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Nonprofits must tell their stories effectively to garner attention in a crowded media landscape

Digital storytelling for social change.

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(November 5, 2021 presentation) In the session, attendees will participate in a decision tree exercise, a case study of a client that successfully navigated this decision, and tools to determine the next steps including solutions that could be pursued when launching an app is not the answer. Participants will be given a checklist for them to assess their own program needs to determine if they need an app or not, and a digital sandbox environment where they can design a mockup of an app on their phone or computer and see examples of similar apps and user-generated data.

(November 5, 2021 presentation) What does board commitment to equity look like at this moment in time?  This workshop explores 3 key elements: Board readiness, Recruiting, and Onboarding.

(November 5, 2021 presentation) How can you optimize your audit? We will provide a deep dive into the audit process and how non profits can prepare for their audit as efficiently and effectively as possible. This program will help streamline your back of house operations so that resources can remain focused on the non profits core mission.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) Nonprofit organizations, funders, and the communities they support, must build capacity to work in relationship with each other, set clear goals, share stories of successes and barriers, find common ground, and establish clear and consistent communications pathways – as prerequisites for any collaborative venture to affect real and lasting change. Funders typically determine whether the nonprofits they support are “ready” to grow, strengthen, or scale, when they should be questioning their own readiness to engage collaboratively in ecosystem innovation. Grantee-Funder power dynamics often inhibit trust building that is crucial to the staying power of many local nonprofit organizations. This session will explore “readiness” barriers that prevent funders, nonprofits, and ultimately their community ecosystems from thriving.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) This session will offer a fact-based, nonpartisan framing of the conditions that perpetuate extreme economic inequality in the United States, using language and concepts that are accessible for everyone.  In order to become conduits for social change, nonprofits must be trauma informed and rooted in an understanding of social movements. Organizations of any size can orient services, outreach, and advocacy efforts in ways that foster healing relationships among individuals and communities, while developing skills and capacity for civic engagement. This session offers tangible ways nonprofits can shift their operations and resources, however limited, toward these goals.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) This revolutionary conversation about how to achieve health equity organizationally identifies more than a dozen strategies forward-thinking leaders can introduce and implement to rethink their employer-sponsored health benefits strategy and plan.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) Equity and inclusion are at the center of a nonprofit’s mission. What can nonprofits do to build strong partnerships among the communities served and donors? How does an organization expand its fundraising strategy to involve donors who may not have been included in the past? What are the ways all supporters can feel a sense of belonging as we work to create a stronger community? Join this interactive discussion on how community engagement is evolving and how community-centered voices are essential in effective fundraising.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) This beginning level workshop offers participants an opportunity to delve into fundamental issues associated with contract management and administration in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit attorney, Kristy Cook of Mod Law Firm, brings her near decade experience in nonprofit law and management to this session.

(November 3, 2021 presentation) Research is tantamount to effective advocacy and impactful programming. In order to maintain program effectiveness, organizations must evolve with the needs of those they serve, and that is impossible if they do not know what those current needs are. Data collection, dissemination, and research are imperative to ensuring that organizational efforts are being targeted where needed. Non-profit leaders need to identify trends in order to surface any gaps and inconsistencies in their programming to prevent diminishing returns on their investment into the communities they serve.

(November 3, 2021 presentation) This session will focus on 1) how MDC as network convener, through intentional outreach, partnership development, and centering of racial equity and learning differences facilitated the development of a learning and action network focused on racial equity and special education, 2) how the learning orientation of the network invited diverse organizations and individuals to come together and build collaborative and supportive relationships, 3) how the community and resources of the network supported network members to make a difference for their communities and organizations, and 4) the personal impact for network members during a time of significant community and global stress.

(November 3, 2021 presentation) By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to discuss the connection of CRM® wellness skills and current neuroscience. Identify the effects from the autonomic nervous system when under stress. Describe the importance of the amygdala in our survival response. Be able to utilize the basic 3 CRM® skills and Help Now!. The information and skills will benefit all working in the non-profit field.

(November 3, 2021 presentation) As a cultural activist and writer working with public audiences across many geographical, racial, religious, social, and political boundaries, Jaki Shelton Green has witnessed significant transformational outcomes for individuals and communities as they unearth and validate their personal and collective stories. She will share her own stories that are deeply imbedded in her poetry.