Webinars
The Alliance hosts webinars throughout the year to provide our members all over the country with access to leading experts, authors, and practitioners who are at the cutting edge of capacity building practice. The cost of webinars is $69. Alliance members receive a 50% discount on all webinars. Join NOW All times listed are EST.
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Upcoming webinars:
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Social Media and More: Communications for Engagement
What can social media do for your organization? This workshop will help you learn the social media strategies that can engage your audiences in deep and authentic conversations about the issues that matter most. You’ll leave this session... Presenters:
Heath Wickline
Heath Wickline helps nonprofits tell their stories. He has spent the past decade helping nonprofits figure out who they need to be talking to, what it is they need to say to them, and how to do it with clarity, forcefulness, and style, all while staying within their budgets. With LightBox Collaborative, Heath combines his talent for developing effective and engaging brands and messages with project management skills gained through working with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies, including Earthjustice, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CF Leads, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Heath’s work includes the creation of communications plans, brand frameworks and messaging strategies, development of advertising campaigns, and production of publications, websites, and viral videos. He has also spent considerable time teaching nonprofit leaders how to communicate their values and tell their organization’s stories through workshops and trainings. A native of Massachusetts, Heath lives in San Francisco with his wife and son, but still thinks there’s something not quite right about California baseball. Heath Wickline helps nonprofits tell their stories. He has spent the past decade helping nonprofits figure out who they need to be talking to, what it is they need to say to them, and how to do it with clarity, forcefulness, and style, all while staying within their budgets. With LightBox Collaborative, Heath combines his talent for developing effective and engaging brands and messages with project management skills gained through working with hundreds of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and government agencies, including Earthjustice, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CF Leads, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Heath’s work includes the creation of communications plans, brand frameworks and messaging strategies, development of advertising campaigns, and production of publications, websites, and viral videos. He has also spent considerable time teaching nonprofit leaders how to communicate their values and tell their organization’s stories through workshops and trainings. A native of Massachusetts, Heath lives in San Francisco with his wife and son, but still thinks there’s something not quite right about California baseball. 
Greg Scheiderer began telling stories as the eight-year-old play-by-play announcer for the contests played on his Cadaco All-Star spinner baseball game. A multi-media guy even then, he also used an ancient Underwood to type up game summaries for the wire services, and logged the game statistics on 3×5 index cards. Greg has been telling stories professionally for more than 30 years through his work in government and media. Prior to co-founding Scheiderer Partners he was vice president of Independent Colleges of Washington, an association of private colleges for which he had the primary responsibility for government relations and public relations. Greg’s advocacy, grounded in the stories of opportunity and success for low- and middle-income students, helped convince the Washington State Legislature to double the state’s investment in financial aid programs over seven years and opened the doors to college for thousands of students. As media relations manager at the University of Puget Sound, Greg told the college’s stories and boosted its coverage in local, regional, and national media. He served for 10 years as a public information officer for the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus; there wasn’t yet bandwidth, or iPods, for podcasts, but he pioneered distribution of digital audio of legislative proceedings to radio stations around the state. His first career was in radio, spending 10 years as a news and sports reporter for stations in Seattle, Everett, and Wenatchee. Greg’s passion for storytelling spills over into his other interests, too. He is the board chair for Balagan Theatre, an up-and-coming fringe company in Seattle. An avid amateur astronomer, Greg writes about the local space and astronomy scene on SeattleAstronomy.com. Greg Scheiderer began telling stories as the eight-year-old play-by-play announcer for the contests played on his Cadaco All-Star spinner baseball game. A multi-media guy even then, he also used an ancient Underwood to type up game summaries for the wire services, and logged the game statistics on 3×5 index cards. Greg has been telling stories professionally for more than 30 years through his work in government and media. Prior to co-founding Scheiderer Partners