Event Details
3-Part Series
Thursday, February 8, 2024,
Thursday, February 15, 2024 &
Thursday, February 22, 2024
10:00am -12:00pm PT
Online via Zoom – This series will be recorded
A virtual workshop for leaders of small, all or mostly volunteer organizations wanting to learn the basics on how to deliver on your mission
Your organization exists to make a difference. A group of people got together—maybe including you—and founded a nonprofit corporation to tackle an important issue. That corporation is like a car. It has a shape and size, it needs to be registered, and the people in the car matter. You need fuel to propel it forward.
During Tools for Running an Effective Nonprofit, we will cover the basics of running a nonprofit. We will draw on tested tips and tools, including Nonprofit Association of Washington’s four learning toolkits on boards, finance, law, and planning. You will leave with concrete next steps on how to strengthen your organization to better achieve your mission. Join us on this road trip to a strong nonprofit!
Topics Include:
- The right size for your organization to be sustainable
- Legal and finance information to compliance and protection
- Budgeting
- Program design
- Volunteer management
- Fundraising
- Grant readiness
You will leave ready to:
- Define to others what success looks like for your organization
- Name one way your organization can be more sustainable
- Name two elements to track for legal and financial compliance and protection
- Explain how your programs tie back to your mission
- Describe how your organization understands overhead
- List at least two things that need to be in a volunteer or board job description
- Name one way your organization can raise money without spending any money
“I feel better prepared how to convey my organization’s story for the purpose of funding.”
– Participant in Prosser
Cost
Nonprofit Association of Washington is pleased to offer its members a discounted price. If you are interested in becoming a member, please find more information here.
- $0 – Members of Nonprofit Association of Washington (check the Member Resources Page for the Member-only Discount Code)
- $30 – Not-yet-members of Nonprofit Association of Washington
Cost should not be a barrier to participate. Please contact us if you have any requests, concerns, or questions.
Who Should Attend
Recording
Each session will be recorded. Breakout rooms will not be included in the recording. Registrants will be sent the recording and materials after each session.Â
Accessibility
Interpretation: Please indicate during registration if you have an interpretation request. Typically, we need at least two weeks in order to schedule an interpreter.
Visual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves and the slides to give a person who is low-vision, blind, or calling in without video a sense of space and place.
If you have additional accessibility requests, please let us know when you register.
About the Speakers
Virginia D. Lang is a veteran management consultant who has worked in the corporate sector and the nonprofit community as an adviser on all aspects of community affairs for over 35 years. Ginny has served as an expert coach, trainer, facilitator, and consultant to an impressive array of nonprofit organizations and is an accomplished speaker and presenter. She teaches nonprofit and leadership topics for private clients and for Whatcom Community College and Western Washington University. Lang Consulting specializes in planning, training and development for nonprofit organizations and helps nonprofit professionals and board members develop their leadership skills in the areas of communication, fundraising, outreach, board/ staff development, and volunteer management.
Rory Bowman has spent years as a volunteer and organizer with small groups, including experiences good and bad. He has also served as an executive director, with nearly two decades of experience on a variety of corporate boards, including for-profits, non-profits and cooperatives in Oregon and Washington. His background in education and adult education gives Rory a passion for helping all organizations get better, at any size and every level. As a consultant, he has a decidedly practical and “real-world” focus.
Thanks to Our Partner
Presented by Nonprofit Association of Washington in partnership with the Washington Office of the Secretary of State.
Phone: (855) 299-2922 x108
Email:Â [email protected]