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Networking and Seminar, Friendship Home

Reikob — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:02:25 +0000

Title: Networking for Non-profits – South Shore and Seminar
Location: Friendship Home, Norwell, MA

Wed. January 19, 2011

TWO EVENTS IN ONE – Networking for Non-Profits and a Seminar on: Nature, Nurture & Auction Profits by Tom Weitbrecht

Come early for the seminar, stay for the Networking…

Seminar: 4:00-5:15 Networking 5:30-7:30

Come at 4:00 for an hour presentation on Auction Fundraising, and stay for the networking event.

$25.00 per person (includes admission to the networking)

Nature, Nurture & Auction Profits

Make the most of your next gala auction event by understanding human nature. Nurture that behavior and you will increase your auction profits! The success of your event is dependant upon understanding the dynamics that are at play and the nuances of attendee’s behavior. Are your attendees disengaged and chatty by the time your live auction begins? Comfortable attendees are happy attendees. Happy attendees spend more money! Come and learn how to supercharge your profits by aligning your agenda with the behavioral attributes of event attendees.

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Or….just come for the networking and a short presentation:

Networking for Non-Profits

$10 per person pre-registered/ $15 at the door

A special evening for directors, board members and staff of South Shore non-profits to meet, find out what each are doing, have some FUN, and possibly go home with a donation to your cause!

The evening will include:

Appetizers and drinks

A short discussion on Social Media What’s Your Plan for 2011? by Reiko Beach from the NP Toolbox,
A quickie “sample” auction by Tom, Weitbrecht & Associates

A chance to “win” the 50/50 pool from proceeds from the event for your non-profit organization. (So the more attendees from your organization, the better the chance that you will win!)

Other raffle prizes are (more to be added):
- The Advisory Board Kit from Susan Hammond
- Book by Jane B Ford – Get Grants Now

**All pre-registration proceeds will go to Non-Profit Organizations.

Partner:

Sponsors:

: Weitbrecht Auctioneers

*Anyone interested in sponsoring please contact Lisa: Lisa (at) thetoolboxinc.com

Nonprofit Networking at Summer Shack

Tom Beach — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:32:45 +0000

Christopher Donovan Center Won the 50-50 Raffle

30 Nonprofit workers and supporters meet for a fun night of networking and education at Summer Shack in Derby Street Shoppes last night. With all the networking and Holiday cheer was a short presentation by Steve Dubin from PR Works, a very prominent PR firm on the South Shore. Our Nonprofit partner for the event Atlantic Symphony was there performing heart warming holiday music on the Harp and Violin and Summer Shack provided all the great food.

Steve’s presentation on Marketing and Pr for nonprofits today was excellent. He engaged attendees by asking several question about what they are currently doing today. Steve explained that most Nonprofit organizations have many great stories to share and need to do a better job of getting those stories out through both traditional and new media. We will post video and the handout from his presentation in a later post.

There were giveaways from Derby Street Shoppes, Jane B Ford and Susan Hammond. The winner of the 50-50 raffle was Christopher Donovan Center with the other half going to our nonprofit partner Atlantic Symphony.

Be sure to save the date for our next networking for Nonprofits, January 19, 2011 at the Friendship Home in Norwell.

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Networking for Non-Profits South Shore- Holiday Party

Reikob — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:46:33 +0000

Title: Networking for Non-Profits South Shore
Location: Derby Street Shoppes – Jasper White’s Summer Shack

96 Derby Street, Suite 325
Hingham, MA 02043

Description: Networking for Non-Profits Holiday Party

Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2010-12-14
End Time: 19:30

DECEMBER 14 5:30-7:30p
$10 per person pre-registered/ $15 at the door

Networking for Non-Profits

A special evening for directors, board members and staff of South Shore non-profits to meet, find out what each are doing, have some FUN, and possibly go home with a donation to your cause!

The evening will include:

Complementary Wine & Appetizers
A short presentation by Steve Dubin of PR Works “From Front Page to Facebook. Understanding today’s Marketing options”

A chance to “win” the 50/50 pool from proceeds from the event for your non-profit organization. (So the more attendees from your organization, the better the chance that you will win!)

Other raffle prizes are (more to be added):
- The Advisory Board Kit from Susan Hammond
- Book by Jane B Ford – Get Grants Now
**Added features: Special discounts for shops at Derby Street Shoppes, carriage ride to shops, and free gift wrapping!

