BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Wisconsin Non-Profits Association | July 30 2010-August 29 2010 PRODID:-//strange bird labs//Drupal iCal API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100730T061206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100803T183000Z UID:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/node/636 URL;VALUE=URI:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/node/636 SUMMARY:Workshop\: Transformative Board Governance\, Milwaukee DESCRIPTION:
Transformative Board Governance
Tuesday\, August 3 / 11\:30 a.m. - 1\:30 p.m.
A light lunch will be provided.

Transformative Governance is your commitment to revitalizing the role of your board and establishing a new framework for board leadership. Engage in breakthrough thinking that embraces emerging trends and developments in board governance. Designed especially for the Executive Director and the Board President. Come as a team and save! \;

Presenter\: YLONDA D. GLOVER\, Organizational Development Consultant\, Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee

Fee\: $50\; $35 Nonprofit Center members and CDBG agency attendees.

Location\: \;the Nonprofit Center\, \;2819 West Highland Blvd.

For more info/to register\:
www.NonprofitCenterMilwaukee.org

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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100730T061206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T210000Z UID:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/content/workshop-effective-strategies-increasing-your-earned-income-duluth-mn URL;VALUE=URI:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/content/workshop-effective-strategies-increasing-your-earned-income-duluth-mn SUMMARY:Workshop\: Effective Strategies for Increasing Your Earned Income\, Duluth MN DESCRIPTION:
Should our nonprofit get into the business of earning money?  \;Do we have the expertise and capacity to sell any products or services?  \;What kind of business activities would make sense for us?  \;Will this help us diversify our funding? \;
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This interactive workshop addresses these and other questions about social enterprises\, also known as nonprofit ventures\, earned income projects\, and social businesses.  \;This session will include case studies of social enterprisers who have developed successful (and not so successful) social enterprises\,  \;provide an overview of best practices\, and will include an exercise to help you determine whether social enterprise makes sense for your organization. \;
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This session will also deliver some of the &ldquo\;nuts and bolts&rdquo\; of how to &ldquo\;do&rdquo\; social enterprise/earned income activities.  \;We will discuss where to look for good venture ideas\, how to test feasibility\, and how to do &ldquo\;just enough&rdquo\; business planning to launch a social enterprise.  \;Come prepared to learn how to apply this to your organization\, when to say &ldquo\;yes&rdquo\; and when to say &ldquo\;no&rdquo\; to suggestions to grow earned income in your nonprofit.  \;Be prepared to roll up your sleeves!
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Rolfe Larson\, is a nationally known author\, trainer and consultant.  \;His book Venture Forth!  \;The Essential Guide to Starting A Moneymaking Business in Your Nonprofit Organization\, has been widely recognized as the most practical\, useful guide on how to develop successful earned income strategies.  \;Venture Forth!  \;was endorsed by Paul Newman of Newman&rsquo\;s Own. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100730T061206Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100805T213000Z UID:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/node/631 URL;VALUE=URI:http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/node/631 SUMMARY:Workshop\: Ethics and Boundaries for Direct Social Service Providers\, Kenosha DESCRIPTION:
Ethics and Boundaries for Direct Social Service Providers\, Thursday\, August 5\, 1\:00 pm to 4\:30 pm\, located at UW-Parkside's Tallent Hall (Orchard Room)\, 900 Wood Road\, Kenosha\, WI (Presenter\:  \;Matthew Gebhardt)- Nonprofit organizations\, who have direct social service providers face tremendous challenges.  \;Providing services to their clients in an often high-paced\, stressful environment can leave the most competent professionals feeling overwhelmed.  \; In the midst of this environment\, fundamental questions concerning how we relate to others as professionals become increasingly important to consider\:  \;