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Nonprofit Webinars

4/17/2013: Engaging Millennials as Donors, Volunteers and Constituents
4/23/2013: Search Engine Optimization 101 for Nonprofits
4/24/2013: A Business Plan for Your Nonprofit
4/24/2013: Making Shared Leadership Work: 5 Steps to Mastering Collaboration

Don't miss these free webinars!

Two upcoming Foundation Center webinars you won't want to miss

Facebook Strategies for World Domination
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Understanding Collaboration
Monday, April 22, 2013 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

New titles from Emerson & Church ...

How to make your board dramatically more effective, starting today :a board member's guide to asking the right questions
by Gayle L. Gifford

The ultimate insider's guide to winning foundation grants : a foundation CEO reveals the secrets you need to know
by Martin Teitel , Expanded 2nd ed

The board member's easier-than-you-think guide to nonprofit finances
by Andy Robinson and Nancy Wasserman

How to raise $500 to $5,000 from almost anyone : a 1-hour guide for board members, volunteers, and staff
by Andy Robinson

Place holds online for delivery to your local library for check out.

Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center to browse the entire collection of books on all topics relating to nonprofits and philanthropy.

Foundations will give away at least $45 billion this year!
Using the Foundation Directory Online database can help you get a bigger piece of the pie.

Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center at the Onondaga County Central Library today.

Aligning Board Governance and Fund Development

Board Governance and engagement are a crucial component of an organization's fund development strategy. Among the topics discussed will be:

• Best practices for nonprofit board governance and volunteer engagement
• Ways to align your governance structure, development plans and support networks to create an effective fundraising strategy that promotes sustainability and engages board members
• Fund development strategies, recognition opportunities and institutional policies that can affect development success
• Major gift strategies and developing a customer service ethic for development operations at a time of generational transition

When:
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
9:00am – 11:00am

Where:
Central New York Philanthropy Center
431 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Tel: 315.422.9538

Cost:
$25 per person

The Volunteer Management Handbook: Leadership Strategies for Success
Edited by Tracy D. Connors

With volunteers such a vital part to the operations of most nonprofit organizations, here is a book that provides guidance for volunteer resource management. This practical handbook covers the best practices for recruiting, orienting and training volunteers with useful tips on how to get, develop and keep the right volunteers.

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

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.

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.

New Books - Check them out!

Money for the Cause: A Complete Guide to Event Fundraising
By Rudolph A Rosen

Banding Together For A Cause: Proven Strategies for Revenue and Awareness Generation
By Rachel Armbruster