Come connect with the QTPOC community for great conversation and personal empowerment!   Read more

Come connect with the QTPOC community for great conversation and personal empowerment!   Read more

Come connect with the QTPOC community for great conversation and personal empowerment!   Read more

Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop highlighting recent findings in fundraising research to shed insight on how nonprofit fundraising is changing. The latest data on donor trends, academic research, articles from fundraising thought leaders and stories from the front lines will provide a snapshot of where fundraising is today and where it is headed. In addition, specific tactics and strategies will be provided to assist nonprofit organizations in adapting to these changes and better position the organization for fundraising success. Read more

This session includes practical tips and tools for extending a nonprofit’s cause and mission via social media. Marketing professional Angie Kubicek will cover the basics of using social media for your nonprofit organization and share handy tips for the “big 3:” Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Participants may be surprised to learn that Facebook is less important and LinkedIn may be more important in the nonprofit space. Read more

A nonprofit is only as good as its culture and climate - modeled by its leaders. Nonprofit leaders committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into their organizational structures need to adopt best practices and learn about frameworks for cultivating this type of environment. This workshop will assist nonprofit Board members and senior staff in examining the challenges of an effective "DEI environment" as well as their own behaviors and beliefs - and in learning about the practical tools and resources necessary to build a more supportive and engaging workplace. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the implicit bias, institutional, and psychological processes that challenge all organizations in this area. The free workshop is co-sponsored by the Office of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and will be led by CSUN Professor Allen Lipscomb, whose work focuses on these issues as well as on mentorships for African American male social workers. Handouts will be supplied electronically. Read more

The Roundtable brings together health and human service nonprofit CEOs and senior staff in the San Fernando Valley for informal discussion of important topics and peer-to-peer networking, as well as guest speakers. In addition to networking and informal problem-solving discussion, this session's guest speaker, Marie Valdes, Executive Director of A Cure for Issa, will provide tips for self-care nonprofit leaders can use as we go about our fulfilling but stressful lives in the new world of COVID-19. The Roundtable is coordinated by VNR, Valley Care Community Consortium and The Children's Burn Foundation and will be facilitated by Janet Levine of VNR and Levine Consulting. Read more

How do I keep connected with my nonprofit’s donors if I can’t have lunch, can’t have them out for a site visit, can’t have a gala? How do I raise funds in this strange new world? This Zoom workshop will feature practical strategies for maintaining good donor relationships in this troubled time - started by asking how the donor, his/her family and workplace are doing, then sharing what your nonprofit is doing to continue offering service to its constituencies. And it will cover strategies for requesting emergency funds, keeping scheduled donations in place (memberships, annual giving), and suggesting innovative ways donors can help such as asking them to purchase and have Amazon deliver goods that are needed for clients of a service nonprofit. The free workshop will be led by Janet Levine of VNR and Levine Consulting, and facilitated by VNR Executive Director Dr. Thomas Backer. Read more