Management Issues

Presenters: June Bass, CVA, Nancy Gaston, CVA, Jim Laden, and Autumn Ray, CVA	In partnership with:
Date: May 1, 2009 Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch

General Admission: $150.00
NOVAA Member Admission: $135.00
NAO Nonprofit Member Admission: $135.00
NAO Members receive a 10% discount - find out how to become a member of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon

Not sure if your organization is a member of NAO? Check the NAO member list to find out.

Event Description

Join outstanding volunteer management trainers for an in-depth exploration of strategies essential for successful volunteer leadership. This advanced training is designed for staff members who have primary responsibility for leading volunteer programs and can draw upon substantial experience in this profession. Participants will build upon their understanding of volunteer program leadership and master new tools and techniques to increase program effectiveness.

Expert trainers from NOVAA will explore:

• Key leadership skills for volunteer managers
• Risk Management
• Volunteer program evaluation strategies

About the Presenters

Nancy Gaston, June Bass, and Autumn Ray are advanced volunteer management practitioners with extensive experience providing training in volunteer management program leadership. This workshop will introduce a number of CVA (Certified in Volunteer Administration) topics for those ready to move ahead in this field. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to take the next step in professional development for volunteer program leaders.

Attendance at a previous Volunteer Management 101 workshop is NOT required

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97209
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Preenters: June Bass, CVA, Nancy Gaston, CVA, Jim Laden, M. Ed, and Autumn Ray, CVA Date: February 5 and 6, 2009 Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Both Days Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch

Produced in patrnership with:

General Admission : $250.00

NOVAA Member Admission: $225.00

NAO Member Admission: $225.00

NAO Members receive a 10% discount - find out how to become a member of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon

Not sure if your organization is a member of NAO? Check the NAO member list to find out. 

Event Description

Learn how to:

• Recruit and keep the best volunteers
• Identify and build on your volunteers' skills and desires
• Provide effective training and supervision
• Use volunteer feedback to improve your program
• Give meaningful feedback
• Recognize volunteers in ways that are meaningful to them and realistic for your organization

Satisfied volunteers are vital to achieving your mission. Volunteers can change lives through their work with your clients and can bring tremendous expertise  to your organizations in many ways - marketing, fund-raising, membership development, community outreach and support special events and programs. Unfortunately, ineffective volunteer recruitment and poor volunteer management can actually sap your nonprofit’s valuable time and energy.

Do you strive to maintain a thriving volunteer pool that gets work done, builds community support and decreases workloads? Volunteer Management 101 will help you to learn the eight core foundations of volunteer management including:

• Understanding Volunteering
• Planning a Volunteer Program
• Recruiting and Placing Volunteers
• Orienting and Training Volunteers
• Supervising Volunteers
• Recognizing Volunteers
• Managing Risk
• Positioning the Profession

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
Click here for driving and parking directions

$85.00- General Admission
$76.50- Nonprofit Network of Southwest Washington Admission
$76.50- NAO Nonprofit Member Admission
Join the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO). View a list of members.

Includes Continental Breakfast

Event Description

Is time managing you? Do you have a to-do-list that is impossible to complete? Has juggling priorities become your primary time management strategy? Are you one mishap away from crisis management mode? Do you love your line of work but feel too far behind schedule to enjoy the daily tasks of your job? Does it feel like your job is in control of you? You are not alone! It often seems that the world is spinning faster and faster and that there is less time to get things done.

Learn how to:

• Get the most important work done on time
• Reduce the stress of multiple demands
• Cope with challenges to your comfort zone
• Learn from your time management triumphs

This interactive and responsive session about time management will focus on gaining greater control of the events that make up your work day. We'll explore setting goals and day-to-day priorities based on both values and long-term vision. We'll also look at developing effective and efficient systems for processing and managing information, and strategies to support co-workers in effectively using time at work.

Cliff Jones has successfully worked with many organizations and coached managers and workers towards better utilization of their time!

Who Should Attend?

• Executive Directors
• Board Members
• Program managers
• Anyone interested in managing their time more efficiently

Location

Community Room
Water Resources Education Center
4600 SE Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA 98663
Driving and Parking Directions

Cost: $150.00
NAO Members: $135.00

Event Description

Learn:

• Four key functions of supervision
• Getting and giving useful feedback
• Strategies to get good people to stay
• Dealing with staff performance difficulties
• Recognizing the impact of cultural/style differences in supervision
• Organizational systems to support supervision

Employees are your organization’s greatest resource, but if they are not being effectively supported and directed, you may not be receiving their maximum contribution to your organization’s mission and goals. Cliff Jones, TACS Senior Associate, offers a holistic approach to supervision. He has helped hundreds of supervisors in nonprofits develop skills and supervision methods that really make a difference.

