Upcoming Webinars & Workshops
We are dedicated to connecting grantees with relevant, affordable, diverse, and impactful resources to help their organization's growth and development. Check out the upcoming webinar and workshop opportunities below. This page is updated weekly, so check back regularly for added opportunities. Click the accordion menu to expand additional information for each session.
April 2024
4/30 | Your guide to social media best practices in the creative sector
In this virtual workshop, Grace Carter, Jade Houston, and Chloe Redman will equip you with all the tools you need to appropriately credit artists’ work on social media.
Host Provider: ArtsNow
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Who should attend?: Marketing, communication, and social media leadership interested in simplifying best practices for citing and engaging artists and arts nonprofit work online.
May 2024
5/2 | Introduction to project budgets
Are you ready to start fundraising for your project or idea, but don't know what and how much to ask for? If preparing a budget for your foundation grant is holding you back, come learn the basic elements of how to draft a project budget with confidence. This class will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal. We will discuss: The basic components of a project budget including income and expenses; how to estimate the realistic cost of a project; and what other financial documents you may also need to submit with your proposal.
Host Provider: Candid
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/2 | Foundations of graphic design
Join Canva in this free, one hour interactive workshop to learn how to use basic design principles to make your designs instantly become clearer and more engaging to your audience. In this workshop you'll learn:
- The 7 foundational design principles
- Tips for assessing a design
- Design terminology
- How to apply design principles effectively to your work
This webinar is suitable for: Everyone who is new to Canva, no prior experience necessary.
Host Provider: Canva
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm and 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/6 | Cultural Humility: People, Community, & Practice
Cultural humility is an evidence-based framework that prioritizes the co-creation of dynamic and generative relationships with people from different cultural experiences than your own. Through a participatory framed experience, participants will be able to heighten their efficacy in their work by understanding how their biases, perceptions, and worldview impact their service to the community.
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Monday, May 6, 2024
Time: 8:00-11:00 am
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/7 | Marketing for beginners: Creating a social media campaign
Join Canva in this 60-minute webinar to learn how to set up an impactful social media marketing campaign for your brand. They’ll explore how to find your audience so you can target your ideal client. How to identify a lead magnet that will help draw them in to engage with your brand and how to turn that into a simple marketing campaign. They’ll show you how to design all your campaign assets quickly and easily in Canva and how to make sure your campaign is having an impact by learning about metrics.
- The 7 foundational design principles
- Tips for assessing a design
- Design terminology
- How to apply design principles effectively to your work
Host Provider: Canva
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm and 8:00-9:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/8 | A case study in finding new donors
This educational session will focus on teaching you how to create a donor portfolio full of new potential donors. Whether you have a list of donors that aren’t engaged, don’t have a donor list at all, or are purely seeking new donors to support your cause, this case study will walk you through the process of building an effective list so you can raise more money – faster, and easier.
This real-life case study chronicles a project that was started without a 501(c)3, using a fiscal sponsor. The project had no history of individual or private foundation fundraising; all that existed was an outdated snail mail newsletter list that only included USPS addresses (no emails or phone numbers). We will show you how, using specific prospect research techniques and tools, a list was developed, and donors were engaged. This case study demonstrated the impressive results that can be achieved, even when there is initially very little to work with. Join us and learn how to use prospect research techniques to increase the impact of your organization’s mission.
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/9 | How to get your board to raise money
What does it take to create a vibrant culture of fundraising among board members? Join us to learn from two fundraising executives who have decades of experience helping nonprofits inspire board members to bring in money. Our guest speakers have served on boards as well and will explain how nonprofit staffers can guide trustees. They’ll also share ways you can build a board that suits your goals and offer best steps for onboarding new members.
