YNPN Phoenix
Event Description: It’s hard to find useful nonprofit career advice. Many people just say “Stick with it! You’ll be rewarded!” But according to the Bridgespan Group, most nonprofit staff are NOT being groomed for leadership, and only 33% of the time do people from inside the nonprofit even attempt to fill senior leadership level positions. That means most of the time, you will have to make a leap to another nonprofit to move on up.
We’ll answer all of these questions and more:
Learn:
1. How can you never miss a job posting, ever again?
2. How can you create a compelling cover letter that gets results?
3. How can you relate unrelated experience on your resume?
4. How to ask good interview questions to find out if your boss will be a bully, or if they have unrealistic expectations for your position?
5. How to talk about your accomplishments without bragging?
6. How to answer the tough interview questions?As well as interview questions you don’t have to answer
7. What is successful followup etiquette?
8. How can you dominate LinkedIn and really work your profile?
9. What are some of the best ways to step into leadership roles at nonprofits?
10. How can you deal with new fundraising job overwhelm AND get it all done?
11. What are the three conversations you MUST have with your boss to be successful?
12. How can you gather a team of people around you to help you achieve your goals?
13. How can you successfully negotiate for a higher nonprofit salary?
14. How to get recognition for your accomplishments?
15. How do you show people your value as a leader?
16. How can you get more responsibility and learning opportunities at your job?
17. BONUS: Real Case Studies of how people moved on up in their careers
The following bonus materials are included with this webinar:
1. Worksheet to help you really shine in your interview
2. Sample Cover Letter
3. Sample 3 month review.
4. Cheat-sheet of good questions to take to your next interview
5. Linkedin Profile Checklist
6. A full list of national and international websites where you can find nonprofit jobs
7. E-Article: Getting that Job & You’ve Got the Job, Now What?
More info here: http://charityhowto.com/upcoming_info.php?vid=387
Organization: CharityHowTo
When: 02/29/2012 – 02/29/2012; 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm
Where: online, so, anywhere you are!, It’s really online., Online, Online, Online
Posted By: Mazarine Treyz
Email: mazarine@charityhowto.com
http://charityhowto.com/upcoming_info.php?vid=387
Event Description: For nonprofits, building a system of regularly applying for foundation grant funding plays a critical role in your overall funding stream. How does the small, community-based nonprofit organization find and cultivate foundation funders? Are you better off going after your region’s “major player” funders – or seeking out those small to mid-sized foundations? This webinar will show you how to find foundation funders, how to approach them and, most importantly, how to develop lasting relationships with them.
Also included with this webinar is a copy of Pamela’s eBook, the newly revised,, “Five Days to Foundation Grants” – The quintessential beginners guide to writing effective, grant proposals.
How to build a solid core of general operating support grants
The key to funded grant proposals – research!
Learn how to use subscription and free online tools to find foundations to support your mission
Ensuring your organization is “fund-worthy” – a list of every essential document your organization should have on hand
How using storytelling and “living your mission” increases your chance of funding
How to read a foundation’s 990
How to set your organization apart when seeking grant funding
How to identify which foundations you should be targeting
What’s your organization’s URG – Unique Reason to Give – and how can it help you develop your best grant proposal?
Getting started – what do you need to have in place before you seek grant funding
Follow-through – find out the three questions you should always ask following a grant proposal declination
Learn more here: http://charityhowto.com/upcoming_info.php?vid=389
Organization: CharityHowTo
When: 02/20/2012 – 02/20/2012; 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm
Where: online, so, anywhere you are!, It’s really online., Online, Online, Online
Posted By: Mazarine Treyz
Email: mazarine@charityhowto.com
Event Description: How much money do you get a year with mailings? Would you like to double or even triple that? How can you write a more effective appeal letter? This webinar will show you how to make your mailing plan, segment your mailing list into different types of donors, get deals on your mailing costs, write your fabulous appeal letter, and do impeccable followup to raise tons of money in the mail!
Outline:
What are 3 ways to grab your reader and keep them reading from the start?
What kind of stories should you put in your appeal?
What are the 7 different types of donors and how do you identify them?
How do you write to each different type of donor?
What do they respond to?
How can you gather testimonials and how can you identify the most effective testimonials?
Why MUST you include a PS and how do you write them?
What are the important distinctions between direct mail and email appeals?
How should you make your call to action different for online versus offline appeals?
How much should you be spending on printing and how can you get your mailing costs down?
If you outsource the mailing process, how can you vet a mailing company?
What are some ways to get your mailing printed for free?
More details here: http://charityhowto.com/upcoming_info.php?vid=347
Organization: CharityHowTo
When: 02/16/2012; 01:00 pm – 02:30 pm
Where: online, so, anywhere you are!, It’s really online., Online, Online, Online
Posted By: Mazarine Treyz
Email: mazarine@charityhowto.com
Event Description: YNPN Members are invited to join the discussion!
The City Of Mesa Office of Diversity, the Human Relations Advisory Board, and the Mesa Arts Center present “Community Cinema.” The February film is “More Than A Month.” The filmmaker is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Moth. The film investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a post racial America.
Following the screeinng, there will be a half hour discussion featuring Cliff Moon and Bruce Nelson. Mr. Moon is a Northern Arizona University Adjunct Professor, teaching classes on Cultural Foundations of Education and Development Perspectives of Human Diversity. He is also a current School Guidance Counselor and past Diversity Specalist for 10 years with Mesa Public Schools. Mr. Nelson is a film maker, whose work includes films about the Washington Escobedo Neighborhood in Mesa.
