2022 Workshops – The Center for Nonprofit Leadership

Virtual Workshop: Plan 3 Months of Content in One Day

Wednesday, November 16, 9:00 – 10:30 am
On Zoom
Trainer: Maria Bryan
Cost: $20 – CNL Members;
$30 – Not-Yet-Members

If you feel stuck on how to articulate your mission and impact and how to tell your stories, you’re in good company.

In this session, we’ll talk about finding and crafting your organization’s incredible stories that change the lives of those who hear them. What’s more, we’ll explore how to do so with an ethical and trauma-informed lens that dignifies, respects, and protects those you serve.

Takeaways
> How to tell your organization’s incredible stories that will change the lives of those who hear them
> Visualize the big picture of your content
> Choose platforms that make sense for your audience and goals
> Create purpose-driven content that is both ethical and converts
> Ditch marketing panic and streamline a huge marketing task

Trainer: Maria Bryan is a nonprofit marketing and messaging strategist. She helps changemakers thrive by teaching them how to market on purpose. Maria has over ten years in marketing communications in the public sector, a master’s degree in public administration, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Maria is a firm believer that storytellers make the world a healthier, safer, cleaner, and happier place.

Suggested participants: Staff, board, or volunteers who work on marketing
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 16^th 9:00am – 10:30am
Cost: $20 – CNL Members; $30 – Not-Yet-Members
Location: Zoom – attendees will receive link after registration and payment are confirmed

Virtual Workshop: Year End Fundraising Best Practices

Wednesday, October 12, 9:00 – 10:30 am
On Zoom
Trainer: Deidre Kennelly of Kennelly Consulting
Cost: $20 – CNL Members; $30 – Not-Yet-Members

Join CNL and Deidre Kennelly for this important information and discussion around the ever necessary Year End Fundraising. The Season is just around the corner!

Key learning objectives:

Why do a year end fundraising campaign? Benefits and reasons beyond raising funds

Before the campaign: Setting yourself up for success, creating goals, messaging, communications timeline

During the campaign: Eblasts and social media, paid advertising and press releases, reminding donors of past gifts

After the campaign: Sharing results, donor stewardship, sending giving summary to donors

Suggested Participants: Staff, board, or volunteers who work on fundraising
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 12^th 9:00am – 10:30am
Cost: $20 – CNL Members; $30 – Not-Yet-Members
Location: Zoom – attendees will receive link after registration and payment are confirmed

Advocacy 101: How Nonprofits Can Grow Their Influence and Power through Advocacy

When: Wednesday, September 21^st
9:00am – 10:30am
Trainer: Bethany Snyder of Snyder Strategies
Cost: FREE – Thanks to our Sponsors
VIA Zoom

Key learning objectives:

Why we need nonprofits engaged in policy advocacy
What grassroots advocacy is – and isn’t – and why it’s essential to achieve your goals
How your organization can leverage your strengths and expertise to impact policies
Engaging your board members, supporters, and donors so they can be your best and most powerful advocates
How to effectively engage with local policymakers, such as county supervisors

Each attendee will receive a legislator research worksheet.

This session will be recorded and available for registrants to view for one week.

Suggested participants: Staff, board, or volunteers who are interested in learning about advocacy
When: Wednesday, September 21^st, 9:00am – 10:30am (via Zoom)
Trainer: Bethany Snyder of Snyder Strategies
Cost: Free, thanks to our generous sponsors:

Workshop: Board Essentials: Getting to Great

When: Monday, September 12^th
5:00pm – 8:30pm
Bright Futures for Youth, 3rd Floor
200 Litton Drive, Grass Valley, CA
Trainers: Julie Hardin & Wendy Willoughby
Cost: $60 – CNL Members;
$75 – Not-Yet-Members

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 follow up material including many examples and templates.

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

To learn about our Board Essentials presenters, Julie Hardin and Wendy Willoughby, click HERE.

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 looking to strengthen their effectiveness, Executive Directors & Staff wishing to learn and support their directors.
Date and Time: Monday, September 12^th 5:00pm – 8:30pm
Cost: $60 – CNL Members; $75 – Not-Yet-Members
Location: Bright Futures for Youth, 3rd Floor, 200 Litton Drive, Grass Valley, CA

Virtual Workshop: Volunteer Management: Do Things Differently to Get Different Results

When: Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 9:30am- 11am
Via Zoom
Attendees will receive Zoom log in information upon payment and registration
Presenter: Becky Lunders of teamWorks

In this training, organizations will learn to strategize on how to best connect and utilize volunteers in the current landscape. COVID-19 has caused a major shift in the way we leverage volunteers, but one thing has not changed: the need for strong relationships. Join CNL and presenter, Becky Lunders as she shares the volunteer management strategies of her company, teamWorks.

Attending nonprofit staff and boards will:

Explore why organizations need two types of volunteers: leaders and worker bees in order to reduce burnout and build capacity
Identify where to find these volunteers in your community (and in your own organization!)
Brainstorm with other nonprofits so we can tap into these people and systems that will help us make a greater impact

This 90 minute virtual workshop will address the need to do things differently to recruit, retain and recognize volunteers. We can no longer take for granted that volunteers will keep coming back without a little nurturing! This session will help your team move from reactive (or crisis mode) into a much more calm space of proactive volunteer management.

Suggested Participants: Staff or Members of any organization working on the volunteer program or engaging volunteers for their nonprofit; including but not limited to: Executive Directors, Volunteer Coordinators/Managers, board members and volunteers themselves
Date and Time: Tuesday, April, 26th, 9:30am – 11:00am

Workshop Series: Grants 1, 2, 3- We Got the Grant, Now What?

