Nonprofit Essentials: Nuts and Bolts of Practical Managment
June 23, 2009
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis

All files are Adobe PDF files unless otherwise noted

9 - 10 a.m. Welcome & Opening Plenary

• Leadership in Minnesota's Nonprofit Sector
  Presented by Ann Johnson, associate director, Center for Nonprofit Management, and Jon Pratt, executive director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Breakout Sessions I

• Your Fundraising Plan: Where Mission and Margin Meet
• Keeping Your Finances in Good Working Order Handout 1 Handout 2
• The Basics of Web 2.0
• Board Basics - From the Organization's Perspective

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions II

• Essentials of Supervision
• Identifying Foundation and Corporate Grant Prospects Handouts coming soon
• What Happened? Cost Effective Yet Persuasive Evaluation
• HR Basics Handouts coming soon

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions III

• Leading from the Middle
• Legal Requirements and the Importance of Being Transparent Handout 1 Handout 2
• Your Fundraising Plan: Where Mission and Margin Meet
• Creating High Performance Board and Staff Relationships Handouts coming soon

3 - 4 p.m. Breakout Sessions IV

• Recruiting, Retaining and Rewarding Your Volunteers
• Developing and Sustaining Peer Networks Handout 1 Handout 2
• Grantwriting: From "How Much?" to "What's a LOI?"
• Communicating Your Organization's Story

Practical Leadership: A Balanced Approach
June 4, 2009
McNamera Alumi Center, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis

All files are Adobe PDF files unless otherwise noted

9:45 – 11 a.m. Morning Breakouts I

• When You Know Your Cast Well
• Leading Through Community Wealth: Opportunities in Social Enterprise
• Internal Brand Building: A Powerful Tool to Align and Differentiate Your Organization
• Youth-Adult Partnership: A Strategic Collaboration
• Program and Project Evaluation
• Leveraging Your Assets for Inclusive Stakeholder/Constituent Engagement
• Change Ready Leadership – What, Why and How?
• Balanced Leadership, Mindful Leadership

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Morning Breakouts II

• Making the Most of the Talent You Already Have Through Staff Development
• Planning for Uncertainty
• Nonprofit Leadership Challenge: Create Organizational Readiness to Engage Boomers as Volunteers
• Evaluating Fundraising Effectiveness and Focusing on Activities with the Greatest ROI Handout 1 Handout 2 (Excel workbook)
• Listening to the Community You Work With
• Leadership: Making a Difference with Policy and Practice
• The Provocative Question for Uncertain Times: ”What’s Right?”
• Finding and Maintaining Leadership Balance through Yoga

12:30 – 2 p.m. Luncheon Plenary - Practical Leadership: A Balanced Approach

2 – 3:15 p.m. Afternoon Breakouts III

• Change in Uncertain Times
• Developing Networked Models of Service Delivery: Learnings from the MACC CommonWealth Experience Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 Handout 5
• Clear, Bold Communication = Success
• Leadership across Socio Economic Lines: How Building Relationships across Class and Race Impacts Public Policy
• The What, Why and How of One-to-One Visits
• Beyond Mergers
• Now What?! Generative Thinking for Uncertain Times
• Moving into the Ease of Life and Work

3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Afternoon Breakouts IV

• Performance Coaching: Making Your Shining Stars Even Brighter
  Handout 1 Handout 2
• Developing Budgets during the Economic Crisis
• Practical Management for the Small Nonprofit
• Leading the Web – Integrated Communications Strategies for Leading Organizations
• Managing Up and Team Dynamics
• Creating Spaces for Constituent Leadership
• Developing Board Leadership in Times of Change
• Leadership and Conflict Fluency

United Front: Engaging Nonprofit Board and Executive Leadership Facing Unprecedented Challenges, was a convening of community leaders, board members and executive directors from human services organizations for a discussion about the current economic crisis and how we can work together to create solutions.

Notes and information from this event are now available online - visit Greater Twin Cities United Way's Web site at http://www.unitedwaytwincities.org/NewsAndEvents/unitedfront.cfm.

For information and questions contact Stephanie Haddad 651-642-3071

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February 20, 2009
New Times - New Tech (2009 Nonprofit Technology and Communications Conference)

Early Morning Sessions (7:45 – 8:45 a.m.)