In Effective Supervision you will explore the most essential elements of a supervisor’s role, including setting goals, giving and receiving feedback, addressing challenges, providing support, and creating development opportunities that promote individual and professional growth. Cliff will address the specific challenges of supervision in the nonprofit environment, highlight participants’ real experiences in supervising staff, and help you identify concrete goals and changes that you can implement with individual staff and teams. You’ll gain strategies to address unclear expectations between staff and supervisor, ambivalence about authority, low pay, and heavy workloads.

Whether you have the title of supervisor or not, this workshop will help you develop the techniques to build staff ownership, encourage joint problem solving, and help staff experience success and satisfaction in working together. Effective Supervision focuses on practical application to build upon the supervision skills you’ve already developed or are beginning to develop, and learning new approaches to make a difference in your organization.

Who Should Attend

Effective Supervision is designed for both new and experienced supervisors in nonprofit organizations. The session will include techniques and strategies for program managers, unit leaders, supervisors and lead workers.

About the Presenter

As a nationally recognized trainer and consultant for nonprofit organizations, Cliff specializes in organizational development, supervision, conflict resolution, and positive strategies to build effective multi-cultural nonprofit organizations.

He currently provides supervision training and consultation nationally and regionally for staff working in special needs housing programs, environmental organizations, community advocacy programs, health and social service organization.

Cliff creates a uniquely supportive training environment in which participants can explore their own experience and test out new strategies to address the aspects of supervision that they find most challenging.

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
(between NW Irving and Johnson)
Portland, Oregon
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Presenters:

From the City of Portland:

Marlowe Kulley, Sustainability Advisor, Office of Sustainable Development

Mike O'Brien, Green Building Specialist, Office of Sustainable Development

Yvonne Garcia, Recycling Specialist, Office of Sustainable Development

Steve Hoyt-McBeth, SmartTrips Project Manager, Office of Transportation

Date: October 17, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 11:30 am

Cost: $25.00
Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) Nonprofit Member Fee: $22.50 - Find out more about NAO!
Registration includes continental breakfast

Not sure if your organization is a member of NAO? Check the NAO member list to find out. 

Event Description:

TACS, the BEST Business Center and Ecotrust are pleased to bring you a half-day workshop for nonprofit organizations to assess and improve their environmental sustainability. We'll identify simple steps nonprofits can take to become more eco-friendly, and provide an overview of technical and financial assistance programs aimed at helping Portland's small businesses and nonprofits go green.

Topics will include:

• Sustainability planning
• Green building
• Transportation
• Recycling
• Waste prevention

Whether you want to start a recycling system in your office or create a comprehensive sustainability plan, incorporating green practices into your organization requires planning and can reduce energy use and save money. Find out what it takes to assess your organization's efficiency and learn about resources available to help you make necessary changes.

The BEST Business Center is a "one-stop shop" for organizations wanting to become greener and more profitable. They evaluate operations in the areas of energy, water, waste and recycling, purchasing, green building and transportation - www.bestbusinesscenter.org.

Location
Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
Click here for driving and parking directions

Presenter(s): Terry Miller, Director of Client Services, Leventhal Kline Management Date: December 11, 2008 Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Sponsored by:

Cost: $150.00
NAO Member: $135.00 Join the Nonprofit Association of Oregon. View the NAO member list.

Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch

Event Description

Beginning January 2008, the new Form 990 became a reality. No need to panic! Join Terry Miller, dynamic national trainer on tax exemption issues, for an in depth look at the implications of the new 990 for your nonprofit. In this full day workshop, Terry will review each section of the form, and schedules of interest to small and mid-size tax exempt organizations. 

There are brand new requests on Form 990, and some requests that are just more formal than before. We'll explore all of these changes, and work on a list of record-keeping changes driven by the form. We'll take a long look at appropriate governance policies and implementation strategies, and how to protect your organization from unnecessary disclosures. Terry will translate the confusing Trigger Questions and explore the pros & cons of filing Form 990 EZ.

Together we'll cover and interactively discuss:

• What's new with Form 990
• Governance questions and optimal answers
• Additional schedules your organization or clients will need to file

Who should come? 

• Anyone preparing Form 990 for small to mid-size exempt organizations
• Anyone keeping the records a tax-preparer will rely on
• Corporate Secretaries and Treasurers, and the staff who support them
• Executive Directors who want to understand what their Form 990 will tell the public
• Funders who use Form 990 to understand nonprofits

Terry Miller has been active for seven years on the planning committee of the annual AICPA Not for Profit Industry Conference, and is widely recognized for his ability to make the torture-some twists and turns of the 990 reporting entertaining as well as understandable.

Please note: We'll focus on small to mid-sized community-based organizations with straightforward arrangements, and will spend a larger portion of the day on the Governance questions than any other section. We will not explore complex high-compensation arrangements, hospital reporting, tax-exempt bonds, or organizational issues with for-profit enterprises.

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
(between NW Irving and Johnson)
Portland, Oregon
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Presenter: Cindy Cumfer, Attorney at Law and Co-author of The Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook Date: November 12, 2008 Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch

Regular Fee: $150.00
NAO Member Fee: $135.00

Learn more about the Nonprofit Association of Oregon or see if your organizaion has joined.

