Networking Opportunities
Exchanging
Ideas
Join us for nonprofit leader conversations and other gatherings.
Nonprofit leader conversations launched in March 2020 in partnership with UW-Madison Extension Brown County. 500+ nonprofit staff, executives and board members have joined us so far, making the conversations a powerful forum for ideas and fresh perspective.
Upcoming Conversations
Leader conversations take place on the second and fourth Thursdays from 8:30-9:30 a.m. during the months of January through June and September through December. Each session offers an expert discussant who engages in a Q&A with attendees while offering expert insights. The sessions are free, but registration required. Upon registering, a Zoom meeting link will be sent.
Volunteer Engagement - Volunteer Program
March 14, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Join us to discuss volunteer engagement and effective volunteer programs. We’ll discuss how to keep the volunteer pipeline flowing and how to engage your volunteers.
Activating Young Professionals in Your Mission
March 28, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Young people are vital to a nonprofit organization’s success in a variety of ways, but do you know how they like to be engaged and what motivates them? What are some strategies to engage young people as employees, volunteers, donors and more? Ashley Jones, M.P.A. from Bellin Health Foundation will join us to talk about ways to engage and support young people in various aspects of your mission.
Pledge Drives - Sustaining Donors
April 11, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Emma Salisbury from PBS Wisconsin will be our guest for a conversation about pledge drives and sustaining donors.
Equity Checklist for Community Organizations
April 25, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Join us for a conversation focused on advancing health equity in our community. Katrina Nordyke from Brown County Public Health and Andrea Kressin from The City of Green Bay have partnered with local organizations to develop a framework and tools to help incorporate equity policies and practices.
Finding Funders (by user request!)
May 9, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Certain grant-makers and private foundation donors may align well with your organization’s mission - but how do you ferret them out? How do you search for new grant opportunities? How do you make a genuine connection with the funder? Please join Marissa Heim, Philanthropy Director with CASA of Brown County to talk about the process of finding funders who might be interested in your cause and how to approach them.
Final Conversation - TBA
May 23, 8:30 a.m., Zoom
Please send us your topic suggestions. Topics being considered: Leadership, Hosting the NFL draft: opportunities for nonprofit community. Discuss timely topics with a small group of peers and invited discussants who share knowledge and participate in Q&A.
Working in Collaboration
The Nonprofit Education and Development Network is a collaboration between UW-Green Bay and UW-Madison Extension of Brown County, offering affordable custom training and support services for nonprofit organizations at any time and place that works best for the organization. Learn more about what we offer.
Sharing Ideas
If you have an idea for a speaker or a topic you would like to share in an upcoming conversation, please email Lora Warner, Ph.D.