**All proceeds will go to Non-Profit Organizations.

Partners:

Sponsors:

United Way Cape & Islands Partners With The Non-Profit Toolbox

Tom Beach — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:37:32 +0000

We are extremely happy to announce that we at the Non-Profit Toolbox are working with the Cape and Island’s United Way to bring education and networking on a consistent basis to the Cape and Islands. This local United Way really understands the needs of the Cape and Island’s and operates differently than most United Ways in other areas. Most local United Ways work with small to large organizations with membership drives within those organizations. Because the average organization on Cape Cod is 8 people they reach deeper into the community to find what is needed and donors to support those needs. Ninety nine percent of all donations from the cape stay on the cape. The Cape and Island’s United Way works extremely hard to support the Health and Human Services needs of the Cape and we are happy to partner with them to help support Non-Profit Organizations there. We hope to see you at our first networking event for the Cape, June 8th at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.

Lisa Morrissey had a chance to talk with Rich Brothers, President of the Cape and Islands United Way, and discover more information about them and what they see for needs on the Cape. A transcription of this interview follows the video.

Lisa Morrissey: Good morning, I am very excited today to be speaking with Rich Brothers President of the Cape and Islands United Way. Could you tell me a little about the Cape and Islands United Way and the services you offer?

Richard Brothers: Sure, the Cape and Islands United Way is very much different from everybody’s impression of the United Way because it’s made to be custom for Cape Cod and the Islands. Most United Way Organizations are workplace oriented kinds of fund raising organizations and the average size of the workforce on Cape Cod being eight persons it doesn’t lend itself to that. We have chosen to be in this community. We focus on two things: we want to convene the community around things that are important for this human service community and then once we convene the leaders of this community around those issues then we want to help raise the money to help address those issues. Pretty simple.

Lisa Morrissey: How many non profit organizations to you work with?

Richard Brothers: Well, the Cape and Islands United Way in this year 2010 is funding thirty different programs at about twenty-eight different health and human service providers across Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. We don’t have the old thinking family of agencies the United Way’s used to have. We sort of act like a community foundation and each year we encourage human service providers to ask us for programs that they believe will make an impact in the community and then our group of about sixty five volunteers evaluates the best way to spend the donors dollars towards making the greatest impact through funding programs at human service agencies.

Lisa Morrissey: And what are you most proud of for the Cape and Islands United Way?

Richard Brothers: Well, the sales pitch is that we are proud to be the single largest provider of human service funding other than state and federal government organizations and ninety nine cents out of every single dollar that is raised on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket by the Cape and Islands United Way stays here. There is this great misconception that we’re a branch office of something and money leaves the Cape and money comes to the Cape and neither of those are the case unless the donor wants us to do that.

Lisa Morrissey: Well Rich, we are very excited to have the Cape and Islands United Way working with us, partnering with The Non-Profit Toolbox for our June 8th Meet-up which is taking place at the Museum of Natural History in Brewster. So thank you. What types of things are you hoping to accomplish through that or that non-profits organizations accomplish by attending?

Richard Brothers: One of the other things we try to accomplish with the Cape and Islands United Way, we have this sort of internal buzz phrase that we use about being more than money. We want to try and be more than money into the community, to the human service provider community and this is one of the ways I think we can partner with organizations to be more than money. It’s, you know, the old cliché we’re sick of hearing about teaching to fish and fishing and all that stuff. What we have here is an opportunity for the teaching to fish and partnering with your organization The Non-profit Toolbox and other organizations is what we seek to do to make things better. In my opinion and the opinion of this organization this is one of those opportunities that there are to say “Ok, you can ask us for money, that’s one thing we can give you, we can also give you the opportunity maybe get some help in things you wouldn’t ordinarily get or couldn’t ordinarily make fit into your budget.

Lisa Morrissey: Wonderful, we’ll see you on the 8th.

Richard Brothers: I’ll be there. I’ll have some groceries and we’ll have a good time.

Networking for Non-Profits

Reikob — Thu, 27 May 2010 10:00:36 +0000

Title: Networking for Non-Profits
Location: South Coastal Bank, 77 Granite St., Quincy, MA
Start Time: 17:30 (5:30 pm)
Date: 2010-08-17
End Time: 19:30 (7:30 pm)

Our Non-Profit Partner:

Interfaith Social Services – 105 Adams St, Quincy, MA 02169

$10 per person pre-registered/ $15 at the door

A special evening for directors, board members and staff of South Shore non-profits to meet, find out what each are doing, have some FUN, and possibly go home with a donation to your cause!

