Free Training for Non-Profits

Free Training & Grants for Nonprofit, Faith-Based & Community Organizations

Nonprofits train today! Get ready to write your next organizational development grant for the 2008-2009 funding cycle.

Nonprofit training topics match Miami NICE grant areas: Leadership & board development, program development, community engagement, fund development, and other organizational development.

Update: September Training Opportunities

Sept. 5 Community Needs Assessment and Information Resources Training 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Sept. 6 Grant Writing: Introduction to Applying for Government Grants 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. by Miami-Dade County, Office of Strategic Business Management, Revenue Maximization and Grants Coordination Division

Sept. 6 Appealing to Foundations and Individual Donors 1:30 – 4:00 p.m. by Center On Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-One), Powered by Hands On Miami

Sept. 9 Data Collection Tools & Methods 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Sept. 16 Marketing & Showcasing Your Agency, 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Sept. 17 How to Use Your Data & Results 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Sept. 18 Collaboration & Decision Making 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Sept. 19 Data Collection Tools & Methods 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. by The Children’s Trust

Register online at www.miaminice.org. Click URL “For more information regarding Miami NICE please click here.” Go to “Training Page,” to Register.

Miami NICE maximizes the impact of faith-based and community-based organizations (FBCOs) in Miami-Dade County. Training, capacity-building grants, and one-on-one technical assistance is designed to enhance FBCO sustainability, effectiveness, and their ability to collaborate.

Miami NICE is a partnership of: City of Miami Office of the Mayor (Lead Entity), Miami-Dade County, The Children's Trust, Alliance for Human Services, Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-One), and Family and Children Faith Coalition

Funding for Arts; Growing Arts Audiences

Funding for Arts Month
October is Funding for Arts Month at the Foundation Center! Throughout the month, take advantage of the special events, classes, and Web resources available to help artists and nonprofit arts organizations become better grantseekers; network with fellow artists and colleagues; and gain insights into what's happening in your local arts funding community. For more information or to register for programs, visit the October calendar for the Foundation Center library nearest you — Atlanta, Cleveland, New York City, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C.
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Growing Arts Audiences - FREE report
Arts groups can widen their audiences by improving their marketing, expanding their use of technology, and doing more audience research, the report Arts for All: Connecting to New Audiences (24 pages, PDF) finds. The report came out of a recent conference hosted by the New York City-based Wallace Foundation in which experts from the arts and other fields gathered to share ideas about how arts groups can be more successful at building audience participation.
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WHOLE FOODS Market 5% Day for FLIPANY
FLIPANY ~ The Ingredient to a Healthy Life!

Help us address childhood obesity and FLIP the statistics 1 of 3 Florida
youth are overweight!!

FLIPANY ~ Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth, a local non-profit, which encourages healthy lifestyles through hands on cooking, nutrition and fitness programs
serving South Florida youth and their families.

On SEPTEMBER 17th Whole Foods Market Fort Lauderdale will hold a 5% Day
(or CommUnity Giving Day), donating 5% of that entire day's net sales
to FLIPANY! FLIPANY will use funds raised at this event to provide FREE cooking,
nutrition, and fitness classes to South Florida youth and their families...

Whole Foods Market 5% day benefitting FLIPANY ~ September 17th!

Whole Foods Market
2000 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305
Phone: 954.565.5655

Our staff and volunteers will be at the store with information about FLIPANY,
who we serve, and our recent accomplishments.

Thanks and see you at WHOLE FOODS MARKET!!

Visit FLIPANY . org for more information!!
FLIPANY T. 954-636-2388

Cannot get to Whole Foods? Make a donation online or contact us for volunteer opportunities!
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See details of special Sale at http://www.simplygrantwriting.com/.