• Web 2.0 101
• Marketing & Communications 101

Plenary Session (9 – 10:15 a.m.)

• New Times / New Tech – Nonprofits in the Connected Age

Morning Sessions (10:30 – 11:45 a.m.)

• Integrating On- and Off-Line Strategies in Fundraising Campaigns
• Nonprofits 2.0 – Emerging Web Tools
• Using the Collaborative Internet for Engaging the Public in Policy & Planning
• Crisis Communications
• Web Site Makeovers, Powered by Nerds
• Analytics: Understanding Your Core Users
• Avoiding Remorse: A Guide to Buying IT for the Right Reasons

Learning Labs - Short Demos of Social Media Tools

• Twitter
• Using Google Calendar to Promote Events

Early Afternoon Sessions (2 – 3:15 p.m.)

• Outcome Evaluation with Limited Technology and Other Resources
• E-Advocacy 2.0
• Using Web 2.0 Tools: Lessons from the Trenches
• Using Compelling Storytelling to Engage and Persuade
• Media Relations: Not Just Press Releases Anymore
• Understanding Content Management Systems

Late Afternoon Sessions (3:30 – 4:45 p.m.)

• Put the Develop Back Into Development
• Technology Capacity Building handout 1 handout 2
• DIY Blogging: Way Easier Than You Think
• Getting Found Online
• I Want a Drupal Site, Now What?
• Going Green with Technology
• Taking it on the Road: Making Content Accessible to Mobile Devices
  handout 1 handout 2

January 13, 2009
Stormier Weather Ahead: A Budget Briefing with Tom Stinson

• Presentation Adobe PDF, 203KB

December 16, 2008
Nonprofit Fundraising, Economy, and Policy Outlook for 2009

• Session agenda Adobe PDF, 40.76KB
• Nonprofit Current Conditions Report Adobe PDF, 49.69KB
• 2008 Nonprofit Economy Report
• Handouts from Preparing to Advocate for Services and Programs session Adobe PDF, 337.73KB
• About the Lost Decade Report
• Federal Sign-On Letter Adobe PDF, 182.33KB

December 9, 2008
Minnesota Foundations 2009

• Link to Minnesota Grants Directory (publication for sale through MCN)
• Corrections and additions to MGD
• Corrected graph for St. Paul Foundation
• Presentation (includes Web site screenshots, URLs, and Andersen Foundation map) Adobe PDF, 9.19MB

November 11, 2008
Follow the Federal Dollars

• Presentation

November 11, 2008
Board Boot Camp Webinar

• Handout

October 28, 2008
Strategic Planning: Putting the Pieces Together

• Handout
• Presentation

October 27, 2008
Office of Grants Management Briefing

• Presentation

October 23, 2008
Balanced Blend: Making Web 2.0 Work for You
(session #2 of the 2008 Nonprofit Communicator's Series)

• View the presentation slides (through flowgram): http://www.flowgram.com/p/svjsf9j472gu3y/
• Outline of Session
• Resources
• Suggested Blogs
• Ladder Graphic

October 2 - 3, 2008
Nonprofits & Government: Partnerships & Policies in a Time of Retrenchment

Links go directly to session handouts, when available.

Thursday Breakout Sessions, 1 – 2:15 p.m.

• Building Effective Boards from Recruitment to Engagement
• The New IRS Form 990 – Who, What, Where, When and Why?
• Supervising Smart Handout 1 Handout 2
• How Nonprofits and Government Can Reframe and End Poverty
• Using Marketing Principles to Win Government Funding

Thursday Breakout Sessions, 2:45 – 4 p.m.

• Governance for the Shifting Times
• The “How” of the New IRS Form 990: Make Changes Today for Successful Filing Tomorrow
• Ask the HR Expert
• Climate Change: The Most Important Low-Income Issue since Welfare Reform
• Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose: Challenges and Opportunities in Grant Application and Reporting Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3

Thursday Breakout Sessions, 1 – 4:30 p.m.

