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Do you struggle to raise funds because nobody’s heard of your nonprofit? Has your nonprofit built a following, but plateaued and looking for what’s next? If so, the Get Press Bootcamp with Torie Rynning is for you!

During this February webinar series, Torie will teach you how to get press and take your nonprofit from under-the-radar to front-and-center. We’ll set the stage for a press-worthy 2019 in which you’ll raise awareness, build credibility, forge new partnerships and reach thousands of potential donors through working with journalists.

This training has previously only been available as a component of the DIY Nonprofit PR program (retail $2,000+) but is available for Montana nonprofits for $79 members/$99 non-members. Upon completion, participants will have a solid understanding of how to partner with journalists to accomplish PR goals, as well as a draft PR plan for the next year.

Webinars in the Series:

February 6th, 11:00 AM – Setting the Stage – Free Intro Course!
February 13th, 11:00 AM – Mapping Your Strategy to Why
February 20th, 11:00 AM – Must Know Facts About Journalists
February 26th, 11:00 AM – Creating Your Strategic PR Plan

Survival Skills for the Nonprofit Leader

Survival Skills for the Nonprofit Leader is a short-term low impact manager training program for managers and supervisors working for nonprofit organizations. Course classes take place once per month for five months and are designed to help individuals develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective nonprofit manager.  Students will learn about nonprofit management, leadership, ethics, financial operations, and laws and regulations pertaining to nonprofit governance. Students will benefit from instruction by MSUB faculty and from nonprofit leaders who bring their day in, day out experiences to the learning process.

The course schedule and session topics are as follow:

Management and Leadership – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday January 29^, 2019

• Application of ethics
• Strategies of effective governance and leadership
• Board Development
• Staff Development

HR Basics – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday February 26, 2019

• Hiring
• Discrimination and harassment
• Corrective actions
• Distinction between private/public/ nonprofit laws

Financial Management and Budgeting – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday March 26, 2019

• Financial management of organizational budgets
• Federal and State laws regulating nonprofits

Communication in Nonprofit Settings – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday April 23, 2019

• Organization communication
• Persuasive communication
• Interpersonal awareness and communication

Fundraising and Advocacy – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday May 28, 2019

• Lobbying Laws
• Making You Case (Selling Your Impact)
• Community advocacy and Fundraising

The total cost for the program is just $400

To learn more and to Register go to  http://www.msubillings.edu/extendedcampus/nonprofit_survival.htm

REGISTER FREE HERE

Every nonprofit in Montana is required to have at least three board members. If you are considering joining a board and don’t know where to start, or if your community struggles to engage new board members, this event will introduce and encourage board membership as a meaningful option for community volunteerism.

Audience: Emerging Leaders + Young Professionals
Register Here

We will be visiting several communities in Montana to share this presentation. We will offer the workshops below free of charge. This tour is sponsored by BNSF Railway Foundation

Feb 19 – Bozeman – Cold Smoke Coffee House @64 Willow Peak Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718

March 6 – Livingston
March 12 – Sidney
March 18 – Havre
March 20 – Kalispell
March 21 – Great Falls

April TBA – Red Lodge, Hamilton, Dillon

If you don’t see your community on the list, email [email protected] and we’ll come to you – this workshop is offered at no cost when paired with another MNA workshop in your community.

REGISTER HERE

Audience: Nonprofit Leaders and Board Members
Cost: $25, lunch included
Legal responsibilities, strategic vision, financial stewardship… Board Members have a lot on their plates. Whether you are a seasoned board member or a new recruit, this workshop will cover all you need to know to become an excellent board member.

Livingston Workshop Sponsored by: Park County Community Foundation

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

March 7th – Livingston
March 13th – Sidney
March 21st – Great Falls

April TBA – Hamilton, Red Lodge, Dillon, Lewistown

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you.

