“Frank has been
generous in donating his time to facilitate professional development workshops
to the nonprofit community. The evaluations consistently reflect the breadth of
knowledge, enthusiasm and creative solutions that Frank brings to each workshop.
His contributions to Nonprofit Management Solutions is ultimately an invaluable
service to the nonprofit community - thank you!”
“I have had the pleasure of working with Frank
on a number of occasions and always with great results. Thoughtful, smart,
organized and task driven, Frank is a wonderful mentor and coach. His training
to my team resulted in immediate results that translated into improved
collaboration, reduced barriers, smarter planning and organizing skills and a
higher quality product. Highly Recommended"
- Steven B. Johnson Vice President, Public
Affairs San Diego Convention Center
With
today's economic climate comes increased
pressure to deliver the right project
results - on time and within budget.
Our Project Health Check Assessment Tool
is a simple, easy-to-use tool to help you
pin-point key areas that could undermine the
success of your project.
What's Included?
Assessment tool to measure your project's
performance in 7 critical areas
Summary report card of key areas reviewed
Based on best- practices in project management,
this tool will become an indispensable part of
your project management toolkit!
Note: MS Excel required to download and
utilize audit tool.
Measuring the True Impact
of your Corporate Citizenship Programs: Practical Guidance for CSR Managers
This webinar provides managers
of corporate social
responsibility (CSR) programs
with practical guidance on
measuring the social, financial,
and environmental return on
investment (ROI) of their
grants, volunteerism,
sponsorships, and other
corporate citizenship
activities.
Join Farron Levy, president of
True Impact -- a leading
provider of web-based tools and
support services for measuring
corporate citizenship programs
-- to learn simple measurement
techniques for proving value,
promoting continuous
improvement, and guiding program
investment and budgeting.
Audience:
Corporate Social Responsibility
Managers, Community
Affairs/Community Relations
Managers, Corporate Foundation
Managers, Human Resources
Managers, Small Business Owners,
Nonprofit Executives, Employee
Volunteer Program Managers
"Very, very
interesting topic! And well presented!"
"The material
presented by Mr. Levy was great. It was easy to
follow and understand as well as provide great
insight into how marry ROI with the social
aspect of sustainability/corporate governance."
From Jitterbug to Twitter, Motivating Each Generation Of Consumers to Buy
Want to
explore what makes each generation tick so
you can market, sell and work more
effectively? Which social networking
channels are most effective and for which
generation?
Sherri Petroof Workplace Evolution shows you how you
can increase your generational understanding
to market more effectively and sell more.
Learn solutions other organizations are
implementing by leveraging their knowledge
of generational thinking. Sherri will share
proven tips on how to decrease
misunderstandings and increase
communication.
Our learning
objectives include:
Defining
the generational mix.
Discussing each generation’s motivating
factors.
Exploring
the consequences in their buying decisions.
Sharing
best practices to increase communication,
market better and sell more.
You will have
a better understanding of why each
generation thinks the way they do, how to
integrate better marketing and sales
solutions and create better ways to
communicate.
Who Should Attend:
Sales, marketing,
business development and product development
professionals.
One powerful and
cost-effective strategy companies can leverage
is an employee volunteer program. A
strategically aligned program not only helps
employees develop new skills, it helps to boost
morale and teamwork among employees. At the same
time it helps to build brand loyalty while
helping to address the growing needs in the
nonprofit community.
In this webinar
we'll share:
The top key
factors to a successful program
The latest
trends in employee volunteerism
Ten steps to
building your own program
Audience:
Corporate Social Responsibility
Managers, Community
Affairs/Community Relations
Managers, Corporate Foundation
Managers, Human Resources
Managers, Small Business Owners,
Nonprofit Executives, Employee
Volunteer Program Managers
Ethics has become
a hot topic in business today. There are
right and wrong ways to handle ethical dilemmas;
intuition is sometimes not enough. With the
problems of today's economy and companies being
challenged to produce better products and
services for less money, where does ethics play
a part?
Whether you own
your own business or you are in a position of
influence, this webinar on ethics in the
workplace is for you.
A few of the
areas we will cover are:
Where do
ethics play a part in today's business
Why Harvard
MBAs are taking an "Ethics Oath" as they
graduate?
How to test
your own set of ethics
Guidelines to
setting up an ethics code for your company
Audience:
Business owners
and executive leaders, Human Resources staff,
Managers, Supervisors, Compliance Officers, Risk
Management, Training Managers
If your company is truly
focused on corporate and
global sustainability, your
workplace is a key part.
What does it mean to be a
company committed to
sustainability in the
workplace?
A sustainable workplace is
one in which the company and
the employees understand and
share expectations, work
together to meet those
expectations, and each are
rewarded when those
expectations are met. This
means less turnover, less
drama, less risk, increased
employee satisfaction and
more time to focus on your
vision.