When: Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 9am
Via Zoom
Presenter: Sandra Barrington, CFRE, Associate Director, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation
Cost: Members – $55 per person – Members
– $75 per person: Not-Yet-Members

Congratulations, they said YES! But getting the grant is just the beginning. Ideally, this first yes will turn into a long and fruitful relationship–you’re helping a funder achieve their goals in addition to them helping you. Stewarding that funder as you would a valued donor is essential to creating that positive, long-term relationship–explore how in this 90 minute online workshop. Delivering on your programmatic promises is one way to do that–we’ll explore best practices for multi-year grant fund management to ensure you can continue to deliver, even into years two, three, and beyond with strong financial planning. But often equally as important is proper invoicing, as well as timely and compelling reporting.

Suggested Participants: Staff or Members of any organization looking to broaden understanding of stewarding funders and grant dollars, including but not limited to: Executive Directors, Development Directors and/or staff and volunteers
Date and Time: Tuesday, March, 29th, 9:00am – 10:30am
Cost: Members – $55 per person
Not-yet-Members – $75 per person (registration deadline: Friday, March 25^th)

Click HERE to read about our fantastic presenters for all 3 trainings!

Workshop Series: Grants 1, 2, 3- Should We Apply? Can We Afford to Apply?

When: Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 9am
Via Zoom
Attendees will receive Zoom log in information upon payment and registration
Presenter: Melinda Booth, Executive Director, South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)

Your time is the most valuable asset your organization has. Knowing if your organization and program area is a good fit for a funder before applying is essential. Additionally, understanding the responsibility and administrative logistics that come along with accepting hard-earned grant funds can be complex. This 90-minute online workshop will explore some of these complexities and provide practical resources and decision-making tools to help identify if a grant opportunity is appropriate for your organization to pursue and/or accept. Topics covered include: properly vetting a grant opportunity, the “real cost” of grants, contingency funds, and financially encumbering your organization.

Click HERE to read about our fantastic presenters for all 3 trainings!

Workshop Series: Grants 1, 2, 3- Basics of Application Writing

When: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 9am
Via Zoom
Attendees will receive Zoom log in information upon payment and registration
Presenter: Julie Pokrandt, Development Director, South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL)

To be competitive in the grant world the funder must be an excellent fit for the organization’s mission and specific program goals. Then, one has to effectively communicate that fit in a way that follows the funder’s guidelines and specifically addresses their questions. Often, that is easier said than done, especially with the variety of questions proposals may ask and answer length restrictions. This 90 minute online workshop will address the need to specifically follow prompts, the value of clearly communicating purpose, goals, objectives and outcomes as well as tips and tricks for dos and don’ts. Also addressed will be some de-mystification around budgets and budget narratives.

Suggested Participants: Staff or Members of any organization looking to sharpen their skills for or begin to understand proposal writing: including but not limited to: Executive Directors, Development Directors and/or staff and volunteers
Date and Time: Tuesday, March, 15th, 9:00am – 10:30am

Click HERE to read about our fantastic presenters for all 3 trainings!

Virtual Workshop: Board Essentials: Getting to Great

When: Tuesday, February 22^nd AND Thursday, February 24^th 4:00pm – 6:00pm each evening
Via Zoom
Attendees will receive Zoom log in information upon payment and registration

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!

To learn about our Board Essentials presenters, Julie Hardin and Wendy Willoughby, click HERE.

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 looking to strengthen their effectiveness, Executive Directors & Staff wishing to learn and support their directors.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 22^nd AND Thursday, February 24^th 4:00pm – 6:00pm each evening

Virtual Workshop: 2-Part Cultural Intelligence Training

When:
Part I – January 19th: 10am – 12pm: Developing Language of CI – Building a Living Glossary
Part 2 – February 9th : 10am – 12pm: Mastering the Art of Crucial Conversations
Via Zoom

As leaders, organizations and communities we must continue to broaden our understanding around diversity, equity, and inclusion. CNL is partnering with Sacramento’s Impact Foundry to offer a 2-Part Cultural Intelligence Training to help prioritize this work for 2022. Make a path to building the core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion into your nonprofit’s operations, as well as model those values as you advance your mission – register for this important offering.

Part I – January 19: 10am – 12pm
Developing Language of CI – Building a Living Glossary

Understanding diversity, equity, and inclusion in the post-2020 world requires a new language, and a new vocabulary, which is communicated through the lens of cultural intelligence. This language reflects a judgment-free perspective, which serves to bring different groups of people together through a common understanding, and appreciation of the lived experience of others. This module will educate the participants on the common language of DEI in order to create common understanding, and common connections among divergent groups of people within an organization.

Part II – February 9 : 10am – 12pm
Mastering the Art of Crucial Conversations

Despite technological advances of our modern civilization, humans have an even greater challenge than ever before for maintaining effective communication. In this training module, you will learn new skills to create greater connectivity and meaningful collaboration among team members. We will address and provide tools for how to effectively communicate with others utilizing understanding and awareness, and how to navigate difficult, but crucial topics and conversations through the lens of emotional and cultural intelligence.

Suggested Participants: All Staff and Board Members of any and all organizations. Volunteers and committed community members also welcome
Date and Time: Wednesdays, January 19^th AND February 9^th 10:00am – 12:00pm each morning

Meet our awesome trainer for these connected workshops, Jacques S. Whitfield, JD, Click HERE