CNE Workshop & Event Schedule
The following workshops and events are being offered by the Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Excellence in conjunction with partner agencies.
CT's New Budget: The Impact on Fairfield County
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Place: Norwalk Community College, East Campus, PepsiCo Theater, 188 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, CT (directions)
Cost: Free
Register: Click Here
Partner: CT Voices for Children Fiscal Policy Center
Join us and the staff from the Fiscal Policy Center at CT Voices for Children for a presentation and discussion of the soon to be passed CT State Budget.
The presentation will cover:
- What's in the budget? Key provisions of the budget as passed into law.
- How did it end up there? The process, from the Governor's proposal to the final public act.
- How does it affect Fairfield County? Nonprofits, municipal aid, education policy, and local trends in poverty, health coverage, and employment.
- Where have we been, and where are we headed? Discussion of long-term budget trends that shaped this year's debate.
Partnering with Public Schools: Lessons Learned from the Community Foundation (Brown Bag Lunch)
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm.
Place: Fairfield County Community Foundation, Merritt View Building, 4th Floor, 383 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851
Cost: Free
Register: Click here to register
Brown bag lunch for Executive Directors and Program Directors with FCCF program staff. Coffee and dessert provided. Join us for an informal discussion in which FCCF staff share their “lessons learned” from our grantmaking in this space. Share your current challenges and opportunities in partnering with the public schools in Fairfield County. Learn new strategies from colleague nonprofits working closely and successfully with the public schools in their fields.
Roundtable Discussion on the Affordable Care Act
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Time: Two sessions - 9:00 am - 11:00 am OR 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Place: Fairfield County Community Foundation, Merritt View Building, 4th Floor, 383 Main Avenue, Norwalk, CT
Cost: Free
Register: Click here for morning session, Click here for afternoon session
Partner: Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut
The 2010 passage of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) may seem like “old” news, but 2014 is the year when key features of the law kick into full gear. This roundtable discussion will provide a basic overview of the ACA, including the roll-out of the new health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, this fall. Find out what it all means for the uninsured, underinsured, businesses with fewer than 50 employees and the state’s Medicaid programs. Learn how to effectively talk about this complex issue in a way that breaks it down for the average person, as well as helpful hints on how to deal with tough questions. We’re offering two sessions of this roundtable discussion (morning or afternoon), so feel free to bring your coffee or your lunch depending on the session you choose to attend.
What’s Wrong with Your Fundraising and Hw You Can Fix It - web presentation
Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost: Free to AFP members, $20 for non-members
Place: Fairfield County Community Foundation
Merritt View Building
383 Main Ave
Norwalk, CT 06851 (directions)
Register: We ask that payment for Non-Members be made in advance, either by mailing a check made payable to "AFP-FC" and mailed to:
Marianne Hickey, 29 Black Alder Lane, Wilton, CT 06897 or we can accept a Visa or M/C payment over the phone by calling Marianne at 203.834.1910.
To confirm your attendance, send an email to: mshickey@optonline.net
Partner: Association of Fundraising Professionals - Fairfield County Chapter
This webinar, based on the upcoming book by Ellen Bristol and Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE will help you look at how your fundraising efforts are really going. Participants in the webinar will have the opportunity to complete the Leaky Bucket assessment online prior to the webinar. Results for organizations nationally and results for webinar participates in particular, will be reviewed in the webinar. Participants will then be given some ideas on how to fix their fundraising and stops the "leaks" in their own "buckets."
At the conclusion of this session, participants will:
- Learn the difference between leading indicators and trailing indicators
- Learn how to determine the weaknesses in your fundraising program
- Learn how to develop a plan to improve donor acquisition and donor retention
- Learn how to communicate with donors effectively
Target Audience: Mid-level development professionals
Presenters: Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE and Ellen Bristol
THE BOARD CHAIR
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Networking and Dinner at 4:30 p.m. | Training 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Cost: $45 | Code: TBC2
Place: Fairfield County Community Foundation,
Merritt View Building – Merritt View Conference Room, First Floor
383 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT 06851
Register: Click here to register
Partner: CT Association of Nonprofits
Being the Chairperson of your Board can be rewarding and challenging. However, there are times when many of us feel thrust into the position or forced into circumstances without direction. Being a Board Chair is so much more than facilitating meetings. It’s about embracing mission, leadership, support and relationships.
This training is designed to build upon and complement the training you have already received as a board member but not likely as a board chair. Join other leaders to explore an overview that will include:
- A review of the specific roles and responsibilities of Board Chairs
- Planning and evaluation as a Board Chair
- The Board Chair’s role at Board Meetings and meeting management
- A discussion about the Board Chair’s relationship with the leadership staff and other board members
- Term limits
- And other related items of participant's choosing
This workshop is for new, seasoned or current Board Chairs of nonprofit organizations.
Trainer: Michael Burns, Partner BWB Solutions
SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATING FOR YOUR CAUSE
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Cost: $45 | Code: FADV
Place: The Wilton Library - The Brubeck Room
137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897
Register: Click here to register
Partner: CT Association of Nonprofits
The basic tenet of American democracy is participatory government. We tend to think we're participating if we cast our votes every few years in state and national elections. But in order to fully participate in government, to be able to influence those we elect, we must have basic advocacy skills. Even if we use those skills once or twice a legislative session to try to convince legislators to create or maintain resources for necessary programs and services, we need to know the fundamentals of legislation and how to influence those in power.
This workshop will focus on the basic “how-to’s” of advocacy, including:
- Rules and regulations of the CT General Assembly
- Legislative timeline
- How to successfully become a legislative champion for your cause
- How to use the media as an organizing tool
- Advocacy vs. Lobbying
Trainer: Catherine Blinder, CT Fair Housing Center
BUILDING, IMPLEMENTING AND SUSTAINING A MAJOR GIFTS PROGRAM
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Cost: $45 | Code: FMGP
Place:Fairfield Museum and History Center
370 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT (directions)
Register: Click here to register
Partner: CT Association of Nonprofits
Eighty to ninety percent of philanthropic revenue comes from only 10-20% of donors. Yet the majority of a development officer’s time is spent on the tactics that raise the fewest dollars. And meanwhile, most Board members are inquiring why this individual or that individual of high net worth is not giving to your organization. The reason is that the majority of development offices are focused on tactics and not donors. Once you shift that paradigm, then you can experience the results that can only come from stewarding and cultivating donors -- and build a program that can sustain your organization.
Securing a major gift is no accident. It is a strategic process, implemented over a period of time and culminates with both the donor and the charity reaping significant benefits. For the donor it is the ability to have an impact with a cause he or she is passionate about. For the organization it is the capacity to have significant financial support over the long-term to achieve its vision and goals.
This program will help development officers, executive directors and board members learn how to move donors from casual contributors to significant supporters. It will detail the key elements required:
- Identification and qualification of major donor prospects.
- Establishing cultivation and stewardship activities to deepen the donor relationship
- Engaging Board members meaningfully and appropriately in the process
- Preparing a strategy for each donor that will result in a major gift
- Conducting meaningful meetings with donors that result in ongoing support
- Implementing a moves management system to move the program forward and measure results
At the end of the session, attendees will have a depth of understanding, a far greater comfort level and concrete examples of how to execute the program.
Trainer: Sharon Danosky, Danosky & Associates
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