• How to Build Intergenerational Relationships and Trust
• Tools for Surviving Tough Times - and Thriving Afterwards
• Turning Up the Heat: Breaking Through with the Legislature and Governor
• Communicating Public Value: How to be the Champion of Your Government Funded Program
• Bridging the Cultural Divide for Stronger Government – Nonprofit Partnerships Handout 1 Handout2

Friday Early Morning Breakout Sessions, 7:45 - 8:45 a.m.

• Governing Governance: The Charities Review Council Governance Standards
• Who knew? Digging Deeper into Data about Nonprofits
• Up, Up and Away! Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Career through Academic Programs
• Using Geographic Data for Community Analysis
• Divided We Fail: Organizing a Nationwide Campaign
• Civic Networking Online: Solving Common Problems with CitiZing!
• MCN’s Leadership Institutes
• Bush Leadership Program
• Onward! Public Policy for the Truly Intimidated
• Invest in Minnesota Campaign
• Maximize Your MCN Membership Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3

Friday Morning Breakout Sessions, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

• Collaborations Gone Wild...and How to Avoid Becoming One
• Better Outcomes, Lower Costs: Score a Home Run with Advance Audit Preparation
• The Intersection Between Technology and the Workplace - Practical and Legal Pointers
• Citizens, Nonprofits, and Government: Doing Together What We Cannot Do Alone
• Leveraging Leadership to End Homelessness
• Plan for Success through Public Relations
• Spread Your Message Statewide
• Engaging Young Donors – Millennials, Micropayments and Social Giving (Web link)
• Government and Faith Based Community Organizations: Working Effectively Together
• Making the Case: Articulating the Common Good in Public and Nonprofit Programs
• Global Perspectives: Nonprofit-Government Relations Outside the U.S.

Lunch and Awards Ceremony

The Nonprofit Mission and Excellence Awards emphasize the importance of nonprofits to the quality of life in Minnesota by recognizing achievements that make a significant impact in the areas of innovation, advocacy, anti-racism, responsive philanthropy and overall excellence. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie moderated the 2008 Awards Ceremony. Look for links to video coming soon!

Friday Afternoon Breakout Sessions, 2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

• Building a Nonprofit Social Enterprise
• The Topography of Executive Transition
• Getting and Staying Compliant – Basics of Financial Management for Grants
• Minnesota's Changing Workforce: Implications for Your Organization
• Nonprofits and Advocacy Laws
• Leveraging Your Leadership: Participation in Government Agencies, Boards and Commissions
• Building Participation through Social Networking
• Thinking Outside of the Box: How to Build Relationships and Secure Funding from Cities, Watersheds, and Counties
• How to Get (and Keep) Government Funding
  Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4
• Influencing State Policy - Intercepting the Legislative Process through Specialty Councils Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4
• Partnership is a Verb, Not a Noun: The Journey of Kujichagulia Partnership

July 10, 2008
Nonprofit Essentials: The Nuts and Bolts of Practical Management

Breakout Session I

• Board Basics from the Organization's Perspective
• Your Fundraising Plan: Where Mission & Money Meet
• Keeping Your Finances in Good Working Order
• HR Basics

Breakout Session II

• Identifying Foundation and Corporate Grant Prospects
• Marketing and Communications
• Creating High Performance Board and Staff Relations
• Essentials of Supervision

Breakout Session III

• Legal Requirements and the Importance of Being Transparent
  Handout 1 Handout 2
• Your Fundraising Plan: Where Mission & Money Meet
• Grantwriting: Getting the Most Out of Your Proposal
• Leading from the Middle

Breakout Session IV

• What Happened? Cost Effective Evaluation
• Recruting, Retaining and Rewarding Your Volunteers
• Web 2.0
  Read Aaron Landry's Blog Post
• Developing and Sustaining Peer Networks
  Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4

June 9 - 10, 2008
The Future of Leadership,
2008 Nonprofit Leadership Summit

Monday, June 9

Intergenerational Leadership Experience

• Presentation Slides
  
  
• Notes from various table topic discussions, about 5 target areas: Advancing Your Leadership, Engaging Younger Leaders, Leadership Transitions, Working Across Generations, and Working for a Baby Boomer (or someone from a generation different than your own)

