Tech Week

Description

Do your board members go “MIA” between meetings? Are you dependent on a handful of active board members to do all the work? FFG’s experts have sat on both sides of the board table and are ready to help you build a team of passionate, committed, and action-oriented board leaders.

We will show you how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your board, establish expectations, and implement accountability systems that produce RESULTS.

Takeaways

• Understand board roles & responsibilities
• Evaluate the effectiveness of your current board and identify the gaps
• Identify prospective new board members
• Outline expectations for board engagement
• Implement strategies to increase board participation
• Hold board members accountable to their job description, the mission, and their commitments to the organization

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

New to grant writing or find yourself writing grants without success?

This seminar gives you a comprehensive introduction to grant writing, outlines what should be included in each grant component, and helps you steer clear of the most common pitfalls. This is a fast-paced online event that will help you with the building block of a strong grant proposal.

As funding becomes more difficult to secure, nonprofit organizations face significant challenges to fulfill their missions. This webinar reviews the questions nonprofits must answer before searching and applying for grant funds, outlines the seven essential elements of most proposals, and shows participants how to match their needs to funder priorities.  Participants focus on the major questions that need to be answered prior to writing a proposal and incorporating these answers into research and ultimately a competitive proposal.

Participants will leave this session with the tools required to determine the need for and content of strategy sessions, the elements of effective plans, implementation methods, and where to begin.

Takeaways:

• Determine if your organization is prepared to apply for grant funding.
• List and describe the seven major elements of most grant proposals.
• Learn how to be proactive in your grant writing, instead of reactive.
• Write a data-based description of the problem your nonprofit cares about.
• Define specific, measurable outcomes.
• Explore options for answering the sustainability question and creating evaluation methods.

This is a fast-paced session that will help you with the building block of a strong grant proposal.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Do you want to locate ideal foundation prospects to help support your nonprofit? Are you having a hard time finding the foundations that fit the bill? If so, this is the webinar for you!

This webinar will explore the details needed to conduct successful grant research and expedite your grant writing process.  You  will learn the details needed to begin prospect research, how to locate available grants, how to navigate organizational websites to locate funding opportunities, and identify pitfalls to avoid that will save you time and expedite your research and writing processes.

Takeaways: 

• Identify the different ways to conduct grant research and connect your results to the appropriate types of projects or services.
• Explain the characteristics of an ideal prospect.
• How to use 990s in prospect research.
• Details needed before research can begin.
• How to locate available grants on the local and federal levels.
• How to find ideal foundation prospects using free resources.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Are you faced with tough decisions or being forced to “cut back” because your organization isn’t able to fully fund your operating budget?

Unfortunately, it’s easier to fund your programs and special projects than it is to raise the dollars you need to keep the lights on.

This session will identify the building blocks of a strong budget and explain how nonprofits can easily raise the dollars needed to cover overhead costs. We will discuss how proper budgeting will propel grant proposals to success and how to use messaging to raise these much-needed funds.

Takeaways:

• How to write a realistic budget for your organization, programs, and projects
• The difference between and fully fundable budget and what most organizations create
• The 3 items most budgets are missing
• Steps to diversifying your funding streams
• How to express needs to prospective donors in ways that will ignite their passion to support your work
• The top 3 metrics you should analyze regularly from your budget
• How to begin to change the culture around budgets in a way that allows you to find funding more easily

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Did you know that it is six times more costly to acquire a new donor than it is to retain an existing donor? Your nonprofit’s success and sustainability depend on your ability to attract new donors and keep existing ones. Join our experts as we define proven strategies to cultivate donors from introduction to long-term engagement. Get a look at donor relations through the eyes of your donor and take-home nuggets that you can implement right away to create stronger development departments and happier donors.

Takeaways:

• Understand the role relationship-building plays in a nonprofit’s fundraising success.
• Practice strategies for productive interactions with donors and potential donors.
• Develop strategies to generate actions from your donor base.
• Identify methods for ongoing communication with your donors to build lasting relationships.
• Differentiate between retention and acquisition and learn the metrics you should measure around both.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

New to grant writing or find yourself writing grants without success?

