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13th Annual Nonprofit Institute Conference
Center for Business and Industry (BI)
La Plata Campus
Session 3
Faith and Works
Data Mining with ALICE
Meet the Media
The Brilliant and Critical Intersection of Workplace Culture and Strategic Planning
Strategic Solutions for Community Challenges
College of Southern Maryland
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Session 1
Critical Board Training for Nonprofit Execs and Board Members
Nonprofits Can Win Contracts
Building an Equitable Community
Nonprofit Resilience and Financial Stability: Explore the Evolving Sustainable Responsible Impact (SRI) Investing Landscape
Parliamentary Procedure is the Leader’s Friend
Session 2
Stop Crying About Your Board and Start Leveraging It
Foundations 101 and Maryland’s Philanthropic Landscape
Am I a Lion? Using Your Team’s Innate Traits to Enhance Communication
The 7 Myths of Financial Management
Workplace Well-being: How to Achieve Calm
Lunch
8 - 8:30 a.m. Check-in, Continental Breakfast, and Networking (BI 113/113E)
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Conference Opens with Welcome Remarks (BI 113/113E)
8:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker Dr. Yolanda Wilson (BI 113/113E)
9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Breakout Session 1
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Breakout Session 2
12:30 Lunch (BI 113/113E)
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Lunch Discussion: Workforce Challenges and Creative Solutions (BI 113/113E)
2:45 - 4 p.m. Breakout Session 3
Cost is $65 per attendee. Registration is open until full. Cancellation with a full refund is available through 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2023. Please contact nonprofit@csmd.edu if you wish to cancel your registration.
Breakout Sessions
Leadership Development Communications Strategic Planning Management
Session 1
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Critical Board Training for Nonprofit Execs and Board Members President & CEO
Successful nonprofit organizations are built on a solid foundation of adherence to policies, guidelines, governing documents, and regulations. Sound boring? Not if it helps you keep your organization going!
Nonprofits Can Win Contracts President
To build an equitable region, nonprofits need various sources of funding in order to stay in existence and provide services. Organizations such as the government and private sector award and manage contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other financial assistance. This workshop will cover how a nonprofit can increase its funding stream by winning contracts!
Building an Equitable Community Executive Director
Building an equitable community starts with providing the knowledge of and access to the tools and support necessary for community members to survive and thrive. Does your community know the tools/support that your nonprofit offers? Are you connected to other organizations that are harmonious with your mission? How broad is your horizon; are you missing out on unapparent partnerships? Are your partnerships equitable in nature? This session will examine how to anchor your organization in your community through equitable partnership-building and community connections.
Nonprofit Resilience and Financial Stability: Explore the Evolving Sustainable Responsible Impact (SRI) Investing Landscape Managing Director
This presentation covers the foundation and history of SRI investing, the various approaches to SRI, community investing at the local level, fiduciary responsibility, current trends, risks, and challenges.
Parliamentary Procedure is the Leader’s Friend Executive Director
Parliamentary procedure equips the community in decision-making. It allows organizations to have effective meetings with sound procedures for implementing sound policies. This session will take a deep dive into the parliamentary procedure and show you how you can effectively use it in your organization.
Session 2
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Stop Crying About Your Board and Start Leveraging It CEO
Many nonprofit organizations struggle to truly leverage their board of directors. Some to the point where the board is their biggest frustration. How can an organization be successful if it can’t fully leverage its closest supporters? This frustration usually restricts what the organization could truly accomplish and serve its community. The result - the community isn’t served as effectively as possible. This session will share strategies to leverage your board, systems that will have them more connected and engaged, and help infuse confidence in those who manage their board. After implementing even a few of the tips, you will be praising your board and not cringing when someone asks.
Foundations 101 and Maryland’s Philanthropic Landscape Director of Learning and Partnership
With more than 1,400 foundations in Maryland and a growing landscape of corporate funders, donor-advised funds, giving circles, and public charities, the first step to grant-seeking is understanding the basic operations of organized giving. How do different types of grantmakers make decisions? What are the current local priorities in philanthropy? How do I, or can I, get to know grantmakers? Where can you get more information? This session will attempt to answer those questions by introducing different types of foundations, how private philanthropy works, and data about the broader landscape of philanthropy in Maryland. We end with thoughts about how to identify funders and low-cost resources for further learning.
