Training Opportunities

Nonprofit Montgomery is offering free technical assistance to help child care providers

Grant Reporting Webinars
To help center based providers who received grants to prepare for and complete the reports required by the County.

Friday, November 13 from 11:30am to 12:30pm: Click here to register.
Tuesday, November 17 from 11:30am to 12:30pm: Click here to register.
Wednesday, December 9 from  3:30-4:30pm: Click here to register.
Tuesday, December 15 from 11am-noon: Click here to register.

Special Topics Webinars

Accounting and Budgeting for Child Care Providers
Friday, November 20 from 12pm-1pm: Click here to register.

Doing Business with the State and County for Child Care Providers
Thursday, Dec 3 from 12:30pm-1:30pm: Click here to register.

Helpline and One on One Technical Assistance
For any child care provider, whether you received a grant or not, we are offering one on one technical assistance by emailing ecei.relief@gmail.com, or calling 301-349-6373 and requesting an appointment. Assistance will be available in Spanish and English, with Amharic available on request. For more information visit our website.

Are you swimming in data, but just don’t know how to share all of those numbers in a meaningful way?  As a nonprofit professional, there’s a good chance that you and your staff manage a LOT of data throughout the year. From enrollment information and daily attendance records, to annual surveys and other participant/client data, at some point you may wonder how you can translate all of your information into compelling charts and graphs.

Want to learn how to make that happen? Join us for an introductory session on basic principles of data visualization (aka “data viz”) so that YOU can learn tips and tricks to more effectively share your organization’s data with the world!

Led by Sharp Insight LLC
Sharp Insight is an evaluation firm that helps mission-driven organizations measure and strengthen the quality and impact of their programs.

When and Where: Thursday, October 15, 11am-12:30pm on Zoom
Click here to register. Open to everyone, but we’d love it if you supported our work by becoming a member.

FIRM for Program Directors
Specifically for Program Directors and department leaders.

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.

Schedule:

• September 11, 9-10am: LIVE Orientation: 30-40min (3 content modules also posted)
• September 16, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1: 45-60min
• September 18, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2: 45-60min
• September 22, noon to 1pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3: 60-90min

Click here to register.

Our fall Table for Ten will be hosted by Suzan Jenkins, CEO, Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.

From awareness to action: exploring in a safe, confidential space, steps nonprofit leaders can take, or have taken, to operationalize equity and build (or enhance) a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their respective organizations and with the communities they serve.

When: 9/30, 10/28, and 11/18 from 9:30 to 11am on Zoom
Registration is open to Nonprofit Montgomery members only.

• Connecting numbers to operations (‘linking mission and money’)
• Building financial systems and architecture (operating and capital budget strategies)
• Strengthening evaluation (financial reporting)

• June 19, 9am (Fri) – LIVE Orientation : 30-40min (3 content modules also posted)
• June 24, Noon (Wed) – Module 1 Q&A : 45-60min
• June 26, Noon (Fri) – Module 2 Q&A : 45-60min
• June 30, Noon (Tue) – Module 3 + Open Q&A : 60-90min

This program is intended as a precursor to the regular MORE two-day program and is best suited for small, start-up nonprofits, or longer-term nonprofits who have an operating budget of $100,000 or less. It consists of two virtual workshops, each approximately two hours.

Mini MORE will be facilitated by Sharp Insight, LLC., an evaluation firm that helps mission-driven organizations measure and strengthen the quality and impact of their programs.

When: June 18 and 25, 2020 (1-3pm on both days)
Who: small, start-up nonprofits, or longer-term nonprofits who have an operating budget of $100,000 or less.
Cost: $25 for up to four members of your organization
Register here.