Begins March, 2008 schedule course overviews faculty funding
The Spring 2008 session is now full; names are being accepted to a wait-list and will be added to an e-mail list to receive information about future offerings. Please contact the Project Coordinator at the Montpelier Cohort Jessie Lynn at jessiel@woodbury-college.edu to discuss timings of future offerings.
"Nonprofits already play vital roles in building strong communities by providing essential services, giving voice to the disenfranchised and ensuring that our democracy works for everyone. The VCF supports the colleges' nonprofit management training initiative as a way to strengthen community-based organizations and help them achieve even greater things for Vermont and Vermonters. Woodbury College and Marlboro College are perfect providers." -- Brian Byrnes, President & CEO of The Vermont Community Foundation.
Marlboro College and Woodbury College have assembled an experienced faculty offering valuable training for managing non-profit organizations, including "strategic planning, assessment, board development, hr, financial management, and fundraising."
The program consists of ten face-to-face workshops with a supplementary online component. It will be held at both northern and southern Vermont locations. These trainings are funded by a grant from the Workforce Education and Training Fund (WETF) through the Vermont Department of Labor. The WETF is one of three workforce development programs for which the 2007 Legislature appropriated funding. Additional grants have been given by the Henderson Foundation and the TD Banknorth Foundation allowing us to reduce tuition costs for the program to just $500 per student for members of Vermont non-profit organizations.
Under the terms of the grant funding, non-profit organizations outside of Vermont are eligible for the program at a cost of $1,250, however preference will be given to in-state organizations.
Workshops will run from March 7th to June 13th at both campuses - course schedule is listed below
Face-to-face sessions will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
TO APPLY OR OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION
Southern Vermont applicants:
Fill out an online application or contact Don Parker at dparker@gradcenter.marlboro.edu.
Northern Vermont applicants:
Contact Jessie Lynn at jessiel@woodbury-college.edu.
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Attention United Way of Windham County Members:
The cost for United Way of Windham County member agency employees is $400.
United Way of Windham County is also offering ten scholarships of $250 to applicants working for non-profits in Windham County based on a statement of intent and perceived need. You should indicate your interest in this scholarship at time of application.
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Green Mountain United Way: Serving Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans and Washington Counties of Vermont
"The Green Mountain United Way is pleased to offer 8 scholarships of $250. To be eligible applicants must be working within Orange, Washington, Essex, Caledonia, or Orleans county. In order to apply, applicants should write a letter of intent stating their interest in the class, how it will assist them professionally, and their affiliation with the Green Mountain United Way, if any, to: jessiel@woodbury-college.edu." |
Schedule
Marlboro Graduate Center (Brattleboro) Campus
3-7-08 Effective Leadership
3-14-08 Boards & Non Profit Organizations
3-28-08 Working with People, session 1
4-11-08 Working with People, session 2
4-18-08 Strategic Planning & Evaluation, session 1
5-2-08 Strategic Planning & Evaluation, session 2
5-9-08 Fundraising and Marketing, session 1
5-23-08 Fundraising and Marketing, session 2
5-30-08 Financial Management, session 1
6-13-08 Financial Management, session 2 |
Woodbury College (Montpelier) Campus
3-7-08 Boards & Non Profit Organizations
3-14-08 Effective Leadership
3-28-08 Financial Management, session 1
4-11-08 Financial Management, session 2
4-18-08 Working with People, session 1
5-2-08 Working with People, session 2
5-9-08 Strategic Planning & Evaluation, session 1
5-23-08 Strategic Planning & Evaluation, session 2
5-30-08 Fundraising & Marketing, session 1
6-13-08 Fundraising & Marketing, session 2 |
Workshop overviews
Effective leadership will cover:
- How to be an effective leader
- The role of the leader as an agent for social change and social justice in the public policy process.
- Using technology to manage more effectively
- Good communication skills with employees
- Effective management strategies
- How do you use your time and delegate tasks to others?
- How do you adapt individuals to the organization?
