Learn how to develop measurable and obtainable goals a nd other techniques to develop a strategic position for your nonprofit organization.

Creating the Constituent-Centric Nonprofit: Nonprofit CRM
Thursday, April 3rd, 1:00 - 2:30 EST.
If you're storing data about your constituents in many different places, it's costing you in time, lost revenue and decreased impact. Paul Hagen, who's helped organizations such as Goodwill, VolunteerMatch and Jewish Teen Alliance develop their Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) strategy, will talk through the practical steps, processes, and software that can help you to get a better handle on managing and building your relationship with each constituent.

This hands-on learning experience will go through the proposal writing process by formulating individual components of a grant proposal. The ideas and techniques are applicable to other skill sets that nonprofit managers needs.  Instructor: Su Neuhauser. Cost $17.81. Held at WITC Ashland. To register call 715-682-4591 x 3170 or click here

Identify the unique challenges of team building by exploring the elements of a highly effective team and identifying ways to build a team, grow your organization, and develop individual potential.

Forward-looking nonprofits are partnering and collaborating with businesses to advance their missions. An in-depth look at  proven nonprofit-business partnership models that can increase your organization's influence, enhance service delivery and quality, improve community visibility, and raise funds.

Instructor:  Frank  Martinelli, The Center For Public Skills Training
Location:  UW Madison Pyle Center, 702  Langdon St.
Continuing Education Units offered:  0.6 CEU
Cost:  $150

Thursday, April 10th, 1:00 - 2:30 EST. 

Choosing eNewsletter Software
Email newsletters are a great way to stay in touch with and grow your audience, but it can be complex to send and track thousands of emails. In this seminar, we'll walk through what you need to know in order to setup, send, and track eNewsletters effectively, and talk about some of the reliable and affordable tools most commonly used for mass emailing, such as EmailNow, ConstantContact, NPOGroups, CampaignMonitor, Vertical Response, Emma, Topica, and more.                                                                                                                                                         

Learn cost effective strategies and tactics to capture the support of your member, donors, clients, the community, and volunteers to further the mission and goals of your nonprofit organization

For your nonprofit to succeed, It must have a board that is committed to the mission, possesses substantial leadership skills and expertise, sets policy that guides your nonprofits work and evaluates both the nonprofits mission impact and the organization with an eye toward continuous improvement.  Instructor:  Frank Martinelli, the Center for Public Skills Training, offered by UW Continuing Education - Baraboo/Sauk County.  Costs $125 includes lunch - $85 for second person from same organization.  Register by 608-355-5220 or

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