Craft Workshops on Nonprofit Start-Ups
Currently no upcoming workshops are scheduled.2008
Managing Financial Resources in Nonprofits - Challenges and Opportunities
Key financial management concepts and frameworks that aspiring nonprofit leaders can use to manage financial resources in nonprofit organizations.
Jim Honan, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education; HKS Adjunct Faculty
Aviva Argote, Executive Director, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Stew Uretsky, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, Kennedy School
May 9, 2008
9:30 am - 12 noon
L-130, Bolton Lecture Room, Littauer Bldg
A Primer on Fundraising for Nonprofits
Preparing a Plan, Asking for Money & Understanding Foundations
Steven Lawry, Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Matthew Wilson, former Field Director for Grassroots Campaigns Inc.
May 14, 2008
2:30 - 5:00 pm
L-130, Bolton Lecture Room, Littauer Bldg
Starting a Nonprofit
Is a 501c3 the best way to launch your innovative idea? Exploring options.
Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green;
Christopher Stone, Faculty Director, Hauser Center; Guggenheim Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice
4 Oct. 2008
9:00 - 11:00 am
Hauser Center Conference Room, Kennedy School of Government
Creating and Nurturing a Value-Adding Board
Recruiting the right board; tapping board talent &
resources; building a Board-CEO partnership; avoiding
board-room dysfunction.
Katya Fels Smyth, Principal and Founder, The Full Frame Initiative;
William Ryan, Reseach Fellow, Hauser Center
14 Nov. 2008
1:30 – 4:00 pm
Gutman 303 (Gutman Library) Graduate School of Education. Harvard ID required.
2009
Developing Business Plans (co-sponsored with Social Enterprise Initiative, HBS)
An introduction of key elements of a business plan, and approaches on how to build.
Hawes 101, Harvard Business School
Stacey Childress
Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009 5:00-6:00 pm
Fundraising for Nonprofits I: Foundations and Individual Donors
A Primer on Fundraising – Preparing a Plan, Asking for Money & Understanding Foundations
Harvard Alumni Association
124 Mt. Auburn St., 6th floor, Room 603A
Ellen Sullivan
Director of International Advancement, Harvard University
Matt Wilson
Deputy Director, Corporate Accountability International
Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 1:00pm-4:00pm
Strategic Financial Management
Stewardship & sustainability; nonprofit financial basics; budgeting; reading & analyzing financial statements.
Jim Honan
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Aviva Argote
Executive Director, Hauser Center
Friday, Mar. 6, 2009 9:30-12:00 noon
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (within the Charles Hotel complex), Kennedy School of Government
Nonprofit Marketing
Identify your target audience (both for your mission & fundraising), articulate your core benefit to these audiences, define your strategies in terms of the P's of non-profit marketing, (positioning, price, promotion, packaging, policy, place).
Sandy Hessler
Assistant Dean and Director,Office of Career Advancement
Friday, Mar. 13, 2009 9:30-12:00 noon
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (within the Charles Hotel complex), Kennedy School of Government
Fundraising for Nonprofits II: Non-Traditional Capital
An introduction to the nontraditional capital models emerging and how they may be applied in today’s context.
Friday, April 10, 9:30-12 noon
Malkin Penthouse - Littauer 4th Floor
79 JKF Street, Kennedy School of Government
Andrea McGrath
Director of the Center for Applied Philanthropy
Luther Ragin, Jr.
V.P. of Investments, The FB Heron Foundation
Do You Really Want a 501(c)3 ?
Laws & legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations; new IRS requirements.
Friday April 24th, 9:30-12 noon
Hauser Center Conference Room
5 Bennett Street (within the Charles Hotel complex), Kennedy School of Government
Marion Fremont-Smith
Senior Research Fellow
Pamela Peters
Former President of the Florida Philanthropic Network