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The Community Impact Team will have virtual open office hours for nonprofits and other stakeholders on the following dates:
Friday, March 29, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, April 26, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, May 31, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, June 28, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, July 26, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, August 30, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, September 27, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Friday, October 25, 2024, 10AM to 1PM
Please drop in to ask questions, share updates, or connect with our team.
Please check back for future dates for Community Gatherings held by the Community Impact team. We anticipate scheduling additional gatherings this fall.
Check back regularly for future trainings and presentations.
Catchafire Presentation
Presentation
Bolder Advocacy
Lobbying Resources
Election resources
501(h) Election Information
The Basics of Nonprofit Financial Management
Intermediate Nonprofit Financial Management
Handouts:
Research shows that in New England, senior leadership of nonprofits will be retiring in large numbers in the coming years. For the stability and sustainability of your organizations, the Community Foundation is offering a workshop to provide information and tools for managing these transitions well. Executive leadership transitions are pivotal moments in an organization’s life cycle. Thinking about and preparing for succession can enable an organization to weather the departure of key organizational leaders, maintain sustainability, and explore opportunities for growth and change. In this workshop, nonprofit executives and their board members will learn how to build an adaptable organization that transitions leadership well; implement successful transition practices that address the search and hire of new leaders; manage staff reactions to change; and identify the effective roles of the executive and board.
Presenter: Mitch Anthony, Consultant, Clarity
Nothing communicates impact like a clear brand. Your brand is not a logo. It is a promise you make to the people you serve. It is a clear statement of how you help. Your brand invites your audience to understand, know, remember, refer, and choose you, and then choose you again.
Presenter: Jenn Hayslett, Jenn Hayslett Coaching & Consulting
Presenter: John Haydon
If you are new to Valley Gives or looking for new ideas, this workshop is for you. Prepare to engage your donors leading up to and during Valley Gives. Explore strategies for reaching out to build new relationships and cultivate those with people who already care about your cause. Discuss strategic use of email, FaceBook, Instagram and FaceBook Live. Learn about ways to connect to Kimbia for Valley Gives and to your website/FaceBook page the rest of the year. Workshop will focus on the importance of storytelling and relationship building.
Presenter: John Haydon
Session 1: Telling Better Stories with Facebook and Instagram
Session 2: Online Fundraising with email
Handouts:
Presenter: Scott Hancock
Presenter: Eric Phelps, Rainmaker Consulting
Presenter: Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Presenter: Eric Phelps, Rainmaker Consulting
Presenter: Debra Askanase
Matterness is a way to make your people feel known, acknowledged and invited to participate in efforts.
Presenters: LaTonia Naylor, United Way of Pioneer Valley & Lindsay Bennett-Jacobs, RSVP
Presenter: Debra Askanase