How do you create this
sustainable workplace?
In this interactive webinar,
you will walk away with
tools for determining the
foundational pieces you
already have in place for a
sustainable workplace, and
recommendations for
enhancing that foundation.
We will focus on three
foundational areas; your
hiring practices, your
communication of
expectations and how to
reinforce your expectations
during employment.
The webinar will include the
following:
Pre employment practices
you can initiate to
ensure you are hiring
employees in alignment
with your vision and
values, while protecting
the company and
establishing clear
expectations at the
start of the
relationship;
Setting expectations,
protecting the company
and capturing a shared
vision through the
employee handbook;
Managing performance for
mutual reward.
Audience:
Business owners
and executive leaders, Human Resources staff,
Managers, Compliance Officers, Staffing
Specialists
Workplace bullies use negative,
aggressive, extremely
unprofessional, inappropriate
and hurtful tactics against
subordinates, peers, and even
superiors. Workplace bullying is
unwanted, negative, and ongoing
abusive behaviors that create a
power imbalance between the
bully and peers; and invite
serious damaging consequences to
targets, witnesses and
organizations.
30 – 54% of working adults
report having been bullied at
some point in their working
lives; and 30% of them quit as a
result. Targets experience
distress, humiliation, anger,
anxiety, discouragement,
hopelessness, depression,
burnout, reduced quality and
quantity of work, lower levels
of job satisfaction, increased
absenteeism and turnover and in
some cases even Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD). For the
organization, all of this adds
up to loss to the bottom line,
communication breakdown and even
a bad reputation within the
community.
Bullying is not simply the case
of a bad behaving employee. It
is systemic, and requires
management attention and
commitment to develop a healthy
workplace.
Participants in this webinar
will gain:
An understanding of
workplace bullying, damage
caused to targets and the
organization, and why it’s
legal
Insight on bullies’ and
their targets
Comprehensive knowledge in
the system of bullying and
why it happens at work
Knowledge in how to
determine how much a bully
is costing your organization
Management tools for
immediate corrective action
and handling grievances
Management tools for
preventative action,
including policy
implementation
Techniques for a sustainable
organizational culture shift
Who Should Attend:
Human resources, workplace
learning and performance
professionals, business owners,
managers, team leaders,
supervisors, coaches and
business management
consultants.
Let’s face it,
managing employee volunteer programs can be a
real headache. Your participation rates are
lower than you’d like. When people do sign up,
it often takes a ton of effort to get them to
show up the events. Why is this?
Simple. You’re trying too hard.
Want higher participation and satisfaction
rates? Focus less on motivating people to
show up to events. Instead, create the right
kind of space for people to discover their own
motivation. Appeal to self-interest. Without
self-interest, volunteers easily opt out of
commitments.
Join this webinar for innovative thinking on
corporate volunteering. Chris Jarvis, of
Realized Worth, will examine recent trends in
society that are affecting how and why people
choose to volunteer. He’ll show you how to
create a program that helps people discover
their own compelling reasons to volunteer.
Chris’ approach is based on over 12 years of
success with this method. We guarantee you’ll
attract more volunteers, they’ll keep coming
back, and they’ll bring their friends. Oh, and
you’ll love your job!
Here is what
you'll learn:
Current
trends in society that are changing the
motivations and expectations of volunteers
and how to make them work for you.
Why most of
the techniques we use to motivate people
actually turn people off, and what we should
be doing instead.
How to keep
your volunteers by helping them discover
their own personal reasons for volunteering
How to create
a sense of achievement for your volunteers
in order to heighten their commitment to
your cause.
Who Should Attend:
Corporate Social Responsibility Managers,
Community Affairs/Community Relations Managers,
Corporate Foundation Managers, Human Resources
Managers, Small Business Owners, Nonprofit
Executives, Employee Volunteer Program Managers
Join
us for this briefing on e-governance
for nonprofits – the latest
technology trend sweeping the
sector. E-governance refers to the
strategic use of online tools --
such as board portals -- to enhance
the effectiveness of board
governance. Board portals provide a
secure online space where board
members can share documents
securely, communicate efficiently,
conduct committee work, share
calendars, and develop a
knowledgebase. The smart
implementation of these online tools
can result in a board of directors
that is actively engaged, informed,
and ready to act.
Here
is what we will cover:
What Is
E-Governance (and why does it matter?)
