Schedule of Courses: Spring 2009
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Successful Networking: Making Your Contacts Count (Click here for registration form)
Networking is an essential part of business and is critical in the nonprofit world. But, few of us have the know-how to put this essential tool to work for us and our organizations. When you meet someone, what two things can you do to build trust? What is the biggest mistake you can make when describing networking? What are three ways to teach someone to remember your name? How do you make yourself memorable? Belinda Willis will answer these questions and many more as she teaches you to develop and refine networking skills.
Date: January 27, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Belinda Willis, president of Focusing on Solutions of Yorktown, Virginia serves as a management
consultant, strategic thinking partner and coach with 20 years of experience in working with nonprofit agencies.
Tuition: $60
Sharing Knowledge: Training Strategies for Non-Trainers (Click here for registration from)
Are you thrust into the role of trainer in your organization? Do you attend workshops and seminars and try to share new skills and information with others in your agency? If you are a professional whose primary responsibility is NOT training and facilitation, this course will teach you a step-by-step process that will help you effectively share your new knowledge with others. You will learn various ways to determine needs, develop programs, create a positive training climate and give effective presentations.
Date: February 24, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Annette Kane, president of Coaching and Development Services in Chesapeake, Virginia, is a workforce development professional with extensive experience in training development and delivery.
Tuition: $60
Social Media: Strengthening Online Audience Connections (Click here for registration form)
Nonprofits are faced with trying to find their place in a MySpace world. From Facebook to the e-book, twitter to flickr, podcasts to webcasts, the platforms for delivering and expanding your nonprofit’s reach continue to explode. Nancy Schwartz, who writes the Getting Attention blog about nonprofit marketing, will share her insights. In this practical and informative introduction to the Web 2.0 world, you’ll learn ways your nonprofit can effectively use new media to market itself. You’ll enter this class with a host of questions (a prerequisite), and leave with a plan for putting the right social media tools to work for your organization.
Date: March 24, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Nancy E. Schwartz, president of Nancy Schwartz & Company (NS&C) of Maplewood, New Jersey, designs and implements marketing and communications programs to help nonprofit and foundation clients nationwide to maximize their impact and profits.
Tuition: $60
Social Enterprise Endeavors: Thinking Outside the Box (Click here for registration form)
With decreases in grants from foundations and government, nonprofit organizations must find alternative funding methods to continue their work. One option to consider is social enterprise. This course will provide you a solid overview to help you explore new ventures for your nonprofit that can provide it a stream of unrestricted funds. You will learn about market changes and trends, successful social enterprises and how to prepare for a new enterprise. Case studies will help give you ideas for thinking out of the box about your nonprofit.
Date: April 28, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Naomi Takeuchi is founder and president of 1000 Cranes, LLC, a private consulting firm specializing in business consulting, strategic planning, and financial analysis for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, based in Durham, North Carolina.
Tuition: $60
New CEOs: Moving from Surviving to Thriving (Click here for registration form)
If you are like most new nonprofit executive directors, you find leading your nonprofit to be rewarding but challenging. This two-day course will teach strategies and skills to help new executive directors like you become effective leaders. Topics include understanding the nonprofit culture; roles of the executive director, board and staff; sound financial management; and leadership development. This course is open to anyone but is targeted toward nonprofit executive directors with two years or less experience in their current positions.
Date: January 8 and 15, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Jane Stein is owner of JPS Consulting of Norfolk, Virginia, which specializes in board development, leadership development, public relations, and fundraising services to nonprofit agencies throughout the United States.
Tuition: $85
Leadership through Influence: Making Change Work for You
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This workshop will help you deal positively with workplace changes. Part 1 will provide tools to help you and others in your organization cope with change. You will learn to adapt to change yourself while helping other staff members. Part 2 will address personal influence and help you increase your staff’s commitment to new ideas, suggestions and directives. You will learn to communicate new ideas with credibility, confidence and clarity. This class will explore why some people are more influential than others and focus on building new skills to help you to adapt to change and help others on your staff do the same.
Date: February 11 and 12, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Bob Kenney, PhD is president of Partners Through Training, a training firm specializing in leadership and team development located in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Tuition: $85
Grantsmanship 101: Understanding the Basics (Click here for registration form)
This course will introduce the fundamentals of grant writing and proposal development so you and your organization will be comfortable applying for funding from a variety of sources. You will learn the basics, including grant-writing strategies, locating funding sources, matching sources with agency needs, developing a case for funding, budget development and measuring outcomes. The course will include some exercises to provide you with practical experience.
Date: March 12 and 19, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Mary Ruth Clowdsley of Portsmouth, Virginia is a national trainer for the Grantsmanship Center and the principle of Strategic Grant Group, which provides grant proposal development services.
Tuition: $85
Development 101: Mastering the Fundamentals (Click here for registration form)
This course will equip you with a solid foundation in the basics of fundraising. You will learn new strategies to help you develop a stable funding base for your organization. You will explore new funding sources, learn what makes a successful fundraising program and understand what motivates donors to want to support your nonprofit. Hands-on exercises will help you prepare to improve your organization’s donor base.
Date: April 9 & 16, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: TCC Norfolk Campus, 5th floor Martin Building, Room 2502 (Click here for map)
Instructor: Keith Curtis is president of The Curtis Group specializing in fundraising and development services and is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Tuition: $85
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