Time: 3:30-5 pm EST
Click here to RSVP.
Find
out how your organization can survive and flourish in tough economic times through effective marketing, fundraising, financial planning and collaboration with other organizations.
Martin Kearns, Cofounder and Executive Director Green Media Toolshed,
will discuss a project he is working on a guide to support nonprofit
network reactions for staff, organizations and funders. Martin will highlight the potential cascading failure caused by
many groups adopting the same set of survival behaviors. He would like
to start the conversation about the way the nonprofit sector will be
restructured as we all go through this economic crisis. Click here for the project wiki.
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Jennifer Pryce, Director of the Washington, DC-MD-VA Office of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, will share short and medium term financial tips and tools to survive in an uncertain economic climate. Prior to joining NFF, Jennifer worked at Morgan Stanley as an investment banking associate in London and was heavily involved in lending transactions, risk analysis, strategy advice, financial analysis & client relationship management.
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Jono Smith, Director of Nonprofit Marketing at Network for Good,
will focus on online marketing strategies nonprofits can use to survive
& thrive in a down economy. Jono is responsible for marketing
Network for Good's online fundraising services to nonprofit
organizations. Prior to joining Network for Good, Jono spent eight
years at SunGard Higher Education, where he was responsible for
managing the company's marketing efforts in Europe and the Middle East.
In his personal time, Jono has raised over $10,000 for AIDS vaccine
research.
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Heather Mansfield, Owner of DIOSA Communications and the Nonprofit
Community Manager at Change.org, will talk
about how you can build your online community, recruit new donors and e-mail
subscribers, and empower your supporters to fundraise online on
behalf of your organization. Heather is created and manages the Nonprofit Organizations
MySpace, Nonprofit
Organizations Facebook Page, Nonprofit
Organizations YouTube Channel, and the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter Profile.
She also blogs at Nonprofits 2.0.
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Robert Enholm, Executive Vice President of Citizens for Global Solutions,
will talk about how your organization can analyze its financial
situation, operate more efficiently, cut costs, and collaborate with
other nonprofit organizations as ways of surviving in difficult
economic times. Bob was a founding principal of Candle Spark Strategies, advising nonprofit clients on the use of internet video and other emerging technologies. In 2006 he served at the United Nations as Chief of the Central Emergency Response Fund Secretariat, helping to found a $500 million global emergency humanitarian relief fund. Bob worked for many years as a corporate lawyer.
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Date: Thurs., Jan. 29
Time: 3:30-5 pm EST
Click here to RSVP.
This meeting will take place in
Washington, DC. Let us know if you are interested in participating
in-person or by phone.
It is free for staff of OneWorld partner organizations.
For others, it costs $60 to participate in the meeting. You can pay
online by clicking the box below. Be sure to RSVP above for the
workshop. For more information, email heidi.bucheister[at]oneworld.net.
