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Kaiser Permanente Wants to Help Your Organization Thrive!
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Kaiser Permanente is partnering with the Nonprofit Network SWWA to bring you a special series of NO-COST workshops to support your growing capacity. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to improving the health of individuals and the communities it serves. These workshops are for nonprofit or government entities serving residents of SW Washington. They are open to groups serving vulnerable populations to expand treatment capacity in health care, mental health, and dental health. Promote healthy eating and active living in schools and neighborhoods. Address emergent basic needs and support self-sufficiency needs i.e. food, housing, education, employment, training, among others. April 10th 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (doors open at 8:30 for networking) Strategic Planning That Actually Makes a Difference If you dread strategic planning because it takes too much time and doesn't result in anything worthwhile, this interactive session will change your mind. April 10th 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (doors open at 12:30 for networking) Recruit the Board of Your Dreams and Watch Them Lead You'll leave this interactive workshop with fresh ideas about what your board needs, how to find the perfect candidates and keep them delivering optimal value -- as governors, ambassadors and fundraisers you can count on. Presenter: Susan Howlett has been strengthening nonprofits for over 40 years, as a board member, development director, executive director, and - for the last 25 years - as a consultant to over 1000 nonprofits across the U.S. April 24, 8:30 to 4:00
Writing Proposals to Private Foundation and Corporate Funders
Tap into the grants available from private foundations and corporations. Strengthen your asking and proposal writing skills in this interactive workshop. Explore and practice writing the major components of a proposal. Find out how to make your proposal a win for you and for the funder.
Workshop participants will:
* Vet a program/project in preparation for funding
* Learn how to ask for money and build a relationship with private foundation and corporate funders
* Explore and practice writing the major components of a proposal
Presenter June Otow has over 40 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations; over 28 years in senior management positions; and more than 20 years training nonprofit organization staff and board members. Currently, she is the principal of June Otow Consulting. As a consultant she offers training and program development assistance to nonprofit organizations and government agencies nationwide.
- Sign up early to reserve your spot at these no-cost workshops! Seating is limited- and we hope to see you there!
Registration: www.surveymonkey.com/s/KP2013SpringNNSW More info on the Nonprofit Network SWWA website nonprofitnetworkwa.org This opportunity is open to all organizations serving Southwest Washington in the areas above. Space is limited - we encourage you to sign up now! 
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Coffee for your thoughts!
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 Please tell the Nonprofit Network Southwest Washington what you think! How are you doing? How are we doing? Leadership Clark County worked with the Nonprofit Network SWWA to create this tool to access the strength (and challenges) of area organizations. This relatively quick survey is open until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2nd. We hope that you will share your thoughts. Completed surveys (with contact info) will be entered in a drawing for one of several gift cards to local coffee shops. We will additionally draw one name for a Nonprofit Network Southwest Washington certificate good for up to $100 in registration for a NNSW training, or event.
Click here to access the Survey. www.surveymonkey.com/s/NNSW2013LCC
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Nonprofit Excellence Awards
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire
Information on how to nominate your organization and colleagues will be available in early April. This year's awards will be for:- Excellence in Governance
- Excellent in Impact
- Excellence in Collaboration
- Excellence in Corporate Community Support
Awards highlight the great work being done in our community! We encourage you to shout from the rooftops! (And fill out a nomination form). These two NNSW Members & colleagues are also accepting nominations for their recognition events. Both are fabulous and we hope that you will nominate someone in these as well!Some of these awards are for individuals, or groups of individuals, others for community organizations or business. We bet you know honorable folks in many of these categories.
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Learning
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Washington Secretary of State Charities Program Training Longview Charity & Nonprofit Educational Symposium
Board governance and compliance with state regulations are both crucial to a successful nonprofit or charitable organization. For the price of lunch ($10 - to help defray the costs) you will learn about maintaining nonprofit status, legal obligations of boards, Washington's tax requirements, registrations and renewals and special occasion licensing! Space is limited so don't delay in signing up. Register on Washington Secretary of State website.
$10 per person (to help defray the cost of lunch)
Date: April 22, 2013
Location: Cowlitz Regional Conference Center, 1900 7th Avenue, Longview, WA 98632
_____________________________________________________ Latino Resource Fair Sunday, April 14, 2013, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 8701 NE 119th St., Vancouver 98662
Free admission. The resource fair will include information on employment, educational, social and health services, health screenings, activities for children, presentations, food, entertainment.
Special presentations Beginning at 2:00 pm
* The Deferred Action, the New Provisional Waiver, and Latest Update on the Immigration Reform by OneAmerica (Vancouver), Lutheran Community Services and Immigration Attorney Eulalia Soto-Esquivel
* Your Rights by the Human Rights CommissionSponsored by Latino Community Resource Group (LCRG) of Clark County Questions? contact Luz Gonzalez, 360-241-7188 ____________________________________________________ Washington State Nonprofit Conference: Celebrating Innovation and Agility
May 17th; Early Bird deadline on March 31.
