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With business, technology, and politics all changing at a rapid pace, institutions steeped in decades of tradition must be ready to embrace change.
What new approaches to education are needed to meet 21st century challenges?
How are educators breaking with tradition to prepare students for the future?
What are visionary corporate leaders doing to help their workforce succeed?
Join us for a lively discussion on Thursday, October 26th at the Seaport Hotel for our 26th SM& Presents Panel featuring:
Aimee Sprung, Manager of Civic Engagement, Microsoft
Gloria Larson, President, Bentley University
Jeff Weiss, President, Lesley University
Keith Hovan, President & CEO, Southcoast Health System
Introduction by Nick Donohue, President & CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Moderated by Helene Solomon, CEO, Solomon McCown & Company
Is your organization in need of project-based consulting support? SoarMCG focuses exclusively on providing pro bono consulting services to nonprofits in Greater Boston, including MetroWest. They engage in projects ranging from six to nine months on topics such as marketing, finance, organizational development, volunteer recruitment, board development, and governance policies. Join us to learn more about their services.
Please register for this event by December 11.
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. At this group session, we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
– For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
– What is a Not-for-Profit?
– Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
– Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
– State Reporting & Regulation
– Federal Tax Exemption
– Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
Presenters: Janet Rickershauser, Esq., Pathway Law; Josh Sattely, TSNE MissionWorks.
Co-sponsors: Goodwin, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, TSNE MissionWorks.
Tech Networks of Boston is pleased to invite you to a Roundtable session for nonprofit organizations that want to do public advocacy.
Here’s the registration link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tnb-roundtable-using-nonprofit-advocacy-rules-to-meet-your-mission-registration-41245710029?aff=mnn
The title of the January 26th session will be “TNB Roundtable: Using Nonprofit Advocacy Rules to Meet Your Mission,” and the featured guest will be Betsy Schmidt, the author of “Nonprofit Law: The Life Cycle of a Charitable Organization” and a professor of practice at UMass-Amherst’s school of public policy.
Here’s what Betsy says about this session:
“In this increasingly politicized world, nonprofit leaders often realize that they can serve their clients best by advocating for policy changes. How do they do that and stay within the boundaries of the law? In this Roundtable, you’ll learn how to differentiate advocacy, lobbying, and political campaign intervention. You’ll learn what you can and cannot do in each of those situations, and you will leave, inspired to further your organization’s mission through advocacy and lobbying. We will also make sense of the pronouncements and possible changes in the Johnson Amendment—the part of Sec. 501(c)(3) that prevents nonprofits from engaging in political campaign activity.”
We do hope that you will join us on January 26th!
Please note that registration is free for employees of nonprofit organizations; however, you must have a confirmed registration in order to attend. It would break our hearts to turn you a way for lack of one, so please do register today.
If we are booked to capacity by the time that you go to register, please put yourself on the waiting list. We have a very good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals who are interested in participating.
Kick off the new year by joining Common Impact and Oracle+NetSuite Social Impact for a workshop to plan your next technology project using skills-based volunteers.
Through this interactive session, you will learn how to create a strategic blueprint to scale a current technology system using Oracle+NetSuite Social Impact’s core methodology. Next, you will take a deeper dive into that system to narrow down your identified challenges into potential skills-based projects and determine the deliverables where volunteers should focus their efforts using Common Impact’s project scoping process.
*This session will be discussion oriented and we encourage all attendees to come to the workshop with 1-2 ideas of technology projects you are hoping to tackle this year with skilled volunteers.
Who Should Attend?
Nonprofit executives and technology staff familiar with your organization’s strategic goals, and interested in addressing how to use technology to achieve those goals.
