Join Us This Week

We hope to see you this week at one of these upcoming workshops at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. Click each listing below for event and registration details.

• Wednesday, March 10, Know the Time Cost of Running Your Organization
• Thursday, March 11, Effective Decision-Making: Best Practices of Successful Leaders and Managers
  

Don't Miss This Arlington Workshop

If managing change has become central to your work, what specific steps do you need to do to ensure success? Join Arlington County Economic Development and the Center in Arlington for "Doing the Difficult Work: Effectively Making Changes in Your Organization."

We’ll discuss developing a vision and setting clear goals, increasing buy-in from staff and other stakeholders, recognizing resistance to change and managing that resistance. Come prepared with a change you would like to make.

This workshop takes place Tuesday, February 17 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Arlington County Central Library.

Free to Arlington-based nonprofits and Arlington residents. Others are welcome for a fee ($49 for Center Members; $89 for all others).

Click here to register.

Bailing Out Your Year-End Fundraising in the Ongoing Recession

Don't miss this session on Thursday, October 15 hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Washington DC Chapter.

Attend this session and leave with:

• Tips, tools and techniques for successful fundraising to maximize year-end giving
  
• Ideas you can implement today
  
• Ten Tips to improve your Online and Direct Mail fundraising at Year End
  
• Ten Tips to Maximize Major Gifts and Campaign Activities at Year End
  
• Learn from successful non-profit organizations as they share what they are planning for the last quarter of 2009 and beyond.
  
• Explore successful case studies that provide helpful insights into best practices and lessons learned.

Special Location: Charlie Palmer Steak House, 101 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20001

Registration Fee: $45 Center Members and AFP/DC Members; $60 Non-Members

Special Registration: Please contact Association of Fundraising Professional at 202-547-0155 or register now!

Demystifying State Charity Registration Laws

Do you have a donate button on your Web site? Are you confused about state charity registration laws?

Tony Martignetti, the author of "Charity Registration: State-by-State Guidelines for Compliance," is joining us at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement on Wednesday, October 14 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. to explain what the laws are and what they mean for your nonprofit. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from the expert who wrote the book on this important topic!

Special Cost: $39 for Center members; $79 for all others

Click here to register.

Join Us Next Week

We hope to see you next week at one of these upcoming workshops at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. Click each listing below for event and registration details.

• Tuesday, September 22, Center 101 – Explore the Benefits of Membership
• Wednesday, September 23, Understanding Financial Information for Board and Staff
• Thursday, September 24, Managing Board Members
• Friday, September 25, 10 Keys to Making Good Organizational Decisions

Free Webinar: Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment

The Community Economic Development Project of the DC Bar Pro Bono Program is hosting a series of free webinars for nonprofits on dealing with employees. Each webinar is 60-75 minutes long. The presenters are lawyers from some of the top law firms in DC who specialize in counseling companies on employment law matters.

The next session at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, looks at "Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment." Details below:

This session will help you understand what the different forms that sexual and other harassment can take; what steps your nonprofit should undertake to help prevent claims of harassment; and how your nonprofit should handle any claims that an employee makes.

Presenter: Akia Roane, Arent Fox

To register, e-mail Lauren Paley.