Want to learn how to write a successful proposal and sustain your program? This workshop will provide participants with the information needed to get started! From learning the difference between government and private grants to discussing the details of proposal component areas and how to sustain your program, participants will discover how much information is needed to create a winning proposal and best practices to sustain a program beyond grant funds.

In this session, you will learn how to: create a Twitter home page, get started with Twitter, customize your Twitter background, monitorthe Tweets, business-building Tweets, reTweeting, who you should follow?, create lists, use Twitter directories, use hashtags, integrate Twitter and Facebook and use Tweetdeck. NOTE: To participate fully in this class you must have a WIFI ready computer and an Active Twitter username and password.

With the rise of social media, face-to-face word of mouth advertising has become the forgotten part of most organization's marketing plan. Since 90% of word of mouth is person-to-person, there are a few simple ways to make this work as a powerful tool!

Want to learn how to write a successful proposal and sustain your program? This workshop will provide participants with the information needed to get started! From learning the difference between government and private grants to discussing the details of proposal component areas and how to sustain your program, participants will discover how much information is needed to create a winning proposal and best practices to sustain a program beyond grant funds.

Presenter: Sallie Diederich, C.P.A.

Examine the principles for leading and managing your organization. Explore how leadership qualities can be developed and management skills enhanced. Discover the key qualities exhibited by great leaders and how to apply these as leaders of nonprofits.

Presenters: Sallie Diederich, C.P.A.

This seminar will explain the key elements that nonprofit websites should include to attract new donors and increase online fundraising efforts.  The seminar will cover:

·  How to evaluate your current website 

·  Actionable ways (that are easy and free) to make improvements to your website

·  Recommendations for Nonprofit CMS platforms and website management tools that are free or inexpensive 

·  List of questions to ask when selecting someone to design or update your website

Participants will have an opportunity to have their nonprofit's website evaluated during the class and will leave with a list of simple tasks they can work on immediately to improve their online fundraising and marketing .  

Presenter: Sarah Worthy,

http://www.schipul.com/people/sarahmworthy/

Explains how the case statement is critical for for internal, external/marketing, conversations /presentations, and capital campaign uses.  Includes discussion of sample mission statements and key areas of case statements, including significance of key words.

This webinar will review the Board's Role and the Staff's Role in running the day-to-day operations of a nonprofit.

The webinar is being held at Executive Service Corps of Houston (ESCH) to promote collaboration, networking, and foster strong relationships within the nonprofit community.  Attendees must come to the ESCH office to view the webinar. 

First you've got to get them, then you've got to keep them. This fast paced webinar will share best practices in board recruitment, including how to develop an effective nominating committee. Then, we'll explore best practices in keeping the best on board, including new member orientation, effective planning, self-evaluation, effective committees, making the most of meetings, and more. The webinar is taught by Jean Block, a nationally known consultant, trainer and author on nonprofit management, board development, FUNdraising and social enterprise.

Topics will include: How to create a page, difference between fanpages and groups pages, timelines, cover photos, highlights, milestones, photo uploading and sharing, engaging audience using tagging and posting tips, uses for online and mobile apps, privacy tips, application streaming and sharing between other social networks, assigning administrators.  NOTE: To participate fully in this class you must have a WIFI ready computer and an Active Facebook username and password.

Examine the principles for leading and managing your organization. Explore how leadership qualities can be developed and management skills enhanced. Discover the key qualities exhibited by great leaders and how to apply these as leaders of nonprofits.

Presenters: Sallie Diederich, C.P.A.

If you know the "tricks," you can use the LinkedIn Social Network to connect to your contacts and exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network. Among the things you will learn is how to send a message to your connections, in mail if you are not connected, add a user to your network, write a recommendation for your connection, request a recommendation from your connections, have a common connection introduce you, post questions, apply for jobs, download vcards, join groups, post events, integrate Twitter and use various applications. NOTE: To participate fully in this class you must have a WIFI ready computer and an Active LinkedIn username and password.

This seminar will help nonprofits develop a great content marketing strategy that helps them develop and implement an integrated content marketing program across their website, blog, social media profiles, email, and print.  The session will introduce the components of a successful nonprofit content marketing strategy and teach participants:

·  the steps to identifying your target audience's interests and needs

·  where to find ideas for content and share writing tips

·  how to format and re-purpose content and deliver it to multiple mediums efficiently

·  how to organize and prioritize your content

 Participants will receive a content strategy workbook that will give them the steps and resources to develop awesome nonprofit content strategies. 

Presenter: Sarah Worthy, http://www.schipul.com/people/sarahmworthy/

Topics include:

• Best Practices of the Best Boards
• Effective Recruitment
• Importance of the Nominating Committee
• Training and Retaining the Best Board Members
• Job Descriptions, Commitment Letters and Other Forms
• Dealing with Unproductive Board Members
• Governance and Fiduciary Responsibilities
• Responsibility for Mission and Purpose
• Annual Contribution and Fundraising Goals
• Sarbanes-Oxley Implications
• Trends in Federal Legislation
• Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
• Duties of Care, Loyalty and Honesty
• Board Management Including Orientation, Planning, Committees, Meetings
• Menu of Fundraising for Board Success
• And Much, Much More!

In this session, you will learn how to: create a Twitter home page, get started with Twitter, customize your Twitter background, monitorthe Tweets, business-building Tweets, reTweeting, who you should follow?, create lists, use Twitter directories, use hashtags, integrate Twitter and Facebook and use Tweetdeck. NOTE: To participate fully in this class you must have a WIFI ready computer and an Active Twitter username and password.

This is a wonderful opportunity for those that have begun the work of forming a nonprofit corporation beginning with a draft of the Certificate of Formation with the Texas Secretary of State and completed a draft of the IRS Form Application (IRS Form 1023) to apply to the IRS for an Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3) tax exemption for the nonprofit.

At this workshop an ESCH consultant will review your drafts or filings with the secretary of state and/or the IRS and answer any questions you may have about those filings.   Spend a half-day with an ESCH consultant who is an attorney in private practice to help you take your nonprofit idea and make it a reality.  With the right tools, you can be on your way giving back to the community and the population you wish to serve.

What to bring to workshop are your drafts of the following:

1.            Your Certificate of Formation; and

2.            Your Form 1023, Application For 501 (c)(3) tax exemption.

Recommended Prerequisite ESCH Seminars:

1.                   So You Think You Wish to Start a Nonprofit Organization and/or

2.                   Starting a Nonprofit Organization: Legal Nuts and Bolts

Highly Recommended Reading before the Workshop:

http://www.texascbar.org/content/legal_library/pubs/downloads/NonProfitLegalToolkit2011.pdf

Advance Registration Required
Submit your questions/concerns in advance to ESCH in the Notes section of the seminar registration page, https://secure.netsential.com/eschouston/EBForms.aspx?EBID=128&EBType=R&RefID=, so the instructors may be better prepared to help you.