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Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:06 pm
Nominations are being accepted for The Fred Lindner Prize: the prize will include a $5,000 investment in an exceptional individual who is defying expectations by channeling his or her creativity and talent to address critical social problems at the local, regional, or national level. The winner will also be able to choose the organization of his or her choice to receive an additional $5,000.
Applications are available on this website or contact Carol Eschner at 414-291-7500 ext. 256.
Today, thousands of people in the second half of life have opened up a next chapter of innovation, productivity, and creativity, and, in the process, have transformed our communities and our country. They are living proof that aging does not mean stagnation and decline.
The winner will be effective and action-oriented innovator who has launched this initiative after his or her 50th birthday. He or she may be working in nonprofits, government, or for-profit organizations devoted to tackling the hardest challenges of our time: homelessness, social justice and human rights, violence, poverty and hunger, health, education, and the environment, to name a few.
He or she will be making his or her impact in many different ways. The winner may be a social innovator who has started a new organization; a catalyst for change whose innovative approaches have transformed an existing organization; or a grassroots activist playing a leadership role in improving communities or advancing a cause. And he or she will hold the promise of even greater accomplishments in the future.
Start: 11:25 am
End: 11:25 pm
Hosted by the Bayview Foundation.
The Grantsmanship Training Program is a comprehensive, hands-on workshop that covers the complete grant development process, from researching funding sources to writing and reviewing grant proposals. More than 110,000 nonprofit and government personnel have attended this fast-paced, five-day workshop, which is followed with a full year of membership support services.
During this workshop, participants learn The Grantsmanship Center’s proposal-writing format, the most widely used in the world. In addition to practicing advanced techniques for pursuing government, foundation, and corporate grants, participants work in small teams to develop and then review real grant proposals.
Participants exit the class equipped with new skills, new professional connections, and follow-up support services for one year, including professional proposal review, access to The Grantsmanship Center’s exclusive online funding databases, and an array of other benefits. Many also leave with proposals that are ready to polish and submit.
Tuition for the Grantsmanship Training Program is $875 ($825 for each additional registrant from the same organization).
To ensure personalized attention, class size is limited to 30 participants. To register online, to learn about scholarship opportunities for qualifying organizations, or for more information, visit http://tgci.com/gtptraining.shtml. Or call The Grantsmanship Center’s Registrar at (800) 421-9512.
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:30 pm
Wisconsin Nonprofits Association 2008 SUMMITJune 10, 2008Sheraton Hotel, Madison=== Online Registration is Closed ===
To Register or for Scholarship Info:
Julia or 414-221-9500
WNA’S first statewide gathering of nonprofit leaders.Who should be attending?
Attending this summit will be valuable for all leaders of Wisconsin’s nonprofit organizations; nonprofit board members, staff members and volunteers; professionals who work with nonprofits; foundation staff members and trustees, corporate and community leaders; elected and appointed officials; job seekers and career changers.
Imagine a world without nonprofits...
We are born in nonprofit hospitals, we leave our children in nonprofit child care, we are educated at nonprofit schools and universities, we discover and preserve nature through nonprofit environmental organizations, we are inspired in nonprofit museums, symphonies and theatres, we worship in nonprofit churches, synagogues and mosques and we rely on nonprofits when tragedy strikes our communities.
The nonprofit sector is like air – it is all around us, but we hardly notice it. But if it went away – what would we do? A thriving nonprofit sector means a better quality of life in Wisconsin.
The nonprofit sector faces increasing demands from boards, staff and communities to be more accountable, efficient and effective. Unlike nonprofits in 40 other states, Wisconsin’s nonprofits have had no unifying association to advance their common interests until now. Consequently, Wisconsin’s nonprofits have been, among other things:
---Fragmented into separate silos, diluting their buying power, resources and voice
---Without collective voice at the Legislature, in front of regulatory agencies and with the public
---Duplicating efforts by separately doing things that could be centralized to save time and money
---Unable to coordinate effectively to capitalize on their combined size and strengths
The time is right to manage our responsibilities and opportunities, define a strong collective voice, and develop a collaborative vision and a plan of action that builds on the strengths and effectiveness of Wisconsin nonprofits. Our state’s nonprofits are not frills, but an integral part of a healthy, artistic, vitally economic and productive state. Join us June 10, 2008 for the first annual gathering of Wisconsin's nonprofits.
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