he was vice president of Independent Colleges of Washington, an association of private colleges for which he had the primary responsibility for government relations and public relations. Greg’s advocacy, grounded in the stories of opportunity and success for low- and middle-income students, helped convince the Washington State Legislature to double the state’s investment in financial aid programs over seven years and opened the doors to college for thousands of students. As media relations manager at the University of Puget Sound, Greg told the college’s stories and boosted its coverage in local, regional, and national media. He served for 10 years as a public information officer for the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus; there wasn’t yet bandwidth, or iPods, for podcasts, but he pioneered distribution of digital audio of legislative proceedings to radio stations around the state. His first career was in radio, spending 10 years as a news and sports reporter for stations in Seattle, Everett, and Wenatchee. Greg’s passion for storytelling spills over into his other interests, too. He is the board chair for Balagan Theatre, an up-and-coming fringe company in Seattle. An avid amateur astronomer, Greg writes about the local space and astronomy scene on SeattleAstronomy.com. |
03/01/2012 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Add to Cart |
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Keyword Social: How to Use Social Media to Build Your Capacity-Building Practice
All times listed are EST You are nonprofit consultants, management support organizations, funders, and other capacity builders looking to help nonprofits thrive and succeed in... Presenters:
Jennifer Leigh
Jennifer Leigh is a communications consultant dedicated to helping nonprofits meet their mission with strategic, integrated communications. Part PR maven, part social media guru, and part communications strategist, Jennifer has helped organizations communicate their message to the audiences that matter most. In addition to her consulting work, Jennifer has a passion for teaching the craft of communications. She has trained for organizations such as Third Sector New England, The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, the Progressive Communicators Network, and Association of Fundraising Professionals. Cutting her teeth at a leading marketing firm that specialized in nonprofit marketing, she then went on to become the Communications Director at an advocacy nonprofit dedicated to low-income Rhode Islanders, a position that she still holds today. Jennifer Leigh is a communications consultant dedicated to helping nonprofits meet their mission with strategic, integrated communications. Part PR maven, part social media guru, and part communications strategist, Jennifer has helped organizations communicate their message to the audiences that matter most. In addition to her consulting work, Jennifer has a passion for teaching the craft of communications. She has trained for organizations such as Third Sector New England, The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, the Progressive Communicators Network, and Association of Fundraising Professionals. Cutting her teeth at a leading marketing firm that specialized in nonprofit marketing, she then went on to become the Communications Director at an advocacy nonprofit dedicated to low-income Rhode Islanders, a position that she still holds today. |
03/14/2012 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Add to Cart |
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Creating Sustainable Funding—New Thinking for Fundraising Consulting
What if each organization’s fundraising activities were not separate from their mission—in fact, they greatly enhanced community awareness while engaging and developing relationships with passionate, mission-focused individual... Presenters:
Terry Axelrod
Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, trains nonprofits to customize a systematic process for engaging individual donors, ultimately building sustainable funding. With over 30 years in the field, Terry created the Benevon Model after applying these principles in her work with an urban school, raising $7.2 million in unrestricted and capital funds, plus a significant endowment. Benevon has trained and coached over 3,000 nonprofits. Author of the Raising More Money Series and several other books, Terry has a particular passion for the power of engaging board members in developing sustainable funding. Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, trains nonprofits to customize a systematic process for engaging individual donors, ultimately building sustainable funding. With over 30 years in the field, Terry created the Benevon Model after applying these principles in her work with an urban school, raising $7.2 million in unrestricted and capital funds, plus a significant endowment. Benevon has trained and coached over 3,000 nonprofits. Author of the Raising More Money Series and several other books, Terry has a particular passion for the power of engaging board members in developing sustainable funding. |
03/19/2012 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Add to Cart |
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Helping to Build Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity: What Matters?
