January 9, 2012 – 3:30 pm
Jen Peterson of the Vermont Community Foundation is working with Rutland area nonprofits interested in networking and effectiveness. She shared this invitation: Get closer to a Rutland County nonprofit you’ve never heard of—maybe even more than 1! A small group of Rutland County nonprofits has been gathering this past fall to explore the idea of [...]
October 21, 2011 – 3:18 pm
Press Play on the screen below for the complete 30:00 recording Host Mike McNamara.This show is on disaster recovery efforts post Tropical Storm Irene. Guests are Jennifer Hollar, Deputy Director of the VT Dept. of Economic, Housing, and Community Development and Governor Shumlin’s lead person on Irene Disaster Housing Recovery. She will be joined by [...]

You Are Invited: Google’s Vermont Get Your Business Online Google wants to help small businesses and nonprofits to be more productive and are offering two days of free training that will help you set up an easy website and learn more about Google apps. Bring your co-workers to Burlington on August 11th & 12th or [...]

Common Good Vermont is proud to be working with The Vermont Women’s Business Center on a series of low-cost, two-hour social media trainings for nonprofits and business owners in Barre, Brattleboro, Rutland and Newport. Each location will have four sessions running from late July 20th to mid-August providing hangs-on training on how Facebook, Twitter & [...]
All classes are Wednesday afternoons from 3-5 PM* Location: Rutland Regional Comnunity TV, Bldg. 24 Howe Center, 1 Scale Ave., Rutland, VT 05701 To reserve your place: Call VWBC, 479-9813 or E-mail, vwbc@cvcac.org Social Media Clinics for Business Owners & Nonprofits July 18, Introduction and Overview: Illustration of business growth opportunitiesthrough social media – overview [...]
Thanks to Dani Fuoco, Education & Outreach Coordinator for CVOEO Fair Housing Project for sharing this with Common Good Vermont. Save the Date! The Vermont Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development and the CVOEO Fair Housing Project are hosting five focus groups throughout the state. These focus groups will inform the state’s 2011 Analysis [...]
Seline Skoug of the Northshire Nonprofit Network shared these great workshops on how to sustain long-term donors with Common Good Vermont. Presented by the AFP, there are two opportunities available on Thursday, May 5 in both Concord, NH and Rutland, VT. Legacy Giving Building Blocksa simple approach to attracting long-term support An interactive presentation with [...]
Thanks to Karen Freeman of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board for news of the upcoming Vermont Statewide Conservation Conference on April 2nd in Rutland. Here are the details: Vermont’s Statewide Conservation Conference Saturday, April 2, 2011 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Closing Reception 3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. College of St. Joseph, Rutland, Vermont Join [...]
The Vermont Community Foundation awards more than $342,000 to Vermont nonprofits By Press Release on February 9, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2011 CONTACT: Paige Pierson Communications Manager The Vermont Community Foundation 802-388-3355 x246 ppierson@vermontcf.org MIDDLEBURY, VT –The Vermont Community Foundation awarded $12,051,716 in grants in 2010, including $342,040 made at the end of [...]
Presented by Common Good Vermont with IBM Trailblazer Grants and Marlboro College Graduate School Coming to Rutland on Wednesday, April 27, and Burlington on Thursday, April 28. Free for nonprofit attendees; pre-registration required. Every level of any organization can benefit from focusing on and improving its leadership and collaborative skills. This one-day workshop focuses on [...]