Friday, November 30, 2012

Grant opportunity for Nursing Schools

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing have initiated a program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals.

New Careers in Nursing provides scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's degree programs.

Eligibility: Applicants must be accredited by a nursing accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and offer an entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing program or master's nursing program for non-nursing college students.

Deadline: Janusry 9, 2013
Contact: Vernell Dewitt, 202-463-6930

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

How to Measure Your Social-Media Results

Learn How to Measure Your Social-Media Results
Date: Wednesday December 12
Time: 2:00 pm EST Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: Early Bird: $75, After December 5: $96

Your nonprofit spends a lot of time reaching out to supporters on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. But if you're like a lot of the nonprofit leaders I speak to about social media, you aren't properly measuring whether these efforts are worth the time and cost.
Learn how to collect and analyze data to support informed decisions about your social-media strategies.
Hear case studies and concrete examples of how nonprofits are measuring their social-media results and how they are using data to nimbly adjust their online approaches.
One of the presenters, Beth Kanter, co-author of the new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, will also outline the 7 steps of effective measuring.
This is a great opportunity to learn how nonprofits of all sizes can measure the results of their social-media campaigns.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Upcoming Workshop

Strategic Thinking and The Power of The One Page Business Plan
Thursday, December 13
9:00 AM - Noon
$25.00
Central New York Community Foundation

How do you use strategic thinking to produce an executable strategic plan? In this session, you will be introduced to a practical strategic planning process, which will enable you to:

Focus and collect your thoughts for building your organization’s future
Address the five key elements needed for strategic planning
Begin road-mapping your strategy and planning for strategy execution
Document your ideas and plans on a single page
Track progress towards your organization’s goals

Sign up today - class size is limited.