ED Group Program and Trainings Announced

SCNY ED Group Program Set for March 16th

The March 16th Program Meeting will feature a business meeting followed by a special FREE training, Creating a Powerful Team: Executive Directors Working with their Boards, presented by the New York Council of Nonprofits. Many organizations struggle with defining the boundaries of Executive Director authority and establishing appropriate parameters for Executive Director and Board of Director roles. This session, designed for Executive Directors, will address recommended roles and strategies in Executive Director and Board relations and discuss the interplay of organizational culture and commonly held "best practices". The session will help Executive Directors clarify and address with their Boards their role in board development and the balance of responsibilities in areas such as financial oversight, personnel matters, fundraising, and community relations.

This workshop is supported by The Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation and The Community Foundation for South Central New York.

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Date: Tuesday, March 16th
Time: 9:30 am- General meeting
10:00am to 12:00pm- Workshop
Cost: FREE to nonprofit directors
Location: Broome Public Safety Building
Academy Classroom #1
155 Lt. VanWinkle Drive
Binghamton, NY 13905


Announcing the 2010 Southern Tier Capacity Building Program
Improving Nonprofit Capacity & Effectiveness through Assessment Workshop
Offered by NYCON CEO Doug Sauer

Nonprofits of all types and sizes are under significant stress on a number of fronts that threatens to reduce our infrastructure and capacity to meet community needs through effective and sustainable services. Theses challenges can seem overwhelming and beyond our control and organizations are finding it difficult to know where to start making the organizational changes necessary. Organizational assessment, whether comprehensive or in strategically selected areas, is the foundation or basis for executing informed and effective strategies. Simply put, your leadership needs to know and understand your organizational condition and viability before expecting meaningful changes, based on internally-driven priorities, to occur.

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Date: Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Time: 9:30am to 3:30pm
A break for lunch will be provided. Participants are responsible for their own lunch.
Cost: Free to nonprofit directors, board and staff (Limit 2 per organization)
Location: Broome County Public Library
Decker Room
185 Court Street
Binghamton, NY 13901

This workshop, supported by The Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation and The Community Foundation for South Central New York, provides an overview of what an assessment is and is not, along with the various methods, tools, indicators and processes for conducting an assessment; whether it be a self-administered or provided with outside assistance or consultation. Participants will also learn and discuss nonprofit assessment examples and receive assessment tools for use in their own organizations.

Participants will qualify to apply for the 2010 Southern Tier Capacity Building Mini-Grant Program, as well as special assessment support offered directly by the New York Council of Nonprofits. The Mini-Grant Program and special assessment assistance are supported by The Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, and Conrad and Virginia Klee Foundation.


State Board Training Consortium's Achieving Excellence in Governance in BINGHAMTON!

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Are you a nonprofit receiving funding from OASAS, DOH AIDS Institute and Center for Community Health , OMRDD, OMH or OCFS? These state agencies, in collaboration with NYCON, have created a free Board Training program!

BINGHAMTON WORKSHOPS
SBTC: Understanding Your Legal Obligations as a Nonprofit Board Member
Thursday, April 08, 2010 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)

SBTC: Human Resource Issues for Nonprofit Boards
Thursday, April 08, 2010 at 5:30 PM - Friday, April 09, 2010 at 8:30 PM (ET)

SBTC: Nonprofit Accounting Basics for Board Members
Friday, April 09, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)

SBTC: The New Form 990: A Focus on Board Governance
Friday, April 09, 2010 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)


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