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

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

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.
*TWO BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) full scholarships are available. FIVE need-based half scholarships are also available. Contact [email protected] to be approved before purchasing a ticket.
*Limited to 20 people. REGISTRATION DEADLINE is April 1st 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 April 1st if no one is available to fill the reserved slot.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Register Here

Are you overwhelmed by options for organizational planning? Join the club! How do you choose between all those plans you’ve heard about — from strategic plans, business plans, marketing and communications, financial and fund development to succession planning? Using the MNA Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence as a roadmap, we’ll help you make sense of your options to shape your organization’s future.  We’ll explore these topics:

• Benefits and processes for different kinds of planning – operational, financial, fund development, marketing, succession, and others
• Tying it all together with strategy — and how to approach this crucial type of planning
• Prioritizing different kinds of planning based on where your organization is
• Preparing the organization for planning
• Engaging diverse people, across the generations, in different kinds of planning — board, staff, partners, and the community
• Ensuring plans don’t “just sit on the shelf”
• Anticipating human emotions and reactions in times of change
• Using outside resources (facilitators, expert consultants, etc.)

Prices:

This day-long workshop will be offered in the following communities:

April 8 – Billings
April 9 – Helena
April 10 – Butte
April 12 – Missoula

Register Here

Are you overwhelmed by options for organizational planning? Join the club! How do you choose between all those plans you’ve heard about — from strategic plans, business plans, marketing and communications, financial and fund development to succession planning? Using the MNA Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence as a roadmap, we’ll help you make sense of your options to shape your organization’s future.  We’ll explore these topics:

• Benefits and processes for different kinds of planning – operational, financial, fund development, marketing, succession, and others
• Tying it all together with strategy — and how to approach this crucial type of planning
• Prioritizing different kinds of planning based on where your organization is
• Preparing the organization for planning
• Engaging diverse people, across the generations, in different kinds of planning — board, staff, partners, and the community
• Ensuring plans don’t “just sit on the shelf”
• Anticipating human emotions and reactions in times of change
• Using outside resources (facilitators, expert consultants, etc.)

Prices:

This day-long workshop will be offered in the following communities:

April 8 – Billings
April 9 – Helena
April 10 – Butte
April 12 – Missoula

Register Here

Are you overwhelmed by options for organizational planning? Join the club! How do you choose between all those plans you’ve heard about — from strategic plans, business plans, marketing and communications, financial and fund development to succession planning? Using the MNA Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence as a roadmap, we’ll help you make sense of your options to shape your organization’s future.  We’ll explore these topics:

• Benefits and processes for different kinds of planning – operational, financial, fund development, marketing, succession, and others
• Tying it all together with strategy — and how to approach this crucial type of planning
• Prioritizing different kinds of planning based on where your organization is
• Preparing the organization for planning
• Engaging diverse people, across the generations, in different kinds of planning — board, staff, partners, and the community
• Ensuring plans don’t “just sit on the shelf”
• Anticipating human emotions and reactions in times of change
• Using outside resources (facilitators, expert consultants, etc.)

Prices:

This day-long workshop will be offered in the following communities:

April 8 – Billings
April 9 – Helena
April 10 – Butte
April 12 – Missoula

Register Here

Are you overwhelmed by options for organizational planning? Join the club! How do you choose between all those plans you’ve heard about — from strategic plans, business plans, marketing and communications, financial and fund development to succession planning? Using the MNA Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence as a roadmap, we’ll help you make sense of your options to shape your organization’s future.  We’ll explore these topics:

• Benefits and processes for different kinds of planning – operational, financial, fund development, marketing, succession, and others
• Tying it all together with strategy — and how to approach this crucial type of planning
• Prioritizing different kinds of planning based on where your organization is
• Preparing the organization for planning
• Engaging diverse people, across the generations, in different kinds of planning — board, staff, partners, and the community
• Ensuring plans don’t “just sit on the shelf”
• Anticipating human emotions and reactions in times of change
• Using outside resources (facilitators, expert consultants, etc.)

This day-long workshop will be offered in the following communities:

April 8 – Billings
April 9 – Helena
April 10 – Butte
April 12 – Missoula

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 16 – Hamilton
April 24 – Red Lodge

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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.

Are you looking for ways to increase the amount of grants your organization can apply for and manage, while increasing your odds of success?

Join Tammy Tilzey, Director of Foundant for Grantseekers, to learn how grant management techniques and solutions can save your valuable time while increasing your chances of successful funding requests.

During this webinar, Tammy will cover:

• Tips on tracking and managing your funders, grants, upcoming deadlines, and becoming more ‘grant-ready’.
• Grant management best practices to optimize your time while eliminating mistakes and missed deadlines.
• Techniques to build better relationships with funders.
• How Foundant Technologies grant management solution – GrantHub – has helped other nonprofit organizations.

REGISTER

About Tammy:
Tammy Tilzey is the Director of Foundant for Grantseekers, an intuitive grant management solution designed to increase the efficiency and funding success of nonprofits. She particularly enjoys working and collaborating with passionate clients and coworkers. Tammy holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Montana State University and has held development, marketing, and services leadership roles at several growing software companies. In her role at Foundant Technologies, Tammy is able to further our mission to maximize the impact of the philanthropic community. What could be better than that? Tammy participates on the Grant Professional Association’s Social Media Committee and currently serves on the board of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute.

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 16 – Hamilton
April 24 – Red Lodge

TBA -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: $30 for MNA Members  before April 18 | $35 for Non-MNA Members before April 18
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.

Red Lodge Workshop Sponsored by: Red Lodge Community Area Foundation

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

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

April 17th – Hamilton
April 24th- Red Lodge

To be scheduled: Dillon

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

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