Event Description

Does your board operate legally?
Are meeting minutes taken properly?
Are your board policies ready for the new 990?

Over time and with frequent personnel changes, nonprofit boards can lose sight of the governance requirements in their Articles and bylaws and operate improperly. Many boards fail to periodically get a legal review of their governance documents and find themselves out of compliance with the law. The new Form 990 brings more transparency to nonprofit governance, but the policies and practices it spotlights are not the ones addressed by most board policies. How will you stack up? Why is this important?

Bring a copy of your Articles of Incorporation and any amendments, your current bylaws and board policies, and last year’s board and membership minutes to this interactive workshop where you will learn:

• How governance practices correspond with governance documents
• The most common mistakes in bylaws
• What your minutes should include
• What policies will help you present your best face on the governance sections of the new 990
• When you might consider a professional “legal audit”

You may be surprised at the picture you have of your organization at the end of the day!

Join Cynthia Cumfer, the co-author of The Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook and an attorney whose practice focuses solely on nonprofit organizations, for a lively and fun review of your governance documents and practices. Cindy has 30 years experience representing nonprofit organizations and has presented workshops to thousands of board members and nonprofit professionals.

Location

Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
(between NW Irving and Johnson)
Portland, Oregon
Click here for driving and parking directions.

Presenter: Faith Evans, Owner/Director of PlayFully, Inc
Event Date: August 12, 2008
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Event Cost: $85

NAO Members receive a 10% discount.

Not sure if your organization is a member of NAO? Check the NAO member list to find out.

Description:

Learn how to:
* Help staff and volunteers learn new skills while having fun
* Use games and experiential activities to achieve key organizational outcomes
* Build inclusive, cohesive working environments
* Energize staff meetings and retreats

Successful teams work together more easily and achieve common goals more efficiently. Learn how to help your staff and volunteers master new skills and improve working relationships while having fun. Team Building is designed to help Program Managers, Supervisors, Lead Workers and Executive Directors develop new strategies to strengthen working relations and achieve results.

Faith Evans is creator of PlayFully, Inc., an organization dedicated to development services that catalyzing life changing growth and potential in people. Nationally recognized for her outstanding trainings, innovative course designs and breakthrough learning experiences, Faith has over 40 years of experience working with groups of all sizes and ages, including nonprofits, Fortune 500 Corporations and small businesses, and camps, schools and colleges.

Special Note: Have twice the fun and get twice the benefit by joining Faith for another training, Mentoring Staff & Volunteers, that same morning. Register for both trainings at a discounted rate of $135. Click here for more information.
Event Type: WORKSHOP - TACS offers workshops on a range of nonprofit management topics, led by Oregon's leading nonprofit trainers and national consultants. Workshops are held in Portland and around the state.
Location: Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
(between NW Irving and Johnson)
Portland, Oregon
Click here for driving and parking directions.

More registration/payment options
Not comfortable paying online with electronic check or credit card? Paying by scholarship or purchase order? Submit payment via mail or fax instead.

Presenter: Faith Evans, Owner/Director of PlayFully, Inc

Event Date: August 12, 2008
Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Event Cost: $135
NAO Members receive a 10% discount.

Not sure if your organization is a member of NAO? Check the NAO member list to find out. 

Description:

Mentoring Staff & Volunteers

* Develop your ability to: Build peer support resources for staff, board, and volunteers
* Help staff open new communications channels
* Create a positive learning environment
* Increase the effectiveness of staff development efforts

Discover how sharing knowledge and learning from one another can strengthen your staff and enhance your staff development efforts. Experience a powerful new exercise to develop strong peer and working relationships and encourage personal and professional growth that contributes to the success of your organization.

Team Building-Have Fun and Get Results

* Learn how to: Help staff and volunteers learn new skills while having fun
* Use games and experiential activities to achieve key organizational outcomes
* Build inclusive, cohesive working environments
* Energize staff meetings and retreats

Successful teams work together more easily and achieve common goals more efficiently. Learn how to help your staff and volunteers master new skills and improve working relationships while having fun. Team Building is designed to help Program Managers, Supervisors, Lead Workers and Executive Directors develop new strategies to strengthen working relations and achieve results.

About the Presenter

Faith Evans is creator of PlayFully, Inc., an organization dedicated to development services that catalyzing life changing growth and potential in people. Nationally recognized for her outstanding trainings, innovative course designs and breakthrough learning experiences, Faith has over 40 years of experience working with groups of all sizes and ages, including nonprofits, Fortune 500 Corporations and small businesses, and camps, schools and colleges.

Event Type: WORKSHOP - TACS offers workshops on a range of nonprofit management topics, led by Oregon's leading nonprofit trainers and national consultants. Workshops are held in Portland and around the state.

Location: Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
(between NW Irving and Johnson)
Portland, Oregon
Click here for driving and parking directions.

More registration/payment options
Not comfortable paying online with electronic check or credit card? Paying by scholarship or purchase order? Submit payment via mail or fax instead.