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Starting this spring and extending through 2012, we are offering some of our core training programs, and some new programs as well, in a “Webinar Plus” format. These courses are taught by practicing experts in each field.
With Webinar Plus, participants will have an opportunity for individualized email and telephone follow-up with course instructors. Ask questions specific to your organization, get clarification as you start to apply what you’ve learned or pin down critical details. This opportunity for individualized follow-up will apply to both workshops and webinars.
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Board Development
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Webinar: Introduction to Board Development I | April 19, 2012,12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: EDs and senior executive staff
Many nonprofit organizations are launched by the vision and commitment of one person or a small group. But to assure longevity a scalable infrastructure must be assembled. One of the most important - but often overlooked - elements in building scale is the formation of a an optimal board of directors, which is a critical task that can provide many benefits to an organization. Topics covered include:
- Roles and responsibilities of board members
- How to create a "staffing plan" for your board that supports your organizational mission
- Creating a common vision and purpose among your board members
- How to create board committees and work assignments 5. Developing new leaders within your volunteer structure
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Webinar: Building, On-boarding and Effectively Utilizing your Board of Directors | April 26, 2012, 12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: EDs and senior executive staff
With an understanding of what, specifically board members can contribute to your organization, it’s time to find the right board members for you. We discuss:
- What criteria to look for in board members - building your board around gaps in the existing executive skill sets and internal board “chemistry”
- Working with staff, community members and outside consultants in identifying candidates
- Selecting the members of a board of directors - qualifying and convincing (the “sales” process)
- On-boarding new board members-the board training process, key to immediate board productivity
- Keeping board members interested, involved and engaged
- When and how to retire or replace board members
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Workshop: NonProfit Governance | May 9th, 2012, time TBA |
Intended for: EDs, Senior executive staff, Board members
This workshop will cover:
- Governance and accountability
- Legal Issues
- New Form 990
- Succession planning
- HR: Safety and health
- Regulations and risk management
- Regulations which assist in keeping participants safe at program sites (fire safety, occupancy regulaÂtions)
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Financial Management
All Financial Management workshops marked “Manhattan” will be held at the offices of the Human Services Council, 130 East 59th Street, Manhattan
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Workshop: DYCD Financial Management I, July 22, 2011, 8:30 am -1:30 pm
Intended for: Fiscal staff and Executive Directors who have fiscal responsibilities
This course is the first of two workshops that will cover financial management requirements for organizations that receive funding from the Department of Youth and Community Development. Through lectures and hands-on worksheet practice you will learn:
Budgets:
- Preparation of Organizational Budget
- Preparation of DYCD Budget
- Maintaining & Tracking Budget/s
- Preparation of Budget Modifications (quick overview)
PERS:
- Allocations of expenses
- Allocations of Salaries
- Financial report to work from in preparation of the PERS
- Preparation of PERS
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Workshop: DYCD Financial Management II / July 29, 2011, 8:30 am - 1:30 pm (Manhattan)
Intended for: Fiscal staff and Executive Directors who have fiscal responsibilities
This course is the second of two workshops covering financial management requirements for organizations that receive funding from the Department of Youth and Community Development. You will learn from lectures and hands-on practice, and will cover:
Budget Modification
- Working with projected vs actual reports to identify the need for budget modification
- Preparation of Budget Modifications (step by step), including the narrative section
Being Audit Ready:
- Procedures & Manuals (Salary, purchasing, petty cash…)
- Filing system
- Payroll
- Equipment
- Bank Reconciliations
- Financial Statements
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Workshop: Organizational/Fiscal Alignment I | July 21, 2011, 8:30 am -1:30 pm (Manhattan)/ March 15 ,2012 (Lower Manhattan) 9:30 am - 1:30 pm*
*We are pleased that DYCD has been able to restore funding so we can return this workshop to the schedule.
Intended for: EDs, senior executive staff, board members
Your budget is the place where finances and program intersect. Together with your fiscal reports it tells your organization's story in numbers. What story is it telling about you? How can you use your fiscal reports to effectively plan and project your operations?
This is the first of two courses addressing financial management of non-profit organizations from the perspective of senior management. We will cover:
- Aligning your accounting system with your reporting requirements
- Read financial statements for nonprofit organizations like a pro
- Building a budget
- Internal controls and technology
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Workshop: Organizational/Fiscal Alignment II/ Manhattan--July 28, 2011, 8:30 am -1:30 pm / Lower Manhattan, March 22, 2012, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. *
*We are pleased that DYCD has been able to restore funding so we can return this workshop to the schedule.
Intended for: EDs, senior executive staff, board members
This is the second of two courses addressing financial management of non-profit organizations from the perspective of senior management. This course will cover:
- How to be audit ready
- Aligning your accounting technology system with your reporting needs
- Security for your accounting system
- Controls for your accounting system - networking/remote access
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Fundraising
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Workshop: Fundraising for Community-Based Non-Profit Organizations
Brooklyn - 3/14/2012, 6:00 to 8:30 PM
Bronx - 3/21/2012, 6:00 to 8:30 PM
Queens - 3/28/2012, 6:00 to 8:30 PM
Manhattan - 4/4/2012, 6:00 to 8:30 PM |
Intended for: EDs, executive staff, development staff, board members
Learn the steps that will help you achieve fundraising success for your organization. We will take you through what you need to do in every step, from identifying and sizing your funding needs, to depositing the check:
- Vision and budget: Creating a clear vision of what you need funding for and how much you need
- Finding funders: Thinking creatively about your pool of potential funders
- Grant writing: Responding to your funder's priorities, grabbing their interest and showing your competence
- Event planning: Using special/community events and making use of public/private partnerships
- Marketing: Using marketing as a fundraising tool
- Building and nurturing relationships: Developing powerful relationships that are the secret ingredient in fundraising success
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Workshop: Fundraising I: Introduction / November 3, 2011, 9:30 am-1:30 pm*
*This workshop has been cancelled due to New York City funding rollbacks. We hope to reschedule in 2012.
