This
ambitious series of 12 trainings is cosponsored by the Coalition and the two Foundations.
The
Coalition has a three-step reservation/payment policy for
workshops:
Step
1: To reserve a seat in a workshop, go to this link
http://www.napanonprofits.org/Documents/WORKSHOP%20RESERVATION%20FORM.pdf and fill out and print the reservation form.
Step
2: Make a check for your reservation fee amount as indicated
in the workshop description made out to NVCNA.
Step
3: Mail your check with the Workshop Form (see below) to: Napa
Valley Coalition of Nonprofit Agencies, 1141 Pear Tree Lane
#200, Napa, CA 94558.
Workshop Form (pdf)
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The
Napa Valley Coalition of Nonprofit Agencies, Napa Valley Community Foundation and Peter A. and Vernice H. Gasser Foundation presents a workshops you don't want
to miss:
Previous
Workshops:
Co-sponsored by Mechanics Bank
Presented by Renn Vara, SNP Communications
January 29, 2009
Child Start, Napa
This participatory workshop helped us tell everyone how wonderful our organization is and helped us:
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Improve our listening skills, a sure-fire way to win friends, influence people and raise more money;
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Fine-tune our presentation-making techniques when we need to address larger audiences;
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Perfect our “elevator pitch”, (the information we convey to a new person in a very limited time frame);
- Refine our “Q and A” skills, particularly when responding to newspaper, TV and radio media
Co-sponsored by Perry & Company
Presented by Rev. Hal Milton, Trainer and Author
December 3, 2008
Child Start, Napa
Through informative lecturettes by Rev. Milton and large and small group exercises, participants in this workshop will increase their ability to inspire, give and receive compassion and promote personal connections; learn nonviolent communication (NVC), a special approach of speaking and living used by leaders and others throughout the world; and learn how to see and celebrate ourselves in others.
Co-sponsored by G&J Seiberlich & Co LLP CPAs
Presented by Job Quesada, CPA, Partner, the Harrington Group, San Francisco and San Marino
November 20, 2008
Child Start, Napa
For years, the Internal Revenue Service has been working on revisions to Form 990, the annual nonprofit tax return, which has not had a major update in 30 years. The new Form 990 is required to be used in the 2009 tax filing season for 2008 returns, although there is some transitional relief for smaller organizations. This workshop is designed to discuss the significant changes of the new form, its requirements and to bring awareness to tax-exempt organizations, so that they are prepared for the 2009 tax filing season for 2008 returns.
Co-sponsored by United Way of the Bay Area
and its Helplink 2-1-1 Project
Presented by Kathleen O’Neill and Betty Creary
October 28, 2008
Napa Valley Vintners Community Health Center, Napa
If you are a nonprofit organization professional, and you want to learn how to advocate for your clients more effectively, plan to attend the Focus on Advocacy: For The Client and Your Agency workshop. The workshop will instruct participants on assessment tools to assist in identifying underlying client needs, the differences between advocacy and empowerment and techniques for providing active assistance and building client confidence for self-advocacy.
Co-sponsored by G&J Seiberlich & Co LLP
Presented by Catherine Marshall
September 29, 2008
Napa Valley Hospice and Adult Day Services, Napa
Earned income activities offer opportunities to expand your work in the community, secure unrestricted funds and reduce dependency on fickle funding sources. This program will help nonprofit leaders learn how to identify opportunities within their current operations, test the feasibility of a concept and adapt their systems for the strategy while staying on mission.
Presented by Development Consultant William W. Sywak
August 21, 2008
Napa County Historical Society,
Napa
This workshop is designed specifically for nonprofit agency executive directors and staff members who want to take on this much-needed role within their organization.
Presented by Cheri Bailly-Jacobs
July 30, 2008
First 5 Napa, Napa
Executive
Directors excel under explicit goals and timetables; they
use performance management discipline with their staff on
a regular basis. Too frequently Boards assume the Executive
Director does not need or want much direction or feedback
from the Board. To increase effectiveness and success of any
organization, performance planning starts at the top. This
workshop was designed to help Executive Directors and their
Boards transfer organization goals to an individual performance
plan.
Presented by Maryn Boess
June 12, 2008
Queen of the Valley Community Outreach, Napa
Inputs . . . Outputs . . . Outcomes . . . Goals . . . Logic Models: Everywhere you turn, grantseekers are talking about them. And more and more funders -- private and public alike -- are requiring them as part of your grant application package.
