Past Events

Hosted at North Park University, Chicago, IL About this Session: The most valuable asset of a nonprofit organization is its executive director/chief executive officer; a critical function of the governing board of an organization is the hiring and monitoring of its ED/CEO.  The board is obligated to ensure leadership continuity, and the ED/CEO should likewise [...]

Hosted at North Park University, Chicago, IL About this Session:  For many nonprofits, the offer from a volunteer to help on a website, look at a budget, or provide database support is a double-edged sword. Help is nice, but the wrong help on these critical infrastructure challenges is doubly costly as a nonprofit must find [...]

Program by WSPN Have you identified the next step in your career? In fundraising and nonprofit work, it is often challenging to identify your career path. Will you do the same job forever? Are you interested in someday having a leadership role at your organization? Are you looking to grow within your current organization? Are [...]

Prepare to learn the basics of volunteer management.  This will be a great seminar for people who are new to the field, people who are looking to revamp their volunteer program or people who are starting a new volunteer program from scratch.  Topics will include program design, volunteer recruitment, volunteer retention, and volunteer recognition. Full [...]