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Training
OPPORTUNITIES
+ "How Leadership Coaching Can Enhance Your Organization," Nonprofit Direct teleseminar; Tuesday, January 12th, Noon, $15 for up to five people. "Our board members do not understand their role in fundraising. Our board members show up for meetings but really don't know what we do. Our board members love the organization but really do not know how to help."If any of these are true for your organization, this teleseminar will help you understand how coaching can help. Whether you are an exec or a motivated leader, find out how to get the board active and engaged. Jeff Metz is a partner at Bloom Metz Consulting, a firm specializing in non profit fund raising, strategic planning, marketing and leadership development. Jeff has provided campaign counsel for numerous capital campaigns as well as leading workshops and presentations for leadership in faith based, social service, and educational nonprofit organizations. To register for the teleseminar, please click here.
+ "Strategic Philanthropy in the 'New Normal'," GuideStar webinar; Wednesday, January 25th, 1pm to 2pm; FREE! American philanthropy's growth during the first decade of the 21st century came to a screeching halt with the recession of 2008. As the economy faltered, giving decreased at a rate not seen since the Great Depression. Since then, the economic recovery has been marked with market volatility, investment uncertainty, and a reduction in middle-class disposable income that has impacted giving patterns.
This webinar will feature top thinkers in nonprofit management and philanthropy as they explore the impact of the 2008 recession and "recovery" on donor motives, campaign strategy, unrestricted fundraising, volunteer participation, and more. Be sure to sign up for this provocative and interactive session. Registration is online.
+ "Developing and Supporting Effective Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector," Center for Creative Leadership webinar, January 26th, 2 pm to 3 pm, FREE! Faced with complex socio-economic challenges and limited funds, the nonprofit sector needs a strong pipeline of emerging leaders to deliver innovative services well into the future. Based on a research study sponsored by American Express and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) this webinar provides an overview of the current state of leadership in nonprofit organizations and recommendations to develop and support effective leadership in nonprofit organizations. Whether you're an emerging leader, currently in a formal leadership role, a funder of leadership development, or a provider of leadership development, this session will offer a wealth of practical information. For more information and to register, go online.
Funding
OPPORTUNITIES
+ Ben & Jerry's Foundation Provides Support for Social Change Initiatives Through their National Grassroots Grant Program, the Ben & Jerry's Foundation provides support to nonprofit community organizations that bring about progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. Grants of up to $15,000 are provided to grassroots, constituent-led organizations that are using community organizing strategies to accomplish their goals as well as organizations that provide technical support and/or resources to such groups. The Foundation does not make grants to support social service programs. Letters of interest may be submitted at any time. Visit the Foundation's website to review the funding priorities and submit an online letter of interest.
+ Youth Grantmakers in Action of The Winston-Salem Foundation Now Accepting Applications! Youth Grantmakers in Action (YGA) is a diverse group of youth from across Forsyth County that comes together to gain leadership experience, represent teens in their community, voice their opinions, and make grants to youth-directed projects that address community issues and challenges within Forsyth County. Basic requirements for YGA's grants include: project must have a positive impact on youth in Forsyth County; must be completed by August 1st, 2012; must be planned by youth and carried out by youth, the majority of which should be between 13 and 18 years old; and must have an adult ally/advisor and a sponsoring organization (it can be a community group or school.) All interested parties are encouraged to attend a Grantwriting Workshop sponsored by the YGA on Wednesday, January 11th at 5:00 p.m. Click here for more details. Applications are due Friday, January 20th!
+ Sodexo Youth Grants Available To Support Youth-Led Projects That Address Hunger! Youth Serve America will award 100 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects in the United States that address the issue of childhood hunger on Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2012). They're looking for projects that engage youth, families, neighbors, Sodexo employees, and other community members in creative, youth-inspired solutions to ending childhood hunger. Click here for more details. Deadline is January 17th!
+ The Children's Home Seeks New Volunteer Coordinator! As we say goodbye to our long-time colleague Linda Coleman, who will get to enjoy a well-deserved retirement, we are happy to help The Children's Home, a HandsOn Supporting Partner, recruit a new, part-time volunteer coordinator to oversee their extensive volunteer operations. This person will need to have extensive experience in all technical aspects of volunteer engagement and management. For more details, please read the full position description. To apply, please send letter of interest and résumé to: Director of Human Resources, 1001 Reynolda Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27104.
Questions can be emailed to Jobs@tchome.org.
