- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
Whether you provide support to one person or several, this workshop will explore the skills and tools you need to be successful and to become an exceptional assistant. This interactive workshop for administrative and executive assistants and other support staff will help you:
* Juggle multiple tasks and establish priorities so that you can be effective and productive with a minimum of stress
* Communicate clearly and constructively, to avoid misunderstandings and ensure you get your point across
* Streamline regular tasks to avoid wasting your time and energy
* Deal with interruptions so that your concentration can be at its peak
* Learn how to negotiate change and develop survival techniques for the situations that you canít change
* Identify and perfect the characteristics of the exceptional assistant - you! - so that you are a model for your colleagues and an invaluable member of the team
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
This workshop will teach you how to understand and use new media including blogs, podcasts, web video advertising, in-game advertising, social networking and viral videos. You will learn:
* How to create video content to build your organization's brand
* When a blog makes sense for your organization's brand
* How to relate and respond to bloggers
* How to evaluate and understand new media alternatives
* How media influencing has changes with online search
* How to use social networks and consumer marketing
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Over the past decade, nonprofit organizations have been testing and refining approaches to using the internet to attract donations. While other forms of revenue generation have been declining, revenue from online donations continues to grow. Beyond taking advantage of the increasing comfort level of donors to contribute online, nonprofits need to integrate their fundraising strategy (connecting email, direct mail, telemarketing and friend-to-friend asks) and leverage the interactive platform of the web to make personalized and compelling requests for support. Did you design your website with donors in mind? How well are you using email to tell your organization's story? We'll examine these questions and create a strategy you can implement to raise more money online.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
She can tackle big problems with style and grace. Put out a crisis without batting an eyelash. Come in early, stay late and work through lunch without a single complaint. She's the go-to-person, the get-things-done person, the great-ideas person, and the put-out-fires person. Who is she? She's superwoman - often to her own detriment. Many women, particularly those in management, overextend themselves to the point of crashing and burning. In this workshop, adapted from the facilitator's book, "The Busy Woman's Little Book of Motivation," you'll learn tips on how to:
* Slow down long enough to assess the areas of your life that need your attention
* Retrain others to respect your time, energy constraints and priorities
* Put yourself at the top of your to-do list
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Getting ready to launch a capital, endowment, or other major fundraising campaign? Wondering what materials you'll need to make an effective case to prospective donors? This workshop will explore these issues and more, including how to distinguish a special fundraising 'ask' from general operating support with existing donors. This workshop is ideal for executive directors, development directors, fundraising consultants, and managers of capital, endowment or mixed fundraising campaigns; it is also appropriate for anyone planning large fundraising campaigns and looking for ideas, resources, and information about materials that get results.
Steve Damiano Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
This workshop takes stewardship (conventionally thought of as the timely acknowledgement of a gift) to the next level. We will explore and share best practices of gift acknowledgement standards for individuals, corporations and foundations. Personalized techniques of thanking, informing and involving donors will be considered in this interactive workshop as you learn how to make your charity "the favorite."
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
**THIS WORKSHOP IS ONLY OPEN TO GRANTEES OF AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST**
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-1:30pm Overview:
Are you often asked to draft reports, memos, and meeting minutes, or to proof documents for others in your office? This workshop for administrative assistants, development associates, service coordinators and others who write for their direct supervisors will provide reference materials tailored to your needs, and show you how to assess your writing so you can play to your strengths while improving areas you'd like to change. Through examples and exercises, you'll learn the Five Grammatical Habits of Highly Effective Writers, as well as practical techniques to:
* Get started when you're stuck
* Write more persuasively
* Cut through jargon and wordiness
* Write more effective emails
* Revise more quickly and effectively
* Continuously improve your writing
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-12:30pm Overview:
Do you know what the rule-making authorities require of your organization? This workshop will include the New York State Attorney General's requirements for nonprofits as well as guidelines issued by the Better Business Bureau and other standard-setting organizations. New and emerging issues will also be discussed.
- NY TRAINING ROOM - Time: 9:30am-4:30pm Overview:
Finding - and keeping - the right person for the job sometimes seems like an insurmountable task. What interview questions can you ask to find out what you really need to know without crossing the line into legal no-nos? This workshop takes the element of chance out of the process and lays the foundation for identifying, hiring, and retaining the most qualified candidates. You will learn:
* Steps to prepare and organize the interview
* How to ask and probe for meaningful information - the stuff you really want to know
* Ways to clarify organizational values, mission and expectations
* Legal considerations and biases that can impact the selection process
* How to follow up the interview to ensure retention
9:30am-4:30pm: The Exceptional Assistant