Tuesday, June 10

Early Morning Breakout Sessions

• Influencing Strategies for Leaders in the Middle
  
• Sustainable Leadership Principles: Practical Ways to Creating Your Organizational Future and Legacy

Late Morning Breakout Sessions

• Moving Leadership to the Center of Our Lives: Discovering Our Personal Call to Leadership
  Handout 1 Handout 2
  
  
• Financial Issues for Emerging Leaders
  Handout 1 Presentation Slides

Networking Lunch: This I Believe

• This I Believe Statement from Coral Popowitz
• This I Believe Statement from Kiely Todd Roska

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

• Keeping it Fresh: The Life and Times of the Mid-Careerist
  Handout 1 Handout 2
  
• Navigating Through a Leadership Change
  Handout 1 Handout 2

March 27, 2008
Message + Medium + Mission, 2008 Nonprofit Technology and Communications Conference

Early Morning Breakout Sessions

• Marketing and Communications 101
  
  
• Web 2.0 101 (Technology Terminology from MCN)

Morning Keynote Session

• Nonprofits in an Age of Social Media (resource handout) Also see Beth's Blog, the blog of Keynote speaker Beth Kanter

Morning Breakout Sessions

• Media Relations in the Age of New Media
  Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4
  
  
• Digital Youth and Analog Adults - No handouts at this session
  
  
• Why I Hate Facebook
  
  
• Where Technology and the Workplace Collide - NO HANDOUTS at this time
  
  
• Put the Develop Back into Development

Lunch - 2008 Dot.Org Awards

• The Complete Pack Award - The International Wolf Center
  View the certificate
  
  
• The Wisdom of Volunteers Award - KFAI, Fresh Air Radio
  View the certificate
  
  
• The Bright Idea Award - Minnesota Energy Challenge
  View the certificate
  
  
• The Think Global, Act Global Award - New Tactics in Human Rights
  View the certificate

Early Afternoon Breakout Sessions

• Strategic Web Site Design: Once Again, Form Follows Function
  Handout 1 Handout 2
  
  
• Conversation Marketing: New Media Communication Strategy (please note: link to another Web site, not handout)
  
  
• Ten Things You Can Do to Lower Your Data Integration Costs
  
  
• Technology Leadership for the Technically Challenged
  
  
• Accessing Public Sector Resources
  Handout 1 Handout 2

Late Afternoon Breakout Sessions

• How to Get Graphic Design to Work for You
  Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
  
  
• Targeting: Not Just for Elections
  
  
• Advanced Tools 2008
  • Drupal and CiviCRM - CiviCRM Handout 1 Handout 2
  • GIS
  • Google Analytics
  • RSS
    
    
• Social Media Game
  Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4
  
  
• Generate More Individual Gifts Using Your Donor Data and Your Web Site

December 11, 2007
Communicators as Change Agents, part of the 2007 Nonprofit Communicators Series

• Presentation
• Communications Plan Model and Templates (50 page PDF document, 232 KB)
• Communications Plan Model and Templates (50 page Microsoft Word document, 1.18 MB)
• Leading from the Middle

December 4, 2007 (morning workshop)
Development Planning for Success, morning workshop

• Development Planning for Success PowerPoint Slides - Audrey Kintzi
• Development Activities Chart
• Development Plan Format
• Development Strategy Matrix
• Memorandum of Acceptance
• Donor Constituency Circles
  

December 4, 2007 (afternoon workshop)
Minnesota Foundations 2008

• Minnesota Foundations 2008 addtions and changes
• Andersen Foundations family tree

July 11, 2007
Media Strategies for Nonprofits, copresented by the Twin Cities Media Alliance.
All documents are Microsoft Word documents created in July, 2007, intended for you to download and modify for your personal use in nonprofit media work.

• News Release Form
• News Release Example
• How to Write a Protest Letter
• Ten Commandments for Letters to the Editor
• Click-through Tour
• E-Newsletter Basics
• Pioneer Press Contacts 2007
• Star Tribune 2007
• Suburban Newspapers
• Greater MN Newspapers
• Community and Ethnic News Media 2007
• Minnesota Public Radio Contacts 2007
• Electronic Media Contacts
• and a few more contacts.doc
  
  

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