+ KBR Announces Recruitment for Emerging Philanthropic Leader to Serve as Two-Year Program Associate! The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is a private foundation with a mission to improve the quality of life and quality of health for the financially needy of North Carolina. They are seeking a motivated individual with a North Carolina connection (i.e. from North Carolina, currently resides in NC, or went to NC university) who has a passion for philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. The fellowship is an opportunity for an early to mid-level careerist to be a part of advancing positive movement on critical community issues and to effect enduring systemic change while receiving hands-on experience in the day-to-day realities of the grantmaking world. Applicants from diverse backgrounds with demonstrated interest and experience in the Trust's funding interests and target beneficiaries are strongly encouraged to apply.
The position is full-time, salaried, and includes a competitive benefits package. You can find a full position description on their website. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to John Fulk by February 13th. No calls, please. Finalists will be interviewed in early March/April; the final selection will be made by early May. The Fellowship begins June 2012.
+ ECHO Network is Searching for a New StoryLine Coordinator! Their first-ever coordinator is moving on to new pastures with Second Harvest Food Bank, and ECHO Network, a HandsOn Supporting Partner, is seeking someone new to fill this part-time, contracted position. The StoryLine Coordinator is responsible for managing, guiding, and administering all aspects of this program. Must have a bachelor's degree and an interest in building social capital in the community. For more information, please review the complete position description. If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to the ECHO office no later than Monday, January 23rd.
+ Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden in Kernersville, NC Seeks Director of Development! The Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden (PJCBG,) a HandsOn Supporting Partner, is being developed on approximately seven acres of land located on South Main Street in the heart of the historic and downtown districts of Kernersville. The Director of Development reports directly to and works hand-in-hand with the Garden's Executive Director, while also working extensively with PJCBG's leadership volunteers. A Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three (3) years nonprofit development experience required. Review the full position description for further requirements and additional details. Position will stay open until filled.
+ Bethesda Center Seeks New Finance Director! This full time position reports to the Executive Director and will lead and develop policies to support the areas of finance, business and budgeting, planning, human resources, and IT. This position works closely with the management staff in decision making and overall operations to ensure quality of programming and to build capacity. Minimum requirements include a BA in business or accounting and at
least 5 years of direct accounting and finance experience required. Applicants may apply by e-mail to Peggy Galloway, by fax (336-722-5834,) or by mail: 930 N Patterson Ave, Winston-Salem NC 27101. Position will remain open until filled. Click here for a full position description.
+ Bank of America Supports Student Leaders! Do you know an outstanding student with a dedication to service? Bank of America is encouraging high school juniors and seniors with a passion for improving communities to apply for the Bank of America Student Leader program. Student Leaders participate in an 8 week paid internship, and receive an all expense paid week-long trip to the Student Leadership Summit in Washington DC to gain valuable civic, social, and business leadership skills. If you know a young leader who would be appropriate for this program, click here for more information.
+ Attend the Wake Forest University Internship and Job Fair! Wake Forest University would like to encourage you to start making plans for spring recruitment by attending this fair on Wednesday, January 25th from noon-4 p.m. This event is not only an opportunity for you to recruit for full-time, part-time and internship positions, but also a chance to discover what Wake Forest students have to offer! You can find a registration form here. Please complete the form and fax it back to 336.758.1971. Contact Dana Hutchens at 336-758-5246 with questions.
+ Attend the Winston-Salem State University Volunteer Service Fair! The Office of Career Development Services will hold the 2012 Spring Semester Volunteer Service Fair on Thursday, January 26th from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Thompson Student Services Center, room 207. This event will allow service organizations to share volunteer opportunities for the forthcoming spring semester. Organizations are encouraged to complete the registration form on the WSSU Career Development Services RamTrak website no later than January 12th! Only 20 spaces are available, so register today! To view the complete invitation, click here.
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HandsOn
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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January 2012- Vol 5, Issue 1
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Greetings!
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Happy New Year! 2012 marks the 5th anniversary of HandsOn NWNC, and I'm excited by all that we have accomplished in those five years. While I tend to focus on all the new and different things we could be doing to engage  volunteers and strengthen nonprofits, it's important honor how far we have come--from an empty office with just a phone and a desk, to a bustling hub that engages hundreds of nonprofits and thousands of volunteers every year!
You'll find details about all of these upcoming happenings in this newsletter. I also want to highlight the information session that we're hosting about HandsOn Connect, our new technology that will be launching at the end of February. Exciting changes are coming, and we want to make sure you're part of the action!
May you enjoy numerous blessings in the New Year, and, as always, please let us know how we can help you have the best year yet!
All the best,
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Martin Luther King Day of Service 2012:
A Day On, Not a Day Off!
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Saturday, January 21st- Sunday, January 22nd
Read-In: Saturday, January 21st, Wake Forest University, Benson University Center
Community Cinema Film Presentation: The Way We Get By, Sunday, January 22nd, A/perture Cinema, Downtown Winston-Salem
HandsOn NWNC is partnering this year with Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University, Salem College, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, My Sistas Keeper, Inc., Communities in Schools, Forest Park Elementary School, Wiley Middle School, OneEconomy, AmeriCorps VISTA Program, and GIFTS to plan the third-annual 2012 MLK Day of Service Read-In. This service event promotes Dr. King's messages of service and literacy and will be held on the campus of Wake Forest University on the Saturday after the formal King holiday.
During the Read-In, children ages 4-10 will be matched with volunteers and will read together. The children will then receive two age-appropriate books to take home, one being civil-rights themed (books are being collected through a book-drive organized by our partners.) The event will also feature a variety of service stations where the children and volunteers will learn about Dr. King and perform various acts of service to benefit community members. We're planning for 200 volunteers and 200 students to take part, and that nearly 400 books will be donated. Ms. Mutter Evans, founder of the Noon Hour Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, will emcee the event and speak about Dr. King and the civil rights movement. We are excited to build on our success from the past two years to create an event that is meaningful for both the children who are participating and for the volunteers who participate. All children and volunteers *must* be pre-registered prior to the event.
In addition to the events of the MLK Day Read-In, we are excited to announce that the Community Cinema portion of the event will be held at A/perture Cinema on Sunday, January 22nd, at 8:00pm. This year, we will be screening the award-winning documentary, The Way We Get By, which focuses on the lives of three elderly Troop Greeters in Bangor, Maine, and the way they are transformed by performing community service, as well as the impact their service has on the men and women they encounter. The film is offered as a reflection on the vision Rev. King set forth by his example, and will be offered free of charge to anyone who volunteers for the MLK Day of Service.
Through the efforts of our partners, most of our participant and volunteer slots for this event are filling quickly, but there are still some available if you'd like to get involved! Also, if you'd like to discuss ways that your organization can support other MLK Day service efforts, please don't hesitate to contact Morgan Smith, our VISTA member, at 336-724-2866. We'd love to see service events happen all over our six-county area!
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Building A Strong, Healthy Grantor/Grantee Relationship: A Dialogue with Local Funders
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 11:30 to 1:30 pm
Location: Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive (see map)
Foundations and nonprofit organizations depend on one another to achieve their missions, but frequently enter into strained relationships that leave both sides wanting. Foundations inherently possess more power than their grantees, which discourages open sharing of information, observations, and ideas. Nonprofits have an incentive to present only a positive view of their work and their accomplishments. On the other side of the relationship, many foundations are reluctant to expose their inner workings and deliberations to public scrutiny. These dynamics artificially limit the impact of philanthropy. However, there are instances where funders and grantees have broken out of their traditional roles and built more honest, give-and-take relationships that allow both organizations to improve their effectiveness.
This think-tank session, which will be facilitated by Doug Easterling, a professor at Wake Forest University's School of Medicine's Public Health Sciences, grew out of the discussion during our last Nonprofit Essentials session on Evaluation. It will bring together representatives from local nonprofit organizations and local foundations (including The Winston-Salem Foundation and The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust) to discuss their experiences and to identify practices that can advance how funders and grantees can work together more as partners. It is not intended as a grant-seekers session.
Cost: $5 covers the cost of a simple lunch. (Because of the minimal cost, there is no additional discount for Supporting Partners.)
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FREE Information Session:
Introducing HandsOn Connect!
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Tuesday, February 7th, Noon to 1:30 pm
Location: Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive (see map)
Are you currently engaging HandsOn NWNC to help you recruit volunteers? Or just thinking about it? If you have an account on our volunteer matching website, or have contemplated creating one, you need to attend this information session as we introduce HandsOn Connect, our NEW volunteer technology! We're very excited about this transition, as it will create significantly enhanced capabilities for both our organizational partners and volunteers. HandsOn Connect uses Salesforce.com, the leader in web-based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) technology to create a volunteer management platform that expands your capability to manage, track and report on people, programs, trainings and volunteer opportunities in real time. HandsOn Connect will go live on our site at the end of February and we want to make sure you're ready to take full advantage of all it has to offer!
You can learn more about HandsOn Connect here. To see an example of a Volunteer Center that recently launched HandsOn Connect after using 1-800 volunteer (what we currently use,) go here. Please feel free to bring a list of questions with you to the session, along with your colleagues and the lunch of your choice.
