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Beat the Heat with Cool Training

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 28, 2010 3:21:19 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

This summer, you can sit in your cool office and expand your mind. Brush up on Your Tech IQ with free seminars from Idealware. Learn to Tame the Data Monster (7/29) with the folks at NTEN. Get on top of your financial management skills with the Nonprofits Assistance Fund. Stay tuned for the complete Common [...] More...

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Beat the Heat with Cool Training

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 28, 2010 3:21:19 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

This summer, you can sit in your cool office and expand your mind. Brush up on Your Tech IQ with free seminars from Idealware. Learn to Tame the Data Monster (7/29) with the folks at NTEN. Get on top of your financial management skills with the Nonprofits Assistance Fund. Stay tuned for the complete Common [...] More...

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Summer Reading: The Networked Nonprofit

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 28, 2010 3:01:46 AM

Author: Nick Carter

Allison Fine sent an email this week with news about her new–extremely popular–book, The Networked Nonprofit, written with fellow social media pioneer Beth Kanter. It’s been #1 nonprofit book for four weeks straight on Amazon and is a “must read” for those nonprofit leaders keen to strengthen their reach and impact. The book offers [...] More...

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New Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 23, 2010 2:42:26 PM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

Laura Quinn at Idealware wrote to us today with some great news about the new Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide! Hope you’re having a great summer! I just wanted to give you heads up about a new free resource that we’ve just launched: our Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. The Guide walks nonprofit organizations through a [...] More...

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Leadership in the Connected Age on 9/13

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 21, 2010 4:29:05 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

Join Common Good Vermont and CCTV Center for Media & Democracy on Monday, September 13th (12 p.m. – 2 p.m.) for the Fifth Annual Media Maven Luncheon as Steve Shepard (internationally renown futurist and technology translator) sheds light on the key ingredients for leadership in this “connected age”. Mingle with your peers, enjoy [...] More...

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Money Matters: Nonprofits Assistance Fund Webinars

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 21, 2010 3:40:30 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

While researching reliable financial practices, we ran across these upcoming webinars and useful resources from an industry treasure, the Nonprofits Assistance Fund: Whether you are in Minneapolis or Moorhead, across town or across the country, the Nonprofits Assistance Fund online trainings and tools can help you develop and hone your financial management skills. New webinars use [...] More...

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The Hidden Workforce: How to Run Effective Volunteer Programs

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 14, 2010 4:05:58 PM

Author: Nick Carter

Thanks to Melanie Wilson, Director of Research and Public Policy at the New England Network for Child, Youth & Family Services for forwarding news about a new report and tool, The Hidden Workforce: Are you ready for help? Since the early 1990’s, experts have been telling the nonprofit world that an advancing wave of retiring baby [...] More...

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Taming the Data Monster

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 13, 2010 8:06:25 PM

Author: Nick Carter

Our friends at NTEN have  a great workshop on managing data to tell your story: Americans consume 3.6 zettabytes of information per day according to research by The University of California at San Diego. One zettabyte is one billion trillion bytes. How much information is that, really? How is it being consumed? You can [...] More...

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More Askers = More Money: An All-Staff Approach to Major Gifts

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 7, 2010 4:19:24 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

From our friend Andy Robinson: Friends — We tend to focus on how we can encourage our boards to raise money, but what about the other “human resource” available to us: the staff? On July 8 at 10 am Central, join me for  More Askers = More Money: An All-Staff Approach to Major Gifts. This provocative webinar, [...] More...

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Grow Better Boards

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jul 7, 2010 3:48:57 AM

Author: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

A group of local board and staff leaders met in Brattleboro for Growing Better Boards with Anne Lezak of ADL Consulting. The workshop wrapped up Common Good Vermont’s 2010 Road Show! Anne serves as a grantwriter, consultant and board member to a host of organizations in the Rutland area and participates in an innovative and [...] More...

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Communicate Across the Generations to Build Relationships with Donors

from Common Good Vermont Blog on Jun 30, 2010 8:30:06 PM

Author: Nick Carter

For the first time in history, four generations are working together in many organizations. So what does that mean for how we communicate and build relationships with our supporters and donors? And what does this suggest in terms of building a fundraising strategy? Marty Jacobs (Systems In Sync) and Mark Scott (eTapestry) offered a lively webinar, Communicate Across the Generations to Build Relationships with Donors on June 30th, to help nonprofits expand our communications tool kit and development strategy to motivate audiences of all ages. Tune into this lively webinar or quickly review the slideshow. More...

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