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Week of Events
Board of Directors Fiduciary Excellence
Join us as Sean facilitates this 5-part series covering all aspects of Fiduciary Excellence!Everyone is welcome!Although this course is aimed at nonprofit board members, everyone is welcome to attend. That includes leadership staff who want to understand board responsibilities and perspectives better as well as individuals who do not currently serve on boards.Join us for this five-week course for boards to dig deep on nonprofit financial best practices, help them avoid pitfalls and permit them to make a strong overall contribution to the organization they serve.Nonprofit Austin reserves the right to postpone this learning opportunity if there is inadequate registration.Week 1: Core roles and duties:-Legal requirements of all board members (quoting TX law)-Legal liability-Horror stories (Family Connections, my mom, etc.)-D&O Insurance-Treasurer role-Chair’s role-Finance Committee role (briefly; more next week)Week 2: Relationship with staff – getting it right; adding value:Board relationship with staff-Executive Director-Accounting and finance staff-Power dynamics and the importance of clear rolesFinance Committee Role-Adding value to the board-Adding value to the staff-Overperforming and underperformingWeek 3: Financial ReportsWhy read the financial reports? Plus, how to read the financial reports-Balance Sheet-Profit and Loss-Materiality (what to worry about and what not to worry about)-Dashboards-Inclusion-Engaging the full board in financial decisionsWeek 4: Fraud […]
Strengthening Your Business Model for Financial Sustainability
This five-part series guides participants through the process of visualizing their business model utilizing the matrix map.This five-part series – facilitated by Steve Zimmerman, a co-author of Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability - guides participants through the process of visualizing their business model utilizing the matrix map, a visual depiction of an organization’s business model – or how every program contributes to the organization’s sustainability, impact, and profitability. Together, they will learn how to assess mission impact, determine profitability, and plot the map. More than a picture, the matrix map offers strategic imperatives to drive decision making to strengthen sustainability. Participants will receive templates throughout the process to implement on their own and will have access to extra engagement during the process to answer their questions.What is “sustainable” is constantly changing as the environment in which nonprofits operate changes. Sustainability is an orientation, not a destination. As such, truly sustainable organizations have leadership with a shared understanding of what is driving their impact and financial viability and are able to make ongoing strategic decisions while holding both of these elements together.There is a deep interconnectedness between a nonprofit’s ability to be financially viable and to have impact. […]
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Closing Gaps: A Whole Organization Framework for Promoting Mission & Belong
Closing Gaps: A Whole Organization Framework for Promoting Mission & Belong
Join us for a 90-minute workshop for nonprofit professionals to look at the many facets of your organization’s operations and influence.How does your organization show up in the world – as an employer, as a communicator, as a partner to other organizations? In furthering your mission, are you reaching not just those who readily accesses your services, but also the populations who need you most? Join us for a 90-minute workshop for nonprofit professionals to look at the many facets of your organization’s operations and influence to consider how your organizational values can be incorporated in all you do. Expect an increased understanding of the impact your organization has across a spectrum of domains and the sharing of a variety of best and promising practices that you can put into effect today. There will also be time for trouble-shooting your own organizational access challenges. Following the presentation, all participants will receive a self-assessment tool to help identify areas within which your organization can further close gaps in access. Nonprofit Austin reserves the right to postpone this learning opportunity if thereis inadequate registration.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More about our facilitator: Eileen Garcia (she/her) has spent her career working in support of the social impact sector, […]
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Orientation to Nonprofit Austin’s Grant Research Center Tools
Orientation to Nonprofit Austin’s Grant Research Center Tools
Free virtual Orientation to Grant Research Center Tools to learn how to use these tools and gain access to the NPA Grant Research Center.Want to focus on ways the Foundation Directory Online (FDO) database or Guidestar Pro can support your nonprofit work? Nonprofit Austin at ACC is ready to help you leverage Grant Research Center tools to find funding, conduct research and take your 501(c)3 work to the next level.Sign up for this free virtual Orientation to Grant Research Center Tools to learn how to use these tools. After taking this orientation, you will be eligible to sign up to use the tools at the Grant Research Center’s physical space.
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Leading from Any Chair: Enhancing Productivity
Leading from Any Chair: Enhancing Productivity
Through Strengths-Based Leadership and the Working Genius FrameworkIn our ever-evolving nonprofit landscape , effective leadership from any chair—whether it’s the CEO, a mid-level manager, board member or front line staff—has never been more critical. This session will focus on the power of strengths-based leadership, with a particular emphasis on the Working Genius framework as a tool for identifying and leveraging individual and team strengths. By honing self-awareness, leaders can ethically and effectively guide their teams and organizations, ensuring that their leadership provides pathways for more joy and more productivity in carrying out their mission.Participants will explore how understanding and harnessing the six types of Working Geniuses—each representing a unique strength—can significantly enhance fundraising efforts, board relations, and leadership dynamics. Additionally, the session will highlight how the Working Genius framework makes the invisible visible within teams, uncovering hidden dynamics and providing practical strategies for improving morale and having hard conversations. This commitment to self-awareness and strengths-based leadership not only benefits those we lead but also serves the broader community, amplifying the good we do in the nonprofit sector.Learning Objectives:1. Integrate Strengths-Based Leadership Using the Working Genius Framework:○ Participants will learn how to apply strengths-based leadership principles by utilizing theWorking Genius framework […]