Meydenbauer Center Bellevue WA
Come for networking opportunities and practical lessons! There are 12 workshops selected from a variety of consultants and practitioners. Another 6 sessions are Nonprofit success stories.
Keynote Andrew Zolli is a big picture thinker at the intersection of trends, technology, strategy and innovation. He is co-author of the new book Resilience: The Science of Why Things Bounce Back. The book is about why some organizations fall apart in the face of disruption, while others flourish. Resilient organizations do not rely on any single plan for the future, but are agile and responsive: they thrive, rather than merely survive, amidst change. He was named one of five "Innovators to Watch in 2013" by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Early Bird pricing ends next week on March 31st. WN Members and organizations bringing more than one person get a discount. Full Conference registration starts at $150. Information here (The Nonprofit Network SWWA Conference is November 4th - we hope to see you at both events!)
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Resources
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No Sweat DIY Infographics (Beth Kanter)
"My personal rule in measurement is to spend 30% collecting and organizing data and 70% thinking about what it means. For me, I need to see patterns and link it back to strategy and tactics. And, there is no better way consolidate your insights by expressing them as DIY infographic." Beth offers solid resources, tips and thinking about how you use infographics. Speaking of Infographics...
GuideStar Nonprofit CEO Compensation Data, Infographic Style NP Quarterly Based on data from its 2012 nonprofit compensation report, GuideStar's infographic on executive compensation sheds light on pay differences by region and by gender. GuideStar recently compiled some of the their compensation report's key findings in a compelling infographic Speaking of salary data... MBL is the administrator of our region's most comprehensive Salary & Benefits Survey specifically created for Oregon & SW Washington nonprofit organizations. The 2013 Nonprofit Salary & Benefits Survey will be the seventh edition of this valuable benchmarking resource, providing comprehensive compensation information for benchmark for over 100 positions plus 14 benefits and pay topics. (It will be even more valuable if you participate!)
Salary Survey Early Participation Deadline: March 29, 2013 - Save 10%
Participation Closes: April 12, 2013 - 1st time participants save 10%
Survey Publication: June 2013 Sign up now to participate - MBL will send you the link to enter your organization's salary and benefit info. Strategies to Increase Nonprofit Donor Retention Rates
From frogloop
While all nonprofits recognize the value of cultivating donors over the long-term, they feel an incredible amount of pressure to implement short-term strategies that will raise money today. Unfortunately, many nonprofits don't feel like they have the luxury of focusing on fundraising strategies that will bring in long-term results, which has led to low donor retention rates. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, the commercial business customer retention rate is 94%. Guess what the nonprofit donor retention rate is? 49%. That is an attrition rate of 59%.
What to do about it?
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SOFII
Looking for new fundraising ideas or how-to's? Yes, you can search the web all the live-long day, or you can start with SOFII, an easily accessible free archive of fundraising creativity and innovation from around the world. So, that's good news. The even-better news is that if you have volunteers who prefer to read in Spanish - they have great access to resources here as well! English SOFII
SOFII en Espanol
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Is Charity Broken?
Four people sent me the link to activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta, speaking at TED Talks within the space of a single day - so I am passing it on. - jk Pallotta is the author of Uncharitable (and other books) - we've linked to him several times for his posting in the Harvard Business Review blog http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/ Take 20 minutes to listen to Dan at TED Talks. He "calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses)." TED Talks___________________________________________ Social Venture Partners Portland Encore Fellows Program The Encore Fellows program matches retired professionals interested in community service with nonprofit agencies for a typically 1-year part time (1,000 hour) assignment. Unlike customary volunteer work, these assignments are not direct service work but rather focus on nonprofit agency capacity-building using the skills of the professional retiree (Fellow) in areas including strategy, technology, marketing, human resources, finance, operations, project management, process improvement, etc. The $25,000 cost of the fellowship includes a paid stipend paid to the Fellow; this cost may be partially subsidized by corporate or philanthropic grants. As an agency you gain from a significant infusion of talent in an area of strategic or operational value to your organization's development at substantially lower costs than the open market. In addition, based on our track record to date, you cultivate a source of new talent to support your mission. Go to the Encore Fellows program website for further information or contact program director Stephen Ristau at Stephen@svpportland.org.
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Classifieds
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- M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Administrative Assistant
- NW Association for Blind Athletes
- Sunstone Montessori School Development Director
- Vancouver Police Activities League Program Director
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I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.
~ Bill Cosby
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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