2018 Workshops

Does your organization use volunteers?  Do you think you should?  Volunteers can maximize your organization’s impact and most often, touch every aspect of your mission. Join CNL for this interactive workshop to learn how to recruit, train, and retain your volunteers from the people in our community who do it best.

Miriam Limov from Sierra Harvest, Pepper from the Center for the Arts, and Cindy Hintz from the Friendship Club will share their tricks, tips, and techniques for building, growing, and sustaining your volunteer program. Each of our local experts will share their perspectives and best practices and lead the group through discussion and hands-on, small group activities so that participants will leave with a robust set of tools to increase their volunteers’ engagement and effectiveness.

Suggested Participants:  Executive Directors, All staff and board members managing volunteers
Date and Time: Friday, November 2nd, 8:30am –12:30pm
Location: Seventh Day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Rd, Grass Valley  (map)
Presenters: Miriam Limov, Sierra Harvest; Pepper, Center for the Arts; and Cindy Hintz, the Friendship Club

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSOR:

Design Thinking, born in the corporate innovation world, has come to the nonprofit sector!

Design Thinking is a user-centered approach, drawing upon logic, imagination, intuition, and systemic reasoning, to solve complex problems and find desirable solutions.

Join CNL and internationally renowned speaker, Kay Sprinkel Grace for this full day workshop where we ask:   Are we solving the right problems? Do we find ourselves focusing more on organizational issues within our organizations than on designing solutions to the chronic issues we address?  We respond well to crises — always addressing the needs that arise — but how can we apply that same focus to our ongoing work?

In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Design Thinking, and understand how to apply it in different ways — from solving specific problems in your organization to creating innovation on your team (including the board) to collaborating with your volunteers and to designing the future of our industry. This is a very useful, flexible methodology for today’s nonprofit workplace.

We will explore our role in the visionary betterment of our community, and why collaborative design thinking is critical to this moment.  Join us and learn to build design thinking into your daily work and become more focused on creating long term solutions.  Embrace how to keep, as our central mission, not what we see in the mirror, but rather, what we see through our windows.

The Center for Nonprofit Leadership is excited and honored to bring Kay to Nevada County. Kay Sprinkel Grace is Principal and Founder of Transforming Philanthropy. Since 1989, she has served as Principal of her own firm, has published seven books and countless articles, won numerous awards, including the 2013 Henry A. Rosso Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Ethical Fundraising, as well as being one of the first AFP Distinguished Fellows.  She also serves on a number of boards, including the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco. To learn more about Kay, visit her website.

The Importance of Team Attendance: The more participants from the same nonprofit who attend the workshop together, the more effective this training will be for that organization in implementing the ideas learned and explored. CNL understands this and is providing this opportunity to learn with an internationally acclaimed independent consultant, speaker, facilitator, and writer at a notably discounted rate enabling organizations to bring a team (staff and/or board) to the event.

Suggested Participants:  Teams, including Executive Directors, Board Members and Staff, from Nonprofit Organizations, City and County Government Agencies, local business leaders and philanthropists.
Date and Time: Thursday, October 11th, 9:00am –4:00pm
Location: Gold Miners Inn, 121 Bank St, Grass Valley  (map)
Presenter: Kay Sprinkel Grace, CFRE, Principal and Founder of Transforming Philanthropy

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:

Dan and Joanne Castles and

AND OUR UNDERWRITERS:

Board members and staff are told they have fiduciary responsibility and accountability for the nonprofit organization they are serving, but do most really understand what that means? What is financial oversight?

Reducing the mystery of nonprofit budgets, terminology, financial reporting, and audits ensures informed decisions are being made. This info session will focus on fund accounting, what to look for in a financial statement, EBIDA, the importance of cash flow projections when making business decisions, and what to look for in a budget.

You don’t have to be an accounting rock star to sit on a nonprofit board, but you do have a legal responsibility to protect its assets. Familiarizing yourself with its financial activities and supporting the implementation of best practices will help ensure your organization’s health and success.

Join CNL and presenter, Carry Canady, for this important session.  Carry is a consultant and former CFO of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. In her role there, Canady was responsible for administration of the revenue cycle, supply chain, informational technology and finance functions. With more than 25 years in healthcare management, she previously held similar roles at both Sutter Health in Sacramento and Fletcher Health Care in Vermont.

Suggested Participants: All Staff and Board Members who need to understand the finances of their organizations.
Date and Time: Friday, June 15^th, 8:30am –10:30am
Location: Conference Room at Owens Estate and Wealth, 426 Sutton Way, Suite 110, Grass Valley  (map)
Presenter: Carry Canady

Thank you to our Generous Session Underwriter:

Are you a current or emerging board member who aspires to be a vital part of your favorite organization?

Do you want to take your board role to the next level and increase your value?

Then you will want to join us for this CNL Board Development workshop.  It has been designed with an eye to current and emerging or new board members looking to strengthen their effectiveness.

Participants will come away KNOWing the 10 essential functions charged to those serving on nonprofit boards.  You will learn how to BE a role model and adopt the attributes of a strong, effective director.  And finally, leave prepared to DO the rewarding work of a productive leadership team.

Attendees will:
KNOW: Examine what is behind the 10 roles and responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board member
BE:  Explore the qualities and traits of a great board member
DO:  Get tools and approaches around the 3 areas of responsibility:  Leadership, Fiscal and Fiduciary

Workshop attendees will also receive a Glossary of important nonprofit terms as well as examples and templates.

Invest in yourself and build your governance capabilities…
join CNL and Get to GREAT!

This workshop is offered twice a year in February and September.  Be sure ALL your board members are on their way to GREAT!

Suggested Participants: Board Members – New, Potential and those currently serving and loo. king to strengthen their effectiveness, Executive Directors & Staff wishing to learn and support their directors.
Date and Time: Thursday, February 8^th -5:00pm – 8:00pm

Thank you to our Underwriter