Introducing Mini MORE (Metrics, Outcomes and Responsible Evaluation)
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Dynamic Planning, Dynamic Boards
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
We’d Like to Help!
Nonprofit Montgomery is providing pro bono technical assistance and consulting related to issues stemming from the COVID-19 crisis to County nonprofits with one of our partners. Participating partners include Franca Brilliant, Justin Pollock, Alicia Alexion, and Rubino & Company (CPA), and others.
Thanks to generous support from the County, Nonprofit Montgomery is offering free one-on-one consulting on topics including:
- Determining which relief grant is appropriate for your organization.
- Assistance with completing an application for grants and loans.
- Questions on how to show losses on relief applications.
- General accounting questions related to COVID-19 crisis.
- Fundraising pivots and challenges.
- Human resource issues and concerns.
Whether you might need 10 or 60 minutes, one of our experts can help guide you through your issue. Consultations are available at no charge to County nonprofits.
Please fill out our intake form and let us know what you need. You will receive a response within two business days.
Personalized Strategy and Financial Consultations
Nonprofit Montgomery in partnership with Orgforward, and with support from DHHS, is expanding the consultation and coaching that has traditionally been reserved for our FIRM program. We are offering members the opportunity to receive a coaching session with Justin Pollock of Orgforward to help with immediate strategy or structure decisions you are faced with.
A small team from your organization will have 1.5 hour to meet via Zoom with Justin to think through and plan around a current issue you are facing or decision you are trying to make.
These sessions could help you with:
- make strategy or structure decisions
- develop financial forecasts for various short and long term scenarios
- help prioritize goals and determine what it will take to advance those goals in the current environment.
Please fill out this interest form if you would like to reserve a space for your organization.
Registration Now Open for FIRM for Program Directors
Registration Now Open for FIRM for Program Directors
Tuesday, April 21 from 8:30am to 5pm
FIRM for Program Directors is a day-long workshop that introduces program directors to important financial concepts, such as understanding how a budget is created and understanding indirect costs.
It prepares program directors to make informed contributions to the nonprofit budgeting process and provides future leaders with a basic understanding of nonprofit accountability and sustainability.
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 8:30am to 5pm
Where: The Universities at Shady Grove
REGISTER HERE
Feedback we received about FIRM for Program Directors:
It has opened my eyes to the relationship between assets and outcomes. I will approach programs discussion making from now on with a new lease.
I was able to see a different point of view, the program director’s pov. I was able to understand what I need to do to make it easier for program directors to view the budget.
I now understand how to better incorporate program planning/budgeting into overall organizational goals.
Registration Now Open for FIRM for Small/Emerging Nonprofits
Calling all small and mighty nonprofits! Learn to make informed contributions to the budgeting process and understand financial accountability and sustainability.
FIRM focuses on strengthening the partnership between staff and board in managing nonprofit organizations for financial sustainability.
REGISTER HERE
What DHHS said about nonprofits and FIRM:
The point of FIRM is to make sure that nonprofits have financial literacy. Nonprofits must be proficient in understanding their financial situation, tracking finances and reporting financial data to the board in a way that enables good decision making. You can accomplish your mission only if you are a financially sustainable organization.
Coming soon … Registration for FIRM for Program Directors (April 21, 2020) will open next week.
LAST CHANCE for MORE until Fall 2020
MORE: Metrics, Outcomes, and Responsible Evaluation: March 4-5
The ability to measure the outcomes of nonprofit programs is a core competency for nonprofit organizations. Upcoming changes to the Community Grants program will include a move to outcomes-driven funding. Now is the time to prepare for this shift by taking MORE, the only County supported outcomes and metrics training for nonprofits.
MORE helps organizations develop strategic approaches to data collection and analysis, and guides them in developing metrics and to analyze program outcomes to improve service delivery. Participants will develop their skills and make concrete plans to measure the results of their work.
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.
- Engaging in meaningful dialogue about evaluation with key county funders and government leaders.
When: Wednesday, March 4 and Thursday, March 5 from 8:30am-4pm
Where: The Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD
REGISTER HERE
Where: The Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD
REGISTER HERE
Nonprofit Montgomery Signature Programs
MORE: Metrics, Outcomes, and Responsible Evaluation: March 4-5
Learn about evaluation, and take a deep dive into measuring impact and gauging program effectiveness.
REGISTER HERE
FIRM for Small or Emerging Nonprofits: March 25
Calling all small and mighty nonprofits! Learn to make informed contributions to the budgeting process and understand financial accountability and sustainability.
REGISTER HERE
BoardMatch Montgomery: March 26
A collaboration between Nonprofit Montgomery, Leadership Montgomery, and Capacity Partners, this program helps nonprofits recruit effective and engaged board candidates to serve on their boards of directors.
REGISTER HERE
The MORE Evaluation Network
The MORE Evaluation Network includes an interactive online discussion group as well as quarterly meetings to support nonprofit staff in building their evaluation knowledge and help support one another implementing evaluation in nonprofits. This community of practice includes an online moderated discussion and quarterly gatherings for network members.
Who: The network is open to all MORE alumni.
What: Participants will be invited to a LinkedIn group where Sharp Insight will moderate a discussion forum around various evaluation topics. In addition, Nonprofit Montgomery will host quarterly brown bags facilitated by Sharp Insight.
How: Register for group below and we’ll send you instructions on how to join the LinkedIn group.
Why: Join the network to help keep the momentum going on your evaluation work, connect with a network of other nonprofit staff working on evaluation for mutual support, provide a place for problem solving and sharing successes.
LinkedIn Group – How to Join
Please join our LinkedIn group where our partners from Sharp Insight will be posting resources and moderating an ongoing online evaluation forum. Join by visiting the group page and requesting membership.
Link: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12304481/
Nonprofit Montgomery also hosts quarterly brown bags facilitated by Sharp Insight. Brown Bag Lunches will be on February 20, 12-1:30 pm and April 22, 12-1:30pm.
HR for Nonprofits: Difficult Conversations
We heard you! We received tremendous feedback on our session Meaningful Performance Evaluation with Kelly Collins that we’ve asked her to lead Difficult Conversations. Kelly will lead a discussion/workshop on how to have difficult, but crucial and sometimes necessary, conversations with staff.
Kelly Collins, Director of Human Resources, EveryMind and member of the Board of Directors, Society of Human Resource Management, Montgomery County.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 9-11am
The Leadership Hub: 6010 Executive Blvd., Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852
RSVP HERE