You’ll learn:
- How to create a fundraising toolkit to empower board members to raise money
- How to match board roles to individual skill sets and maximize talents
- Smart ways to onboard new board members
Host Provider: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: $69
5/13-5/16 | Ask the Expert
Four times a year, BVU connects our nonprofit partners with skills-based volunteers to work together on a variety of subjects. These 60-minute one-on-one meetings provide an opportunity to work on small projects, get questions answered, or receive practical suggestions. The goal of each Ask the Expert session is for the nonprofit to leave the meeting with recommendations they can implement right away. The skills-based volunteer and nonprofit will be matched based upon the volunteer’s strengths and the needs articulated by the nonprofit.
Host Provider: Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)
Date: May 13-16, 2024
Time: Various
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/14 | Introduction to fundraising planning
Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success. This introductory class will provide you the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan, including tips on: Making your case for support; diversifying your organization's fundraising base; and creating a plan of action.
Host Provider: Candid
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
Intended audience: Beginner; board members; CEOs, executive directors, upper management; and fundraising & development staff
5/21 | Using data to boost giving
Many nonprofit leaders are overlooking a treasure in their midst: the donor database. Unlocking the full potential of a donor database can: prioritize giving opportunities that have the greatest potential; enable fundraisers to segment donors into groups and tailor messages to their interests; and take donor prospecting to the next level. Join us for a 75-minute webinar to learn how to better manage and analyze donor data to reveal the stories it can tell and make fundraising, at all levels, more strategic.
Host Provider: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: $69
5/22 | Race, gender, and inequity in nonprofit consulting
Consulting can be an appealing next step for seasoned fundraisers, nonprofit leaders who have hit the glass ceiling, or for those who are ready to use their expertise in different ways. About one third of the members of the Fabulous Female Fundraisers, a membership nonprofit for Black female fundraisers, have chosen this path, using their expertise to guide nonprofits in leadership development, grant writing and fundraising. In this session, a panel of consultants will share their experiences as Black women in the nonprofit sector, a space that has often left women of color feeling unvalued and overworked They will offer valuable insights for those who are exploring consulting as a possible career path.
Host Provider: Candid
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/23 | Bridges Workshop
Through this workshop, learn how economic realities of poverty, middle class, and wealth impact individuals, communities, systems, and structures. In order to positively impact the education and lives of individuals in poverty, we must explore the way we think and behave. Bridges Summit County Workshops offers a structure to help us assess the mindsets and world views we hold as individuals, institutions, and communities. It helps us define and visualize the experiences in economic class environments in order to increase our understanding.
Host Provider: United Way of Summit & Medina
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: United Way of Summit & Medina (37 N. High St.)
Cost: Non-continuing education cost is $25.00 (includes workshop, lunch, and materials); Continuing education cost is $40.00 (includes workshop, lunch, materials and credits)
5/29 | How to Cultivate and Manage Donors Remotely
Major gift fundraising strategies changed dramatically after the pandemic. Instead of a 3-hour commitment, traveling to and from an in-person meeting over coffee; you can now qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward your donors in a series of half-hour virtual meetings. In this workshop, you will get an insider's perspective on how to turn a spreadsheet of prospects into real philanthropic revenue.
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 8:00-11:00 am
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
5/29 | Ask me anything: Building relationships with funders
Securing grant funding can be a challenging process, and it's often said that relationships are an important component of grantseeking success alongside the match between your nonprofit’s work and the foundation’s areas of interest. But what do you need to know as you begin and maintain relationships with foundations? Join us for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session all about funding relationships, featuring Irfan Hasan, Deputy Vice President of Grants at The New York Community Trust, and Linda Goode Bryant, Founder and President of the nonprofit Project EATS, for an opportunity to ask all the questions on your mind, such as:
- How do you know when the time is right to approach a specific funder?
- How do you best communicate your nonprofit's impact in a way that will resonate with prospective funders?
- How do you continue stewarding a funding relationship over time, and manage challenges along the way
- What if the connection just isn’t being made for a relationship—persist or abandon?
Bring any and all of your questions, and we will do our best to answer as many as we can during this informal conversational session.