Cost: FREE! Please bring your own lunch, and we'll provide drinks and dessert. We do ask you to register to ensure we don't run out of cookies--the horror!
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Nonprofit Essentials 2011-2012:
Fund Development
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Tuesday, February 16th, 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)
Fund development is always a hot topic, and one in which we could all learn new tricks! Come to this session and discover key strategies and tactics for successful fundraising, how to develop and sustain donor relationships, the critical role board members and volunteers play in successful fundraising, how to create a plan to guide your efforts, and how to monitor the effectiveness of your fundraising. Explore how technology can enhance development efforts and can be used as a fundraising, communications, and marketing tool. The class will also review current philanthropic trends and innovative ways in which nonprofits are generating financial support in the current economy. Join Angela Glover, Director of Development, Wake Forest University, for what is sure to be a thoughtful and fruitful session!
Cost: $35 per person for Supporting Partners/ $45 all others. $300 for all nine classes! (This is the fourth 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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A Conversation with Colleagues: The Changing Roles of Boards in this Economy
Co-convened by the NC Center for Nonprofits and HandsOn NWNC
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Tuesday, February 21, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Location: Senior Services, 2895 Shorefair Drive (see map)
Join us and our friends at The NC Center for Nonprofits for a "Conversation with Members and Colleagues," a free discussion forum just for nonprofit board, staff, and volunteers in our area. Share your perspective and learn from others regarding an important topic we all face: the changing roles of boards of directors in this economy. Learn from the expertise and experiences of others and share your own. We'll discuss how boards are changing to meet the challenges of fewer staff, shrinking resources, and an increased demand for services. Also, the opportunities that lie ahead and what kind of planning, restructuring and recruiting your board can do now to weather the storm and emerge stronger than ever. Feel free to invite a colleague from another nonprofit in your area. We look forward to seeing you! Cost: FREE! Please email Dee High at the NC Center to register by February 14th (Valentine's Day!). Include your name, title, and organization. You do not need to be a NC Center member or HandsOn Supporting Partner to attend. Questions? Please call 919-790-1555, ext. 100.
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
New GuideStar Study Says Nonprofits Must Show Effectiveness to Donors
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"Money for Good II," the follow-up project by Hope Consulting and GuideStar's landmark "Money for Good" study researched donor behavior and found that many donors do want information to inform their philanthropic choices. But they want specific types of information, delivered in specific ways:
* Over two-thirds of individual donors are very interested in effectiveness, but they want the full picture, not just the ratio of overhead to direct program expenses
* More than half of donors look for information in the four categories of impact, use of funds, legitimacy, and mission.
* Donors want information delivered in transparent ways, easy to understand formats and information portals over "simple ratings."
* 53 percent of donors say that in the future they would like to get data from an intermediary.
Click here to learn more about the new study and download GuideStar's tip sheet for effective fundraising.
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
View FREE Webinar on Best Ways to Use Google Analytics!
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Over the last few months there have been some very exciting changes in Google Analytics, the popular and easy way to gauge the effectiveness of your website. New features like custom variables, marketing channel reports, visitor pathing, and tying events to goals are helping many organizations achieve success. Have no idea what any of this means? No worries! Google recently hosted a webinar to teach the real business potential of Google Analytics v5, and you can view it free online!
The webinar focused on some of the new and powerful features in Google Analytics v5 and how to apply them. Corey Spencer from Keystone Solutions used data and reports from pubic media stations to demonstrate some of these new features as well as the best practices for getting the most out of your web analytics.
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Financial Management Overview Download Available--FREE!
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Nonprofit financial reporting can be confusing to trustees and professionals alike. Accounting Management Solutions, a partner of NonProfit Direct, has provided this overview of nonprofit financial management to assist nonprofits in making sure that organizations are fiscally compliant with best nonprofit practices. Click here to download "Financial Management Fundamentals" today!
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FEATURED VENDOR PARTNER
BB&T
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On a rotating basis, we feature one of our Consulting/Vendor Partners in our newsletter, to share with you some of the resources that our network of experienced consultants and vendors can bring to your organization. To learn more about becoming a Consulting/Vendor Partner, please check out our website.
For more than 130 years, BB&T has provided small and large corporations, charitable organizations, foundations and endowments, and state and local governments with the services and support they need to achieve economic success and financial security. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates and others.
BB&T provides consultation, advisory and financial solutions for nonprofit organizations including lending, cash management, employee benefits, risk management and personal financial management. We work with nonprofit organizations via a single point of contact strategy, local decision making and consultative relationship management.
For more information about how BB&T can help your nonprofit, please contact:
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