Non-Profit Critical Skills
with
Sara Manewith
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Business & Technology
Note: This is a multi-session event series. By purchasing the event package, you acknowledge that you can attend all event dates included below.Event Overview
Critical Skill 1: Building and Growing Your Non-Profit Board of Directors (September 14, 2017). In this first of three Non-Profit Critical Skills sessions, you will learn the fundamentals of building your non-profit board, including identifying and recruiting the right members, engaging your board and training them to lead.
Critical Skill 2: Fundraising for Directors and Volunteer Leaders (September 28). In this session we'll focus on donor engagement, individual solicitation, grant-writing, and the best practices for creating an organizational development plan.
Critical Skill 3: Communicating with your Stakeholders (October 12). In this session we'll talk about your organization's messages, your target audiences, and ensuring that what you communicate resonates far and wide.
Each workshop can be taken individually or with the two others in the series.
Minimum age
All ages welcome
What's Provided
Hand-outs, resources.
What You Can Expect From This Experience
- Non-profit
- Board development
- Communication
- Fundraising
- Leadership
- Volunteer engagement
Location
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Andrea Hoffman, MSW
Andrea Hoffman is a proven leader, educator and strategist with more than 25 years in the not-for-profit sector. Her consulting focuses on communications, fundraising, and organizational coaching. Professionally, Andrea's career has ranged from program director to executive director, as well as senior leadership roles at Hillel International. She has rescued organizations in crisis and understands first-hand the challenges inherent in scaling non-profit organizations. Andrea holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois and an MSW from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Sara L. Manewith, AM
Sara has been described as a teacher, a trainer, a mentor, and a coach. Trained as a social worker, Sara has honed her natural facilities as a strategic thinker, collaborator, and born communicator into a career as a not-for-profit leader. A lifelong Chicagoan, she brings a deep familiarity with the city’s non-profit landscape and the philanthropic sector, as well a solid understanding of what effective programs look like and how exceptional organizations operate. Sara is a talented collaborator and takes genuine pleasure in others’ success. Sara has an MA from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, a BS in Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Illinois College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
