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Originally developed by Kim Klein, one of the nation’s best known and loved fundraising trainers, Show Me the Money: Nonprofits Talking Taxes workshops are now being offered to nonprofits throughout the state through CompassPoint and the Building Movement Project , with generous support from several foundations. This collaboration is now bringing you two FREE opportunities to talk about the common good with internationally-known fundraising consultant Kim Klein! All are welcome, whether or not you have participated in Nonprofits Talking Taxes before.

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This Thursday at 6:00pm, local grant recipient Inner City Advisors (ICA) will be hosting their 11th Annual Inner City Business Reception at the Jack London Square Market in Oakland. This reception will serve as a meeting ground for hundreds of local businesses, entrepreneurs, advisors, and funders, all of whom share a common interest – creating quality inner city jobs and wealth.

ICA has served as a valuable asset to local businesses by directly working with management teams to address the everyday challenges associated with growth and sustainability.  ICA charges itself with “building sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community and contribute to the local economy.”

To register and learn more about this explosive networking event please click here.

We’re happy to announce that Justin Davis, our program coordinator for the College Bound Brotherhood, has been selected to participate in the 2012 Connecting Leaders Fellowship program of the Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE). He’s one of ten African Americans foundation professionals throughout the nation to be inlcuded in this cohort. The fellows program is designed to “promote the professional mobility and visibility” of blacks in the philanthropic sector through personalized executive coaching, mentoring, and learning community discussions. This is a fantastic opportunity for Justin to take his leadership skills to the next level. Believe me, I know – I was a 2007 fellow, and it was a defining experience in my professional development. Please join us in congratulating Justin!

CompassPoint is now accepting applications for the Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color, Central Valley 2011-2012 Cohort.

Launched in 2004 by CompassPoint and the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT), the Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color helps organizations from communities of color to raise funds they need in a more sustainable way, through diversity of sources and strong relationships with community donors. With the worsening local and state budget crisis, grassroots fundraising is even more important – to raise money and to galvanize advocacy efforts.

From a Fundraising Academy Alumni, “When I was in the academy I was a new ED who needed more knowledge and skills to raise more money for the Bayview YMCA. Over the last 4 years, we grew the budget from 500K to 5 million. I know that the tools, practice, and confidence building I acquired from the Fundraising Academy for Communities of Color helped to make this happen.”

Participation in the academy includes:
·         8 days of group training
·         15 hours on individual coaching on fundraising strategies
·         Multicultural training setting
·         One year subscription to the Grassroots Fundraising Journal
·         One copy of Kim Klein’s book, Reliable Fundraising in Un-Reliable Times

If selected, your organization will need to pay a participant fee of $500 – $2,000 based on the size of your annual budget.  This represents close to 10% of the total cost to hold the academy, so the other 90% is subsidized by academy sponsors. Please know that there are no additional discounts or scholarships, and that many groups have successfully raised money for this fee as a first step in conducting grassroots fundraising with their board and supporters!

Visit the Fundraising Academy web page to read more about the program.

The Application

Applications to the Central Valley Academy must be submitted electronically no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26. You may access the online application by clicking HERE.

Applicants will be notified of selection decisions by early November.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact Adriana Rocha, Practice Director, at adrianar AT compasspoint DOT org.

CompassPoint’s signature leadership development program, Next Generation Leaders of Color, is now accepting applications for its next cohort which will launch in January of 2012.

How-to-Apply Conference Calls

CompassPoint will be holding two one-hour informational calls about the application process and the program. To register for one of the calls, please email your name, phone number, and time of the call you plan to attend to Marla Cornelius, Senior Project Director.

• October 12, 2011 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm (PST)
• October 19, 2011 from 10:00am to11:00am (PST)

The Application

Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 31st. Late applications will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of selection decisions by mid November.

To download the program fact sheet which includes eligibility requirements and a preview of the application, click here.

Click here to begin the online application.

If you have questions, send an email to Erin Lingren.

EPIP Bay Area is excited to bring Trista Harris, co-author of “How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar: 50 Ways to Accelerate Your Career” to San Francisco for a dynamic workshop on building your professional development pathway and goals to achieve the career of your dreams!

About the Workshop:

In this information-packed workshop, you will learn six ways to advance your career, including expert tips on how to:

• develop expertise
• build a strong network
• establish a great personal brand
• practice authentic leadership
• plan for balance
• move on up

The workshop will be followed by a reception with the author.

About Trista Harris:

Founder of EPIP Minnesota and Executive Director of the Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Trista is a leading voice for Generations X and Y and seeks to create professional development opportunities throughout the sector. She has been featured on CNN, and her work has been covered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the New York Times, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, Career Builder, and numerous social sector blogs. She writes about generational change in the foundation field in her blog, New Voices of Philanthropy and is an international speaker on working across generations to create social change. Trista is also the Vice-Chair of the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Board of Advisors.

About the Book:

Top nonprofit bloggers Rosetta Thurman and Trista Harris have co-authored the first book of its kind to offer career advice beyond just getting your foot in the door of a nonprofit organization.