Current tech
use trends (and perspectives) of nonprofit
boards
Determining
your needs How to implement e-governance
successfully
Recent case
studies and lessons learned
Who Should
Attend:
Nonprofit
executives, CEO's, Board Presidents/Board
Chairs, Board Governance Chair, Board
Development Chair, IT Managers/Directors,
Resource Development Managers, Board Members
Workplace bullies use negative,
aggressive, extremely
unprofessional, inappropriate
and hurtful tactics against
subordinates, peers, and even
superiors. Workplace bullying is
unwanted, negative, and ongoing
abusive behaviors that create a
power imbalance between the
bully and peers; and invite
serious damaging consequences to
targets, witnesses and
organizations.
30 – 54% of working adults
report having been bullied at
some point in their working
lives; and 30% of them quit as a
result. Targets experience
distress, humiliation, anger,
anxiety, discouragement,
hopelessness, depression,
burnout, reduced quality and
quantity of work, lower levels
of job satisfaction, increased
absenteeism and turnover and in
some cases even Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD). For the
organization, all of this adds
up to loss to the bottom line,
communication breakdown and even
a bad reputation within the
community.
Bullying is not simply the case
of a bad behaving employee. It
is systemic, and requires
management attention and
commitment to develop a healthy
workplace.
Participants in this webinar
will gain:
An understanding of
workplace bullying, damage
caused to targets and the
organization, and why it’s
legal
Insight on bullies’ and
their targets
Comprehensive knowledge in
the system of bullying and
why it happens at work
Knowledge in how to
determine how much a bully
is costing your organization
Management tools for
immediate corrective action
and handling grievances
Management tools for
preventative action,
including policy
implementation
Techniques for a sustainable
organizational culture shift
Who Should Attend:
Human resources, workplace
learning and performance
professionals, business owners,
managers, team leaders,
supervisors, coaches and
business management
consultants.
Mission-related responsible
investing can provide foundations,
endowments, and non-profits with
investment strategies that leverage
their assets more fully for their
core philanthropic purpose while
managing risk and creating lasting
value in their portfolios.
Moreover, such strategies are compatible with
fiduciary responsibilities of nonprofit trustees
and are increasingly being acknowledged as an
element of prudent trusteeship, especially for
the long-term investor.
This webinar will provide investment trustees
insight on how to leverage their portfolio
assets to maximize the impact of their core
philanthropic mission, and position said assets
to best meet investment objectives.
You will learn how to:
Assess the key environmental, social, and
governance (ESG) issues that companies face
today
Use responsible investing strategies to
enhance mission without compromising
fundamental fiduciary duties.
Implement an investment policy statement
that aligns with your organization’s mission
Lower risk and increase opportunity by
evaluating environmental impact of portfolio
holdings
Who should attend:
Nonprofit executives, board members, investment
fiduciaries, finance
Creating and sustaining new
income streams can be
enormously challenging. In
this economy, most
organizations find they are
working in isolation and
frustrated in their attempt
to create alternative
long-term income sources
that will sustain their
organization.
At the same time, nonprofit
organizations re-invent
wheels and re-invent
mistakes as they develop
information and materials
that already exist in other
organizations. With new,
online marketplaces
dedicated to nonprofit tools
/ templates / business plans
/ checklists, it’s easy to
learn, share and earn with
nonprofits everywhere. For
this reason, many nonprofits
are finding the knowledge
sharing is their first
social enterprise.
Through examples and
discussion this fast-paced
hour will include:
Discussing social
enterprise ideas with
your board
Using peer forums to
learn from your
nonprofit peers while
challenging each other
to a higher standard of
excellence
Saving your organization
significant time and
money by accessing
resources you might not
find through other
means, and
Ways to use earn enough
income to make sharing
worth the time
You will learn how to:
Assess what knowledge
you have that might be
valuable to others
Evaluate how to price
your knowledge assets
Promote your knowledge
content easily and
broadly
Establish a peer
learning forum
Take the first steps
toward convincing your
board and staff that
knowledge sharing is
worthwhile
Who Should
Attend:
Nonprofit
executives, Managers, Supervisors, Volunteer
Coordinators, Resource Development staff, Event
Managers, Board Members, Team Leaders, Marketing
Managers, Program Managers, Finance Managers
The Stanford
Social Innovation Review has said that the book
Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits
Undermine Their Potential, "should be the
non-profit sector's new manifesto." In
Uncharitable, author Dan Pallotta challenges
the fundamental tenets of charity and argues
that nonprofits should be free to use standard
business tools to create robust and healthy
charities. During this webinar, he will review
the key ideas from the book and address the
public's perspective on topics including the
following:
Overhead and
efficiency measures
Executive
compensation
Innovation
and risk in nonprofits
Dan will
explore these issues with the aim of offering
powerful new ways to think about philanthropy.
Join us for a 50-minute presentation followed by
a Q&A session open to participants.
Who should attend:
Nonprofit
executives and managers, fund raisers, board
members, donors, students, social entrepreneurs,
and anyone interested in transforming the
nonprofit paradigm.
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