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Erie is Capacity Central

It's official. With over $2 million in public and private capacity-building resources for nonprofits available in Erie County through September 30, 2011, Erie has become the nonprofit capacity-building capital of the world. Resources are available for education and training workshops, one-to-one technical assistance, and capacity-building grants to work with consultants and specialists to accomplish specific goals.

Here is a quick digest of the programs available:

Re-Tool Erie
This capacity-building initiative is a partnership between The Erie Community Foundation, The Nonprofit Partnership, and the Regional Center for Workforce Excellence. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the goal of this program is to strengthen organizational capacity at 28 Erie County nonprofits who are engaged in helping adults and older youth gain personal skills to succeed in the workforce. The program will offer workforce-specific education sessions, one-to-one technical assistance through program officers Amanda Brown Sissem and Michael Brand, and capacity-building grants to work on specific goals relative to organization or program development, leadership, community engagement, and evaluation of effectiveness. To learn more, please plan to attend an upcoming orientation session:

Wednesday, March 17 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the Blasco Library's Hirt Auditorium in Erie
Thursday, March 18 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm at Corry Higher Education, 221 N. Center St., Corry
Thursday, March 18 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at Intermediate Unit #5, Route 6N in Edinboro

Register here for the ReTool Erie sessions

Erie Capacity-Building Collaborative
This partnership between GECAC, The Nonprofit Partnership, and Erie Weed and Seed, funded by the Compassion Capital Fund, enters its third year of offering educational workshops, one-to-one technical assistance, and capacity-building subgrants to organizations engaged in the provision of social services, health services, and education. Priority consideration is offered to small organizations engaged in service to:
- The homeless or elders in need;
- At-risk youth;
- Families in transition from welfare to work;
- Persons in need of intensive rehabilitation, such as addicts or prisoners.
The 2010 ECBC program will hold its kickoff meeting on Friday, March 19 at 9:00 am at the Barber Center in Erie.

ArtsErie Capacity-Building for Arts and Culture Organizations
Thanks to a grant from the Kresge Foundation, ArtsErie and The Nonprofit Partnership are coordinating the distribution of two rounds of capacity-building grants for arts and culture organizations who are interested in strengthening internal operations, marketing, strategy, and leadership. For more information about these grants, please contact ArtsErie at 452-3427.

Other capacity-building resources are offered directly by The Nonprofit Partnership, details of which are found throughout the pages of this site.

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DIY Google AdWords Grant Program for Nonprofits

Presented by the E-Marketing Learning Center at ebizITPA.

Thursday, March 25, 8:30 - 11:30 am, WQLN, 8425 Peach Street, Erie

Learn how nonprofits use search engine marketing to reach and connect with their audiences.

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is a unique online marketing channel that promotes organizations by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages through paid placement, natural ranking, and the use of relevant keywords and phrases that visitors use to search.

This session will help you understand how nonprofits can use search engine marketing to build awareness and drive traffic to their website from their online connected audience. The hands-on workshop will walk you through the process of obtaining a Google Grant for the AdWords program. This grant provides approved charitable non-profit organizations with in-kind advertising (FREE). You will learn how to create a successful Google AdWords strategy that can generate real results for your organization. You will see the tools used in creating, maintaining and tracking SEM campaigns for popular search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.
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Different Perspectives - Common Interests
A Full Day Event That Brings Together Erie's Nonprofits, Elected Officials, and Philanthropy

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 8:30 am - 3:00 pm at
Ambassador Conference Center, 7794 Peach St., Erie.

This unique gathering of nonprofits, elected officials, and the philanthropic sector is designed to shed light on the unique role and contribution of nonprofits, look in detail at the local, state, and federal budgets and what they mean for nonprofits in 2010, and examine the ways nonprofits, government, and philanthropy can work together more effectively.

In addition to local elected officials, special guests include Steve Gunderson, President of the Council on Foundations, Tony Ross, President of the United Way of Pennsylvania, and Sharon Ward, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.

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Planned Giving 2010 - New Strategies for New Times

Presented by Gary Rick, Jeffrey Byrne and Associates.

Wednesday, April 21, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm at Knowledge Park Jordan Room @ Penn State Behrend
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Unlocking Productivity and Fundraising Using CRM Outlook Tools

Presented by Rick Gagnon, DNS Solutions

Wednesday, April 21, 2:00 - 4:30 pm at Technology Council of NW PA, 130 West 8th St., Erie

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Diversity and Inclusion Planning for Your Nonprofit - Policies and Practices

Presented by The Nonprofit Partnership

Wednesday, May 5, 9:00 -11:00 am at United Way Community Room, 420 West 6th St., Erie

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Planning Your Event in the Online Channel

Presented by the E-Marketing Learning Center at ebizITPA

Thursday, May 20, 8:30 - 11:30 am at WQLN, 8425 Peach St., Erie

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Three Deadly Data Backup Mistakes: How to Avoid Disaster at Your Nonprofit

Presented by Beth Burnside, Principal of CMIT Solutions, Erie

Tuesday, May 25, 9:00 - 11:00 am at The Erie Community Foundation, 459 West 6th Street, Erie

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For details on these and other educational workshops, please see the workshop detail under the education tab.

RSVP to 454-8800 or tnp@thenonprofitpartnership.org

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Your e-Marketing Toolbox for Nonprofits

Since the cost of operating in the online channel has dropped to near zero and the tools available have become so accessible, nonprofits are marketing and messaging online as never before. The Nonprofit Partnership has a full-time e-Marketing Specialist, Rebecca Howe, to assist you in your quest for success online. Rebecca has developed some tools to help you get started or to improve your practices with key e-marketing features: e-mail marketing, e-newsletters, blogging, and social networking. Please download these tools using the links below, and follow up with Rebecca for more information and assistance.

Project Blueprint Promotes Diverse Talent

A partnership between The Nonprofit Partnership and the United Way of Erie County, Project Blueprint has the expressed goal of developing more diverse talent for service on the Boards of Directors of Erie nonprofit organizations. Through a program of leadership development, education, and service, a class of twenty young leaders will place themselves in a position to lead and serve on area boards. Applications and project information are available through the download below or by calling (814) 454-8800. Please return applications by Friday, March 26, 2010. The next program will begin with a special one-day educational event on Saturday, April 17, 2010.

The Nonprofit Partnership Launches The Video Story Project

As part of a national demonstration project on communicating the values of the nonprofit world with the Independent Sector, The Nonprofit Partnership launched The Story Project audio version in April, 2007. By learning storytelling techniques and sharpening their marketing approach for different audiences, local agencies are creating and recording original stories that tell about their work in compelling ways. Over thirty stories have been produced on websites, CDs, telephone systems, and can be played in the media, in waiting rooms, and on car stereos, these stories have the capacity to revolutionize the way local organizations are reaching and educating their stakeholders. Stay tuned for details on the next full day session of The Story Project.

Through a new partnership with ErieAlity TV, The Nonprofit Partnership is now extending its storytelling resources to the realm of video. ETV Founder Greg Schlueter will work with you to capture your agency's story in a six minute video that can be placed on your website, on YouTube, or distributed on DVD to key stakeholders, telling your story in a visually compelling way. To see four organizations' compelling stories, please click here.

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