OPPORTUNITIES
+ State Farm™ Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Supports Semester-Long Projects in Public Schools! State Farm™ is teaming up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for service-learning projects in K-12 public schools, with semester-long projects encouraged. Up to 125 grants will be awarded; at least 10-15 grants will support projects addressing teen driver safety issues. Learn more online; deadline is November 9th!
+ Piedmont Environmental Alliance Seeks Part-Time Program Manager! This contract position with the PEA, a HandsOn Supporting Partner, would oversee the development, launch, operations and analysis of an exciting new program. A one-year commitment is requested, with the opportunity for 2-4 years of contract extensions. Candidates must have documented experience in product/project management, experience with website management, database management, and data collection and reporting. The ability to work from home and communicate electronically is a must. A full job description can be found online. Interested applicants should e-mail a resume and letter of interest to Amy Oves. The position will be open until filled, with an expected start date of November 1st.
+ Attend the NC Network of Grantmakers' Foundation Fair in Morganton On Thursday, October 13th! Each fall, foundations and nonprofits throughout the state gather for this "career-fair" style event which serves as an opportunity for foundations and nonprofits to have quick interactions learning more about each other's funding needs and interests. There will be two sessions for non-profit representatives to visit foundation booths. The morning session will be from 10:00am - 12:00pm and the afternoon session will be from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Registration is FREE for nonprofits for either session; more information and a list of participating grantmakers can be found online.
+ Looking to Expand Your Outreach to the Latino Community? Join the Hispanic League's NEW Hispanic Services Coalition! We're pleased to work with the Hispanic League, a HandsOn Supporting Partner, to launch this coalition aimed at help other nonprofits improve their service to the Hispanic/Latino community. The group will meet on the third Tuesday of every month for an informal brown bag lunch, with a focus on a different topic each month. Join them for their first meeting on October 18th at Noon at the Red Cross; please RSVP by October 14th. There is no cost to join and you do not need to be a member of the Hispanic League. For more details and to see the list of monthly topics through May 2012, go to their website and search for "Hispanic Services Coalition."
+ Attend the 2011 NC Mentoring Summit at NC State! The NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, in partnership with Communities In Schools of North Carolina and United Way of North Carolina, will co-host the summit on Tuesday, October 25th at McKimmon Conference and Training Center on the campus of NC State University. The summit will focus on engaging the community in mentoring and strengthening mentoring programs across the state. Registration is online; further information and details can be found here. Cost of $25 includes lunch and two workshop opportunities.
+ Nominate an Outstanding Young Volunteer for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award! The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, which recognizes young people in middle and high school for their outstanding service, is currently accepting applications. If you know a youth volunteer who has made a big difference, encourage him or her to apply for this award for a chance to win $1,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C. To be considered, young people in grades 5-12 must complete an application online, and then submit it to a middle level or high school principal, Girl Scout council, county 4-H agent, American Red Cross chapter, YMCA or us here at HandsOn NWNC! (The timing this year means you could also use the same nomination language to nominate them for a Governor's Award as well!) Local Honorees will be selected in early November, and nominated for state-level judging. Next February, one middle level and one high school student in each state and the District of Columbia will be chosen as State Honorees and will each receive $1,000, a silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. in May. The deadline for applications is November 1st!
+ Office Cubicles, Table and Chairs Available FREE! H&L Support Services has recently had to shut down office space in Walnut Cove. They would like to pass on the office cubicles, small table and chairs that were passed down to them to another worthy nonprofit. Recipients must be able to transport the furniture themselves from Walnut Cove by the end of November. Serious inquiries can be made via e-mail to Sheryl Eldridge.