All times listed are EST Foundations and nonprofits are learning how to harness the power of advocacy and how to evaluate its success. Overall,... Presenters:
Jared Raynor
JARED RAYNOR, Director of Evaluation, specializes in evaluation and organizational development both nationally and internationally. His work at TCC has included evaluations of capacity-building initiatives, multi-site cluster evaluations, evaluation system design, assessments of coalitions and advocacy campaigns, and strategic organizational assessment. He is the author of “What Makes an Effective Coalition: Evidence Based Indicators of Success” and “Building an Effective Advocacy Organization: A Framework for Examining Advocacy Organizational Capacity.” He has worked extensively on evaluating policy and advocacy work, including working with The California Endowment to evaluate their general operating support grants to advocacy organizations, evaluating The Atlantic Philanthropies' post-9-11 funding to civil liberties organizations, and assessing the Instituto Federal para el Acceso a la Información (IFAI). Raynor is a graduate of the Milano Graduate School at the New School University where he received an MS in Organizational Change Management, focusing on community development and the organizational structure of development organizations. JARED RAYNOR, Director of Evaluation, specializes in evaluation and organizational development both nationally and internationally. His work at TCC has included evaluations of capacity-building initiatives, multi-site cluster evaluations, evaluation system design, assessments of coalitions and advocacy campaigns, and strategic organizational assessment. He is the author of “What Makes an Effective Coalition: Evidence Based Indicators of Success” and “Building an Effective Advocacy Organization: A Framework for Examining Advocacy Organizational Capacity.” He has worked extensively on evaluating policy and advocacy work, including working with The California Endowment to evaluate their general operating support grants to advocacy organizations, evaluating The Atlantic Philanthropies' post-9-11 funding to civil liberties organizations, and assessing the Instituto Federal para el Acceso a la Información (IFAI). Raynor is a graduate of the Milano Graduate School at the New School University where he received an MS in Organizational Change Management, focusing on community development and the organizational structure of development organizations. 
SALLY MUNEMITSU, Director of Program/Grants Management and Capacity Building, offers expertise in program design and implementation, capacity building, and grantmaking. Since 2000, Sally’s work at TCC has focused on providing strategic guidance on effective grant programs and capacity building initiatives. Her current and recent relevant work includes: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (capacity building program design and implementation for its Community Agency Capacity Enhancement initiative), Feeding America (capacity building inventory and development of a capacity building framework), and the Chesapeake Bay Trust (capacity building program design, implementation counsel and evaluation assistance). Munemitsu is a graduate from the Wharton School of Business and The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of International Management, a dual degree MBA-MA program offered at the University of Pennsylvania. SALLY MUNEMITSU, Director of Program/Grants Management and Capacity Building, offers expertise in program design and implementation, capacity building, and grantmaking. Since 2000, Sally’s work at TCC has focused on providing strategic guidance on effective grant programs and capacity building initiatives. Her current and recent relevant work includes: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (capacity building program design and implementation for its Community Agency Capacity Enhancement initiative), Feeding America (capacity building inventory and development of a capacity building framework), and the Chesapeake Bay Trust (capacity building program design, implementation counsel and evaluation assistance). Munemitsu is a graduate from the Wharton School of Business and The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of International Management, a dual degree MBA-MA program offered at the University of Pennsylvania. |
04/11/2012 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Add to Cart |
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Emerging Leaders in the Nonprofit Sector: Myths, Meaning, and Motivation
All times listed are EST Focused on the challenges related to development of emerging leaders in the nonprofit sector, this panel of researchers/academics/practitioners will... Presenters:
Kelly Hannum
Kelly Hannum has worked for nonprofit organizations for almost two decades. She is a senior faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership and a visiting faculty member at Catholic University's IESEG School of Management in Lille, France. She has served as a consultant to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the World Bank, and other institutions. She is a co-author of the WorkLife Indicator which measures individual’s approaches to managing their roles and responsibilities. Over the last decade, her work has been disseminated internationally and she is the recipient of multiple awards and recognitions for her work, including the prestigious Marcia Guttentag Award from the American Evaluation Association. She currently serves on the Leadership Learning Community board. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Kelly Hannum has worked for nonprofit organizations for almost two decades. She is a senior faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership and a visiting faculty member at Catholic University's IESEG School of Management in Lille, France. She has served as a consultant to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the World Bank, and other institutions. She is a co-author of the WorkLife Indicator which measures individual’s approaches to managing their roles and responsibilities. Over the last decade, her work has been disseminated internationally and she is the recipient of multiple awards and recognitions for her work, including the prestigious Marcia Guttentag Award from the American Evaluation Association. She currently serves on the Leadership Learning Community board. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Liz Livingston Howard is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Ms. Howard is the Associate Director of Kellogg’s Center for Nonprofit Management and teaches in the Social Enterprise at Kellogg Program. She developed and teaches curriculum for MBA students and nonprofit executives. Ms. Howard serves as the Academic Director for a variety of nonprofit executive education courses and has designed several custom executive education programs. Previously, she served as Assistant Dean for Development for Kellogg from 1994 to 2003. In that role, she was responsible for the fundraising activities of the Kellogg School including alumni and individual solicitation, corporate and foundation grants. Prior to joining the Kellogg School, Ms. Howard served as a fundraising consultant with Charles R. Feldstein & Company, based in Chicago. Her additional development work was as Director of Development for the Chicago Tourism Council/Mayor's Office of Tourism for the City of Chicago and Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, Illinois. Outside of her professional responsibilities, Ms. Howard has been involved with a number of philanthropic organizations in Chicago Currently, she is President of the School Advisory Board for St Norbert School in Northbrook, a board member of the 100 Club of Chicago and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. She has provided consulting services for a host of local nonprofits in the areas of fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, board governance, leadership succession and capacity building. Liz Livingston Howard is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Ms. Howard is the Associate Director of Kellogg’s Center for Nonprofit Management and teaches in the Social Enterprise at Kellogg Program. She developed and teaches curriculum for MBA students and nonprofit executives. Ms. Howard serves as the Academic Director for a variety of nonprofit executive education courses and has designed several custom executive education programs. Previously, she served as Assistant Dean for Development for Kellogg from 1994 to 2003. In that role, she was responsible for the fundraising activities of the Kellogg School including alumni and individual solicitation, corporate and foundation grants. Prior to joining the Kellogg School, Ms. Howard served as a fundraising consultant with Charles R. Feldstein & Company, based in Chicago. Her additional development work was as Director of Development for the Chicago Tourism Council/Mayor's Office of Tourism for the City of Chicago and Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, Illinois. Outside of her professional responsibilities, Ms. Howard has been involved with a number of philanthropic organizations in Chicago Currently, she is President of the School Advisory Board for St Norbert School in Northbrook, a board member of the 100 Club of Chicago and a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. She has provided consulting services for a host of local nonprofits in the areas of fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, board governance, leadership succession and capacity building. Nancie Zane is a social psychologist and a Principal with Praxis Consulting Group. For twenty five years, Nancie has worked with not-for-profit and public sector organizations to help organizations build diverse leadership teams as well as re-align their organizational purpose, culture, and governance structures through innovative visioning and strategic planning processes. Nancie heads the coaching practice within Praxis and has coached and taught in the Wharton Advanced Management and the Wharton Executive Education Program and is certified in Clarke Wilson and the EQI assessment tools. Nancie is on the faculty of the Organization Dynamics Program and the Non-profit Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in Organizational Diagnosis, Group and Team Dynamics, and Strategic Thinking and Planning. In addition, Nancie has designed and delivered courses on non-profit leadership, women and leadership, and intergroup relations and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Haifa and the Golda Meir Center in Haifa, Israel. Her publications focus on the creation of corporate commitment to organizational diversity as well as re-thinking student discipline in the context of school restructuring. Nancie is currently serving on the national board of the Alliance for Non-profit Management and recently stepped down as president from the Philadelphia Center for Organizational Dynamics. Nancie received a B.S. from Cornell University in criminal justice and community psychology and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in social psychology. Nancie Zane is a social psychologist and a Principal with Praxis Consulting Group. For twenty five years, Nancie has worked with not-for-profit and public sector organizations to help organizations build diverse leadership teams as well as re-align their organizational purpose, culture, and governance structures through innovative visioning and strategic planning processes. Nancie heads the coaching practice within Praxis and has coached and taught in the Wharton Advanced Management and the Wharton Executive Education Program and is certified in Clarke Wilson and the EQI assessment tools. Nancie is on the faculty of the Organization Dynamics