Exploring ideas and engaging in conversation
Okay, I get that fundraising and development isn’t everyone’s favorite topic in the nonprofit world, but it’s crucially important, especially in this day and age. AAM has partnered up with Alexander Haas fundraising counselors to present a series of three free webinars about how fundraising and development are changing for the years ahead.
There’s a full description and registration information on their website.
Great event coming up this Thursday at Harvard – check it out! (Hat tip to Tufts instructor Rainey Tisdale for letting us know!)
April 14, 2011 4:15 to 6:00pm
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building (Lobby Level)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Atlas Versus The Cherry Tree:
Museums, The Nation, and the World
Check out their website for more info on the panelists.
Heads up, Tufts – this is an AMAZING workshop, and there are still spaces left. I attended the session in Atlanta at the beginning of March, and it was a useful, practical, and ridiculously fun intro to the world of project management. I’ve already taken skills that I learned in the workshop back to my day job. Best of all? It’s free. And they give you a $200 travel stipend. So what are you waiting for? More info below.
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Spaces Still Available for AASLH Project Management Workshop Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO |
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AASLH is offering its Project Management for History Professionals workshop at the Missouri History Museum, April 12-14, 2011.
The workshop is free for participants through a generous grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A $200 travel stipend is awarded to workshop participants when the follow-up webinar training is completed. The goal of the program is to improve how history museums operate by:
These skills developed at AASLH’s Project Management Workshop are critical to the development of improved processes and, therefore, an institution’s improved ability to serve its community. There are a limited number of slots still available for the workshop. Applications for the workshop will continue to be accepted until all workshop slots are filled. Visit the Project Management Website for more information or contact: Steve Hoskins |
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We talked about Guidestar not that long ago, and remember at the bottom of that post shared some of Guidestar’s resources for nonprofits?
Well, there’s another one coming up soon. Guidestar is running a free webinar called “The Compensation Checklist for Nonprofits: Are You Prepared for Today and the Next Five Years?”
They describe it as:
Reviewing your nonprofit’s compensation program should be a frequent practice, but many times this process becomes reactionary. In today’s competitive labor environment, organizations need to consider these reviews as required maintenance of their most important asset—their employees.
We have developed a checklist to help nonprofit organizations approach compensation issues, now and in the future, with confidence.
The webinar is on Tuesday, January 25 at 1:00 p.m. Register here.
Remember our post a while back about skills every museo should have?
Well, one of them was grant writing. In that spirit, we’ll be talking about a few ways to educate yourself about writing grants. They may not be the flashiest, quickest way to fundraise, but they are an important piece of the puzzle. Being able to point to your resume and say “yes, I wrote and secured that grant to fund that program/conservation/collection assessment” is a great big plus for anyone seeking a job.
First up is The Foundation Center. This is a HUGE website and resource, and primarily exists to connect grantmakers with grant writers across the nonprofit field, not just museums. At its heart, the Foundation Center is a searchable database of all places you can find funding. It’s really so much more than that, though. The Center also provides research reports on all aspects of fundraising, and extensive training opportunities for those interested in learning more.
There are a few ways to get that training.
1) The Grantseeker Training Institute is the Center’s most comprehensive overview of how to set about finding, writing, and administering grants. It comes highly recommended. It’s a bit pricey, at $795 for a week of training, and is only offered in certain locations.
2) One-Day Training Sessions. These run about $195 per session, and are more tightly focused than the Training Institute. They’re also offered more widely – there are several coming up in Boston this spring.
3) Last, but most certainly not least: free webinars. Lots and LOTS of them, on all sorts of interesting and useful subjects. They’re 60 minutes each, and if you watch even a handful you will be well on your way to understanding all sorts of issues with grants, foundations, fundraising, and nonprofit management.
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