Training Opportunities

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.

Join Capacity Partners in Dynamic Planning, Dynamic Board. Mary Robinson, President of Capacity Partners as well as Joan Schaffer and Margo Reid, Capacity Partners Consultants, will guide us on how to pivot and plan with your Board of Directors in uncertain times.

Capacity Partners works with nonprofits in strategic planning, fundraising, board development, management consulting, and organizational vitality that help our clients achieve transformative results.

When: May 21, 11am-noon
How: Zoom Meeting, REGISTER HERE
Cost: Free