Presented by Maryn Boess
June 11, 2008
North Bay Regional Center, Napa
At the heart of every mission-driven grant proposal stands a mission-driven budget. A good budget provides an honest, complete and clear picture of the total value of all the resources necessary to perform the proposed work. It also stands as an invaluable management and evaluation tool when it comes to running the grant-funded program.
Presented by Maryn Boess
June 11, 2008
North Bay Regional Center, Napa
Do you have a great grant idea you'd like to create, but not sure how to start? Come and join us as we show you how to develop and test a project concept in a matter of minutes. No more going back to the office to get it done - have a first-draft proposal concept in 90 minutes.
Presented by Maryn Boess
June 10, 2008
Child Start, Napa
For
beginners and veterans alike, this full-day workshop offered
an intensive, hands-on, skill-building approach to corporate,
foundation and government grantsmanship.
Presented by Maryn Boess
June 9, 2008
Napa Valley Vintners Community Health Center, Napa
Thinking and working collaboratively "pays" in many ways for your grantseeking organization. But creating and sustaining meaningful partnership doesn't get any less challenging when there's a grant proposal at stake. In this thought-provoking, down-to-reality workshop, we'll take a close look at what "collaboration" means in the community -- and how you can make it work for you.
Presented by Morrie Warshawksi
March 20, 2008
Puertas Abiertas Resource Center, Napa
If you’ve ever wondered how and why planning might be important to your organization’s survival and growth, then this workshop was for you. Morrie has specialized in planning with nonprofits for over half of his thirty years working in the field. He brings his practical experience to bear in this highly participatory workshop that covered the basics of planning from Accepting the need to plan, to Zealously implementing actions.
Presented by Debbie Ward
February 13, 2008
Lincoln Theater, Yountville
This workshop was for nonprofit agency supervisors, managers, project leaders, team leads and anyone who leads a team, whether you have the official title or not. Participants learned a five phase model of team development, and figured out where their team(s) are in their development and learned techniques to strengthen their team in each of the five phases.
Presented by Shari Dunn
January 31, 2008
Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa
Led by Shari Dunn of CompAnalysis (www.compensation.com), an Oakland-based compensation and performance management consulting firm with extensive experience working with nonprofits, this workshop focused on establishing a performance culture in your organization, potentially supported by compensation plans that motivate the desired outcomes.
Presented by Debbie Ward
January 29, 2008
First 5, Napa
Communication is 80% of what a nonprofit supervisor does everyday, so this was way to start off 2008 with some new skills to make all of your communications more effective. The workshop was conducted by Napa Valley human resources consultant Cheri Bailly-Jacobs and featured exercises and activities to practice the skills as well as address your current communication challenges.
Presented by Debbie Ward
January 23, 2008
Napa Valley Vintners Community Health Center, St. Helena
DiSC, a powerful self-assessment tool, gave employees and managers a way to quickly gain insight into different works styles, understand how their own preferred work style is experienced by others, and learn how they can adapt their communication and behavior to increase their effectiveness and maintain relationships.
Presented by Catherine Marshall
December 12, 2007
First 5, Napa
If nonprofit folks have nothing else, we have ideas about how to make our community a better place in which to live and work. We have BIG ideas and sometimes so many of them that it is hard to boil it all down to a manageable size and plan our next moves. This highly praised workshop helped to clarify your leadership plan, engage your team, effectively communicate your plan to donors, volunteers, grantmakers and the public, and articulate your mission, vision, strategies and objectives in a clear, concise way.
With Deborah Ward
December 7, 2007
Napa Valley Vintners, St. Helena
Managing people in a nonprofit organization can be both confounding and extremely rewarding. This highly praised workshop will helped participants assess their own skills as a supervisor and offered techniques to make staff more effective. Topics covered included the role of the supervisor/manager, team development, styles, delegation and nonverbal communication and listening.
With
Morrie Warshawski
November 14, 2007
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Community Outreach
Noted
writer and media consultant Morrie Warshawski presented his
half-day workshop based on his book, entitled "The Fundraising
Houseparty: How to Get Charitable Donations From Individuals
in a Houseparty Setting", detailing the steps to create
a successful Fundraising Houseparty.
