Training Opportunities

BoardMatch Montgomery

2021-10-06T10:46:27-04:00October 9th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

BoardMatch Montgomery is a collaboration between Nonprofit Montgomery and Leadership Montgomery and is a two part program.

  1. Nonprofit Orientation & Training: Designed for the ED/CEO and a board member who will be reacquainted with current governance best practices and the curriculum of the candidate training to establish shared expectations and ensure successful board placements. BoardMatch helps nonprofit organizations recruit effective and engaged board candidates to serve on their boards of directors.
  2. Candidate Training: Designed for local leaders that wish to serve on a nonprofit. BoardMatch recruits and trains potential board members and matches them with nonprofits.

BoardMatch Montgomery benefits nonprofit organizations by:

  • Strengthening board practices.
  • Increasing board effectiveness and engagement.
  • Providing the opportunity to be matched with highly-qualified, trained board candidates.

This program is available Nonprofit Montgomery members. To be eligible for the matching process, the Executive Director/CEO and a board member must attend the Nonprofit BoardMatch Virtual Orientation/Training on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 from 9am to noon

Please note, the matching process will also include on mandatory interview with the Executive Director/CEO and Board Chair/President. Cost: $25 per attendee

Click here to register.

Campaign Fundraising – A Primer

2021-10-06T10:08:46-04:00October 6th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

Campaign fundraising is all about generating significant revenue above and beyond your usual annual giving. If your organization is considering a campaign or will need significant funds for growth in the future, this is a webinar for you! Join Derry Deringer of Deringer Consulting, LLC to learn:

  • The phases of a campaign (2-3 year timeline)
  • Three types of campaigns: Capital, Capacity, Mini
  • Comparing and contrasting campaign types
  • Eight principles of campaign fundraising.

Whether you’re an executive director, board member, staff, or volunteer, these essentials provide a practical primer on campaign fundraising. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so be sure to bring your questions!

When: Friday, October 15, noon-1pm
Where: on Zoom. Click here to register.
Who: Everyone is welcome to attend.

MORE: Metrics, Outcomes and Responsible Evaluation

2021-10-06T09:16:02-04:00October 6th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

Nonprofit Montgomery’s MORE Training helps nonprofits learn about evaluation, and offers a deep dive into measuring impact and gauging program effectiveness.

MORE will strengthen your organization’s capacity to measure results by:

  • Understanding key evaluation terminology.
  • Assessing your organization’s capacity for evaluation
  • Exploring the six steps of evaluation.
  • Identifying external data and resources to strengthen evaluation efforts.

MORE is a hands-on approach for nonprofits who are new to evaluation or who need to improve their evaluation practices. The program provides a framework for understanding evaluation and includes tools, individual consultation and time to plan as a team.

Who should participate: Nonprofit organizations located in or serving the residents of Montgomery County. Nonprofits participate in MORE as a team of up to four senior leaders.

MORE Fall Program
October 25, 10:30am-noon: Orientation
November 1, 8, 15, 29, 10:30am-noon: Content Sessions

Cost: $25 for Nonprofit Montgomery members (4 people) and $525 for non-members.

Register here.

Pro Bono Consulting for Nonprofits

2021-05-05T12:59:48-04:00May 3rd, 2021|Member News, Training Opportunities|

Compass grants pro bono consulting services (valued at $200,000+) to nonprofits that benefit the Greater Washington community. Volunteer teams of experienced business professionals provide consulting to nonprofits in Board Development, Funding Strategy, Strategic Planning, Strategic Partnerships & Collaborations, Strategic Marketing, and more. Applications are due June 7. Click here to apply and to learn more information.

FIRM for Program Directors and Dept. Leaders

2021-03-25T11:31:49-04:00March 25th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors is a multi-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 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.

The program delivery will be a mix of LIVE and self-paced sessions over two weeks as follows …

  • LIVE Sessions will be delivered using Zoom and facilitated by our instructor.
  • The first one will be an orientation and introduction for everyone.
  • The following sessions will be specific Q&A sessions around the topics covered throughout the program in the self-passed modules
  • Self-Guided Modules – each module consists of 30-40 minutes of pre-recorded content along with linked planning tools and prompts – expect to spend about an hour with your team on each module.

The session schedule will be:
Monday, April 19, 1-2pm: LIVE Orientation
Wednesday, April 21, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1
Friday, April 23, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2
Tuesday, April 27, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3
REGISTER TODAY

FIRM for Program Directors and Dept. Leaders

2021-03-08T10:14:00-05:00March 10th, 2021|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors is a multi-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 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.

The program delivery will be a mix of LIVE and self-paced sessions over two weeks as follows …

  • LIVE Sessions will be delivered using Zoom and facilitated by our instructor.
  • The first one will be an orientation and introduction for everyone.
  • The following sessions will be specific Q&A sessions around the topics covered throughout the program in the self-passed modules
  • Self-Guided Modules – each module consists of 30-40 minutes of pre-recorded content along with linked planning tools and prompts – expect to spend about an hour with your team on each module.

The session schedule will be:
Monday, April 19, 1-2pm: LIVE Orientation
Wednesday, April 21, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1
Friday, April 23, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2
Tuesday, April 27, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3
REGISTER TODAY

MORE Alumni Info and Events

2021-03-08T10:12:58-05:00March 9th, 2021|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities, Uncategorized|

We’ve kicked off our Spring 2021 MORE cohort, our second in the new virtual MORE model. Over in the MORE Alumni Evaluation Network on LinkedIn, we had a busy month of resource sharing.

We shared a resource for secondary data, with benchmark data for foundation evaluation projects. The Sharp Insight team also shared a new favorite post, their Ode to Outputs, which we hope our MORE alums will appreciate. It’s no “stand up, sit down,” but that’s more difficult to facilitate over a blog post!  As we’ve been reading more about equity in evaluation, we shared an article with some simple steps to help get started connecting diversity, equity, and inclusion to your metrics. As an added bonus, an alum shared a video on data visualization that we think you might enjoy.

A resource we hope you’ll all give a listen is a video from We All Count with a message about what we really want to know about identity. If you’re interested in seeing more resources like these, join 111 of your nonprofit colleagues in our LinkedIn alumni network!

Alumni are encouraged to join us for the next MORE office hours (and informal discussion/Q&A) on Wednesday, March 17 at noon by registering here. The spring cohort just debriefed on the levels of influence, which we hope rings some bells. We’re planning to focus most of the office hours discussion on how different organizations approach their evaluation of the various levels.

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey

2021-02-25T12:46:53-05:00February 25th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey
Scholarship for Nonprofit Montgomery Members

Nonprofit Montgomery is excited to partner with The Nonprofit Village to offer five member organizations a scholarship to attend Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey. This two-part series workshop exploring key racial equity concepts to assist participants to develop and enhance understanding of racism as constructs and how these constructs are used as structural barriers.

It will be facilitated by C. Marie Taylor is the President & Principal Consultant at Equity Through Action and former President & CEO of Leadership Montgomery.

When: March 12, 10am – 11am AND April 16, 10am – 12pm
Who: ED/CEO and Board Chair
Important: You must commit to attending both the March 12 and April 16 sessions as two-person team (ED/CEO and Board Chair or equivalent) and to devoting time to self-paced work during the six week period.
How: While the program is open to anyone and you can register here, there are a few scholarships available to Nonprofit Montgomery members.

Contact Meredith as soon as possible to be considered for scholarship (preference for smaller organizations, but any member is eligible!)

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