The evening will include:

Appetizers and Drinks

A short presentation on retirement plans for Non-Profit Organizations by Heritage Retirement Planning, see Speakers page for more information on presentation.

A chance to “win” the 50/50 pool from proceeds from the event for your non-profit organization. (So the more attendees from your organization, the better the chance that you will win!)

Other raffle prizes are (more to be added):
- The Advisory Board Kit from Susan Hammond
- Book by Jane B Ford – Get Grants Now

**All proceeds will go to Non-Profit Organizations.

*Anyone interested in sponsoring please contact Lisa: Lisa@thetoolboxinc.com

Sponsors:

Networking for Non-Profits

Reikob — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:22:19 +0000

Title: Networking for Non-Profits
Location: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Start Time: 17:30 (5:30pm)
Date: 2010-06-08
End Time: 20:00 (8 pm)

$10 per person pre-registered/ $15 at the door

A special evening for directors, board members and staff of Cape non-profits to meet, find out what each are doing, have some FUN, and possibly go home with a donation to your cause!

The evening will include:

Appetizers and a cash bar

A short presentation about the Non-Profit Toolbox

A chance to “win” the 50/50 pool from proceeds from the event for your non-profit organization. (So the more attendees from your organization, the better the chance that you will win!)

Other raffle prizes are (more to be added):
- The Advisory Board Kit from Susan Hammond
- Book by Jane B Ford – Get Grants Now

**All proceeds will go to Non-Profit Organizations.

*Anyone interested in sponsoring please contact Lisa: Lisa (at) thetoolboxinc.com

Partners:

Fun Networking Night Out

Tom Beach — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:18:16 +0000

Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield Wins $200

Shawn Costa from The Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield recieves check from Reiko Beach from The Non-Profit Toolbox

The first Networking Fun Night Out for NonProfit Organizations was last night at the South Shore Natural Science Center in Norwell, MA. Forty people attended the event and had a great time networking with other non-profit organizations to share common concerns. Martha Twigg from the Science Center gave a 5 minute overview of the facility and Stephen Melanson from Melanson Consulting gave a 20 min presentation on verbal branding (we will post the video soon).

After the presentation on verbal branding there were several giveaways with the big winner being The Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield winning the $200 pot drawn from the registration proceeds. Shawn Costa received the check on behalf of the club. Allyson from a local non-profit had this to say about the event:

“Great food, interesting crowd, lovely venue, and a news-you-can-use speaker. Well done!”

We like to give a big thank you to all of the sponsors that made this event possible and all the wonderful people that donated the great give aways to the event.

We are looking forward to holding several more of these events in the future. If you are interested in attending one please sign-up on for our email or join our facebook group. If you are a non-profit that would like to host a networking night please contact us at The Non-Profit Toolbox.

Workshop

Do you need to know more about how to make social media work for your organization?

Sign-up for our next social media workshop, May 19th at the James Library in Norwell.

Networking For Non-Profit Organizations

Tom Beach — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:59:37 +0000

An Event Specifically for Nonprofit Organizations

Some Networking is to Meet Others Like Ourselves

Most of us belong to several different types of networking organizations. Some are designed for meeting other businesses/organizations that might be interested in what we do. Some are for fun, just to meet other interesting people. Finally some are professional, a place where we meet other people and organization in our sector just to compare notes, see what is working for them – and what is not.

The Networking Fun Night Out For Non-Profits this Thursday night is designed for Non-Profit Organizations to get together and share stories with each other. It is a semi-formal setting with a short presentation on verbal branding, some fun give aways and lots of time to network with other Non-Profit Organizations. Here is a list of the give-aways:

A chance to “win” the 50/50 pool from proceeds from the event for your non-profit organization.
The Advisory Board Kit from Susan Hammond
Book by Jane B Ford – Get Grants Now
Jonathan Cleveland, book called “Designing for the Greater Good”
Attendance for one to a Workshop on Linkedin-Facebook-Twitter for business
Subscription to HR Solved ™ including a wealth of HR tools and resources including webinars, newsletter, and support

And of course there will be food and drinks!

So if you volunteer for nonprofits, work for a nonprofit organization, serve on a nonprofit board, or donate to nonprofit organizations, this is the event for you.

Join us May 6, 2010 for a fun evening of networking at the South Shore Science Center.

There will be education, cocktails, prizes and a chance for your Nonprofit organization to walk away with a cash donation! For more information click on the link below.

South Shore MA - Networking for Non-Profits

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/324175866/