The Montana Racial Equity Project presents its popular workshop – Ending Bias, Bigotry, and Racism: Skills & Strategies You Can Use. This workshop will enable you to develop skills and strategies to dismantle hatred towards historically disadvantaged, marginalized, and oppressed people. You’ll learn key terms, history, your racial and cultural lens, and communication methods. You’ll also develop the ability and equanimity to recognize and deal with racism, bigotry and prejudice whenever encountered. REGISTER HERE

*$80.00 per person.
*Appropriate for age 15 and above.
*Teachers attending this full workshop will receive 7 renewal units from the Montana OPI
*Lunch, coffee, tea, water, and snacks provided.
*SEVEN half scholarships are available. Contact [email protected] to be approved 
*Limited to 20 people. REGISTRATION DEADLINE is March 4th if not already fully booked. Contact [email protected] to get on our waiting list if the workshop is already full.
*NOTE – payments are non-refundable for any cancellations after March 4th if no one is available to fill the reserved slot.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

REGISTER FREE HERE

Every nonprofit in Montana is required to have at least three board members. If you are considering joining a board and don’t know where to start, or if your community struggles to engage new board members, this event will introduce and encourage board membership as a meaningful option for community volunteerism.

Audience: Emerging Leaders + Young Professionals
Register Here

We will be visiting several communities in Montana to share this presentation. We will offer the workshops below free of charge. This tour is sponsored by BNSF Railway Foundation

Feb 19 – Bozeman – Cold Smoke Coffee House @64 Willow Peak Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718

March 6 – Livingston
March 12 – Sidney
March 18 – Havre
March 20 – Kalispell
March 21 – Great Falls

April TBA – Red Lodge, Hamilton, Dillon

If you don’t see your community on the list, email [email protected] and we’ll come to you – this workshop is offered at no cost when paired with another MNA workshop in your community.

REGISTER HERE

Audience: Nonprofit Leaders and Board Members
Cost: $25, lunch included
Legal responsibilities, strategic vision, financial stewardship… Board Members have a lot on their plates. Whether you are a seasoned board member or a new recruit, this workshop will cover all you need to know to become an excellent board member.

Livingston Workshop Sponsored by: Foundation for Community Care + LYREC

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

March 7th – Livingston
March 13th – Sidney
March 21st – Great Falls

April TBA – Hamilton, Red Lodge, Dillon, Lewistown

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you.

REGISTER HERE

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

February 20th – Bozeman. Held in downstairs conference room of First Interstate Bank, 202 West Main Street
February 22nd – Butte. Held at the Thornton Building, 65 East Broadway

March 13th – Sidney – Sponsored by Foundation for Community Care + LYREC. Held at MSU Extension Office, 1499 N Central Ave
March 19th – Havre
March 20th – Kalispell

Audience: Nonprofit Staff, Board Members, Volunteers
Cost: $89, early bird rate for MNA Members
From leveraging individual strengths to redesigning organizational culture, this workshop will equip you to attract and retain a multi-generational workforce (and board-force) to carry your organization’s mission into the future.

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you. Or, register online today.

Join Jeremy Smith, Communications and Technology Director, and Sara Kennedy, Director of Online Education, for a quick tour of the GrantStation website. This tour will cover all of the features in GrantStation.com, including navigation, search interfaces, and charitable database search criteria. It will also provide tips on the most effective way to use all of the valuable resources the website offers, including the extensive funder databases that can help you identify the grantmakers most likely to fund your programs or projects. By using GrantStation’s databases and resource tools, you can begin to develop a successful grantseeking strategy for the next 12 to 18 months. This webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 2 pm MST.

REGISTER 

About the Presenters

Jeremy Smith – Communications and Technology Director
Jeremy manages the GrantStation Insider and International Insider newsletters, handles GrantStation’s internal and external tech issues, hosts the Online Education webinars, and develops audio and video content for the website. Jeremy has a B.A. in Journalism and volunteers weekly on-air for KSUA 91.5 FM, a nonprofit college radio station in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Sara Kennedy – Director of Online Education
Sara serves as our Director of Online Education and is responsible for managing GrantStation webinars. As part of our Member Services team, Sara provides personalized tours of our website and a training platform to help Members get the most from our many online resources. She also serves as GrantStation’s staff photographer. She currently resides at the top of the world in Fairbanks, Alaska.