Program and the Non-profit Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in Organizational Diagnosis, Group and Team Dynamics, and Strategic Thinking and Planning. In addition, Nancie has designed and delivered courses on non-profit leadership, women and leadership, and intergroup relations and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Haifa and the Golda Meir Center in Haifa, Israel. Her publications focus on the creation of corporate commitment to organizational diversity as well as re-thinking student discipline in the context of school restructuring. Nancie is currently serving on the national board of the Alliance for Non-profit Management and recently stepped down as president from the Philadelphia Center for Organizational Dynamics. Nancie received a B.S. from Cornell University in criminal justice and community psychology and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in social psychology. Linshuang Lu is a Consultant at Praxis where she assists nonprofits and mission-driven businesses with strategic and financial planning, governance, business literacy training and ownership culture development. Linshuang is a member of the teaching team for Accounting for Asset Development and Economic and Financial Foundations of Social Policy, graduate-level course in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Linshuang guest teaches in two courses at the University of Pennsylvania’s Nonprofit Leadership for Social Change Masters Program on topics relating to nonprofit accounting, strategic financial planning, financial governance and financing. Linshuang worked previously at Nonprofit Finance Fund where she taught workshops and provided consulting services to nonprofits in financial planning, management and education. Linshuang graduated summa cum laude from the Huntsman Joint Degree Program at the University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in International Studies and Comparative Literature. She has also completed graduate level coursework in sociology research methods and statistics. Linshuang Lu is a Consultant at Praxis where she assists nonprofits and mission-driven businesses with strategic and financial planning, governance, business literacy training and ownership culture development. Linshuang is a member of the teaching team for Accounting for Asset Development and Economic and Financial Foundations of Social Policy, graduate-level course in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Linshuang guest teaches in two courses at the University of Pennsylvania’s Nonprofit Leadership for Social Change Masters Program on topics relating to nonprofit accounting, strategic financial planning, financial governance and financing. Linshuang worked previously at Nonprofit Finance Fund where she taught workshops and provided consulting services to nonprofits in financial planning, management and education. Linshuang graduated summa cum laude from the Huntsman Joint Degree Program at the University of Pennsylvania, with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BA in International Studies and Comparative Literature. She has also completed graduate level coursework in sociology research methods and statistics. Jennifer Deal is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership in San Diego, California. She is also an Affiliated Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California (http://ceo.usc.edu/research/affiliated.html). Jennifer's work focuses on global leadership and generational differences around the world. She is the manager of CCL's World Leadership Survey (currently in 15 languages) and the Emerging Leaders research initiative. In 2002 Jennifer Deal co-authored Success for the New Global Manager (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers), and has published articles on generational issues, executive selection, cultural adaptability, global management, and women in management. Her second book Retiring the Generation Gap (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers) was published in 2007. An internationally recognized expert on generational differences, she has worked with clients around the world and has spoken on the topic on six continents (North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia), and she looks forward to speaking to Antarctic penguins about their generational and leadership issues in the near future. She holds a B.A. from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from The Ohio State University. Jennifer Deal is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership in San Diego, California. She is also an Affiliated Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California (http://ceo.usc.edu/research/affiliated.html). Jennifer's work focuses on global leadership and generational differences around the world. She is the manager of CCL's World Leadership Survey (currently in 15 languages) and the Emerging Leaders research initiative. In 2002 Jennifer Deal co-authored Success for the New Global Manager (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers), and has published articles on generational issues, executive selection, cultural adaptability, global management, and women in management. Her second book Retiring the Generation Gap (Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers) was published in 2007. An internationally recognized expert on generational differences, she has worked with clients around the world and has spoken on the topic on six continents (North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia), and she looks forward to speaking to Antarctic penguins about their generational and leadership issues in the near future. She holds a B.A. from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from The Ohio State University. |
04/18/2012 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Add to Cart |
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