Organization: City of Mesa Diversity Department
When: 02/16/2012; 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
Where: Mesa Arts Center’s Dobson Lecture Hall, 1 E Main St, Mesa, AZ, 85201
Posted By: Emily Blankenship
Email: blankenship.ea@gmail.com
http://mesaaz.gov/diversity/
Event Description: Join us March 6, 2012 at
Tempe Center For The Arts
for the 2012 Fast Pitch Social Innovation Expo!
Click here to order tickets
The Greater Phoenix Fast Pitch Social Innovation Expo is a seven-week training and mentoring program for innovative nonprofits that are effecting social change in the Valley of the Sun which culminates at a live event, where eight finalist compete for philanthropic support.
The event includes a keynote speaker, an interactive discussion of social innovation, and live, three-minute “pitches” from local nonprofits selected for their entrepreneurial approach to creating social change, as well as their ability to powerfully communicate their vision. Up to eight social entrepreneurs will present their pitch to a panel of experts and an audience of investors, business and nonprofit leaders, philanthropists and the media. In addition, participating nonprofits will compete for the chance to win funding in addition to a 5 year investment cycle with Social Venture Partners Arizona, which includes access to partner time and talent in the area of capacity building.
In addition to the formal program, there will be a reception where attendees can interact with the presenting organizations and learn more about their mission, needs and opportunities for support and engagement.
“The night of the event was amazing;
you could just feel the excitement.
It was amazing to see everyone transform.
I would love to help again!”
2011 Fast Pitch Mentor ~ Sally Antczak, AVNET
The 2012 Fast Pitch Semi-Finalists Have Been Selected!
The Fast Pitch journey is well underway. Beginning next week our twenty semi-finalist will begin to perfect their pitch in a effort to compete to be one of the final eight to rapid fire their pitch before a live audience and distinguished panel of judges on March 6th, 2012 at Tempe Center for the Arts.
Congratulations to the following semi-finalists: Aguila Youth Leadership Institute, Alert Recall, Blueprint Education, Dysart Community Center, Experience Matters, Free Arts of Arizona, Harvest for Humanity, Keogh Health Connection, Maggies Place, New Global Citizens, Phoenix Womens Sports Association,Purple Ribbon Council, Severson Sisters, Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, The Facts of Life Group Home, The Orchard Community Learning Center,The Phoenix Conservatory of Music, The Welcome to America Project, and Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation and our ASU Student Innovation Participants: Excellence Through Athletics, ONEshot Global and Partnered For Success.
We look foward to having you as part of the journey!
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Didn’t make it to our inaugural event in 2011? Click here to watch highlights! In an effort to support social entrepreneurs tackling some of this city’s toughest problems, and to contribute to the innovative, vibrant culture in the Phoenix area, Social Venture Partners Arizona presents the annual Greater Phoenix Social Innovation ‘Fast Pitch’ and Showcase.
The goal of the “Fast Pitch” program is to build the capacity of, and create visibility for, innovative local nonprofits and the social entrepreneurs who lead them. Leaders will participate in the program, where they will receive training, feedback and mentoring on how to succinctly and powerfully “tell their story”. Through the process, they will also build valuable cross-sector relationships.
I always look for examples about how our country and community honors and harnesses the great legacy of volunteerism and philanthropy which is part of our nation’s DNA. Each generation is passed such a torch and I am excited to see that SVP, its allies and all the community based groups accept such a responsibility. So proud to be a part of!
- 2011 Nonprofit Participant – Rick Miller of Kids at Hope
Organization: Social Venture Partners Arizona
When: 03/06/2012; 05:30 pm – 08:30 pm
Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado, Tempe, AZ, 85281
Posted By: James Plotnik
Event Description: P.O.P.S.I.C.L.E. Center’s Shamrock Walk & Family Picnic is a family event to increase awareness of pediatric feeding difficulties in our community and to raise much-needed funds for the P.O.P.S.I.C.L.E. Center mission. P.O.P.S.I.C.L.E. families and supporters will be walking in The Phoenix St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a one-mile march down 3rd Street, alongside our very own float! Afterward, you are invited to the P.O.P.S.I.C.L.E. Family Picnic to enjoy food, bounce houses, face painting and more.
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Phoenix St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Registration: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. at Monterey Park (350 E. Oak Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004)
Parade starts: 10:00 a.m.
Family Picnic: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Monterey Park in Phoenix (350 E. Oak Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004)
Click here for more information and to register
Registration fee before March 1st is only $25 per walker (March 2nd – 17th the registration fee is $30 per walker)
Fundraising prizes available!
Phone: 602-222-6222
www.popsicle.org
Facebook.com/popsiclecenter
Organization: P.O.P.S.I.C.L.E. Center
When: 03/17/2012; 08:30 am – 01:00 pm
Where: Monterey Park in Phoenix, 350 E. Oak Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85004
Posted By: James Plotnik
Email: james@popsicle.org
Event Description: Building a Caring Community…One Taste at a Time is the annual fundraiser for the nonprofit organization The Arc of Tempe. The Arc of Tempe provides programs for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This year’s event is on March 4, 2012 from 4-7pm at The Pera Club, One East Continental Drive, Tempe.
This is a fundraiser where the emphasis is on “fun” and it’s a party you do not want to miss! Rain or shine, we’ll be “pouring” in the comfy & cozy confines of The Pera Club pavilion. Enjoy over 70 varieties of wine, 50 or more artisan beers, gourmet sodas, tantalizing food, live music, a fabulous silent auction, and great company!
Tickets are $35 ($45 at the door). Purchase your tickets through www.tempearc.org. Call 480-966-8536 for more information.
Organization: The Arc of Tempe
When: 03/04/2012; 04:00 pm – 07:00 pm
Where: The Pera Club, One East Continental Drive, Tempe, AZ, 85281
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Posted By: Mike Mayhew
http://www.tempearc.org