Presented by Renn Vara
General Manager and Founder, SNP Communications, San Francisco
October 25, 2007
Queen of the Valley Medical Center Community Outreach
This participatory workshop helped us tell everyone how wonderful our organization is and helped us:
-
Improve our listening skills, a sure-fire way to win friends, influence people and raise more money;
-
Fine-tune our presentation-making techniques when we need to address larger audiences;
-
Perfect our “elevator pitch”, (the information we convey to a new person in a very limited time frame);
- Refine our “Q and A” skills, particularly when responding to newspaper, TV and radio media
Presented
by Betty Creary, Resource Manager, HELPLink, United Way Community
Information Center, San Francisco
September 21, 2007
Community Health Clinic Ole, Napa
This
popular workshop helped you to identify active listening skills and
explore techniques to establish trust and develop rapport with
a caller. Participants learned how to use these skills and techniques on the
phone as well as face to face to help callers to tell their
story and get linked to the right person or place to get help.
Nonprofit
Compensation: How To Set Salaries In Your Organization That
Are Good To Your Employees and Fair To Your Organization
Presented
by Shari Dunn and Rita Haronian
August 29, 2007
Community Health Clinic Ole, Napa
Additional financial support provided by the Mechanics Bank and E-CHX Payroll Services
Shari
and Rita helped attendees to identify and resolve employee
compensation issues and explained how to work
with other nonprofit colleagues to find ways to attract, retain
and motivate your employees through improved compensation
practices.
The
Ultimate Grants Toolkit Workshop
Presented
by Maryn Boess
June
26, 2007
Child Start, Napa
Additional financial support provided by the Peter A. and Vernice H. Gasser Foundation
For
beginners and veterans alike, this full-day workshop offered
an intensive, hands-on, skill-building approach to corporate,
foundation and government grantsmanship.
Making
Friends With Funders: What Grantmakers
Want Every Grantseeker to Know
Presented
by Maryn Boess
June 27, 2007
First Five, Napa
Additional financial support provided by the Peter A. and Vernice H. Gasser Foundation
Ever
wonder what life is like on the other side of the funding
desk? Being a grantmaker isn't as easy as you might think.
Participants gained an inside look at a day in the life of
a typical grantmaker learning what grantmakers love, what
makes them grumpy - and how you can be sure you're delivering
what they really, really want! Topics included:
* What do we mean by "grantmaker"?
* Understanding the grantmaker's real mission.
* Meet Grumpy Grantmaker!
* What grantmakers really, really want most of all in the
whole wide world.
* Eight qualities of exemplary proposals.
* Inner secrets of successful proposals.
* Creating relationships that work - for you.
Grants
Readiness: The Culture and Practices of Successful
Grantseeking Organizations
Presented
by Maryn Boess
June
27, 2007
Hospice of Napa Valley, Napa
Additional financial support provided by the Peter A. and Vernice H. Gasser Foundation
What
does it take to be a successful grantseeking organization?
Success in grantsmanship involves much more than being able
to write a good proposal. Participants learned how to lay
the groundwork for effective grantsmanship in both the organization's
culture and its practices.
* Understand the importance of mission-drive grantsmanship;
* Have tools to determine your organization's strategic priorities;
* Be able to identify your organization's needs and resources
for your grant-funded projects;
* Have a framework for developing and strengthening financial
and program accountability; and
* Know the resources and practices necessary to position your
organization for grants readiness.
The
3-Hour Financial Primer
Presented
by Sojeila Silva, Manager, Fiscal Fitness Program, Northern
California Community Loan Fund
May
8, 2007
First Five, Napa
Additional financial support provided by
Brenda A. Perry, CPA
The
session begins with an overview of all the financial statements
commonly used in nonprofits. However, we focused on the ones
you should use the most: the income statement, the balance sheet
and the variance report.
Getting
On The Same Page:
A "How To" Workshop on Executive Director Performance
Management Reviews for Nonprofit Agency Board Members and Executive
Directors
Presented
by Human Resources Consultant Cheri Bailly-Jacobs
April 12, 2007
Hospice of Napa Valley, Napa
Funding provided by Napa Community Bank
Executive
Directors excel under explicit goals and timetables; they
use performance management discipline with their staff on
a regular basis. Too frequently Boards assume the Executive
Director does not need or want much direction or feedback
from the Board. To increase effectiveness and success of any
organization, performance planning starts at the top. This
workshop was designed to help Executive Directors and their
Boards transfer organization goals to an individual performance
plan.
Come
See The Rainbow:
A Special Cultural Awareness Training For Health, Human Services
and Education Professionals
Presented
by Beth Lincoln and Dee McFarland, Principals, Celemonde!
