Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network - West

Youth Workers Cafe - Engaging Youth in Community
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Big Brothers Big Sisters Bldg.
3805 Fortune Drive (in Star Furniture Complex)
Lafayette, IN

Our summer topic will be Engaging Youth in Community. The topic will center around how to engage and involved youth in the areas of volunteerism and philanthropy. Methods will be shared as well as the benefits of early engagment helping to foster a sense of community that lasts through adult hood.
$Free lunch will be provided, courtesy of the Indiana Youth Institute.
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Understanding and Writing Outcome Statements
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Vigo County Public Library
Conference Rooms A&C
1 Library Square
Terre Haute, IN

The topics covered are:
1. Definitions: Participants are given a common vocabulary and a common set of "outcomes" concepts. Included are: outcomes (short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term), outputs, inputs, activities, targets, indicators, hard data, and soft data.
2. Logic Model: Participants are introduced to the logic model. The logic model illustrates the relationship among and between outcomes, activities, inputs, outputs, targets, and indicators. The intent is to help participants to develop an "outcomes" view of program management and administration.
3. Practice: Participants will be guided through the process of writing outcomes statements, specifying outcome targets (objectives), and indicators.
4. Benchmarking: The concept of "benchmarking" will be introduced as a strategy for identifying appropriate outcomes, targets, and indicators. This secion will also discuss how to measure your outcomes.
5. Using Outcomes: Participants will be introduced to ways in which outcomes can be used to benefit the organization. Included will be discussions of: a) grant writing, b) public relations, c) program evaluation, c) administrative evaluation.
$15.00 (includes light breakfast)
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Simultaneous Board Retreat
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Ball State University
Worthen Arena Lounge
Muncie, IN
Presented by: Chuck Loring, BoardSource, Washington, DC

Experience a group Board Retreat and learn from others. During this full day workshop, your team consisting of CEO and at least five board members will have an opportunity to examine board governance in a retreat format. You will have created a change team by the end of the day. If your organization cannot allocate the resources for its own retreat then this opportunity is for you. While you will share the facilitator's attention with other agencies, the energy and excitement in the room is dynamic.
Topics your team will discuss:
* Current trends/challenges in the nonprofit sector
* Best practices in governance
* Fulfilling their roles and responsibilities
* Appropriate board size and board structure
* Ways to recruit, orient, educate, retain, and evaluate board members
* How to use the board for effective fundraising
Thanks to generous support from United Way of Delaware County and the Lilly Endowment, we are able to offer special underwriting for the teams.
$100 for team of CEO and board members, includes lunch
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Writing Successful Grant Proposals: Raising Funds in Tough Times
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 & Thursday, September 10th, 2009
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location TBA
Lafayette, IN

Times are tough, come and learn strategies that can help your organization raise funds to sustain and expand your organization efforts. This two day workshop will teach you a process for writing successful grant proposals and targeting promising funders. You should arrive on day one with an idea that you would like to get funded. You may be trying to expand organization resources, purchase capital equipment or pilot a promising program. Whatever your funding need, come with an idea and leave on day one with a proposal outline.

Between day one and day two, you will have the resources you need to expand your outline into a fundable proposal. When you return, we will put you in the role of a funder and let you review your peer’s proposals and gain feedback on your own proposal. The rest of day two, you will focus on identifying promising funders and making a pitch that catches the funder’s attention.

Aadron Rausch, M.S. is a Certified Grant Writer and Administrative Director for Occupational Health, Employee Health and Wellness at Clarian Arnett Health. She is the author of the program and co-author of the Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing, Purdue Extension. Aadron has led grant writing workshops for more than 2000 participants who have raised more than $5 million dollars in funded proposals.
$140 (if registering more than one person from your organization, the subsequent attendees will be $120)
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For more workshops through out the year, please visit www.INRN.org

Computer and Spanish Classes
are available at affordable prices, without long term commitment!
Visit: http://www.lnocc.org/ to view these and other learning opportunities from The Learning Network of Clinton County.

Sponsored by The Pulaski County Community Foundation

Fall Session

Diversity and Cultural Competency
September 23rd, 2009
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Presented by:
Carmen DeRusha of Purdue Extension, Indianapolis, IN

United Way of Porter County
951 East Port Centre Drive
Valparaiso, IN

As we are more aware of the cultural differences around us, it becomes necessary to provide a pathway to become culturally competent. Participants will have the opportunity to understand personal feelings, thoughts and behaviors that will help them diagnose where they are in the path to competence and how can they move forward in their quest to become more culturally competent.
$20.00 (or $15.00 when registering for all four workshops)
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Strategic Planning
October 21st, 2009
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Presented by:
Richard Smith of Leadership Strategies, Atlanta, GA

United Way of Porter County
951 East Port Centre Drive
Valparaiso, IN

Planning has never been more important than now. If you don’t have a strategic plan, you’re probably realizing you need one. And if you do, it should be guiding every decision you make. A strategic plan is a road map to achieving your goals. Without it, you may be going in a direction simply because you always have, and missing valuable opportunities. Richard will introduce a process called the Drivers Model, to help you visualize how goals can propel you toward your vision, and identify barriers, critical success factors and strategies to accomplish those goals.
$20.00 (or $15.00 when registering for all four workshops)
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For more training opportunities through out the state, and later this year,
please visit www.INRN.org for a current listing of public trainings.

Or, call or e-mail Jillian Miller at 765-413-6049 or jmiller@uw.lafayette.in.us with questions on custom trainings and consultations.

Looking for experienced, nonprofit professionals? Looking for a nonprofit job?
This is the place to connect!

To submit a nonprofit job opening, please e-mail jmiller@uw.lafayette.in.us the following information:

Job Title:
Organization:
Job Description: (no more than two paragraphs)
Application Deadline and Application Contact information:

Once this is received, your job will be posted within 48 hours.

Cancellations & Refunds:

If you cancel your registration two weeks prior to the workshop/event date, a full refund will be issued.

If you cancel your registration less than two weeks prior to the workshop /event date, no refund will be issued. However, the participant may then transfer the full registration price to another workshop / event if seating is available. Transfer of any registration must first be cleared with INRN regional director.

If you cancel your registration less than 24 hours prior to the workshop / event date, no refund or transfer will be issued. However, you are welcome to send someone else in your place.