| Developing an Evaluation Plan |
 Thursday, May 23, 2013
Noon to 2:00 pm
Northwestern Michigan College
University Center Campus Room 7
Instructor: Freya Bradford
Fee: $12, feel free to bring your lunch
Is it time for your organization to get serious about evaluation planning? Do you need to establish a process for identifying your evaluation needs, reporting requirements and the data collection procedures to meet these needs and requirements? During this session, we'll discuss how to get started with evaluation planning including who should be involved, how to identify the information you need and who to obtain it from, and the data collection tools that can help you. We'll provide some examples to help you better understand the evaluation process. Designed for beginning to intermediate practitioners, managers, and volunteers.
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| Culturally Speaking: Creating the Workplace You Crave |
What does it take to run a caring, productive and positive workplace? Is it possible to establish an organization that embraces creativity, respect and healthy interaction among staff and leadership while still getting the job done? Can socially conscious businesses ensure their external culture-the one they're promoting-is reflective of their internal one?
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NorthSky Nonprofit Network and the Michigan Cultural Data Project Host
CDP Training on Friday, June 7 at the Traverse Area Chamber of Commerce. |
All arts organizations and groups seeking funding through Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, including the minigrant program must participate in the CDP. In addition, CDP participation offers tools for organizations to support their operations, planning, fund development and advocacy.
New User Orientation will be held 12:30-2pm followed by CDP Reports Orientation 2:30-3:30pm. There is no charge to attend but registration is required at www.culturaldata.org. For further information or questions, contact Mary Bevans Gillett at mgillett@chartermi.net or231.883.8388. Additional assistance and support for current or potential MCACA/minigrant requests will also be available before and after each session, or by appointment.
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| The New Philanthropists: More Sophisticated, More Demanding--and Younger |
Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie once said that he who dies leaving behind many millions will "pass away unwept, unhonored and unsung." That philosophy took root in much of the last century, with major philanthropists giving vast fortunes in their later years to libraries, museums, hospitals and other institutions devoted to the public good.
But donors today aren't taking any chances. They are flexing philanthropic muscle at a younger age than their predecessors.
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