ASC Workshops & Training Opportunities

Scroll down for a complete listing of all ASC-sponsored workshops and training opportunities currently available for registration.

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Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements:
Special Offering for Board Members
Thursday, February 9 - 8:30-11:00AM
ASC Board Room (227 W Trade Street, Ste 250)

As a board member your fundamental role is to oversee the implementation of the nonprofit organization’s mission. This includes exercising your fiduciary duty to ensure that the organization’s financial resources are effectively managed and sufficient to ensure long-term financial viability. For better or worse, in the post-Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley-driven environment, board leaders are being held accountable - a key word in the new lexicon - for nearly everything that occurs under your watch, including changes in the institution's financial health. The routine review of financial statements can tell a lively story about the well-being of the organizations you serve.

However, for those with little to no formal accounting training, financial reports can seem intimidating. This workshop is designed to help nonprofit board members better understand the basics of nonprofit financial statements so that you are better equipped to perform key legal and fiduciary responsibilities, set realistic financial goals, and assess the organization's performance.

Focus areas will include:

-Key differences between nonprofit and for-profit financial statements and reporting.
-Fundamental accounting concepts underlying nonprofit financial statement presentation and reporting.
-How to effectively and efficiently review nonprofit financial statements to assess the overall financial health of a nonprofit organization.
-Understanding how an organization’s financial statements are evaluated by board members, granting agencies, foundations, other donors and the public.
-Some tools to improve the overall quality and accuracy of financial reporting at your nonprofit organization.

Presenter: Karen T. Deierhoi, BlackWood Finance & Accounting, Inc.

Click here to register online.

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Building Strategic and Diverse Board Composition
Wednesday, February 29, 8:30AM-4:30PM
ASC Board Room (227 W Trade Street, Ste 250)

The establishment of both trust and diversity at all levels and in all aspects of leadership is critical to effective boards. Research has shown that a heterogeneous group promotes creativity and innovation — that groups whose members have high capabilities and complementary skills and expertise perform better than groups whose members share a homogeneous body of knowledge. Tapping into the perspectives and expertise of different backgrounds will help ensure the board is making the best decisions possible. Come spend a day learning about various tools and techniques for building diversity and cultural competency in your board, and how your board/CEO can provide leadership to prepare for generational change and ready your board and organization to work effectively across generations.

This training is approriate for both board and staff members.

AM Session - 8:30AM-12:00PM
Moving Beyond Political Correctness: Cultivating a Diverse Board
Is your board struggling to diversify? This workshop moves beyond “political correctness” and engages participants in a meaningful discussion on establishing diversity goals. This session will ask the uncomfortable questions head-on, in an effort to understand the real value of integrating diversity and an inclusive environment into boards and organizations. Participants will learn about various tools and techniques for building diversity and cultural competency in their nonprofit boards of directors, and cover topics such as:

•making the case for inclusiveness
•the benefits of valuing diversity
•cultural attitudes and biases
•strategies for building an inclusive board

PM Session - 1:00 - 4:30PM
Bridging the Gap: Generations in Nonprofit Leadership
In recent years, a number of high-profile studies and reports have foretold of an impending talent shortage in the nonprofit sector, discussed the challenges of working across generations in the nonprofit sector, and encouraged nonprofit organizations to prepare for generational change. These challenges not only impact the staffing of nonprofit organizations, but also nonprofit boards. Divergent values and ideas between generations, regarding the use of technology and time among other issues, exacerbate the generation gap both on nonprofit boards and in nonprofit organizations. This workshop focuses on how boards and CEOs can provide leadership to prepare for generational change and to ready their boards and organizations to work effectively across generations. This course will address strategic reasons to be generationally competent and diverse, highlight the implications and challenges of working across generations, and counsel nonprofit leadership on how to effectively address these challenges.

Presenter: Vernetta Walker (click here for bio)

Click here to register online.

NOTE: Only full-day registrations are available for this training; however, an organization could send a different representative for each session if desired. In this case, lunch would only be provided for one representative. See registration form for details.

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Where Your Next Audiences Are:
Find Your Consumers with Web Analytics, Mobile Marketing, and More
Tuesday, March 6 - 8:30AM-5:00PM
ASC Board Room (227 W Trade Street, Ste 250)

This multi-faceted workshop will cover the hows and whys of Google analytics, effective decision making with data, mobile marketing, and technology planning. Participants will learn how to effectively utilize Google analytics and how this rich source of data can inform their decision making practices regarding their website, social media and technology-based marketing strategies. Furthermore, participants will gain knowledge in mobile marketing tools and how to build a holistic approach to their technology planning across their entire organization.

Presenters: David Dombrosky, Dana Maki and Amelia Northrup

Click here for complete details, the full day's schedule and presenter bios.

Click here to register online.

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2012 Program Dates:
March 16 & 23 / April 13 & 20 / May 4 & 11
Friday sessions from 8:30AM-12:30PM
ASC Board Room (227 W Trade Street, Ste 250)

AEI teaches artists of all disciplines the fundamentals of business through a 6-session, 24-hour course. The program covers a range of topics that impact artists’ daily operations, from exploring priorities and building a communications strategy, to raising capital and creating an action plan. Throughout the course, participants interact with professional practitioners from areas including art, law, marketing, research and accounting. Sessions include a mix of lectures, panels, group discussions and practical exercises.

Click here to see a complete curriculum guide and program schedule.

Cost:*
$125 Early Bird Registration by February 14
$150 Regular Registration after February 14

Special Offer for AEI Graduates:
Artists who have successfully completed the full 24-hour training in previous years are eligible to register for single day "refresher" sessions in this new format. The cost for each single day is $25. Please select the quantity below and then indicate which day(s) you will be attending. NOTE: If you register for a single day and are NOT a graduate of the program, your registration will be refunded, minus any processing fees.

Click here to register online.

*NOTE* A limited number of partial scholarships are available and will be awarded based on need. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please submit a letter expressing your interest in the program and explaining why it is important that you receive scholarship support in order to participate. It will also be helpful if you can let us know how much you are able to contribute. Please send your request to Katherine Mooring ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). In order to consider you for a scholarship, we must receive your request NO LATER THAN February 14, 2012. In the event a scholarship is not available, we are also willing to work out payment plans with participants on a case-by-case basis.

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