Do you feel stuck in your nonprofit career? Unsure how to take that next step? “How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar” is an accessible, do-it-yourself map of how to navigate the nonprofit sector and gives you the tools that you need to move from entry level to leadership. This book is designed for professionals who want to build meaningful and rewarding nonprofit careers. “How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar” is based on the authors’ experiences as well as interviews with nonprofit rockstars who have supercharged their careers. You’ll learn how to develop meaningful nonprofit experience, build a strong network, establish a strong personal brand, achieve the elusive work/life balance, and move on up in your career.

Event Details:

October 12, 6:30 – 9 pm
Reception to follow

Hub San Francisco
901 Mission Street, Suite 105, San Francisco

Tickets available NOW via Eventbrite.

$15 EPIP Members (includes free copy of book “How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar: 50 Ways to Accelerate Your Career”)
$20 Non-members
$10 Non-member pre-purchase of book

CompassPoint’s 24th Annual Nonprofit Day:
Monday, September 19th at the Oakland City Center Marriott

Nonprofit Day is a great way to take one day to reflect on, learn, and build your management and leadership capacity. Nonprofit Day fills up every year, so please register soon!

Keynote: Sustaining Ourselves: How To Do This Work and Stay Well, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, author of the book Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others.  Morning plenary panels on effective emerging practices for nonprofit executives and managers that rethink strategy, leadership, workplace and movement building.

Build skills, learn new practices and connect with peers at a series of afternoon workshops on fundraising, management, boards, communications, strategy and more!

• Beyond Oversight: The Board’s Role in Sustainability
• 5 Must Have Practices for Program Managers & Directors for Meaningful Evaluation
• Rethinking Grassroots Fundraising: Models for Making a Culture Shift
• Peer Coaching: How Your Peers Can Help You Solve Work Challenges
• Your Next (Best) Communications Game Plan
• Finance and Sustainability: What’s a Program Manager’s Role?
• How to Fail Spectacularly (and What You Can Learn from It)
• Leading Organizational Change: Seven Steps to Success

Check out the full program and lineup of speakers at www.compasspoint.org/nonprofitday

LeaderSpring invites veteran and mid-career nonprofit executive directors based in San Francisco to apply to its two-year, on-the-job Fellowship. This Fellowship is ideal for those who lead agencies serving low-income communities and communities of color and who seek to achieve breakthroughs in agency performance while gaining self-renewal.  Fellows participate in retreats, monthly day-long gatherings, workshops with seasoned trainers, executive coaching, and a customized study trip to a nationally respected agency.

Building on the organization’s 14-year track record, LeaderSpring is pleased to help accomplished leaders move to their next horizon of personal and professional growth.  The LeaderSpring program is the only two-year place-based fellowship in the San Francisco Bay Area that also leads to a cross-sector alumni network of executive directors, now with 129 members.

Description:

Through this Fellowship, leaders will have an opportunity to achieve personal and agency transformation, including:

• Enhancing the performance of their organizations, including board governance and personnel management.
• Sharpening their leadership and management skills by focusing on practical, real-time issues.
• Gaining new perspectives on social change issues.
• Building bonds with peers, enabling cross-sector partnerships.

Preliminary phone screenings will be conducted in July and August (applications are distributed after this screening).  To schedule a screening, please email Julie Guy, Program Associate at julie AT leaderspring DOT org or call (510) 286-8949.   For more information, visit www.leaderspring.org.  Applications are due Friday, September 2, 2011 by 5:00 p.m.

Fellowships are generously subsidized thanks to grants from: American Express Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, James Irvine Foundation, Piedmont Community Church, S.H. Cowell Foundation, Union Bank Foundation, U.S. Bank, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Whitman Institute, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Y & H Soda Foundation.

Click HERE for a PDF version of this Call for Applications.

In a bit of cross-purposing (and at the risk of shamefaced self-referencing), check out the opening column for the summer edition of Northern California Grantmakers’ newsletter, the theme of which is Coming Into Your Own. For each newsletter, the wonderful folks at NCG ask a member to write a welcome message, and I had the honor this past month.

On a related note, I feel that the Kapor Foundation is coming into its own in understanding how we want to contribute to larger movements for social justice and equality. Stay tuned for more on that tip later this month (hopefully…).

Check out these two free webinars — part of the NonprofitWebinars.com Wednesday Webinar series for nonprofit staff and board development.

Webinar 1: If You Evaluate It, They Will Fund: Program Evaluation Essentials

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT

Description:
Program evaluation is a component of program design and implementation that is often considered after the program is in place and serving a population. Designing a program with measurable goals in mind creates stronger programming, gives grant proposals a competitive edge, and provides an agency with useful feedback to help achieve its mission. Most importantly, program evaluation allows for program tweaking to deliver the best service possible to the client.

Webinar 2: Where’s the Return on Engagement? Measuring Social Media ROE

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PT

Description:
The days of not being able to measure the return on investment of social media are over. We have the tools, strategies and dashboards to measure social media ROI; the key is integrating ROI into your social media strategy. In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to identify your ROI, measure it, and use that information to improve your programs and social media implementation.

To register for these webinars or to see the full schedule of upcoming webinars, please click here.

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