Tag Archives: training

Webinars: What’s Next for Health Care Reform for Individuals & Small Businesses

Want to learn about how the federal health care law will impact our transition to universal health care?  VPIRG is hosting an interactive webinar focused on how the federally-required health benefit exchange fits into our path to universal, affordable health care access. I’ve spent a lot of time on the road in recent months, talking [...]

Recruiting for Step Up to Green Electrical and Plumbing

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Rachel Jolly of Vermont Works For Women asked us to spread the word about their newest recruitment: The Building and Construction Trades Council and Vermont Works for Women are offering Step Up to Green Electrical and Plumbing; an eight week, co-ed, pre-apprenticeship course with a sustainability focus.  Starting in early March, this course will prepare [...]

Video: Freshen up Your Communications Plan for 2012

Do you have a communications plan? If so, do you use it? Is there more you can do to increase your visibility and make a difference? Welcome 2012 with a boost for your marketing and outreach work with this year’s first Media Maven. Join your nonprofit and activist colleagues for an engaging learning and networking opportunity.
Thursday, January 19th – 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont

  Benchmarks for a Better Vermont is the topic for this year’s statewide Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012 slated for Tuesday, March 20th (from 10 – 3:30 p.m.) at ten convenient VIT locations. The nonprofit event of the year is designed to meet help you manage and measure your results so you can run a more effective organization! REGISTER [...]

FAQ: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont

Benchmarks for a Better Vermont Common Good Vermont is proud to be working on the Benchmarks for a Better Vermont project to strengthen the capacity of Vermont nonprofits. Working with BBVT consortium partners including Marlboro College Graduate School, the United Way of Chittenden County, the United Ways of Vermont, the Vermont Community Foundation and ServVermont, [...]

Watch it Now: What Results do Funder’s Want? Indicators of an effective nonprofit

Press play on the screen below for the complete 12/5/2011 recording Common Good Vermont speaks with Vermont funders about the importance of nonprofit tracking of outcomes and performance. This has bearing on overall organizational effectiveness,  successful grant applications and meaningful evaluations. Lesli Blount, Director of Community & Public Relations at the Key Bank Foundation, Jen [...]

News: $584,011 Awarded to Improve Access to Health Care and Education Northern Vermont

Rhonda Shippee, Community Programs Director for VT/NH DLT Program, recently shared this announcement with Common Good Vermont about $$584,011 in  federal funding being made available to improve access to health care and education in Northern Vermont. Mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development branch, the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT) is [...]

Training: VT Human Rights Conference – Climate Justice Network

Date: Saturday, December 10th – All Day! Where: UVM’s Davis Center, Burlington Celebrate Human Rights Day by joining Students Stand Up and at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center in Burlington for the Vermont Workers’ Center annual membership assembly, a conference featuring inspiring workshops, and a dinner with Bernie Sanders, celebrating our year’s successes. We [...]

Training: Introducion to Nonprofit Careers

Thanks to Kate Jellema, of Marlboro College Graduate School for sharing this job training opportunity  with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Introduction to Nonprofit Careers Who Join us if you are excited about a service-oriented career [...]

Toolkit: Free Capacity-Building Consulting

Dexter Zhuang of the Seeds Consulting Group shared this pro-bono consulting opportunity  with Common Good Vermont. — The Seeds Consulting Group (http://www.seedsconsulting.org/index.html) is a student-run nonprofit and social enterprise consulting venture. The currently serve New Hampshire and Vermont-based nonprofits and social enterprises in a variety of pro-bono capacity building consulting projects. — Upon finishing up [...]