March
16, 2007
Child Start, Napa
Our
Community is multicultural and becoming more so each day.
To do our work effectively, health, human services and education
professionals must understand the cultural beliefs and values
of diverse populations.
This
workshop began the journey toward cultural awareness, sensitivity
and competency by identifying our own cultural beliefs, values,
biases and communication styles and comparing and contrasting
with those of other ethnic groups. Through this process, participants
discovered similarities and differences enabling them to build
the bridge to understanding and to develop strategies to meet
the needs of the people they serve.
How
to Keep Them Down on the Farm:
A New Look at Nonprofit Agency Employee Benefits
With
Skip Robinson, Ph.D., Lecturer, Sonoma State University, and
former Manager of the United Way of the Bay Area’s Group
Insurance Trust
January
31, 2007
Child Start, Napa
In
these challenging times, it’s hard enough to assemble
a really good staff. But once you have them, how do you keep
them happy? What array of employee benefits will enable you
to retain good staff members? And how will you pay for them?
This workshop addressed multiple human resource and benefit
questions on the minds of the workshop participants.
The Voice, Face and Heart of our
Agencies:
A Special Training for Nonprofit Receptionists, Intake Workers
and Information and Referral Specialists
With
Betty Creary, Resource Manager,
HELPLink, United Way Community Information Center, San Francisco
December
6, 2006
Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley,
Napa
This
workshop helped you to identify active listening skills and
explore techniques to establish trust and develop rapport
with a caller.
Interagency
Collaboration:
Why It's Good for Your Organization and How to Do It
A
dialogue with Malcolm Margolin, Executive Director,
Heyday Institute and Publisher, Heyday Books and
a panel of peers, including:
Jane Albert, Executive Director, Napa Humane
Tracy Lamb, Executive Director, Napa Emergency Women's Services
Eric Nelson, Executive Director, Napa County Museum
Angela Phillips, Executive Director, Acorn Soupe
November
8, 2006
Lincoln Theater foyer,
Yountville
Organizational
members of the Napa Valley Coalition of Nonprofit Agencies
have a long and storied tradition of working collaboratively
with each other on projects and initiatives that benefit our
community. This workshop explored why and how do they do it.
Power Writing For Nonprofits:
Principles of Clarity and Structure
With
Maryn Boess, President, Grants USA
September
19, 2006
The Women's Center of St. Helena Hospital,
St. Helena
In
this hands-on workshop, participants learned and practiced
simple but powerful and often overlooked techniques that had
them writing more clearly, quickly and confidently -- right
away.
The
Ultimate Grants Toolkit Workshop
With
Maryn Boess, President, Grants USA
September
18, 2006
Hospice of Napa Valley,
Napa
For
beginners and veterans alike, this full-day workshop offered
an intensive, hands-on, skill-building approach to corporate,
foundation and government grantsmanship.
The Many Hats of the Executive Director:
What Nobody Told You Before You Took the Job!
With
Bob Orser
The Nonprofit Doctor
August
15, 2006
Queen of the Valley Medical Center
Community Outreach
Napa
Participants
learned how to overcome their weaknesses as an Executive Director
and capitalize on their strengths.
Strategic
Board Recruitment
With
Bob Kile
July
11, 2006
Child Start,
Napa
Nonprofit
executive search consultant Bob Kile conducted his nationally
acclaimed workshop entitled Strategic Board Recruitment, an
eight-step recruitment model that nonprofit organizations
can use to get the Board Members and other volunteers they
need.
How
to Understand Tax-Exempt Organization Financial
Statements and Other Related Mysteries
With
Ward Pynn, CPA, and Marcy Morgan, CPA
Blanding, Boyer & Rockwell, LLP, Certified Public Accountants
and Consultants
May
31, 2006
Hospice of Napa Valley,
Napa
This
workshop was especially designed for Executive Directors out
there who are asking "can someone help me teach our Board
of Directors how to understand our financial statements"?
The
Fundraising Houseparty:
How To Get Charitable Donations From Individuals
in a Houseparty Setting
With
Morrie Warshawski
May
4, 2006
Boys and Girls Clubs of Napa Valley,
Napa
Noted
writer and media consultant Morrie Warshawski presented his
half-day workshop based on his book, entitled "The Fundraising
Houseparty: How to Get Charitable Donations From Individuals
in a Houseparty Setting", detailing the steps to create
a successful Fundraising Houseparty.