What You’ll Walk Away With:
+ A blueprint for scaling technology systems using skilled volunteers, based on Oracle+NetSuite’s Social Impact methodology
+ A planned out technology project for skilled volunteers that aligns with your organization’s strategic goals using Common Impact’s project scoping template
+ How to most effectively engage skills-based volunteers to enhance your staff’s knowledge of and exposure to technology to create sustainable solutions for your organization
Agenda:
9:00am-9:15am – Arrival, Registration and Light Breakfast
9:15am-9:30am – Introduction
9:30am – Oracle+NetSuite Social Impact Social Mission Blueprint Discussion and Exercise
10:15am-10:30am – Facilitated Networking Break
10:30am-11:15am – Common Impact Project Scoping Discussion and Exercise
11:15am-11:30am – Wrap Up and Q&A
Our Facilitators:
Common Impact envisions a society in which all individuals and businesses invest their unique talents towards a shared purpose: strengthening the local communities in which we live and work. Common Impact is a nationally recognized nonprofit breaking down barriers between sectors and industries to create meaningful partnerships between companies, social sector organizations and the people who drive them. The common purpose of these connections: to deliver real value to each partner through innovations in community engagement, and ultimately to address deeply rooted and complex social challenges.
Oracle+NetSuite Social Impact’s mission is to accelerate the social impact of nonprofit and social enterprises globally, regardless of ability to pay, with our software donations and pro bono services. Suite Pro Bono connects our nonprofit and social enterprise customers with Oracle+NetSuite employees who give their time and expertise to help organizations accelerate their social impact.
Tech Networks of Boston (TNB) exists to provide managed technology services to nonprofits and other mission-based organizations. It’s also our pleasure to offer you professional development opportunities that are both free of charge and free of sales pitches.
TNB is pleased to invite nonprofit professionals to a Roundtable session about creating a storytelling plan for your organization. Our featured guest will be Julia Campbell, the author of “Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits.”
In this session, we will be experimenting with a new learning-by-doing format that we call “study hall.” Rather than focusing on a presentation, participants will be using specially designed templates to create storytelling plans for their nonprofit organizations. Julia will be actively providing assistance to all.
Here’s what Julia says about this session:
‘Raising awareness and filling the pipeline with new donors and engaged supporters is the ultimate goal of any nonprofit online marketing plan. In September, we walked through the process I use with my clients to create a 90-day online marketing plan for your nonprofit. In my experience, 90-day plans are preferable to annual plans or even one, two, and three year marketing plans, because they allow for improvement and evaluation in the digital world that is changing at a breath-taking pace.
‘However, some nonprofit online marketing efforts fail because they don’t use effective storytelling as to fuel the fire of their online marketing plan.
‘In this special, hands-on study hall session, nonprofit professionals will learn how to fill out and use the planning templates provided in the book “Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits,” and receive coaching and encouragement during the session.’
We will fill out the following templates during this session:
o Story Collection Worksheet (addendum to the book)
o Social Media Content Calendar Template
o Storytelling Calendar Template
‘Nonprofit professionals will walk away with the tools they need to drive their own successful digital storytelling and marketing plans at their organizations.’
To register, please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tnb-roundtable-study-hall-create-your-2018-nonprofit-storytelling-plan-registration-41958819960?aff=mnn
Please note:
1) In keeping with the spirit of the TNB Roundtable series, this session will NOT be a sales pitch for any product or service. This will be a professional development opportunity for nonprofit professionals who want to learn with and from their peers in other organizations.
2) This session is for employees of nonprofit organizations. It is not designed to meet the needs of vendors, volunteers, students, consultants, job-seekers, and others.
3) Priority in registration will be given to those who are employed by nonprofit organizations that hold full membership in the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.
4) Participation in this session is free of charge for nonprofit professionals. However, you must have a confirmed registration in order to attend.
5) If this session is booked to capacity by the time you seek to register for it, please go ahead and put yourself on the waiting list. We have a good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals on the waiting list.
We hope that you can join us for a vigorous and informative conversation, in which you will be welcome to share your knowledge and experience with your peers!
Tech Networks of Boston is pleased to invite nonprofit professionals to a Roundtable session about web strategies for nonprofit organizations. Our featured guests will David Delmar and Muigai Unaka of Resilient Coders.
Here’s what David and Muigai say about this session:
“You know your organization needs a new website. You’re just not sure whether to use Square Space, WordPress, Wix, Google Sites, or whether to hire an agency, a freelancer, or your friend’s nephew. Some options are free, some cost dozens of dollars, and some cost tens of thousands of dollars. You’re unclear about the pros and cons of each option, and which path is right for your organization, at this particular point in your journey.
