Amy will lead us through a conversation on managing volunteers based on her experiences coordinating volunteer lawyers. We expect she’ll have a lot to offer and can also talk to us about her work through the Americorps Vista volunteer program.
NCLC is neighborhood based and continues to add intake sites in distressed neighborhoods in response to community need. In 2009, NCLC officially opened a satellite office at the Community Resource Center for Refugees in Fort Wayne, Indiana, providing legal assistance and education to low income and immigrant families. NCLC intends to replicate all the Indianapolis based programs in Fort Wayne, striving to meet the legal demands of our low income and immigrant Fort Wayne neighbors.
Join us as we retreat to nature in a follow-up to our February NextGen
Digest about Work/Life Balance.
CANI Development Supervisor Jennie Renner and CANI Executive Director Joe Conrad will lead the discussion about the importance of Recreation in your life.
Then ACRES Executive Director Jason Kissell will talk about ACRES mission and history and take us on a hike.
Cross your fingers for good weather! See you on the trail!
NeXtGen Digest, NINA and the PCNRC proudly announce the launch of their collaborative Mentoring Project!
Next Tuesday, June 23 proteges who responded to our survey about their needs for a program will meet with area nonprofit executive directors for lunch at the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne!
We have RSVPs from two dozen proteges and mentors alike and expect the event to give each attendee a chance to meet and network. We have some dynamic folks involved and would like to thank everyone for participating! Read the rest of this entry »
March 4, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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We’re heading back to the Allen County Public Library for this month’s ThinkTank. This time expect a tour of the library’s facilities, many of which are of free use to nonprofit organizations.
You can also expect to get a sneak preview of the Mentoring Program that we are collaborating on with the Northeast Indiana Nonprofit Alliance (NINA). We’ll have the results from the survey (names withheld) and the concepts for how to best implement a program.
What can you offer? Guidance and feedback on what a mentor would mean to you. We’ve already asked you by survey, but this meeting will allow you the chance to speak conversationally.
You’ll be able to freely comment on the role of mentorship in your life, suggest specific mentors, help troubleshoot the program, and contribute in ways we haven’t even thought up yet.
Of course, you can just come to see what it is all about and how it could help you.
February 18, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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Has the thought crossed your mind lately? You’re not alone.
A quick look at this 2008 report, Ready to Lead, will give you some background on the issue in a broader sense. The partners for the work, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Meyer Foundation, and Idealist.org, deliver a tightly written piece that will likely resonate with you.
Check out the graphics: lots of charts and graphs and offset quotes.
Report topics covered include: Student loan debt, development of next generation leaders and job satisfaction.
Join us to discuss practical techniques for keeping your balance between a beginning or growing career and a full time life outside of that.
We’re meeting this Friday from 12:30 to 2:00 pm at CANI, where Jennifer Renner will host our monthly ThinkTank. Our topic this month will be Work/Life Balance.
January 28, 2009 at 11:43 am
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Put this one on your calendars. On Friday, February 20th, we’re heading to CANI (Community Action of Northeast Indiana), where Development Supervisor Jennifer Renner, will lead us through our second ThinkTank.
The agenda is still in the works, but let it be known: This meeting promises to be different. Jennifer is plotting an exciting array of personal-development activity, and inviting a very special guest . . .
Get out and meet some people. Learn something new. Reinforce your skills. Refresh, unwind and bulk up on the knowledge of who else is working for the common good.
ThinkTank Mode launches: Help Brainstorm the Rape Awareness Program
Rya Morgan, Rape Awareness Program Director for the FWWB will lead our January 16th meeting in ThinkTank Mode. We’ll get an overview of her existing program and then we’ll brainstorm ways to implement community mobilization.
What does that mean?
You’ll have the chance to get out of your silo. Maybe you need a break from what you’ve been concentrating on. Maybe, like statistics suggest, you are infinitely curious about your world, want to see how your acquired knowledge fits, how your missions overlap and how you can help.
This month, we’re taking a break to allow for end of the year finishings at each organization. In January, we return to third Fridays and kick off the new year with a new format.
For the first meeting in 2009, we will take a swing at another first: the ThinkTank. The last meeting left an impression that we hope to apply. We’ve got skills and we aren’t afraid to use ‘em – when asked.
We’ll join Rya at the Women’s Bureau and apply our collective energy and knowledge to the Rape Awareness Program and Rya will allow us to determine the efficacy of ThinkTank mode. Will it work? Read the rest of this entry »
For our November meeting, we are heading to the Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana offices to the north of the county. Thanks to Rachael Caslow, Volunteer Development and Leslie Augustyniak for the offer to host and allow us to tour their amazing new facilities! Rachael has reserved one of the Girl Scouts’ special new training facilities for our gathering~
REGISTER HERE to attend on Thursday, November 21 from 12:30-2 at the Girls Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana (see map here)
We expect this to be our final meeting of the calendar year, and as such, will do some housekeeping, planning and administrative things. We also expect your input to continue to guide the group in the direction you see needed, so please come prepared to talk about vision and implementing plans. Please bring your thoughts and be prepared to discuss the group’s future.
Please note: Due to scheduling conflicts, this meeting will take place on the third Thursday of November. If you cannot attend, but have input about the group’s direction, you can leave comments here, start a discussion in our google group, or call another member at their agency to have them speak on your behalf. Should you forget a name or organization, feel free to contact Lettie Haver at 421-1238.
Join us on Friday, September 19 at the Southeast YMCA, at 5125 Werling Drive Fort Wayne, from 12:30-2:00.
Thanks to Ebony Young, Branch Director and NeXtGen participant for hosting! We can’t wait to see the Y’s facilities and where you’ll take the conversation!
Our first meeting of the fall will follow up on August’s conversation. We’ll examine generational leadership and the roles we can play in our organization’s success. Judging by the fervor of last week’s group, we’re in for another lively discussion!
We’ll also follow up on an opportunity to create a local chapter of an national organization that has similar goals. We’ll need your input to make it work best for Northeast Indiana Nonprofits! Bring your lunches and your expertise~
