Training Opportunities

Nonprofit Meet-Up: Facility Facelifts and Art Access for Nonprofits

2023-04-28T22:59:27-04:00April 29th, 2023|Training Opportunities|

Join Nonprofit Montgomery for our virtual meeting with local leaders for updates on the issues that affect nonprofits and the people we serve. We’ll be hearing from two nonprofits on the opportunities available on improving your work’s physical space.

  • Rebuilding Together Montgomery County works to maximize our investment in the community by partnering with other nonprofits to repair community spaces such as shelters, permanent housing structures, and donation centers.
  • Art Connection in the Capital Region works to expand access to original visual art through public exhibitions and provide opportunities for artists to have their work permanently placed in nonprofits.

Click here to register.

Build your financial confidence with FIRM

2023-04-28T22:57:03-04:00April 29th, 2023|Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors & Department Leaders

FIRM for Program Directors is a one-day workshop that provides program directors and department leaders with a deeper understanding of the financial processes, planning, and decision making that support strong program and organizational sustainability. Participants will learn:

  • program level financial modeling,
  • strategic budgeting, and
  • financial reporting to build confidence and competence in making decisions that balance assets and outcomes (aka money and mission) for individual programs and the organization at large.

This daylong workshop prepares program directors to make informed contributions to the nonprofit budgeting process and provides future leaders with a framework for thinking about nonprofit accountability and sustainability. Nonprofits are encouraged to send a team of program managers/directors to be trained together.

The fee for Nonprofit Montgomery members is $20 (up to a group of 4 people). The fee for non-members is $270 per organization.

When: May 17, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Where: 6010 Executive Blvd. Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852

 

Maryland EXCELS Information Session in Spanish

2022-12-01T12:51:49-05:00November 30th, 2022|Training Opportunities, Uncategorized|

The Latino Child Care Association (LCAM) will be hosting an information session in Spanish about the Maryland EXCELS Program with personnel from the MSDE December 7 at 7:00pm via Zoom. The purpose is to deliver and gather information from Spanish-speaking family child care providers in the state. LCAM is working with the MSDE to plan free statewide workshops in Spanish next year to promote participation in the program and to support providers who are working towards moving up in the quality rating system. Click here to register.

Focus Group Facilitation & Note Taking

2022-11-04T11:50:55-04:00November 6th, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

Join us and Sharp Insight for part 2 of 4 of our focus group series. Learn about the art of facilitation and note taking. We’ll cover best practices for online and in-person settings and discuss tips for gathering data, including manual note taking and digital recording (with consent)!

When: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 (noon -1pm)
Where: On Zoom. Click here to register.

Looking to Connect With Leaders of Nonprofits with Small Staff?

2022-11-04T10:50:16-04:00November 4th, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

Are you looking for a supportive group of nonprofit leaders of small organizations to discuss strategic planning, board relations, fundraising, and other critical issues? If so, please join us on Zoom if you are looking to connect with others. Our next meet-up is on December 6 from 9:30-10:30am. Let us know if you would like to attend.

Build your organization’s financial confidence and management with FIRM

2022-10-11T11:14:33-04:00October 11th, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

All nonprofits can benefit from this deep dive into understanding and strengthening your financial model, particularly now in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on programs and organizations. As organizational leaders navigate dynamic changes and pressures to adapt how their organizations operate, understanding the role of financial leadership and strong fiduciary capacity becomes more critical to success and longer term sustainability.

FIRM provides tools, models, and frameworks that strengthen your ability to identify, manage, and assess the assets you put to work to achieve organizational outcomes.

Who should attend: Nonprofits attend as a team of up to four people including the Executive Director, Finance Director/CFO, Board Member, and Program Director.

The results: Better connection between your mission and internal structure, increased clarity on outcomes and the assets needed to support them; greater strategic budgeting and reporting process; and improved financial conversations across the organization (board and staff).

Full Intensive (In-Person): October 26 and November 2, 9:30am – 4:30pm at Main Street Connect, Rockville, MD
Light breakfast and lunch will be served on both days.

The fee for Nonprofit Montgomery members is $40 (group of 4). The fee for non-members is $540 per organization. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about FIRM.

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Survey Design: How to refine your survey and boost responses

2022-10-11T11:10:49-04:00October 9th, 2022|Events, Nonprofit Resources, Training Opportunities|

Crafting the perfect survey, or even just a pretty good one, can feel like a daunting process. But what if we could refine that process?

The team at Sharp Insight will review key elements to consider when approaching survey design and then walk through their survey design template. The template is intended to ease the survey design process while efficiently identifying the alignment between survey items and survey objectives. It can even help kickstart your data analysis plan right from the start of your survey process.

When: November 10, 12pm-1pm on Zoom. Click here to register.

Ask a Grant Writer Anything

2022-09-29T10:44:24-04:00September 29th, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

Join us as we host DeaRonda Harrison, Founder and President of June First Firm, a grant writing firm specializing in assisting black-led nonprofits. Submit your questions in advance or ask at the event and have your pressing grant related questions answered by an expert. She’s worked with Interfaith Works, Jeremiah Program, School Leader Lab, Year Up, Community of Hope, and more.

When: October 13, 12pm-1pm on Zoom
Who: Open to everyone. Click here to register.

FIRM Fall 2022

2022-09-23T13:17:15-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

Build your organization’s financial confidence and management with FIRM

All nonprofits can benefit from this deep dive into understanding and strengthening your financial model, particularly now in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on programs and organizations. As organizational leaders navigate dynamic changes and pressures to adapt how their organizations operate, understanding the role of financial leadership and strong fiduciary capacity becomes more critical to success and longer term sustainability.

FIRM provides tools, models, and frameworks that strengthen your ability to identify, manage, and assess the assets you put to work to achieve organizational outcomes.

Who should attend: Nonprofits attend as a team of up to four people including the Executive Director, Finance Director/CFO, Board Member, and Program Director.

The results: Better connection between your mission and internal structure, increased clarity on outcomes and the assets needed to support them; greater strategic budgeting and reporting process; and improved financial conversations across the organization (board and staff).

Full Intensive (In-Person): October 26 and November 2, 9:30am – 4:30pm at Main Street Connect, Rockville, MD
Light breakfast and lunch will be served on both days.

The fee for Nonprofit Montgomery members is $40 (group of 4). The fee for non-members is $540 per organization. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about FIRM.

All About Focus Groups: MORE Alumni Evaluation Network Series

2022-08-29T10:48:01-04:00August 27th, 2022|Events, Training Opportunities|

All About Focus Groups: MORE Alumni Evaluation Network Series

Facilitated by Sharp Insight, LLC

Keep the MORE learning going with our MORE Alumni Quarterly skill-building sessions. This year we’re excited to introduce our new series on focus groups.

  • Focus Group Planning & Recruitment: Sept. 20, 2022
  • Focus Group Facilitation & Note Taking: Dec. 6, 2022
  • Focus Group Data Analysis: Feb. 28, 2023
  • Sharing Focus Group Findings: June 6, 2023
All sessions take place over Zoom from 12pm – 1pm on their scheduled dates. Click here to register.
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