“Building a website is like buying a bicycle: Sure, there are options that are more souped-up than others, and that are priced accordingly. But the most important thing is that it be the right fit. Let’s determine the right fit for you, together.”
To register for this session, please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tnb-roundtable-building-the-best-nonprofit-website-for-the-cheapest-price-registration-41877504744?aff=mnn
In keeping with the spirit of the TNB Roundtable series, this session will NOT be a sales pitch for any product or service. This will be a professional development opportunity for nonprofit professionals who want to learn with and from their peers in other organizations.
This session is for employees of nonprofit organizations. It is not designed to meet the needs of vendors, volunteers, students, consultants, job-seekers, and others.
If this session is booked to capacity by the time you seek to register for it, please go ahead and put yourself on the waiting list. We have a good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals on the waiting list.
We hope that you can join us for a vigorous and informative conversation, in which you will be welcome to share your knowledge and experience with your peers!
Tech Networks of Boston (TNB) is pleased to invite nonprofit professionals to a Super Roundtable session about the essentials of project management. Our featured guest will be Maria Latimore, principal of Maria Latimore Group.
This session will have two segments:
The doors will open at 1:00 pm. In the first segment, we invite all attendees to join us for informal professional working, complimentary snacks, and a short overview about TNB’s work with nonprofit organizations.
The second segment will being at 1:30 pm, and will be devoted to nonprofit project management It will combine a presentation with group activities. We will wrap up at 5:00 pm.
Here’s what Maria says about the session:
“Successfully implementing various projects helps nonprofits to meet their missions and remain viable. Yet, nonprofit project leaders are often challenged to effectively execute their projects because they are not trained to use project management best practices. This super roundtable will give participants the essential vocabulary, practices and tools to more efficiently manage and deliver their projects.
“The concepts will be presented in a simple step-by-step manner and reinforced with interactive hands-on exercises reflecting real-life nonprofit projects. Participants will learn how to immediately apply tactical processes and tools to better plan, execute, and control their projects, and make their work less stressful. These tactics will fully engage all stakeholders, increase project productivity, and thereby increase organizational capacity.”
Here’s a little more about Maria:
Maria Latimore is principal of Maria Latimore Group, a consulting practice that helps nonprofits to deliver projects that drive program services, fundraising and organizational capacity. Maria has helped nonprofits to succeed by customizing project management best practices and training to fit each organization’s context and culture. She has over 30 years of project management experience and formerly was a vice president in State Street Corporation’s information technology and business operations transformation divisions.
Maria is a PMP-certified project manager and has a bachelor of business management degree from Simmons College. She is on the board of directors of The Dignity Institute, the Community Engagement Committee of Nuestra Comunidad, and the Technology Committee at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Massachusetts Boston.
Please also note:
1) In keeping with the spirit of the TNB Roundtable series, this Super Roundtable session will be a professional development opportunity for nonprofit professionals who want to learn with and from their peers in other organizations. Other than briefing you about Tech Networks of Boston’s services, the session will be sales-pitch-free.
2) This session is for employees of nonprofit organizations. It is not designed to meet the needs of vendors, volunteers, students, consultants, job-seekers, and others.
3) Priority in registration will be given to those who are employed by nonprofit organizations that hold full membership in the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.
4) Participation in this session is free of charge for nonprofit professionals. However, you need a confirmed reservation in order to attend.
5) If this session is booked to capacity by the time you seek to register for it, please go ahead and put yourself on the waiting list. We have a good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals on the waiting list.
We hope that you can join us for a vigorous and informative conversation, in which you will be welcome to share your knowledge and experience with your peers!
