Tag Archives: management

BBVT Performance Institute Applications Now Available

March 27, 2012 – 12:23 pm

The Benchmarks for a Better Vermont Performance Institute applications are now available! BBVT will select 17 small and medium Vermont nonprofit organizations for 15 months of engagement aimed at strengthening their accountability and expanding their capacity to define, measure, and achieve intended results through performance measurement.

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Follow Up to Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont

March 20, 2012 – 4:36 pm

More than 265 nonprofit leaders from 145 organizations registered for the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont. The full day of activities, simulcast from 11 VIT sites across the state, focused on improving organizational effectiveness with Results-Based Accountability™ (concepts derived from Mark Friedman’s seminal book, “Trying Hard is Not Good Enough”.)

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Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Capacity-Building Grant Call for Proposals

March 13, 2012 – 11:03 am

Thanks to Becca Golden for keeping us posted on Ben & Jerry’s Foundation multi-year capacity building grant opportunity: Ben & Jerry’s Foundation is once again offering a multi-year Capacity-Building grant for Vermont-based, Vermont-focused non-profit organizations.  We are currently seeking proposals from organizations whose goals resonate with the Foundation’s mission to further social justice, protect the [...]

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Video: Cope & Associates, Inc. Conference Promo

March 9, 2012 – 1:50 pm

Cope & Associates, Inc. is a proud sponsor of the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont. Cope & Assocaites, Inc. is Vermont’s premier management consultancy dedicated to helping businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the government achieve MORE. Please see their website for more information www.ConsultCope.com or  call (802) 951 – 4200 to see [...]

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Video: Cope & Associates, Inc.

March 9, 2012 – 1:38 pm

Press play on the screen below for the complete recording Cope & Associates, Inc. (COPE) is a proud sponsor of the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont. COPE is Vermont’s premier management consultancy dedicated to helping businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the government achieve MORE.  Please see our website www.ConsultCope.com or  call (802) [...]

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Uncommon Service

February 13, 2012 – 8:35 pm

Our colleague Amy Borgstrom said that she read a review of Uncommon Service Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business on the train this morning. She added that “The authors make the case that when organizations try to be both fast and thorough, they end up mediocre.  And stress that when you choose to [...]

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Develop Your Strategic Leadership Skills—Feb 17 at UVM!

February 13, 2012 – 8:04 pm

The Center for Leadership & Innovation is pleased to announce the Spring 2012 Professional Business Certificate in Leadership and Management. This professional certificate from The University of Vermont is designed to develop strategic leadership and management skills and is ideal if  you are a mid-level supervisor, manager, executive, human resource professional, or leader in a [...]

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Are you signed up for TechSoup Discounts?

February 13, 2012 – 7:52 pm

Are you interested in receiving TechSoup product donations and discounts, but do not know where to start? We’re happy to announce that we now have three short videos designed to help guide you through the TechSoup’s processes of registration and determining eligibility. The three videos, available on the TechSoup YouTube page: The TechSoup Eligibility Tutorial [...]

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Got a Handle on Conflict? Mediation Workshop

February 13, 2012 – 4:46 pm

Thanks to Denise Smith of United Way of Franklin/ Grand Isle Countyfor sharing this with us! A Mediation Workshop is scheduled for March 7th-10th at Champlain College in Burlington, VT (formerly of Woodbury College). You’ll learn: *   Mediation process & skills *   Identifying / framing issues *   Dispute resolution *   Approved [...]

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Do you qualify for the Technology Leadership Academy?

February 11, 2012 – 11:54 am

Brett Meyer, Communications Director for NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network asked us to share this exciting opportunity with you: We’re excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. Even better, thanks to the generous support of Google and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we’re able to offer the Academy at no [...]

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