Am I a Lion? Using Your Team’s Innate Traits to Enhance Communication Owner and Facilitator
Why are different personalities and leadership styles important to a vibrant workplace? Your team will learn how to appreciate the things about their team members that previously drove them crazy and learn how to better communicate as a team. Each type of work style is an important cog in the workplace — for example, the over-thinker will balance the knee-jerk decision-maker. Learning to appreciate and understand each other fosters a collaborative workplace so your team can better achieve their goals.
The 7 Myths of Financial Management Owner
Is a nonprofit that spends 98% of funds on programming better than a nonprofit that spends only 84% on programming? Does an annual deficit mean that a nonprofit is going out of business? This session will look at the myths of financial management and provide a framework for a realistic evaluation of a nonprofit’s fiscal health. Nonprofits seldom fail because of programmatic issues; nonprofits most often struggle because of financial problems. A strong understanding of finance will help ensure success for all types of nonprofits serving all populations and being run by a diverse and inclusive staff.
Workplace Well-being: How to Achieve Calm Director, Adult and Community Education
Collaborative communities can be within your own organization. An employee’s mental health is crucial to their ability to do their job. An employer who takes the time to foster a positive culture and normalize mental health and well-being in the workplace is one who will experience a lower turnover rate and have healthier and more engaged teams.
Lunch
12:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch Discussion: Workforce Challenges and Creative Solutions
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Join a panel of leaders for an open discussion about workforce challenges and creative solutions.
Ellen Flowers-Fields, Moderator
Associate Vice President
Continuing Education and Workforce Development
College of Southern Maryland
Director of Regional Workforce & Business Development
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
Session 3
2:45 – 4 p.m.
Faith and Works President
This session will focus on the dynamics and cross-collaboration efforts of faith-based and nonprofit entities working in partnership with other community-based and government entities to provide and/or expand direct services to the community. As funding becomes more challenging and competitive to receive, it is vital for agencies to build stronger partnerships that show an increase in collaboration and a decrease in unnecessary duplication of services. The session will focus on areas such as: how to build collaborative relationships; SWOT analysis for your entity; understanding the socioeconomic needs of the community and its context; and where these entities can fit into this structure. It will provide best practice examples across the region of effective partnerships between faith-based and other entities that have been sustainable and the strategies in how it was accomplished.
Data Mining with ALICE CEO
Come learn how to use data mining to drill down to the exact data you need to validate your nonprofit's valuable work in the community. This session will focus on Southern Maryland data regarding this area's population that qualify as ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed – earning above the federal poverty level yet struggling to afford basic expenses.
Meet the Media A panel discussion with representatives of local print, broadcast, and online media. Find out how to bring your organization’s news, events, and accomplishments to the attention of media outlets in Southern Maryland.
Angela Walters Small, Moderator
Director of Media Relations/Public Information Officer
David Higgins
Publisher/Editor
Michelle Gordon
Jessica Parsons
Publisher
Michael Reid
Community Coordinator
The Brilliant and Critical Intersection of Workplace Culture and Strategic Planning Director of Consulting and Strategic Engagement
The culture within an organization is a significant part of executing a sound business strategy. It takes intention and purpose to care for and support the team that lifts the important nonprofit mission, especially in the post-pandemic workplace. Building and maintaining a values-forward, vibrant culture begins with identifying individual team member assets while implementing a unified, belief-driven strategy. It is the leadership’s responsibility to nurture the internal climate which supports the strategic direction and organizational impact so that all staff members are treated as valuable pillars with helping to achieve the mission. It is this intersection of culture and strategy where the magic lies to promote and sustain a healthy, viable mission-driven organization with committed staff who are continually developed and honored.
Strategic Solutions for Community Challenges Managing Director
Every individual nonprofit contributes to a greater good. How do you ensure you’re doing your part, and how can you collaborate with other organizations to increase each other’s impact and bring it all together? In this session, we’ll discuss strategic approaches to socio-economic problem-solving both to advance your nonprofit’s mission and to bring the broader nonprofit community together to magnify collective impacts.
Cost is $65 per attendee. Registration closes at 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2023 (or sooner if space is full). Cancellation with a full refund is available through 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2023. Please get in touch with nonprofit@csmd.edu if you wish to cancel your registration.