To register, please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tsne-missionworks-tnb-super-roundtable-nonprofit-project-management-essentials-registration-42869731521?aff=mnncalendar
How much time do you spend on drama daily? What impact does it have on you, your team and your organization? On March 21st, at 1:00PM ET, Dr. Stephen Brand, Executive Director of Global Learning & Development for Strategic Alliances at Bay Path University, will host a web interview with WLC Focus Session speaker Cy Wakeman. In this FREE, live, 30 minute conversation, Dr. Brand and Cy Wakeman will discuss her interest in workplace drama and how it has led her to be the expert in Reality-Based Leadership™. She will share insights on her latest book, No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results. REGISTER NOW AT: http://sa.baypath.edu/webinar-cy-wakeman
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. At this group session, we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
Three of our presenters spoke with us about starting a nonprofit and the state of the sector as whole. Take a look at their in-depth responses here.
Presenters: Susan Abbott and Alyssa Fitzgerald, Goodwin
Co-sponsors: Goodwin, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, TSNE MissionWorks.
Legal “compliance” for organizations covers much more than annual financial filings! Learn the rules of the nonprofit road as student lawyers in the UMass School of Law Community Development Clinic present on various aspects of legal compliance. Light breakfast refreshments will be provided, and free parking is available.
Forget everything you think you know about Technology Planning for your organization and get ready for a Tech Planning Smackdown. In this workshop we will examine real examples of nonprofit technology plans and explore ways you can incorporate some leading practices from other organizations – after all, the best form of flattery is imitation! Come prepared to have some fun as we start to think out-of-the-box and get your creative juices flowing in this interactive Tech Planning Smackdown
Participants will come away with:
+ Understanding the flavors of technology plans: Tactical, Strategic, Mission-Based
+ Clear and achievable steps to implement new technology with available resources
+ Creative ways to involve your entire organization and build innovation into your technology plans
+ Methods to redirect the focus of your technology plans where it is needed most
Presenter:
Steve Heye is a Principal Solutions Consultant at Oracle-NetSuite Social Impact, where he acts as a technical expert on the Social Impact team which donates the NetSuite solution to nonprofits. With over 20 years experience working with nonprofits and technology, Steve brings a real passion and unique set of experiences to the NPTech community. Previously Steve was the Manager of Technology at The Cara Program. He was responsible for driving the organization’s strategic use of technology. He also has experience as the Digital Content Services Manager at the YMCA of Metro Chicago. He was responsible for managing all aspects of the YMCA’s digital content creation including the web sites, intranet and social networking. A key role in Steve’s past was with the Technology Resource Group at the YMCA of the USA for about ten years. He provided resources, conferences, and training that allows YMCAs nationwide to better leverage business systems and technology. Steve has a Bachelors degree in Finance from North Central College. He is also the author of Chapter 1 on Aligning Tech to Mission in the Managing Technology to Meet your Mission book.
Twitter: @SteveHeye
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveheye/
Our Facilitators:
+ Associate Grant Markers:
AGM’s mission is to promote the practice and expansion of effective and responsible philanthropy to improve the health and vitality of its region.
– Learn more go to www.agmconnect.org
+ Oracle NetSuite Social Impact:
Oracle NetSuite Social Impact’s mission is to accelerate the social impact of nonprofit and social enterprises globally, regardless of ability to pay, with our software donations and pro bono services. Suite Pro Bono connects our nonprofit and social enterprise customers with Oracle NetSuite employees who give their time and expertise to help organizations accelerate their social impact.
– Learn more about our Product Donation Program at www.netsuite.com/socialimpact
Please join us for our 4th Shaper Talks – “Musings on the Social Sector” lecture delivered by Yolanda Coentro – organized by Boston Shapers, an association of young leaders affiliated with the World Economic Forum.
Refreshments will be provided at 6:00pm, and the lecture will be delivered at 6:30pm.
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. At this group session, we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
What is a Not-for-Profit?
Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
State Reporting & Regulation
Federal Tax Exemption
Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
Presenters: Alyssa Fitzgerald, Goodwin; Janet Rickershauser, Pathway Law
Co-sponsors: Goodwin, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, TSNE MissionWorks.
Tech Networks of Boston (TNB) exists to provide integrated technology services to nonprofits and other mission-based organizations. It’s also our pleasure to offer you professional development opportunities that are both free of charge and free of sales pitches.
