Nonprofits focus their funds on providing programs and services to the community. It often doesn’t leave much money to help staff, volunteers, and board members take the organization to the next level.
It’s important for staff, volunteers, and board members to have access to skills and knowledge to advance their nonprofit organization. It allows them to meet the changing needs of their clients and communities.
Community Shares offers a variety of free or low-cost training sessions covering topics such as:
- Marketing,
- Communication,
- Development/Fundraising,
- Financial,
- Compliance,
- Governance,
- And more.
Upcoming Professional Developments
It is easier and less expensive to retain an existing donor than to seek out and convert a brand new one. The best way to properly care for and feed your donors is by creating and maintaining a robust donor stewardship program. Donor stewardship isn’t just for major donors—take steps to help every donor feel the love.
Join us to discover:
5 tips to boost donor retention.
7 ways you may be unknowingly driving donors away.
How to tell the kind of stories that connect with donors.
Why you desperately need a new donor welcome email series and how to do it well.
Key points in a sharp donor stewardship plan.
How to say thank you so your donors feel the love.
Marketing trends come and go, but the top marketing trends are the ones worth adopting. Digital marketing, content marketing, social media marketing—each plays a role in a nonprofits strategy. Join us to discuss the marketing trends that will shape your nonprofits future and grow your impact.
Running a nonprofit organization is a challenging position for the best of leaders. The very nature and design of nonprofits makes the leadership chain and direct lines of reporting inherently murky.
It takes skill and finesse to direct the mission, strategy and day-to-day operations of an entity, while not serving as the final decision maker on many critical decisions.
There are few other relationships like that of a board and its executive leader. Kiersten Hill at Firespring will share her insights and tips to achieve success for staff and board members alike. She will discuss top communications strategies for managing the relationship, helping you understand how to identify and fill in the blind spots.
➜The make-up of a Board, where it all begins.
➜ 5 Smart Ways to Build Your Board of Directors.
➜10 Ten tips for driving from the passenger seat.
➜Subtle Signs the Board is NOT engaged.
➜How to get your board to make major expenditures?
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