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Discover the latest volunteer management trends including how to engage and support virtual and remote volunteers!
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Even in our current (and largely virtual!) world, one well-known fact about nonprofit organizations hasn't changed -- we NEED and DEPEND on our volunteers! There's no denying it, our volunteers provide an invaluable human resource that can enhance our organization’s ability to achieve its mission, priorities, and goals.
Nonprofit leaders, if you're looking to build a successful volunteer program or further develop a previously established program, take a look at our Certificate in Volunteer Management. This year's program will take place online over the course of six half-days in November & December (9:00 AM–2:00 PM) and offers a live and interactive opportunity to help your organization build-up and optimize its most valuable resource, your volunteers! This course will benefit anyone in the nonprofit, association, and governmental sector who seeks to learn how to build a successful volunteer program.
Your instructors, Kathleen McCleskey and Wendy Biro-Pollard, have been collaborating with the Center for Nonprofit Studies for over a decade and together, have over 50 years of nonprofit management, training, and consulting experience. Click here to learn more about this intensive program that will help develop skills and techniques that are useful to any organizational leader.
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All sessions of this certificate program have been recognized by the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration and will cover the Council’s Core Competencies for Managers of Volunteer Resources. Upon completion, participants will earn a Certificate of Completion and 2.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from Austin Community College. These may be eligible for use in meeting professional certification requirements. This course is also eligible for AmeriCorps education award funds and the Hazlewood Act tuition exemption program.
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Nonprofits and Elections | Vote This Election Day!
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Nonprofits are key players in helping everyone have a voice in their own future, provided we operate on a strictly nonpartisan basis, meaning simply, charitable nonprofits may “not participate in … any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” As the conveners of communities, nonprofits are vital in raising awareness, providing resources, and being a conduit for civic engagement. Nonprofits are where people come to address personal needs, find solutions, and work together to help their communities.
Do your part to Get Out The Vote today! Nonprofit VOTE has a helpful GOTV guide with 10 easy-to-implement tactics common to nonprofits and background information to help organizations remain nonpartisan and community-focused. Here are just a few:
- Include personal messages on internal and external communications with dates and voting information.
- Have the CEO/ED send an email reminding staff of time off to vote policies.
- Remind people to vote at events and meetings.
- Post reminders on social media.
We're doing our part by hosting a FREE interactive community discussion TOMORROW from 12-1:30 PM -- Real Talk: Voting in 2020!
Join us for a moderated conversation that will share what we can (and can't) say as nonprofits and academic institutions this election cycle, discuss what's at stake, and offer easy steps we can all take to encourage our community to get out and VOTE!
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Our popular certificate is back just in time for end of year funding efforts! Reserve your seat for the November session of the Grant Writing program!
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Don't miss an intensive, hands-on opportunity to acquire the knowledge and practice the skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive grant writing environment -- now ONLINE! Join us for the last session of the year, November 11-16 from 9 AM-4:30 PM!
Our Certificate in Grant Writing program is a hands-on workshop, not just a series of lectures. Class size is kept intentionally small in order to provide personalized attention while you build a real, usable work product that you can put to immediate use. In addition to receiving a wealth of knowledge about current grant writing trends and expectations, you’ll receive an extensive package of materials to use both during the week and for future grant writing projects.
Your instructor, Jack Smith, is an accomplished grant writer with over thirty years of training and consulting experience with hundreds of nonprofit and public organizations throughout the US. This special online offering of our certificate program will include an office hour each day to answer questions and provide individual consultation by appointment.
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This certificate program is eligible for the AmeriCorps education award funds and Hazlewood Act tuition exemption program.
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Be part of Civil Society's live, virtual, and interactive conversations that explore local issues affecting the nonprofit sector and our community!
Thursdays at 10 AM via ZOOM!
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Have you been enjoying Civil Society's series on the Hispanic/Latinx Experience in Austin? Well, good news! We're pleased to share the newly announced line-up for the rest of the series that will be taking place now through the end of the year.
Hispanic Business in Austin
October 22 | Diana Maldonado, President & CEO, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Investing in Underserved Hispanic Female Entrepreneurs
October 29 | Steve Wanta, Executive Director, JUST
**SPECIAL WEDNESDAY EPISODE!**
Fast Track Careers and the Importance of Continued Educations in the Time of COVID
November 4 | Hector Aguilar, Dean, Community Education, Austin Community College
The Role of Hispanic Women in Austin Politics
November 5 | Bobbie Garza-Hernandez, Principal, Pink Consulting; former Chief of Staff, Gus Garcia
Historical & Current Trends in Hispanic Life. Learn about ACC’s El Centro
November 12 | Gary Moreno, Director, Latino/Latin American Student Center, "El Centro"
The State of Latinx/Hispanic Nonprofits in Austin
November 19 | Julie Martinez Ballesteros, Executive Director, Manos de Cristo
The Hispanic Nonprofit Executive Director Experience
December 3 | Rosamaria Murillo, PhD, LMSW, CEO, El Buen Samaritano
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Civil Society, hosted by Barry Silverberg, CNS Director, explores issues affecting our communal well-being through a nonprofit lens. It is produced weekly on Zoom on Thursdays at 10:00 AM.
You can watch previous seasons of the program, including our recently-completed series on "The Black Experience in Austin" here.
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As a reminder, many of our online opportunities operate under a Pay What You Can (PWYC) pricing sliding scale. Learn more about this pricing system here, which allows us to continue to offer quality programming while also addressing the financial challenges many are faced with at this present time.
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Do not confuse aspiration with capabilities. Capability must meet aspiration.
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