Email Fundraising Bootcamp
September 29, 2009
At the Email Fundraising Bootcamp, you will learn everything from how to develop the appropriate strategy for your email campaign to avoiding spam filters and tracking your success. Read the rest of this entry »
A Conversation with… Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
August 5, 2009
As part of the new lecture series, Conversations with …, the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of Third Sector New England hosted a presentation by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson for the region’s nonprofit community. The professor, CNN commentator, author and pundit spoke of the central role diversity and inclusion play in building cohesive and effective organizations - and strong communities.
He shared his insights on issues such as the politics of inclusion; the privilege of invisibility; institutional perpetuation of racism; challenging other “isms”; stereotypes and forms of bigotry; and rethinking the paradigm of race, bias, and class prejudice vs. concentrated poverty.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
What Workshops Would You Like to See?
June 2, 2009
We are busy drafting the curriculum for next year’s training series. Help us to craft the workshops that best fit your needs by filling out our survey, and be entered into a raffle to win one free workshop slot for the 2009-2010 Capacity Building Training Series.
Nonprofit Collaboration: We’ve Got Options
May 13, 2009
A recent Boston Globe article suggested that the nonprofit merger rate has increased due to the economic downturn. In a letter to the editor, TSNE’s Hez Norton, who oversees our new Organizational Transitions program, suggests that there are many other — and often more effective – ways for nonprofits to share resources to better serve constituents.
In “More nonprofits engage in mergers for survival” (April 15, 2009), The Boston Globe examines one way that nonprofit organizations are collaborating - through mergers. While this may be a viable alternative for organizations with compatible missions, it is important to understand that merger is just one of many ways nonprofits are collaborating across the sector.
Third Sector New England was privileged to play a role in the two merger situations profiled in the article. Through our Executive Transitions Program, we placed the interim executive director at Dorchester CARES, who supported that merger process. We also placed the interim executive director and helped lead the transition process with Concilio Hispano that led to merger.
It is critical that nonprofit organizations explore an array of options as they look to meet their mission and best service constituents, especially during these difficult economic times. These options include joint ventures, shared services, merger, shared administration, shared programs and fiscal sponsorship.
The bottom line: Nonprofits need always to be creative in serving their constituents effectively – while keeping mission front and center. Looking at new models of collaboration and partnership has always been important. Now it is more important than ever.
Hez Norton, manager
Executive and Organizational Transitions
Jackie Cefola, NonProfit Center Program Coordinator
Visit http://www.tsne.org/ for more information.
How do you make it easier for people to recycle?
April 9, 2009
Leah McNeill, TSNE Building and Office Services Manager
- Put the recycling bins very close to trash bins
- Use separate bins for glass, plastic and paper
- Start a building-wide recycling program and monitor it
What green products can a nonprofit purchase?
April 9, 2009
Leah McNeill, TSNE Building and Office Services Manager
- Buy milk and cream in quart sizes, individual servings
- Use a water filtration system, rather than bottled water
- Use disposable utensils that are biodegradable
- Buy supplies made from recycled materials
Jackie Cefola, NonProfit Center Program Coordinator
Visit http://www.nonprofitcenterboston.org/ for more information.
What’s the Optimum Length for a Webinar?
February 11, 2009
OR What If You Held a Three-Hour Webinar and Nobody Stayed?
Third Sector New England is offering a new training series to help nonprofits navigate the economic downturn — and use this time of change to decide if they need to retool and refocus their strategic direction. The trainings, which are three hours in length, are being offered for free to people anywhere in the country.
Therefore, we are offering these sessions as both an in-person opportunity and as a hybrid webinar or conference call. Obviously, webinars are rarely more than an hour in length. So we are grappling with how to:
- Make this venture affordable for us (as the minute plan could break the bank quickly).
- More important, make the webinar experience useful, educational and enjoyable for remote participants.
- Make sure the remote feature adds to and does not detract from the experience for in-person attendees.
Have any of you dealt with turning a long training workshop into a shorter webinar or call-in experience for remote participants? How have you structured these trainings, so that the remote folks could sign off in a place that gave them a fulfilling experience and caused the least disruption for the presenter and in-person participants?
Or have you found that people were willing to participate for a two- or three-hour training?
I look forward to your insights.
Capacity Building Fund Grantees Announced
January 5, 2009
The TSNE Capacity Building Fund has awarded Planning Grants to 16 networks for the 2008-2009 grant cycle. Projects will help the participating organizations and the network as a whole more effectively achieve a shared goal: collaborating to face a community challenge — while together learning new program management and administrative strategies.
Congratulations to the new grantees!
Bottom Line: Four Workshops That Will Help Your Nonprofit Survive the Economic Crisis
January 5, 2009
To help nonprofit managers navigate the choppy waters ahead, TSNE is offering a series of free workshops focused on quick – but essential – information that can help your organization sustain itself through the crisis.
We are putting the finishing touches on the series and will send an email notification as soon as registration opens. To receive details and registration information, sign up for the TSNe-Training Announcements list.
What is the difference between executive transition and executive search?
September 10, 2008
Hez Norton, Executive Transitions Program Manager
Visit www.tsne.org/etp for more information
How would you define capacity building?
September 10, 2008
When does it make sense to bring in an interim excecutive director?
September 9, 2008
What actions should the departing executive director take to support a beneficial transition?
September 9, 2008
What is the difference between executive succession planning and executive transition planning?
September 9, 2008
How should managers and staff plan for an executive transition at their nonprofit?
September 9, 2008
What are the top three actions a board should take when the executive director resigns?
September 2, 2008
Hez Norton, Executive Transitions Program Manager
Visit Third Sector New England for more information: www.tsne.org/etp
What is ongoing learning for an organization?
July 30, 2008
Why should a nonprofit care about “theory of change”?
July 30, 2008