REGISTER

REGISTER FREE HERE

Every nonprofit in Montana is required to have at least three board members. If you are considering joining a board and don’t know where to start, or if your community struggles to engage new board members, this event will introduce and encourage board membership as a meaningful option for community volunteerism.

Audience: Emerging Leaders + Young Professionals
Register Here

We will be visiting several communities in Montana to share this presentation. We will offer the workshops below free of charge. This tour is sponsored by BNSF Railway Foundation

Feb 19 – Bozeman – Cold Smoke Coffee House @64 Willow Peak Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718

March 6 – Livingston
March 12 – Sidney
March 18 – Havre
March 20 – Kalispell
March 21 – Great Falls

April TBA – Red Lodge, Hamilton, Dillon

If you don’t see your community on the list, email [email protected] and we’ll come to you – this workshop is offered at no cost when paired with another MNA workshop in your community.

REGISTER HERE

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

February 20th – Bozeman. Held in downstairs conference room of First Interstate Bank, 202 West Main Street
February 22nd – Butte. Held at the Thornton Building, 65 East Broadway

March 13th – Sidney – Sponsored by Foundation for Community Care + LYREC. Held at MSU Extension Office, 1499 N Central Ave
March 19th – Havre
March 20th – Kalispell

Audience: Nonprofit Staff, Board Members, Volunteers
Cost: $89, early bird rate for MNA Members
From leveraging individual strengths to redesigning organizational culture, this workshop will equip you to attract and retain a multi-generational workforce (and board-force) to carry your organization’s mission into the future.

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you. Or, register online today.

REGISTER HERE

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

February 20th – Bozeman. Held in downstairs conference room of First Interstate Bank, 202 West Main Street
February 22nd – Butte. Held at the Thornton Building, 65 East Broadway

March 13th – Sidney – Sponsored by Foundation for Community Care + LYREC. Held at MSU Extension Office, 1499 N Central Ave
March 19th – Havre
March 20th – Kalispell

Audience: Nonprofit Staff, Board Members, Volunteers
Cost: $89, early bird rate for MNA Members
From leveraging individual strengths to redesigning organizational culture, this workshop will equip you to attract and retain a multi-generational workforce (and board-force) to carry your organization’s mission into the future.

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you. Or, register online today.

REGISTER HERE

Those of us in the nonprofit community know that while HR is essential, it is often difficult to manage with big hearts and small budgets. While it is a lot to remember and manage, implementing good HR practices doesn’t have to be difficult. Join this webinar series and begin with a refresher course on the basics of good HR. in our first session, learn the essentials of keeping your HR practices up-to-date, discover what to document and how, and gain tools to implement right away at your organization. In the second session, we will discuss social media, creating effective social media policies and learn where the line is drawn between free speech and disciplinary infractions. In our third session we will discuss the basics of discipline and termination and how to use MT law to benefit your organization and your employees.

March 20th | 12 – 1 PM | HR 101: Short Course in Human Resources
March 27th | 12 – 1 PM | Social Media and HR
April 3rd |  12 – 1 PM | Discipline and Termination in Montana

REGISTER FREE HERE

Every nonprofit in Montana is required to have at least three board members. If you are considering joining a board and don’t know where to start, or if your community struggles to engage new board members, this event will introduce and encourage board membership as a meaningful option for community volunteerism.

Audience: Emerging Leaders + Young Professionals
Register Here

We will be visiting several communities in Montana to share this presentation. We will offer the workshops below free of charge. This tour is sponsored by BNSF Railway Foundation

Feb 19 – Bozeman – Cold Smoke Coffee House @64 Willow Peak Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718

March 6 – Livingston
March 12 – Sidney
March 18 – Havre
March 20 – Kalispell
March 21 – Great Falls

April TBA – Red Lodge, Hamilton, Dillon

If you don’t see your community on the list, email [email protected] and we’ll come to you – this workshop is offered at no cost when paired with another MNA workshop in your community.

