Nonprofit organizations are often in a position to impact policies and practices that negatively affect the populations they serve. Participants in this workshop will learn about:

-          The 5 types of community organizing

-          Organizers & Relationships

-          Identifying issues

-          Using strategy charts for tactical planning in direct-action organizing

-          Policy issue case studies and tactical approaches to winning

-          Advocacy, education and lobbying: what non-profits and government agencies can do

-          Voter registration and voter suppression bills

Click here for more information and registration. The workshop will be from 2:00-4:30 in the Human Services Building. Advanced registration is required.

Marketing and branding a nonprofit in today’s business world can be a daunting task. This workshop will serve to define, enhance and broaden attendees’ understanding of strategy and policy for nonprofit organizations utilizing social media.  Interactive group work will facilitate the development of comprehensive campaigns tailored to accomplish specific organizational goals for attendees. General guidelines for policy development and content creation will help to direct specific online initiatives which incorporate sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Click here for more information and registration. The workshop will be from 2:00 to 4:00 at the MHSAA building in East Lansing. Advanced registration is required.

     Conventional approaches to strategic planning do not work well to meet the complex challenges we face today. The reason is simple; strategic planning does not work in open networks. Traditional strategy practices emerged from large hierarchical, “command and control” corporations. A small group of people at the top of the organization did the thinking, while the rest of the people did the doing.

     In our civic spaces, there are no hierarchies. Yet, we still need to do strategic thinking and now, more than ever, we need to act strategically. So, how do we focus our limited resources where they are likely to have the largest positive impacts?

     This workshop, facilitated by Bob Brown, will give you the tools and methods to answer that question. Strategic doing provides a new discipline for developing and implementing strategy within the loose networks that characterize our communities and regions. Strategic doing is fast, iterative, and inexpensive – whereas strategic planning is slow, linear, and costly. Strategic doing is catching on because people can understand it, apply it, and have fun, as they move their ideas into action.

Click here for the registration flyer. The workshop will be held from 1:00pm-4:00pm at HSB, Door 3, 2nd Floor, Conference Room A at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI.

To learn more, click here for the registration flyer; early registration is encouraged. The workshop will be held from 2:00pm-4:00pm at HSB, Door 3, 2nd Floor, Conference Room A at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI.

Ingham County Land Bank – Garden Program

South Lansing Community Development Association – AmeriCorps Farmers Market and S.L.U.G Volunteer Coordinator

Fenner Nature Center – AmeriCorps Stewardship Coordinator

Summer-term AmeriCorps members will be required to complete 450 service hours from June 6 through August 26. They must also attend a mandatory AmeriCorps orientation at the Ingham County Health Department on June 6, 8, and 9.

Compensation: Members will be provided extensive training (on and off site), a $3,125 living allowance, a $1,415 educational award at the successful completion of the service term, and loan forbearance for qualified student loans.

For more information about AmeriCorps, visit www.americorps.gov. Contact Katie Ellero, AmeriCorps Program Coordinator, to apply. (kt.ellero@gmail.com, 517-887-4596)

After completing the workshop, each participant will have a clearer understanding of how to recruit, organize, and build mission (critical for fund-raising) at the board level.

Click here for the registration flyer; early registration is encouraged. The workshop will be held from 1:00pm-4:00pm at HSB, Door 3, 2nd Floor, Conference Room A at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI.

Presented by Michelle M. Lantz, MA, APR, of Lantz Communications, Inc.

Click here for the registration flyer; early registration is encouraged. The workshop will be held from 1:00pm-3:00pm at HSB, Door 3, 2nd Floor, Conference Room A at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI.

• how to update, secure, optimize, backup, and maintainyour organization’s systems
• how to setup a secure, fast and usable internet-connected network for your office

Andy Wolber, an independent technology consultant who has led technology strategy and planning workshops for nonprofits throughout the midwest, will present the basics you need to know in easy-to-understand and non-technical language. Click here for the registration flyer; early registration is encouraged. The workshop will be held from 1:00pm-3:30pm at HSB, Door 3, 2nd Floor, Conference Room A at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI.