Events

Join Nonprofit Montgomery for our virtual meeting with Montgomery County and nonprofit leaders on Wednesday at 11am. This will be an opportunity to hear from our officials and receive updates on the local covid-19 response.

Topics and Speakers:

• Council outlook for 2021 with incoming Council President Tom Hucker (rescheduled from 12/2)
• Community Grants update with Rafael Murphy, Office of Management and Budget (rescheduled from 12/2)
• Equity: Betty Lam, DHHS
• Equity Scorecard: Adam Leuking, Clear Impact
• Tips for working with the faith community: Rev. Kaseman 

When: December 16, 11am-12:30pm
Where: on Zoom. Click here to save your spot.

Culture does indeed eat Strategy for breakfast. Buy why? And what does it take to ensure great Strategy ideas aren’t stymied by counter-Culture forces?

This exploratory session, looks at how values, beliefs, and organizational assumptions (aka Culture Components) shape the outcomes and practices within an organization; how strategy execution is impacted by those Culture Components; and what it takes to sustain complimentary Culture and Strategy. Building a strong understanding of the role of culture allows us to harness it and ensure that our organizations are designed to effectively advance the benefits we hope to see in our communities.

When: December 17 at 9-11am
Where: on Zoom, click here to register.

This event is part of The Nonprofit Impact Series, which covers issues that are critical to nonprofits and build on the learnings from FIRM and MORE. The series is supported by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.

Nonprofit Covid-19 Response Meeting: 12/2
The Bottom Line of Burnout: 12/2
MORE Meet Up: 12/9
The Nonprofit Impact Series: Culture & Strategy: 12/17
FIRM: January 2021

Save the Date: Nonprofit Covid-19 Response Meeting: 12/16
Equity: Betty Lam, DHHS
Equity Scorecard: Adam Leuking, Clear Impact
Tips for working with the faith community: Rev. Kaseman

Culture does indeed eat Strategy for breakfast. Buy why? And what does it take to ensure great Strategy ideas aren’t stymied by counter-Culture forces?

This exploratory session, looks at how values, beliefs, and organizational assumptions (aka Culture Components) shape the outcomes and practices within an organization; how strategy execution is impacted by those Culture Components; and what it takes to sustain complimentary Culture and Strategy.

Building a strong understanding of the role of culture allows us to harness it and ensure that our organizations are designed to effectively advance the benefits we hope to see in our communities.

When: December 17 at 9-11am
Where: on Zoom, click here to register.

This event is part of The Nonprofit Impact Series, which covers issues that are critical to nonprofits and build on the learnings from FIRM and MORE. The series is supported by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.

Hosted by: Nonprofit Montgomery, EveryMind, and 20 Degrees

Did you miss last month’s session on burnout? Not to worry, we brought it back for December.

Join us for a practical, honest conversation about the bottom line cost of burnout, along with the insights on how to actually integrate best practices in your organization in a way that is affordable and possible.

The goals of the session:

• Make a financial case based on your budget to justify prioritizing mental health of yourself and your team that can be shared internally or with select funders
• Highlight best practices for responding to burnout
• Discuss the warning signs of burnout
• Create a safe, community conversation for Executive Directors/CEOs
• Highlight additional wellness resources for leaders

When: December 2, 9:30-11:00am
Where: Zoom, Click here to register.

This month MORE Alumni Evaluation Network had an exciting October—we kicked off our “Alumni Spotlight” series with an awesome conversation with VisArts.

Over in the LinkedIn network, we continued to share evaluation resources, including a rich toolkit for evaluating community programs. Shorter reads included an article with tips to improve data visualization and a case study example of testing survey questions. We also shared everyone’s new favorite listen—Dana Linnell Wanzer’s podcast, Evaluland. And we ended the month with a festive read—Sharp Insight’s latest blog post, Data Disguises, helping us ask ourselves if our data are masking a bigger story.

Find us on LinkedIn to connect with 68 of your nonprofit colleagues on all things program evaluation.

When: Wednesday, November 18, noon to 1pm
Who: All MORE alumni (and Nonprofit Montgomery members)
Where: On Zoom – Use this link