REGISTER HERE

Audience: Nonprofit Leaders and Board Members
Legal responsibilities, strategic vision, financial stewardship… Board Members have a lot on their plates. Whether you are a seasoned board member or a new recruit, this workshop will cover all you need to know to become an excellent board member.

This 6 hour workshop is scheduled for the following communities this year:

March 7th – Livingston
March 21st – Great Falls

April TBA – Hamilton, Red Lodge, Dillon, Lewistown

If you don’t see your community on the list, contact [email protected] and we’ll come to you.

REGISTER FREE HERE

Every nonprofit in Montana is required to have at least three board members. If you are considering joining a board and don’t know where to start, or if your community struggles to engage new board members, this event will introduce and encourage board membership as a meaningful option for community volunteerism.

Audience: Emerging Leaders + Young Professionals
Register Here

We will be visiting several communities in Montana to share this presentation. We will offer the workshops below free of charge. This tour is sponsored by BNSF Railway Foundation

Feb 19 – Bozeman – Cold Smoke Coffee House @64 Willow Peak Dr, Bozeman, MT 59718

March 6 – Livingston
March 12 – Sidney
March 18 – Havre
March 20 – Kalispell
March 21 – Great Falls

April TBA – Red Lodge, Hamilton, Dillon

If you don’t see your community on the list, email [email protected] and we’ll come to you – this workshop is offered at no cost when paired with another MNA workshop in your community.

REGISTER HERE

Those of us in the nonprofit community know that while HR is essential, it is often difficult to manage with big hearts and small budgets. While it is a lot to remember and manage, implementing good HR practices doesn’t have to be difficult. Join this webinar series and begin with a refresher course on the basics of good HR. in our first session, learn the essentials of keeping your HR practices up-to-date, discover what to document and how, and gain tools to implement right away at your organization. In the second session, we will discuss social media, creating effective social media policies and learn where the line is drawn between free speech and disciplinary infractions. In our third session we will discuss the basics of discipline and termination and how to use MT law to benefit your organization and your employees.

March 20th | 12 – 1 PM | HR 101: Short Course in Human Resources
March 27th | 12 – 1 PM | Social Media and HR
April 3rd |  12 – 1 PM | Discipline and Termination in Montana

Survival Skills for the Nonprofit Leader

Survival Skills for the Nonprofit Leader is a short-term low impact manager training program for managers and supervisors working for nonprofit organizations. Course classes take place once per month for five months and are designed to help individuals develop the skills and knowledge necessary to be an effective nonprofit manager.  Students will learn about nonprofit management, leadership, ethics, financial operations, and laws and regulations pertaining to nonprofit governance. Students will benefit from instruction by MSUB faculty and from nonprofit leaders who bring their day in, day out experiences to the learning process.

The course schedule and session topics are as follow:

Management and Leadership – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday January 29^, 2019

• Application of ethics
• Strategies of effective governance and leadership
• Board Development
• Staff Development

HR Basics – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday February 26, 2019

• Hiring
• Discrimination and harassment
• Corrective actions
• Distinction between private/public/ nonprofit laws

Financial Management and Budgeting – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday March 26, 2019

• Financial management of organizational budgets
• Federal and State laws regulating nonprofits

Communication in Nonprofit Settings – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday April 23, 2019

• Organization communication
• Persuasive communication
• Interpersonal awareness and communication

Fundraising and Advocacy – 1:00-5:00 PM Tuesday May 28, 2019

• Lobbying Laws
• Making You Case (Selling Your Impact)
• Community advocacy and Fundraising

The total cost for the program is just $400

To learn more and to Register go to  http://www.msubillings.edu/extendedcampus/nonprofit_survival.htm