Intended for: admin, fundraising, development staff
Learn effective avenues of fundraising and proven fundraising techniques to enhance your natural fundraising abilities, improve your bottom line and increase the effectiveness and long-term viability of your organization. To achieve these goals, this course will cover:
- Overview of fundraising - identifying effective channels for raising funds for your organization
- Producing effective and targeted vision and mission statements
- Self- Assessment - how do we currently measure up?
- The fundraising strategic plan.
Because knowing how much money you need is critical to developing a plan for going about getting it, we will also review the key elements of building a compelling program budget.
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Workshop: Fundraising II: Optimizing Your Efforts / November 10, 2011, 9:30 am-1:30 *
This workshop has been cancelled due to New York City funding rollbacks. We hope to reschedule in 2012.
Intended for: admin, fundraising, development staff
In this course we cover cultivating and preserving donor relationships, and bringing all of the aspects of your organization into the fundraising loop. Topics will include:
- Relationship building - keeping donors up-to-date with email, mail and phone calling
- Donor cultivation - meetings, referral requests
- Special events
- Working with staff and volunteers – making everyone conscious of the fundraising implications of service delivery activities
- Marketing and technology - Web 2.0
- Using social networking
- Fundraising on the web
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Webinar: Fundraising Readiness / November 17, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: Administration, fundraising, development staff
The webinar will cover:
- Getting ready for fundraising
- Exploring the roles of staff and board
- Engaging the board in fundraising
- Avoiding common fundraising mistakes
- A glossary of fundraising terms
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Webinar: Connecting with Funders / December 1, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: Administration, fundraising, development staff
The webinar will cover:
- How to identify funders and reach out to them
- Making contacts with funders
- How to write letters of inquiry
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Human Resources
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Human Resource Management: Difficult Feedback Conversations / June 2, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm (webinar)
Feedback from leaders can be a powerful way to improve staff members contribution and performance. Too often, this feedback turns into painful, one-way criticism that the staff member merely endures. Knowing this, many leaders postpone these difficult conversations or get them over with as quickly as possible.
Truly effective feedback occurs through a two-way conversation where the leader and staff member share their observations and beliefs. The Difficult Feedback Conversations webinar teaches the techniques and mind-sets needed to conduct truly effective conversations. Participants learn how to conduct an engaging dialogue in which both parties communicate, listen and influence. The result is better alignment between staff members and leaders, and improved performance.
The webinar will be facilitated by two highly skilled leadership trainers and executive coaches, Daniel White, MA and Lilian Abrams, PhD.
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Webinar: Building Organizational Capacity through Coaching / September 7, 2011, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
"Coaching is not just a function; it is a state of mind."
This program is intended for: Team leaders, supervisors, emerging leaders, managers, line managers, leaders, executives, board members, teachers, administrators, non-profit professionals--anyone who interacts with people!
This practical, “how to” guide to coaching will show you how to help others find their own answers and how to achieve goals by getting others to commit to action.
By the end of this program you will have learned a philosophy of coaching, coaching tools and skills and how to integrate coaching into the skill set and culture of your organization.
Both novice and experienced coaches will learn effective coaching strategies and techniques that will assist you on the journey to becoming a skillful coach. The coaching skills models and techniques can be applied in working with almost everyone: students, peers, employees, clients and patients.
You will walk away with:
- A clear understanding of coaching and how it differs from management, mentoring or instructing
- How to operate in the coach role
- The four components of the coaching process
- How to establish, build and maintain trust by being honest, authentic, accountable and respectful when coaching
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Technology
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Webinar: Technology Development I - IT Security / July 13, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm / Repeated March 7, 2012, 12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: ED, administrative and IT staff
Don't let the hype about computer security tempt you to ignore the issue. Inattention to computer security - or dealing with the issue in the wrong way - can expose your organization to serious legal liability, put you at risk of permanent data loss, expose you to theft of your organizational identity and your assets and allow sensitive personal information about you, your employees or your clients to become public knowledge. It can expose you to civil and even criminal action or put you out of business. This course teaches you how to properly go about controlling or mitigating those risks:
- Basics of computer security. What is a firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing? What is backup? How to make intelligent decisions about implementing these services?
- What are the privacy issues and risks associated with a nonprofit's network environment and what does a nonprofit administrator have to know and do, to protect the organization?
- What kind of training do computer users need to have in order to minimize risks to the organization's data? How to avoid social engineering scams
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Webinar: Technology Development II - Using Common Office Software/ August 17, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm / Repeated May 2, 2012, 12:00-1:30 pm
Intended for: all staff
Many computer users are not aware of little-known techniques and features that dramatically reduce the time it takes to perform various tasks that are common in nonprofit organizations. This course covers three such tasks:
- How to do a mail-merge to produce labels and form letters, in Word
- How to produce a basic P&L statement in Excel
- Building and launching a basic website using Weebly
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