April 2008 – June 2008

Board & Volunteer Management

Metrics Mania: Creating a Dashboard for Your Organization
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Building an Energized Board - A Free 90 Minute Workshop
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Achieving Excellence in Organization and Management
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Building a One Page Business Plan
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Unbearable Lightness of Planning: Strategic Planning For Arts Organizations
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Building a Fundraising Board
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Basic Visioning for Synergy Building
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Good Governance is Leadership Excellence
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Executive Leadership Series

Preparing For The Next Generation of Leadership: Overcoming "Founder's Syndrome"
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Meet the Corporate Funders
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Financial Management

Basic Guide to Nonprofit Financing and Fundraising
Sponsored by Comerica Bank, Scholarship Available
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

How to Read a Financial Statement
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The New 990 - Are You Ready?

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Fundraising Strategies

The Basics of Grantseeking & Grants Databases (Free)

Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008

Monday, June 2, 2008

Major Gifts: The Science and Art of the Ask
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Getting Funded by Foundations and Corporations: A Six-Part Series
April 15, 28, May 12, June 2, 16, 30, 2008

Library Resouces 101
Monday, April, 21, 2008
Monday, May, 19, 2008

Monday, June, 16, 2008

Asking Women for Money
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Productive Fundraising
Friday, April 25, 2008

Understanding the Complexities of Government and Foundation Funding
Thursday, May 1, 2008

Effective Online Storytelling
Monday, May 5, 2008

GrantStation Demonstration
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Fundraising 101: A Beginner's Guide
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Launching a Capital Campaign - A Formula For Success
Friday, May 30, 2008

The Basics of Borrowing Money for Artists and Arts Organizations (Free)
Monday, June 9, 2008

Fundraising Strategies for the Grassroots Organization
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Major Gifts - Focused Fundraising for Arts Organizations
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Find Money "Using Search Engine Optimization To Get More Donors!"
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Human Resources

Learning the Art & Science of Human Resources: A Seven-Part Series

HR # 1 - Using the Interview Process in Hiring the Best Qualified Candidate
Thursday, April 10, 2008

HR # 2 - Employee Evaluations That Really Work - "Performance Appraisal and Goal Setting"
Thursday, April 24, 2008

HR # 3 - Using Effective Disciplinary Action - "Administering Disciplinary Action for Results"
Thursday, May 8, 2008

HR # 4 - Understanding Compensation Basics
Thursday, May 22, 2008

HR # 5 - Understanding Leave of Absence
Thursday, June 5, 2008

HR # 6 - Exploring Benefits Administration
Thursday, June 19, 2008

HR # 7 - Need a Legal Tune Up? New Laws That Affect Youasic Project Management
Friday, June 27, 2008

How to Provide Excellent Customer Service
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Managing the Challenging Employee
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Using Your Compensation & Benefits Survey
Thursday, June 12, 2008

Effective Presentation Skills
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Information Management

Finding & Using Census and Other Community Data on the Internet
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

How to Build Your Internet Presence Affordably
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Legal Issues

Legal Liabilities of Officers & Directors (How Can I Sue You, Let Me Count the Ways)
Friday, April 11, 2008

The Nonprofit/For-Profit Combo: A Look At Hybrids
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

How to Start A Nonprofit Organization
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Management

Program Evaluation: The Fundamentals of Measuring Impact
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Fundamentals of Volunteer Management
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

How to Excel in Supervision
Friday, May 30, 2008

Planning & Developing Effective Programs
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Marketing & Public Relations

Nonprofit Branding
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Flex Your Marketing Might
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

How to Create an Interesting Flyer...When You're Broke
Monday, June 23, 2008

Proposal Writing

Making the Argument for General Operating Support
Monday, April 14, 2008

Proposal Writing Basics
Fridays, May 2, 9, 16, 2008

Preparing Program Budgets to Accompany Grant Proposals
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Technology Training - see www.npowerla.org

Last updated on March 14, 2008.