Program: Agriculture is Big Business in Androscoggin County

Speaker: Betsy Bullard of Brigeen Farms

Sponsor: The Dempsey Challenge

Members in Spotlight

Androscoggin Land Trust

Downeast Energy

Glacial Energy

Helping Hands

Integrated Forest Management

Independent Scentsy Consultant Leslie Dubois

Are you up on UPMIFA? The new Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act applies to all Maine charities. It provides rules for spending from endowment funds, managing and investing a charity’s assets, and delegating those functions. This SkillBuilder will focus on compliance with UPMIFA in the real world.

This SkillBuilder will include a discussion of UPMIFA’s legal requirements and new opportunities for endowment fund use, steps your organization should take to comply with UPMIFA, as well as conversations with nonprofit officials who have put UPMIFA into practice.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Please visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

Speaker: Jennifer Morin

VP, Bangor Savings Bank

When money gets tight, boards and development staff often rely on holding special events to help bring in additional donor dollars. This half-day SkillBuilder will help you think carefully about whether this solution is really in the best interest of your organization. It will help you answer the right questions before you begin, develop a special event plan of attack and give you techniques to ensure success!

This SkillBuilder will include the common pitfalls of special event fundraising, key criteria for successful fundraising special events and ways to decide what type of special event is right for your organization.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Please visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

Join us for an informative luncheon and learn how and why the thoughtful use of photographs

can enrich and add value to your social experiences as well as your business.

Tammie will lead a discussion focused on the importance and appropriate use of photography

within a business and Kristen will add her perspective on how integral a role photography can

and should play in building our social networks.

**Each attendee will have an opportunity to have a headshot taken by one of our presenters!!

Fun, Food, Prizes! Cash Bar!

Catered by Hi-Style Caterers & Carriage House Plus!

With all the noise out there on Facebook, websites, blogs and Twitter, the public is overwhelmed with words. So are news professionals, who must field pleas by nonprofits that their cause is the one that should get coverage.

But here’s the problem: many nonprofit staff and boards have forgotten how to speak English. Instead, they speak Jargon, and can’t convey meaning. When a group of folks who want to help teens stay out of trouble promote themselves by saying, instead, that their work “empowers the community to promote positive youth development and strengthen community assets by coordinating services and opportunities through prevention initiatives,” we need to learn to speak English again.

This SkillBuilder will include how to clear up the clutter of words and craft strong, straightforward messages, recognizing jargon for what it is, as well as a focus on the recipient of the message, not its maker.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Please visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

Learn how to use QuickBooks to support the financial management of your organization. Come to this full-day, hands-on SkillBuilder to learn how to use this software more effectively, and leave with the tools you need to make the most of this program. This class is taught on a current version of standard QuickBooks with a focus on adapting the software to nonprofits' particular needs. Limited to 10 participants.

This SkillBuilder will include hands-on computer time using the QuickBooks program, navigating and setting up program preferences and options, and setting up a nonprofit chart of accounts and classes, and tips for bank account reconciling.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Please visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

Attend a free session on how to find industry and demographic data as well as sample business plans. This type of information is sometimes hard to find, but essential for many business plans. Several of the resources covered in this 1-hour session are not available on the free Internet, but are available for MaineCard holders and visitors to Fogler Library.

To register or if you have questions, email Fogler Library’s Business Reference Librarian, Stephen Fadel at < stephen.fadel@umit.maine.edu > or call him at 581-3610.

If you don't have the time, budget or expertise to incorporate a website in your outreach/communication strategy or even doubt that a website would be a worthwhile venture for your organization, consider employing Google Apps. During this webinar we'll explore how nonprofits can take advantage of the user-friendly suite of applications by Google and also discuss the value of a nonprofit's presence online. Smaller nonprofits will benefit more, but Google Apps is scalable and is now being used by large organizations, universities and branches of government.

This SkillBuilder will include an overview of Google Apps and how it can be applied by nonprofits, a "How-To" on implementing Google Apps and building your website, as well as a primer on web-design to maximize the effectiveness of your site.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

online.sjcme.edu/healthsymposium

Eleven nationally known health care experts will discuss health care reform with timely topics aimed at chief executives, administrators, hospital department directors, nurse administrators and nurse managers. Topics and discussions include paying for health care, social media in health care, ethics, impact of shifting demo¬graphics, strategic planning, physician relations and workforce issues, rural health care challenges, issues in long-term care, and leadership excellence.

Sponsored by the Graduate & Professional Studies divi¬sion at the college, the symposium offers academic credit or CEUs for non-student professionals. CEU attendees can choose the number of days they want to attend. Lunch is included and lodging and other meals are available.

Registration form on-line at www.maineagents.net

Fee includes study materials & refreshment breaks - Lunch is on your own

MUST pre-register for the class

In November 2009, the citizens of Maine once more voted for the legalization of marijuana for those with certain medical conditions. In this workshop we will review the law and the implications for patients, their doctors and those wishing to cultivate for qualified patients. The information will cover:

Who is qualified to use marijuana?

What conditions or symptoms does the State of Maine specify?

What is the doctor’s responsibility in certifying a patient?

What is a caregivers and or dispensary’s role in helping patients?

What steps should a doctor or patient take to learn more about medical marijuana?

An overview of what is happening nationally and worldwide as communities struggle with making marijuana accessible for those with health concerns.

This workshop will be helpful to healthcare providers and potential patients and those seeking information for someone they know.

Presented By: Sage Peterson

Would you like to acquire basic tools for researching and writing grants? This half-day, introductory SkillBuilder, brought to you through a collaboration between the Maine Philanthropy Center and MANP, will guide participants through the most common components of a formal grant proposal and is recommended for individuals with little or no grant writing experience.

This course is being broadcast from Portland to UMF, UMPI, and University College of Bangor, please register in the location closest to you!

This SkillBuilder will include grant research tips that will provide you with a return on your investment, tips for interacting with foundations of all sizes, as well as proposal-writing and research materials to assist you beyond the workshop.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.

“Storytelling is the single most important tool in a leader’s toolkit.” Dr. Howard Gardner, Harvard University Professor and Author

Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. From ancient parables to urban myths, a well-told story will spread and its audience will multiply many times over. It’s also an effective tool for your organization to show who you are, what you do, and how you make a difference. For discussion, you are encouraged to bring an example of a brief story to share with the group, such as, a specific person your organization has helped, a memorable co-worker or volunteer, or how the work your organization does has affected you personally.

This SkillBuilder will include case studies of organizational storytelling, enhancing your stories with photos, and how to tell your story - common traits of successful stories.

Registration is required for all MANP SkillBuilders. Visit the MANP website at: http://www.nonprofitmaine.org/skillbuilders.asp or call the MANP office at 871-1885 to register.