Workshops that will be held Friday, June 11, 2010

SUCCEED

Thinking from the Inside Out
Strategic thinking happens every day and not just during the planning retreat. This session will focus on how you can help your staff and board stay on top of a changing environment and opportunities throughout the year.

Keeping the Flame Alive
Studies show that 75% of executive directors will leave their positions within the next 18 months and boards change every year. Succession planning is critical for transitions and changes in your organization. This workshop will identify the structures of a succession plan for your staff and board.

Build a Winning Team and Getting Them Aboard!
All Aboooaaard! We all know that staff, whether paid or volunteer, all need to be on the same page. Learn to create the kind of team that helps keep the steam in your organizational engine.

The “I” in T-E-A-M
There is no “I” in “TEAM” …or is there? This workshop will teach you how to hold staff and volunteers individually accountable for their responsibilities and duties as well as recognize their efforts as individuals.

SUSTAIN

No More Raffles and Auctions!

People like a good party but how many parties an your community sustain? Learn about artnership events that raised lots of money and the strategies that make them successful.

Surviving AFTER the Grant

A happy grantor is a repeat grantor but they ay not always repeat. Hear from experienced grant recipients the fine art of developing sustainability plans.

Your Long-Term Success

There’s lots of talk about planned giving and endowment building and how they should be part of your long-term financial success. Learn how to create a planned giving program and build an endowment that works for your
organization.

Telling Your Story to Increase Community Awareness

How do you effectively tell your story that keeps donors and the community engaged? This workshop will help you shape your message from a story-telling perspective that keeps donors and stakeholders excited about
your mission.

SHAPE

Allocate Your Budget for Compliance and Grants
Create a budget structure that helps you identify key elements for audit compliance and grantwriting. This workshop will also help you determine whether a program should be divested or supported.

There is no such thing as a bad volunteer…
Participants will go step-by-step through Best Practice Guidelines for “finding the right fit” with volunteers and their organization. This session includes the screening process for risk management, interviews, reference checks, orientation and training, supervision and valuation.

Breathing Life Into Your Strategic Plan
Every nonprofit needs a strategic plan but how do you measure its results every day? This workshop will feature ideas on keeping your strategic plan alive and kicking.

SHARE

60 Seconds to Share Your Message
Your “elevator speech” is what it takes to convey your organization’s mission from the first floor to the 30th floor. You have about one minute to get a strangers attention and keep it. Get ready, get set…go for this timed exercise to hone your elevator speech. This “speed networking” session is limited to 30 participants.

Playing Together in the Sandbox
Collaboration and partnerships get a lot of talk these days. What are they and how should they really work? Learn the structures and agreements to getting partnerships that keep you in a “win-win” situation to reach your goals.

America’s Promise
This program is a model for how partnerships and sharing with other organizations can make your programs show “promising” results. Learn about America’s Promise strategies in Mississippi and how those strategies might help you in your organization.

4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Closing Session, Door Prizes and Send-Off