DAYTON, OHIO, January 21, 2010 - As a result of feedback from the nonprofit community, your Better Business Bureau presents Charity Chat: Making Smart Choices For Your Nonprofit, a series of valuable workshops designed specifically to assist in the process of meeting your BBB’s Standards for Charity Accountability and re-energize your nonprofit organization.
Join fellow nonprofit execs and invite your board chairs for this workshop series presented by staff from your BBB’s Charitable Advisory Service and professional coaches from Innovative Interchange to help you:
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Improve communication
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Develop a culture of openness
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Appreciate and leverage diversity within your organization
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Use creativity to improve fundraising
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Meet BBB Standards for Charity Accountability
Learn from nonprofit experts during three dynamic, information-packed sessions:
February 23: Effective Communication & Governance - Learn tips for creating positive, open relationships among your staff, leadership and board of directors. You’ll also practice tools to help you clearly communicate your vision and mission and bring your organization into alignment with your goals.
March 2: Appreciating Diversity - Learn to see the value in diverse perspectives, ways of doing things and individuals within your organization’s board, staff and constituencies. We’ll also discuss the benefits of adhering to the Standards for Charity Accountability.
March 9: Creative Fundraising & Sound Accounting - Discover your capacity for thinking outside the box (while staying inside ethical boundaries) when it comes to fundraising. Learn strategies for responding to complaints and how to see the gifts within them.
The seminars will be held at United Rehabilitation Services, 4710 Old Troy Pk., Dayton. Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8 a.m., followed by the presentation from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The cost is $75 per seminar or $150 for the series (make payment by February 23 to receive $150 series rate).
Space is limited, so register online today at iichange.com. For more information, call Christy Mauch at (937) 222-1534, ext. 2264.
About Your BBB Serving Dayton and the Miami Valley
Your BBB is an unbiased nonprofit organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior. Businesses earning BBB Accreditation contractually agree and adhere to the organization’s high standards of ethical business behavior. Your BBB provides objective advice, free business BBB Reliability ReportsTM and charity BBB Wise Giving ReportsTM and educational information on topics affecting marketplace trust. To further promote trust, your BBB also offers complaint and dispute resolution support for consumers and businesses when there is difference in viewpoints. The first BBB was founded in 1912. Today, 126 BBBs serve communities across the U.S. and Canada, evaluating and monitoring nearly 4 million local and national businesses and charities. Your BBB serving Dayton and the Miami Valley serves Montgomery, Greene, Clark, Darke, Miami, Preble, Shelby and northern Warren counties. Please visit www.bbb.org for more information about your BBB.
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