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

Creating a Successful Succession Plan

The Central New York Community Foundation and the SUNY Oswego Metro Center are sponsoring a 3-part series for organizations that forsee having a turnover in a leadership postion within the next five years. Executives, board members and other key employees should plan to attend all three sessions.

June 21 9am-Noon, at SUNY Oswego Metro Center
June 28 9am-11am and July 26 9am-Noon at the CNY Philanthropy Center

Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center to check out books!
The artist's guide to grant writing : how to find funds and write foolproof proposals for the visual, literary, and performing artist / Gigi Rosenberg

Shaking the money tree : the art of getting grants and donations for film and video projects / Morrie Warshawski

The savvy musician : building a career, earning a living & making a difference / David Cutler

The business of being an artist / Daniel Grant

Attend Foundation Center webinars!
Grantspace.org Training Calendar

Watch Foundation Center Podcasts and Read Reports!
Focus on the Arts Month

Nonprofits Live

The newest addition to TechSoup's vast array of nonprofit resources is a live monthly interactive video chat series, Nonprofits Live. These events blend virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Nonprofits Live provides a more robust and interactive alternative to the traditional webinar.

* Watch the recording of the first Nonprofits Live session,

* View the speakers' presentation materials,

* Continue the conversation in the Nonprofits Live Future of Fundraising online forum.

Raising More Money From Your Local Business Community

Raising More Money From Your Local Business Community

Tuesday June 29, 2010 2:00 PM
Fee: $89.00 per person, $150.00 per site
A Grantstation webinar - includes suggestions on how to approach corporate leaders, how to motivate them to become involved in your organization, and how to develop a corporate appeal.

Egger to speak at AFP luncheon

Nonprofit leader, Robert Egger, will be the keynote speaker at the National Philanthropy Day Awards luncheon on November 13th. The luncheon is sponsored by the CNY chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Mr. Egger is the author of Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Effective and Rewarding for All.