Training and Support for Nonprofits

Last update: 8/31/2020 9:00 AM
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Upcoming Live Webinars​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Free Grant Writing Webinar, join experts from Grant Station to discuss grant writing basic, how to tell a consistent and compelling story. (TechSoup)
  • Sep. 15 at 2:00PM 
• Listing of free webinars for nonprofits (Curated by Lightful)

 
​Fundraising + Financial Management during COVID-19

• SPA Issues PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidance, read all about how to calculate and document the requested loan forgiveness amount, with topics focused on payroll costs, non payroll costs, and loan forgiveness process (Hemenway & Barnes, LLP)
• Emerging from the Crisis—Planning for Next Year as a Nonprofit​ webinar and slides (HBS Association of Northern California, Community Partners)

• How Nonprofits Can Utilize the New Federal Laws Dealing with COVID-19 (Nonprofit Quarterly)​​
• Loans Available for Nonprofits through CARES Act (National Council of Nonprofits)
• Positive strategies for overcoming the inevitable fundraising challenges our sector will face: webinar and slides.  
• Financial Leadership in the Face of Impossible Choices (CLA Connect)
• Sustainability to Survivability: 5 Nonprofit Finance Must-Do's in the time of COIVD-19 (Nonprofit Quarterly)
• Time for Philanthropy to Double Down in Response to COVID-19 (Nonprofit Quarterly)​
• Funders, this is the rainy day you have been saving up for (Vu Le)
• What are we willing to give up to end the Nonprofit Hunger Games? (Vu Le)

Navigating Federal Loan Programs (from Massachusetts Nonprofit Network)

• Coronavirus Emergency Loans: Guide and Checklist for Small Businesses and Nonprofits  (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
• Recording and slide deck from webinar, "Federal Coronavirus Relief Bills: What Do They Mean for Nonprofits"  (National Council of Nonprofits)
• Loans Available for Nonprofits in the CARES Act (National Council of Nonprofits)
• 15/30 minute 1-on-1 Loan Task Force Calls (free consultations for nonprofits) and Payment Protection Program Loan Calculator (Jitasa)
• EIDL Disaster Loans Application Overview (U.S. Small Business Administration)
• About the Paycheck Protection Plan (U.S. Small Business Administration)

Advice for Transitioning to Remote Work 

• TechSoup has created a blog post with mostly FREE resources that are easy and quick to implement
• Nonprofit Learning Lab blog post on choosing a platform for your live on-line meeting or training
• Montana Nonprofit Association's Suddenly Working From Home with practical tips for how they can make the best of this challenging situation​​
• COVID-19 Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future (Nonprofit Quarterly)
• Harvard Buisness Review created a Guide to Managing Your (Newly) Remote Workers

Free Remote Work Tools

• Google Hangouts Premium is free through September 30
• Microsoft Teams is available for free for six months
• GoToMeeting is also offering its remote work tools free for three months.
• Nonprofits focused on fighting COVID-19 can access three months of free Dropbox Premium.
• Nonprofits focused on digital inclusion check out National Digital Inclusion Alliance
• Tech Goes Home as complied a list of digital inclusion resources
• CauseVid is free for nonprofits and provides a cloud-based video email platform

Self-care ​

• Resilience and Transformational Change, a recorded webinar on training your body towards more effective stress responses
• Mastering Your Inner VUCA, a three-part recorded webinar on an approach to cultivating resilience, through purpose, practices, and partners
• Dealing with Change Anxiety, recorded webinar to address anxiety-based psychological and emotional reactions triggered by uncertainty and change interventions