Understanding boards and non-profit organizations will cover:
- Understanding the role of boards
- Board recruitment, training and rotation
- Managing a board
- Understanding the mission-driven organization
- Basic nonprofit legal principles
- How nonprofit organizations shape public policy
Working with people will cover:
- What you need to know about human resources; recruitment, interviewing, hiring, job descriptions, salary structure, professional development, firing, retention, employee recognition and evaluation.
- What are the legalities that you must be aware of? State and federal laws.
- Conflict resolution and effective communication skills with employees and constituents.
- Managing volunteers.
Financial management will cover:
- Understanding budgeting, reporting, audits
- Reading financial statements
- Communicating to boards, funders and constituents about your organization’s financial status.
- Managing an audit
- Using fiscal reports for better management
Fundraising for and marketing your non-profit will cover:
- Understanding philanthropy and motivation
- Creating a fundraising plan
- Who asks and how?
- Using your board
- Getting your message out
- What kind of marketing to use for what purpose
- Electronic communications
- Harnessing the Internet
Strategic planning and evaluation will cover:
- The basics of strategic planning: defining the mission, analyzing the environment in which you work (the SWOT analysis), charting goals and objectives
- Involving constituents and the board
- Using your plan as a management tool
- Using research
- Keeping the planning process alive
- Communicating to those who have a stake in the organization
- Using the plan to support grant-writing
- Assessment and evaluation; assessment from the beginning, not just at the end.
Faculty
Christine Graham has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1969 as staff and consultant to organizations of all sizes and in all fields, with a concentration in Vermont organizations and a programmatic specialization in fundraising. She is editor and publisher of Nonprofit Vermont Newsletter, and has authored several publications, including the book, Keep the Money Coming: a Strategic Guide to Annual Fundraising (Pineapple Press). Read more about Christine Graham at www.cpgfundraising.com.
J. Churchill Hinds is president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties and clinical associate professor of medicine and public administration at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Read more about Churchill Hinds at http://www.vermontguides.com/2004/03-mar/vna.html
Jim LeFevre is an organizational consultant who has worked for more than 20 years with clients from many sectors of the nonprofit spectrum. These clients include statewide land trusts and humanities councils, museums, health care organizations, international family planning organizations, and Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout the United States. Read more about Jim LeFevre at www.lefevreassociates.com.
Shirley Sagawa was named a "Woman to Watch in the 21st Century," by Newsweek magazine, and one of the "Most Influential Working Mothers in America" by Working Mother magazine. A national expert on children's policy and philanthropy, she has been called a "founding mother of the modern service movement" in the United States. Her book, Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships (Harvard Business School Press) describes how business and social sector organizations can collaborate for mutual gain. Read more about Shirley Sagawa at www.sagawajospin.com.
Karen Saudek is the Vice President of Human Resources & Training at Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont, www.bcbsvt.com.
Alice Estey is a former Director of the Mediation & Conflict Management Program at Woodbury College and currently teaches mediation, negotiation and ethics in their Masters of Mediation and Applied Conflict Management Program. She has been a mediator in private practice for 15 years and has delivered conflict resolution and mediation training to many agencies and organizations throughout New England. Read more about Alice Estey at www.masteringmediation.net.
Funding
Marlboro College and Woodbury College would like to thank the following organizations for their assistance in making this program possible:
VT Dept. of Labor Workforce Education & Training Fund
A.D. Henderson Foundation
TD Banknorth Foundation
The Spring 2008 session is now full; names are being accepted to a wait-list and will be added to an e-mail list to receive information about future offerings. Please contact the Project Coordinator at the Montpelier Cohort Jessie Lynn at jessiel@woodbury-college.edu to discuss timings of future offerings.
Marlboro Tech. Center, Vernon Street, Brattleboro, VT - Directions
Woodbury College, 660 Elm Street, Montpelier, Vermont - Directions
Thanks to:
Christine Graham, Editor of Nonprofit Vermont Newsletter: Real help for People in Vermont’s Nonprofits
The Vermont Community Foundation
Konstantin von Krusenstiern The United Way of Windham County
Kate Binns Green Mountain United Way
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