Training Opportunities

Lunch & Learn: Salesforce for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:29-05:00December 12th, 2017|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities|

This workshop teaches you about Salesforce: an-easy-to-use customer relationship management (CRM) application, designed to make the daily life of nonprofits a little easier. If you are frustrated using spreadsheets or a Salesforce user needing to brush up on their skills, this session is for you!

The platform can help solve your data challenges and help advance your mission by managing your: contacts interactions, donation payments, grants in the pipeline, volunteers, and reports.

About the presenter: Alex Scott is the founder and CEO of Harmoniee CRM Solutions, a team of experts focused on helping nonprofits succeed by creating powerful, yet easy-to-use solutions built on the Salesforce CRM platform. Alex has over 10 years experience in implementing IT projects as both project manager and developer.

*Lunch will be provided by Harmoniee CRM Solutions

Tuesday, January 23 from noon to 1:30pm
JCA/The Nonprofit Village (12320 Parklawn Drive, Rockville)
RSVP today!

FIRM for Program Directors – Registration Now Open

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:29-05:00December 11th, 2017|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors (February 1, 2018) is a day-long 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 about 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 session 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 directors to be trained together.

February 1, 2018 from 8:30 to 5pm
The Universities at Shady Grove

REGISTER HERE

The Nonprofit Impact Series

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:29-05:00December 10th, 2017|Events, Member News, Nonprofit Resources, Training Opportunities|

We are pleased to announce the creation of The Nonprofit Impact Series, which builds on and continues the learning from FIRM and MORE. The series of workshops provides insights and hands-on tools that encourage nonprofit accountability, sustainability and program excellence. In addition to the series of workshops listed below, two new versions of FIRM will be offered: FIRM for Program Directors (February 1, 2018) and FIRM for Emerging Nonprofits (April 19, 2018).

Other offerings in The Nonprofit Impact Series include:

FIRM Financial Consultations, December 15: one hour consultation with FIRM faculty Justin Pollack for nonprofits that have attended FIRM recently
Matrix Map: Mix and Mingle, December 19 (see below for details)
Making your Data Make Sense with TechImpact, February 13, 2018
Metrics and Outcomes for Responsible Evaluation (MORE) intensive, March 15 and 16, 2018

Please contact Lesley for questions about any of our programs.

Free Insurance Legal Clinic for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:30-05:00November 14th, 2017|Events, Nonprofit Resources, Training Opportunities|

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center is holding a free legal clinic for nonprofits to provide one-on-one legal review of their insurance policies. At the clinic, nonprofits will be able to sit down and talk with volunteer attorneys one-on-one and will complete a form asking about your organization’s insurance coverages. It will take place on December 8, 2017 from 9-11:30am. at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 607 14th Street, NW. Registration is required: contact Lauren Paley.

BoardMatch Montgomery-Registration Now Open

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:31-05:00November 9th, 2017|Events, Member News, Nonprofit Resources, Training Opportunities|

Nonprofit Montgomery, Leadership Montgomery, and Capacity Partners are partnering on a new resource to strengthen nonprofit boards of directors. BoardMatch Montgomery will recruit and train effective and engaged candidates to serve on the boards Montgomery County nonprofits.

Nonprofits start the process by attending a training on effective board practices. The two hour session to be held on December 6 will highlight best practices and increase board effectiveness and engagement. The training will be offered by Capacity Partners. After the training nonprofits can apply to be matched with board-ready local leaders through a personalized matching process. The program is available to all Nonprofit Montgomery members.

Interested? Register for the training: Effective Boards – Training for Nonprofits: Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 8:30-11:30am
Location: TBD
Registration processing fee: $25

An education session for prospective board members will be held on December 4, 2017. Register for this session through Leadership Montgomery.

Click here to see step-by-step details on how BoardMatch Montgomery works.

*Materials related to nonprofit board matching best practices were generously provided by Compass.

Introduction to Proposal Writing Training

Nonprofit Montgomery2019-01-07T15:21:31-05:00October 30th, 2017|Events, Training Opportunities|

Grantspace a service of The Foundation Center is hosting a webinar on proposal writing.

The in-person webinar will go over proposal requirements and expectations, identification of key issues, and much more. Attendees will also be able to search Foundation Center databases with a library card.
Details: Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 6-8 PM
Rockville Library: 21 Maryland Ave. Rockville, MD 20850

Grantsmanship Training Program

Nonprofit Montgomery2017-10-27T12:41:57-04:00October 29th, 2017|Grants & Funding, Training Opportunities|

The Grantmanship Center is accepting registrations for its grant proposal writing course. Attendees will learn how to research, create a plan, and secure foundation, corporate, or government funding. The course will be on November 6-10, 2017 at Cultural Vistas (1250 H Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20005). Contact The Nonprofit Village for a discount .

Announcing: BoardMatch Montgomery

Nonprofit Montgomery2017-10-27T13:04:21-04:00October 28th, 2017|Events, Training Opportunities|

Strong leaders make for strong organizations. While County nonprofit organizations are seeking great leaders to serve on their boards of directors, local leaders are eager to lend their expertise to benefit our community. Leadership Montgomery and Nonprofit Montgomery are pleased to team up to launchBoardMatch Montgomery, a program that will prepare and match leaders for service on nonprofit boards.

We will kick off our program this fall with a pair of trainings developed by Capacity Partners–one for potential board candidates and one for nonprofits seeking new board members. Participants in these trainings will be eligible to participate in a high-touch matching process that will jumpstart the relationship between existing boards and board candidates.

Save the date for these upcoming training sessions and stay tuned for more information on this long-awaited program!

Candidate Training: Monday, December 4
Nonprofit Training: Wednesday, December 6

Free Webinar: IT Security for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Montgomery2017-10-27T12:40:26-04:00October 26th, 2017|Events, Nonprofit Resources, Training Opportunities|

Tech Impact is hosting a free webinar “IT Security for Nonprofits” on October 31 at 2pm. Discussion topics include: security measures your nonprofit can take to work towards becoming compliant and protecting your data, types of security threats and actors nonprofit leaders must be aware of, and concerns related to the different platforms, devices, accounts and data methods nonprofits use. Click here to register.

Free Webinar: Taproot+ Live: Craft a Project Ask to Find the Right Skilled Volunteer

Nonprofit Montgomery2017-10-12T20:46:54-04:00October 15th, 2017|Training Opportunities|

Taproot Foundation will be hosting a webinar will teach you everything you need to get started on Taproot+, our cost-free online platform that connects nonprofits with skilled volunteers for short-term pro bono projects. Participants will learn how to translate your challenges and plans into a clear ask and how to post needs on Taproot+. The webinar is on October 25 at 1pm. Click here to register.