Resources
Following Up

Following Up

Did you attend one of these recent meetings, forums or workshops of the Alliance? Find links and resource documents referred to in that session.

Keep a Lid on Unemployment

April 29, April 30 and May 1

Below are links to the presentation from First Nonprofit Companies and an application for a free no obligation evaluation

For more information and to get started with your application contact:

Cecilia Piazza
Director of Member Services, Unemployment Programs First Nonprofit Companies
800-526-4352 x 7729
piazza@firstnonprofit.com
http://www.firstnonprofitcompanies.com/

Valley Grants Forum

April 24, 2008

Below is the links to the presentation by PetSmart Charities:

New 990 Introduction Workshop

April 23, 2008

Below is the link to the presentation by Brenda Blunt, Tax Director for CBIZ in Phoenix:

Building Your Future
Planning, Designing, Funding and Financing Your Building Project
March 26, 2008

Below are links to the presentations by Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, BCDM architectural firm, National Bank of Arizona and Paul J. Strawhecker, Inc.:

Spring 2008 Town Halls

Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson

Find information to follow up from our spring series of Town Halls.

Tucson Grants Forum
March 6, 2008

Below are links to the presentations by Wells Fargo and the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education:

Yuma Grants Forum
February 27, 2008

Below are links to the Helios Foundation presentation and the Alliance presentation about searching for funders:

Also, during discussion, references were made to Endow San Diego, the report on "Educating Arizona" and the GATES funding email list from ASU. Here are the web links to those programs:

Phoenix Grants Forum
February 12, 2008

Below are links to the Microsoft and BHHS Legacy Foundation presentations:

Phoenix Grants Forum
December 11, 2007

Below is link to the Arizona Community Foundation PowerPoint presentation (saved as a PDF file):

Prescott Grants Forum
December 4, 2007

Below are links to PowerPoints (saved as PDF files) from Arizona Community Foundation and Helios Foundation.

Collaboration Workshops
October 2007 - Phoenix and Tucson

Link to the video presentation of David La Piana, at the Arizona Grantmakers Forum website:

Phoenix Grants Forum
October 11, 2007

Below are links to PowerPoints (saved as PDF files) from Bob Booker of the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Irene Jacobs of the Governor's Office for Children, Youth & Families.

Wallace Foundation Conference
September 18, 2007

More than 200 participants engaged in learning and dialogue about nonprofit advocacy, while celebrating the legacy of the Wallace Foundation for its many years of support for grassroots advocacy that addresses the needs of vulnerable populations in Arizona. Find the notes from each plenary session below.

Phoenix Grants Forum

February 15, 2007


Kresge Foundation PowerPoint:

/Common/Files/Kresge_Fdn_Arizona_07_02_15.pdfKresge_Fdn_Arizona_07_02_15.pdf [39.00 Kb 2/19/2007]


Survivor: Nonprofit Island
January 17, 2007 - Phoenix


REPORTS AND STUDIES

Daring to Lead 2006
http://www.compasspoint.org/content/index.php?pid=19
Download the document in PDF, or order your own copy.

The Talented and Diverse Leadership We Need: Developing the Nonprofit Sector Workforce for the 21st Century, by the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers
http://www.humanics.org/atf/cf/%7BE02C99B2-B9B8-4887-9A15-C9E973FD5616%7D/nonprofit_workforce_paper_7_25_05.pdf
A group of leaders from national nonprofit organizations, foundations, and academic centers who are united in their commitment to strengthening the sector’s human resources convened in March 2005 to begin developing a research and advocacy agenda that involves reaching out to many more key stakeholders to establish a broad-based, powerful, and formal national coalition. Read their Draft Working Paper released in June, 2005.


NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS

Board Café
http://www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe/index.php
Board Café is the electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors. Short enough to read over a cup of coffee, Board Café offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service.


ARIZONA ORGANZATIONS

Organization for Nonprofit Executives (ONE)
http://www.oneaz.org
Stay involved in the conversation with your colleagues – get involved with ONE in Maricopa County. ONE’s mission is to strengthen the community by fostering collegiality, partnerships and innovation among nonprofit executives.

ASU Center for Nonprofit Leadership & Management
http://www.asu.edu/copp/nonprofit/
The Center is a resource in everything from your professional development to your management needs.

Phoenix Grants Forum
December 12, 2006 - Phoenix


Web links named by presenters:
American Express: http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/gb/howto.asp
Social Venture Partners Arizona: www.svpaz.org

Phoenix Suns Charities: http://www.nba.com/suns/news/charities_index.html


PowerPoints of presenters (in PDF format):

American Express

/Common/Files/GrantsForum_amex_corp_giving.pdfGrantsForum_amex_corp_giving.pdf [36.00 Kb 12/14/2006]

Social Venture Partners Arizona
/Common/Files/GrantsForum_SVP.pdfGrantsForum_SVP.pdf [55.00 Kb 12/14/2006]



Phoenix Grants Forum

October 10, 2006 - Phoenix


Web links named by presenters:
Casey Family Programs: www.casey.org
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education: www.azflse.org
Catholic Charities Office of Peace & Justice: www.catholicsocialserviceaz.org
Online eligibility quiz for Catholic Charities: www.usccb.org/cchd

Town Halls on the Nonprofit Sector
March 2006 - Tucson
April 2006 - Tempe
August 2006 - Phoenix
August 2006 - Prescott
September 2006 - Yuma
September 2006 - Flagstaff


Stay up to date on the Nonprofit Congress.

Read the Panel of the Nonprofit Sector report (from Independent Sector)


Networking Your Network Workshop with Robin Hanson
June 27, 2006 - Phoenix

If you did not complete the pink evaluation, you can fill it out online.

Here are the web links included in Robin Hanson's PowerPoint.

Recommended Resources from Keith Ferrazzi
http://www.inc.com/resources/sales/recommended.html

Ferrazzi GreenLight
http://ferrazzigreenlight.com

ReferNet
http://www.refernet.net/business_networking.html

Robin's PowerPoint presentation (in Adobe PDF format):

/Common/Files/RobinHansonPresentation_June06.pdfRobinHansonPresentation_June06.pdf [67.00 Kb 6/28/2006]



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