This seminar gives you a comprehensive introduction to grant writing, outlines what should be included in each grant component, and helps you steer clear of the most common pitfalls. This is a fast-paced online event that will help you with the building block of a strong grant proposal.

As funding becomes more difficult to secure, nonprofit organizations face significant challenges to fulfill their missions. This webinar reviews the questions nonprofits must answer before searching and applying for grant funds, outlines the seven essential elements of most proposals, and shows participants how to match their needs to funder priorities.  Participants focus on the major questions that need to be answered prior to writing a proposal and incorporating these answers into research and ultimately a competitive proposal.

Participants will leave this session with the tools required to determine the need for and content of strategy sessions, the elements of effective plans, implementation methods, and where to begin.

Takeaways:

• Determine if your organization is prepared to apply for grant funding.
• List and describe the seven major elements of most grant proposals.
• Learn how to be proactive in your grant writing, instead of reactive.
• Write a data-based description of the problem your nonprofit cares about.
• Define specific, measurable outcomes.
• Explore options for answering the sustainability question and creating evaluation methods.

This is a fast-paced session that will help you with the building block of a strong grant proposal.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a client engagement thinking, “I’ll never do THIS again!” or “I would have charged a lot more if I had known clients were going to do this!”

A well-crafted contract helps consultants and clients understand and manage expectations.

What we’ll cover:

• Contract basics-what they are and what they should include (at bare minimum)
• Time-saving contract considerations
• Money-saving contract considerations
• Low-hassle, ethical contract exit options

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description
Getting in front of your ideal audience and staying in front of them is one of the most essential components of growing a successful consulting company. Join Mandy Pearce to learn how to grow an email list that offers your business high-impact marketing opportunities at a fraction of the cost.

What we’ll cover:

• How email lists fit into marketing strategies.
• Top things to consider when starting an email list.
• Strategies to grow a list that captures your ideal audience.
• Segmenting your emails to optimize income.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

As a business owner, you don’t get paid for all the time and resources you spend on developing new services or products unless they sell. This session is designed to help consultants design profit-driven products with efficiency in mind.

What we’ll cover:

• First steps to creating new products
• Defining products in a way that attracts your ideal audience
• Streamlining processes to save time, money, and unnecessary headaches
• Quick tips and checklists to edit products for ongoing success

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Are you wondering how to increase a full-time income while working part-time in your nonprofit consulting business?

Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant for Funding for Good, is an expert facilitator, certified by The Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA in evidence-based facilitation practices known as the ToP Method. She combines proven facilitation methods and her passion for community to facilitate dynamic and productive meetings.

The secret for Marie to generate a 6-figure income while working part-time was to implement templates. This has helped her scale her business without increasing time.

This is for you if you’re a part-time nonprofit consultant working full-time, but you’re ready to increase your clientele without increasing time!

Takeaways:

• How to narrow down your services from the “Could” to the “Should.”
• How to transition from traditional grant-writing to template-based services.
• Lessons learned while developing template-based services.
• Q&A on how you can maximize templates in YOUR consulting business.

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023

Description

Are you unsure of where to start with pricing your services or billing clients for your work? Are you tired of managing your time with apps and spreadsheets for each client? Are you frustrated by billing in 15-minute increments or spending more time processing paperwork for billing purposes than providing value to those you serve? If you answered yes, this is the session for you!

Learn the steps to transition from hourly to project-based pricing and how to support your needs and those of your clients during this shift. 

Takeaways

• Understand critical elements of creating your base rate as a consultant
• Learn the key components of establishing service fees
• Determine what services you may want to bill for hourly
• Explore ways to create project-based pricing
• Discover options for presenting this to current and potential clients

Bonus Materials

• A PDF of the presentation slides
• Any additional handouts
• Access to the replay until December 31, 2023