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JOIN / GIVE NOW
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HandsOn NWNC invites nonprofits to financially support our mission to build the capacity of local nonprofits and increase volunteerism. In exchange for a minimum $50 donation, our Supporting Partners receive a variety of discounts on our program offerings and other special opportunities, that can lead to savings as great as $800 per year! Vendors and consultants who work with nonprofits are also encouraged to become Supporting Partners. Join HandsOn and Become a Supporter
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October 2011- Vol 4, Issue 10
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Greetings! |
September was an amazing month here at HandsOn NWNC! Due to the leadership of our AmeriCorps VISTA members, our 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance was the most successful to date (click on link to view our Picasa photo album!) We engaged more than 400 volunteers--double our goal!--in nearly two dozen different projects across the city in the days leading up to 9/11/11. All of this activity culminated with a 10th Anniversary Memorial Service and Volunteer/ VIP Reception hosted by Winston-Salem State University (many thanks to Brenda White, one of our volunteer leaders for sharing her pictures.) At Easton Elementary, the Day of Service attracted not only community volunteers, but numerous parents as well. A group of these parents became so energized by the work accomplished that day that they have committed to coming out to the school every 6 weeks to maintain the new landscaping features. Inspiring this kind of service action is what these Days of Service are all about, and we couldn't have done it without the dedicated leadership of our collaborative planning team--especially those from Wake Forest University, Salem College, WSSU, the Mayor's office, and My Sistas Keeper, Inc.--volunteer leaders, and organizational partners that took a leap of faith with us in this new kind of managed project model. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication!
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Mayor Joines poses with students at the Special Children's School, a HandsOn Supporting Partner, after his participation in a 9/11 Day of Service project.
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After the dust had settled, we focused on launching our full slate of fall programming, including welcoming the second Women's Emerging Leaders class and starting our second Nonprofit Essentials series. Kathy and I also had the chance to attend the NC Center for Nonprofits Conference in Greensboro with two scholarship recipients--Pattie Parker from Blessing Network and Cheryl Ingram of Empowering Girls in Real Life Situations (E-GIRLS,) both of whom are HandsOn Supporting Partners. All of these experiences made me focus on the importance of investing in ourselves, not only as a way to enhance professional skills and contacts, but as an opportunity to put our work into a larger context. We are so often caught up in the day-to-day details that it is only when we get a chance to step out of our regular work environment do we gain the perspective needed in order to "see the whole board"--how our work fits into the greater web of our community, our world and our own lives. This has to happen if we want to think big, seek creative solutions to problems, and understand how our work sustains not just our communities, but ourselves as well.
Enjoy fall, and don't eat too much Halloween candy!  Executive Director |
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HandsOn Board Leadership Development
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Thursday, October 13th, 9:00 am to Noon
Location: Senior Services (see map)
Board members play a critical role in the success of organizations. Strong, knowledgeable boards help organizations gain credibility, build financial resources by providing access to the community, and serve as advocates and ambassadors of the organization.
To help nonprofits increase the effectiveness and leadership capacity of their boards, we created this workshop specifically geared for board members who are in leadership positions or who are moving towards leadership roles on nonprofit boards as officers or committee chairs. Topics include a review of board officer roles and responsibilities, committee chair accountabilities, attributes of effective board and committee leaders, a self-assessment leadership instrument, advanced Roberts Rules of Order training, planning processes and tools, leading and conducting effective meetings, group communications, appraising board and committee effectiveness, and other topics of interest as identified by workshop participants.
The workshop will be led by Karl Yena. Karl retired from RJR Nabisco, Inc. as Director of Worldwide Organization Development & Training. He served over 20 years as a senior level manager providing consulting services to RJR corporate and operating company management of Del Monte, Nabisco, Sea Land Shipping , Kentucky Fried Chicken, etc. on a national and international basis. Karl has designed and facilitated over 100 distinct training programs and he continues to provide training and development to several Fortune 500 firms. An avid volunteer, Karl works annually with over 100 nonprofits in North Carolina and in the Eastern US. Over the past 30 years, he has served on over 200 non-profit Boards.
Cost: $25 per person for Supporting Partners/ $35 all others. Cost includes a light breakfast and extensive handouts. We deliberately limit the size of this class to encourage a more intimate learning environments, so register soon! (We will be offering this class again in the spring to coincide with different board year calendars; you can find details for our March version of the class here.)
(Not sure if you're a Supporting Partner? You can view the list on our website.)
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Information Session: FTCC's NEW Nonprofit Leadership and Management Degree Program!
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Wednesday, October 19th, Noon to 1 pm
Location: American Red Cross, 690 Coliseum Dr., Winston-Salem (get directions)
Join us for lunch and learn more about a career that can offer you success and satisfaction-Nonprofit Leadership and Management! Forsyth Tech is the only North Carolina community college to offer this Associate in Applied Science degree, which is designed to prepare individuals for a leadership or management role in the nonprofit sector. Course work includes an overview of nonprofit organizations (NPO), philanthropy, legal and ethical concerns, funding issues, and strategic planning. Additional coursework introduces grant writing, international non-governmental organizations (NGO), public relations and sustainable communities. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, accounting, and other coursework appropriate to the nonprofit sector. Spring 2012 classes start January 9, 2012. HandsOn staff and numerous local partners will also be serving as guest presenters during classes.
Cost: FREE! Bring your own lunch and we'll provide the drinks and dessert. For planning purposes, please register below.
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A Legal Framework for Fundraising
Co-Presented by The Winston-Salem Foundation and Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice
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Thursday, October 27th, 8:15 am to 10:00 am
Location: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, One West Fourth Street, Suite 1200, Winston-Salem (get directions)
As nonprofits continue to search for ways to raise money to support their causes, understanding the legal issues pertaining to fundraising is critical in order to avoid future problems. Join us for a practical discussion of the legal responsibilities of charitable organizations with active development programs.
Topics include:
·Gift acknowledgement and receipting
·Appropriately structuring raffles and auctions
·Membership benefits-what you can and cannot do  ·Insubstantial benefits ·Importance of donor intent We'll also look at a couple of case studies to help work through and clarify some of these issues. This FREE seminar is presented by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in partnership with The Winston-Salem Foundation and HandsOn NWNC. It is ideal for nonprofit management, staff and board members who are involved with fundraising at Rice. Ran is a member of the firm's Tax Section and focuses her practice on tax exempt organizations and the tax aspects of charitable giving. She works regularly with clients to establish new charitable organizations and to seek recognition of exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. Edward is a senior associate in the firm's Tax, Trusts & Estates practice group, Edward focuses his practice on the areas of estate and gift tax planning, charitable planning, fiduciary administration and fiduciary litigation.
Cost: FREE! Registration is first-come, first-served, and space is limited! Parking is available in the Liberty & Main parking deck downtown. Bring your parking ticket to the seminar for validation! Light refreshments will also be served.
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Nonprofit Essentials 2011-2012:
Strategic Planning
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Thursday, October 27th, Noon to 4:30 pm
Location: WFU campus, Reynolda Hall, Room 301. Parking is available on Davis Field. For directions to the Reynolda Hall and to Davis Field (see map)
Join us for the second class of our second year of Nonprofit Essentials! Learn how to "strategically think" through critical questions in order to have a successful strategic planning process. Using case studies, participants will examine effective strategies and implementation, study the importance of addressing the organization's position in the external market; select an analytical and organizational approach to strategy formulation and implementation; and, overcome strategic planning myths.
The class will be taught by Professor Dan Fogel, whose research and teaching areas are in environmental sustainability, global business and strategy, including strategic change management and innovation for medium and large organizations. His current focus is on how organizations adopt sustainability practices and principles as part of their core strategies. He has published in behavioral studies, education, health care, psychology, sociology, economics, and management journals, and has published extensively. Professor Fogel has consulted for diverse organizations, both non-profit and for-profit, both here in the US and abroad. His awards include research grants, several teacher-of-the-year awards, a Fulbright Scholarship to Brazil, the Winner of the Yoder-Heneman Award, and several times the Distinguished Professor Awards.
Cost: $35 per person for Supporting Partners/ $45 all others. $300 for all nine classes! (This is the second class of the series; you may begin at any point. Signing up for the full series is a great option for organizations that have several employees who could benefit from taking different courses. Learn more about our Nonprofit Essentials series here.) The cost includes take-home materials and a networking lunch with your peers.
(Not sure if you're a Supporting Partner? You can view the list on our website.)
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Nominate Your Best Volunteers for the
2012 Governor's Awards for
Outstanding Volunteer Service!
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Nomination deadline:
5:00 PM, Monday, October 24th!
Again this year, HandsOn NWNC in partnership with the United Way of Forsyth County is pleased to organize and present Forsyth County's Governor's Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards, where we honor the best of the best of our local, dedicated volunteers. We encourage all of you to nominate your finest volunteers for this award, but please note that we ask you to limit your nominations to just one individual and one group/company/team/family per organization. (After all, you're in the best position to know who is the most worthy of the award!)
Have questions? Don't hesitate to e-mail them or call us at 336-724-2866. We are currently in the process of planning the spring event where we honor all of the nominees for this event. However, due to the timeline dictated to us by the state, we need to start the nomination process much earlier this year.