TNB is delighted to invite you to a Roundtable session about project management for relocating your nonprofit organization. Our featured guests will be Ty McIntosh and Stephen Byrne, two of our esteemed colleagues at Tech Networks of Boston.
Here’s a little more about the session:
If your nonprofit organization is facing a relocation, and you are concerned about moving your IT and other major infrastructure components, then this session is for you. Ty and Stephen will share their experience and insights about using project management principles to get the job done. No previous project management training is necessary to benefit from this Roundtable. It is designed for employees of small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations. Chief operating officers, administrative staff, accidental techies, and other nonprofit professionals who are tasked with managing a move will especially benefit from participating.
To find more information, or to register for this session, please follow this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-networks-of-boston-roundtable-moving-right-along-project-management-for-an-office-relocation-registration-45945119088?aff=mnncalendar
If this session is booked to capacity by the time you seek to register for it, please go ahead and put yourself on the waiting list. We have a good track record of finding seats for nonprofit professionals on the waiting list.
We hope that you can join us for a vigorous and informative conversation, in which you will be welcome to share your knowledge and experience with your peers!
Join us in celebrating the role of immigrant artists and scientists who renew and enrich our communities and country expressed in food, drink and good company. Featuring Tibetan Mixologist Tenzin Samdo (Winner: Best of Boston’s Best Bartender 2018)
With so much division and discord, it seems hard to find common ground on topics such as immigration. What are the values, characteristics and issues that the foreign-born and U.S.-born share? How can you position and frame these traits in your conversations, campaigns, writings and programs in ways that resonate with your neighbors, coworkers, elected officials and families?
Learn the shared values and issues that can bind immigrants, refugees and the U.S.-born as well as tested messaging and framing techniques on how to utilize these in the most compelling ways in the free interactive webinar What We Have in Common: How to Talk About Immigrants on Tuesday, November 13, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST.
Learn:
1. The shared values and qualities that can open conversations and guide campaigns
2. The most effective framing and messaging techniques for today’s climate
3. Multiple strategies to create empathy, build support and educate others
4. How to have civil discourse online
**Please RSVP by December 11**
Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or do you have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status? All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys. At this group session, we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:
– For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
– What is a Not-for-Profit?
– Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
– Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
– State Reporting & Regulation
– Federal Tax Exemption
– Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation
Presenters: Janet Rickershauser, Pathway Law; Alyssa Fitzgerald, Goodwin.
Co-sponsors: Goodwin, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, TSNE MissionWorks.
Employees are an organization’s most important resource. Organizations that walk their talk, live their core values, and embed them in their everyday practices are more successful in attracting and retaining passionate and committed staff.
Perhaps the most powerful approach to bringing your values to life is to design and implement human resources policies, systems and practices that reflect and promote those values.
In this half-day workshop, you will spend time identifying and understanding which values are implicit, which are explicit and how the design of your current human resources systems helps to support or contradict those values. Participants will spend time developing a plan to improve this alignment within their organizations.
Save 10% on Registration with Promo Code NEWYEAR10
Please register by January 10. Note that space is very limited and you may be asked to join a waitlist.
Lawyers Clearinghouse, Holland & Knight, and Exponentum™—a national network of business law pro bono providers—are uniting for a National Day of Service, with the common goal of serving nonprofits throughout the country. This legal clinic will help local nonprofit organizations assess and improve their governance systems and practices, with a focus on fiscal governance and financial management.
Issues covered will include:
– the role of nonprofit boards in financial oversight;
– audit committee governance;
– internal financial controls; and
– nonprofit investment policies.
ABOUT THE CLINIC:
The legal clinic will begin with a brief training on current fiscal governance issues. Next, each participating organization will meet with attorney volunteers assigned to you who will walk you through several questions regarding your current policies and procedures, in order to flag areas where you may need to make changes.
After this legal clinic, your organization may request additional assistance from Lawyers Clearinghouse to follow up on legal issues identified in the course of the attorney consultation.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
A board member, executive director, or senior manager of your organization. All local nonprofits are encouraged to register.
