When you have no money!!

July 11, 2014, Orlando Florida Presenters: Margaret Cahoon & Sasha Russell Mary Jeanette Shultz Scott Melissa & Karen Sicher Todd Denny & Shannon Dictson Kelly Chau Amanda Burke

The Volunteer Leadership Training Series is a peer-to-peer program researched, complied and created through an initiative of KAVCO members. This series of training is focused on sharing the vital elements of leading volunteers.

The document discusses volunteering trends in North Carolina based on data from 2006-2008. Some key points: - 25.3% of North Carolinians volunteered during this period, totaling 1.7 million volunteers. - Volunteers contributed over 221.1 million hours of service per year. - North Carolina ranks in the mid-30s nationally in volunteer rates and hours but 32nd in volunteer retention at 64.5%. - Certain age and student groups have higher volunteer rates in NC than nationally. - Cities like Asheville and Charlotte rank highly for volunteer rates compared to other cities.

The document summarizes how to effectively advocate for mental health and addiction policy issues by connecting with policy makers. It outlines that the Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC) is a statewide organization that aims to advance policies helping those with mental illnesses and addiction disorders. The MHAC works to improve access to services through state and local policy changes. It provides tips on identifying issues and officials to target, conducting meetings with officials, and establishing ongoing relationships.

This document discusses managing a team of volunteers. It begins by quoting Martin Luther King Jr. on serving with grace and love rather than credentials. It then discusses motivations for volunteering, including seeing a need and spiritual drive. Managing volunteers well through recruitment, training, support and adapting to generational changes is key to helping volunteers and youth work flourish. The challenges of volunteering are also addressed, such as fewer people having time to commit weekly.

This document discusses fundraising and resource development for Habitat for Humanity of South Central Minnesota. It outlines the formation of the organization and its affiliates, as well as case studies of families who have received homes. It also describes the roles and responsibilities of the Resource Development Committee, including creating an annual fundraising plan and policies around donor recognition and record keeping. Specific fundraising goals, actions, and metrics are proposed around corporate partnerships, small business outreach, and an "Adopt-a-Home" sponsorship program.

This document provides information about donating to individuals and organizations through a website called www.smileteeter.com. It lists details about two individuals and two organizations seeking donations, including their causes and how much has been collected so far. It then provides instructions for making a donation through the website in three steps by selecting a currency, donation amount, and tax statement option, and includes various payment methods. After donating, a thank you message is displayed thanking the user for their donation and being part of helping end poverty.

Our webinar will focus on addressing the essence of a non-profit leader’s job function – fundraising. This is ironic because the overwhelming majority of executive directors we’ve surveyed tell us it’s the part of the job they enjoy the least. We’ll focus on why EDs struggle with this most essential of tasks and what they can do to significantly direct sufficient time and effort to ensuring organizational sustainability.

Operation Snowball is a substance abuse prevention program that focuses on leadership development to empower youth to lead drug-free lives. It provides conferences, materials, research, resources, training and technical assistance to help youth develop leadership skills and make healthy decisions. The program utilizes a youth-adult partnership model and peer support to create a positive atmosphere and clear message that it's okay to say no to drugs. It has various program models tailored for different age groups from preschool to seniors. The goal is to recognize youth as part of the solution and support their social and emotional learning and development into competent adults.

The grade 3 students at IST had a guest presenter from Investours teach them about local microfinance opportunities in Dar es Salaam.

https://bloomerang.co/resources/webinars/ Today more than ever nonprofits boards are expected to raise significant amounts of money. Join Keith Curtis and Jay Love for a discussion on nonprofit boards. Keith’s extensive work with nonprofits over the past 30 years has provided the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of nonprofit boards of different sizes and levels of experience.

This document discusses strategies for getting to know one's community as a community advocate. It emphasizes understanding both challenges and strengths without judgment through activities like needs assessments, capacity mapping, community events, partnerships, and coalitions. The key steps involve researching organizations, respecting stakeholders, planning together, following through on commitments, and having a flexible, patient approach that celebrates success. The overall goal is focusing on a community's needs and strengths through various advocacy efforts.