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Nonprofit Essentials 2011-2012:
Budgeting and Finance
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Monday, November 7th, Noon to 4:30 pm
Location: WFU campus, Reynolda Hall, Room 301. Parking is available on Davis Field. For directions to the Reynolda Hall and to Davis Field (see map)
Our third Nonprofit Essentials class is designed to give an overview of nonprofit budgeting and finance, including financial terminology, the components of nonprofit financial statements, and a working understanding of an income statement and balance sheet. The course will also address how to build a budget, use performance standards to help make spending decisions, and address "red flag" issues.
The class will be taught by Dr. George Aldhizer III, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Associate Professor for Accountancy. (Click on his name for further biographical details.) Dr. Aldhizer's class was one of the most popular in the series last year, so even if the idea of budgets and finance don't normally excite you, you might want to check this class out!
Cost: $35 per person for Supporting Partners/ $45 all others. $300 for all nine classes! (This is the third class of the series; you may begin at any point. Signing up for the full series is a great option for organizations that have several employees who could benefit from taking different courses. Learn more about our Nonprofit Essentials series here.) The cost includes take-home materials and a networking lunch with your peers.
(Not sure if you're a Supporting Partner? You can view the list on our website.)
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Nonprofit Awareness Month Best Practice Breakfast and Workshop Featuring Bunkie Righter, Guidestar
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Tuesday, November 15th
Breakfast: 8:00 am to 10 am
Workshop: 10:30 am to Noon
Location: Wake Forest University, room TBA
We know that giving in this economy continues to remain flat at best, and at the same time there is a greater demand for services. We also know from experience that the most accurate predictors of charitable giving are such indexes as the stock market, the unemployment rate, and consumer confidence. If these are uncertain or declining, that will be reflected in charitable giving. And now we have a new factor: the sorry condition of state government budgets, which is putting enormous pressure on nonprofits that rely on fees for services. Join Bunkie Righter, Director of Business Development for GuideStar, as she talks about the "new normal" for the nonprofit sector--a period where the nonprofit sector will no longer experience the revenue growth (from foundations, individuals and government) we had become accustomed to over the last few decades. The "new normal" may not apply for certain subsectors of the nonprofit sector and for some regions of the country, but in general, the sector has a slow and painful recovery ahead. Bunkie will talk further about GuideStar's surveys and other national nonprofit trends, ultimately addressing why nonprofits must show their impact to achieve and sustain success. Bunkie will further drill down this topic in a break out session immediately following the breakfast as she walks through the five questions of Charting Impact -a standardized method for sharing concise information with key stakeholders and the public -with the goal of leaving this session with tangible evidence of how to show progress in today's uncertain climate.
Cost: The breakfast is FREE for Supporting Partners; $10 all others; the breakout workshop is $10 for Supporting Partners and $15 for all others. An extensive breakfast and handouts are included.
You will need to register separately for these events, but we encourage you to attend both the workshop and the breakfast!
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HANDSON ACTION ALERT!
Sign On To Protect the Charitable Tax Deduction!
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Claim Your Volunteer Experience on LinkedIn!
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Last month, the business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn released data and a new feature that supports what we've said all along here at HandsOn--that volunteer experience can be crucial to your professional development. LinkedIn surveyed nearly two thousand US professionals and found that while 89% volunteer, only 45% include this vital experience on their resumes. Other LinkedIn researched also showed that one out of every five hiring managers have hired a candidate because of their volunteer work experience, which makes claiming the "credit" for all of your volunteering all the more important. Based on this research, in an effort to help members claim this credit, LinkedIn launched a new "Volunteer Experience & Causes" field to the Profile page. Especially if your resume is already bumping up (or slightly over) that one-page limit, being able to post this information on LinkedIn is a great way to get this information in front of potential employers!
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Don't Worry About Cell Phone Use and Taxes!
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In September, the IRS issued clarification that nonprofit employees generally don't need to pay taxes when they use organization-provided cell phones for personal use or when they're reimbursed by their nonprofit for organizational use of their personal cell phones. This saves everyone money and also means that nonprofits generally don't need to keep detailed records of cell phone use for tax reasons. Many thanks to the NC Center for Nonprofits for the head's up!
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