Managing your response during uncertain times is difficult. But you are not alone. Connect with MNA, other nonprofits, and resources to help you, your organization, and your community.

View all topics here and register for upcoming town halls – a time to learn and share. Free and open. Meetings will be recorded and shared as a resource. Participation means you may be recorded as well. If you prefer to ask questions privately, please contact MNA or set up a 1:1 meeting with our staff.

Register Here for June 4th’s Town Hall.

This week, we will feature non-profits based in Montana with international engagement or operations.  Guests will share their international perspectives, discussing the international dimensions of their work and its impact on our state and the people they serve.

Lenka Beranova has over 20 years of experience in the business and healthcare industries. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a M.A. in Kinesiology from San Jose State University. She has worked as an analyst and consultant in corporate finance and litigation support for The Vanguard Group, Arthur Anderson, Navigant Consulting and Peterson Consulting. She was raised in former Czechoslovakia, under communist rule, and escaped with her family at a young age. For the past 15 years, she has been dedicated to developing opportunities for children in education and recreation at numerous schools and institutions in the United States and abroad. As the founder and Executive Director of Seeds for Dreams dba PLAYFWD (501)c3 and the co-founder/ED of Zrniecka Pre Sny in Slovakia (NGO), her focus is to help schools create and sustain underfunded school programs that provide educational opportunities for children during and after school. These school programs unite and engage kids through positive experiences such as horticulture, revival of school settings, food drives for kids and families in need, outdoor planting/eco-culture and sporting events (from fun walk and runs to school Olympic games). Today, while working internationally, she resides in Montana and is an instructor at Montana State University in the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship and in the College of Health and Human Development. She believes that “together we can make a bigger positive impact by starting at the grassroots level and engaging young children in programs that teach them the essential life skills of responsibility and community.” Lenka believes that every child deserves a safe place to learn, dream and play.

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Through a partnership with Westaff, MNA Members now get access to the resources you need to answer pressing questions. Join MNA and Jim Nys of Westaff twice weekly to hear the latest and help get your questions answered. Open and Free to MNA Members. Topics TBA:

• Tuesday, April 7th | Key Takeaways and Decision Making for Nonprofits: FFCRA Regulations – CARES Act

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This intensive, online workshop taught by Montana Media Lab director Anne Bailey gives you the editing skills you need to turn your video footage, photos and audio into polished, professional videos. Using provided footage, you’ll learn the basics of video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro from start to finish — including project organization, importing, cutting interviews, assembling sequences, working with b-roll, adding motion, incorporating text and exporting final projects.

If you want to start turning your non-profit’s video footage into polished pieces for social media or the web but don’t know where to start, this workshop is for you!

COST: $75

MNA New Executive Director Affinity Group

Join our monthly New ED Affinity Group, for ED’s or CEO’s with less than 2 years of experience – meeting monthly via Zoom on the Third Thursday of the Month. We cover topic areas related to nonprofit management, best practices, hurdles, trends in the nonprofit sector, issues in Montana, and other topics as desired by the group. These learning communities are a great (and free) opportunity for you to learn and grow with each other, for the good of you, your organization, and all of Montana.

Register Here

MNA New Executive Director Affinity Group

Join our monthly New ED Affinity Group, for ED’s or CEO’s with less than 2 years of experience – meeting monthly via Zoom on the Third Thursday of the Month. We cover topic areas related to nonprofit management, best practices, hurdles, trends in the nonprofit sector, issues in Montana, and other topics as desired by the group. These learning communities are a great (and free) opportunity for you to learn and grow with each other, for the good of you, your organization, and all of Montana.

Register Here