Host Provider: Candid
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 10:00-11:00 am
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
June 2024
6/3 | Leveraging Fundraising Intelligence In the Annual Fund
Think prospect research and wealth intelligence is just for major gifts and campaigns? Think again. There’s a wealth – pardon the pun! – of information available about donor identity and affinity through the data and information that donors provide and that you can access easily and efficiently. We are living and fundraising in what’s called the Connection Economy – where relationships and values are front-and-center, far more than ever before. The trends in giving are telling us that donors are looking for deeper connections and personalized involvement with the causes they support, and there’s no better way to approach that than through your annual fund and individual giving campaigns. In this session we’ll look at the current trends in giving and understand how they inform our fundraising planning, how to integrate useable data, beyond just wealth scores and real estate value, into your planning, and easy, efficient ways to take a fundraising-intelligence informed approach to all levels of fundraising.
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Monday, June 3, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
6/4 | Linking New Leaders
Hosted twice a year, BVU’s Linking New Leaders is a fun, fast paced “speed dating” style event that brings together community-minded young professionals with local nonprofit organizations. The goal is to connect up-and-coming professionals who want to contribute their time and expertise to a variety of engagement opportunities including positions on boards, committees, and “friends” groups.
Host Provider: BVU
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Time: 5:30-8:00 pm
Location: Location TBA
Cost: TBA
6/12 | Arts & Culture Inclusion Council Presents: Accessibility at Outdoor Events
In this virtual lunch & learn, Summit DD will present on how to improve accessibility at outdoor arts events- festivals, concerts, craft fairs, etc.
Host Provider: ArtsNow
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
6/13 | Leveraging the Summer Slowdowns: How to Prepare for End-of-Year Fundraising in June
For most nonprofits, the summer months bring forth significant slowdowns. Though this downtime can be used for vacation, family time, team building, etc., having extra bandwidth can also be used to jumpstart End-of-Year fundraising efforts. Rather than waiting for September to roll around, having a well-paced plan for the summer months can help you and your team get a head start! Participants can expect to outline a clear plan for marketing and development teams to kick off EOY fundraising, explore how to incorporate powerful impact metrics into your EOY fundraising message, and learn how to capture powerful stories of transformation to share with donors during your EOY campaign(s).
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
6/18 | Ready, Set, Evaluate: Assess your Organization's Readiness for Program Evaluation
Evaluations can be instrumental in demonstrating the effectiveness of your program, fulfilling funding requirements, and improving outcomes for your clients. They can also be a waste of time and resources when organizations are ill-prepared to engage in the process or use results. During this workshop we’ll learn about 5 key areas to assess your organization's readiness for program evaluation, plus cover the 3 main types of program evaluation.
Host Provider: Nonprofit Learning Lab
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Time: 8:00-11:00 am
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
July 2024
7/25 | Bridges Workshop
Through this workshop, learn how economic realities of poverty, middle class, and wealth impact individuals, communities, systems, and structures. In order to positively impact the education and lives of individuals in poverty, we must explore the way we think and behave. Bridges Summit County Workshops offers a structure to help us assess the mindsets and world views we hold as individuals, institutions, and communities. It helps us define and visualize the experiences in economic class environments in order to increase our understanding.
Host Provider: United Way of Summit & Medina
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: United Way of Summit & Medina (37 N. High St.)
Cost: Non-continuing education cost is $25.00 (includes workshop, lunch, and materials); Continuing education cost is $40.00 (includes workshop, lunch, materials and credits)
August 2024
8/12-15 | Ask the Expert
Four times a year, BVU connects our nonprofit partners with skills-based volunteers to work together on a variety of subjects. These 60-minute one-on-one meetings provide an opportunity to work on small projects, get questions answered, or receive practical suggestions. The goal of each Ask the Expert session is for the nonprofit to leave the meeting with recommendations they can implement right away. The skills-based volunteer and nonprofit will be matched based upon the volunteer’s strengths and the needs articulated by the nonprofit.
Host Provider: Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)
Date: August 12-15, 2024
Time: Various
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
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