Click here for the column in Sunday’s paper about CNM’s Prelude to Excellence Event.
Here is a photo album of the August 20th event. Special thanks to Vanderbilt University for hosting the event at the Chancellor’s residence.
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
Great offer from the local PRSA chapter:
The Public Service Committee of the Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) announces Quality Time with PR Minds on November 17, 2009, at Belmont University’s Massey Business Center, a no-cost session for Nashville area nonprofit organizations to receive expert public relations counseling and advice from Nashville PRSA chapter members who are volunteering their time.
Area nonprofit organizations interested in participating in one- to two-hour sessions to discuss public relations and communications challenges and opportunities with Nashville area public relations professionals must apply by September 30 and be accepted to attend the free sessions. The application is available to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations at www.prsanashville.com, or by emailing Nashville PRSA member Susan Barnes at sgbarnes1@bellsouth.net.
“PRSA is excited to offer support to Nashville area nonprofit organizations, combining our commitment to the public relations profession and to public service with our members’ PR and marketing experience in a number of businesses and industries,” said Julie K. Davis, President of Nashville PRSA. “We hope nonprofit organizations will leave the sessions with inspiration and ideas to implement effective public relations strategies to further their mission and achieve their goals.”
The number of nonprofits accepted for the program depends on public relations counselors available, and small nonprofit organizations with no dedicated public relations staff will be given preference. Nonprofits will be notified of acceptance for the program by October 15.
Quality Time with PR Minds, pioneered by the Los Angeles and Georgia chapters of the Public Relations Society of America, pairs experienced practitioners with a nonprofit for a one-hour session of high-level counseling. Public relations volunteer counselors will receive accepted nonprofit applications prior to counseling sessions, with information about nonprofits’ goals, resources, audiences, and challenges in implementing PR and marketing activities.
The Quality Time with PR Minds sessions are November 17, 9:00-10:00 a.m. and 10:15-11:15 a.m., with breakfast served at 8:30 a.m. The sessions will be followed by Nashville PRSA’s regularly scheduled monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m., featuring public relations roundtable discussions. Nonprofit participants are welcome to attend the Nashville PRSA luncheon meeting; the cost of the luncheon for guests is $35.
Nashville Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals. The Nashville Chapter of PRSA is a 150-member organization of professionals representing business and industry, counseling firms, independent practitioners, government, hospitals, schools, and nonprofit organizations. For more information on Nashville PRSA, contact Kallie Bienvenu, public relations chair for Nashville PRSA, at 615-321-4939 or kbienvenu@cfmt.org. For more information, visit Nashville PRSA online at www.prsanashville.com.
From Sunday’s Tennessean:
Franklin’s two best-known house museums share a common history in the Battle of Franklin.
Now, Carnton Plantation and the Carter House will share one group to oversee both their operations and their budgets.
Named the Battle of Franklin Trust, the new board is comprised of members from each nonprofit’s separate boards who will have authority over both sites’ operations and budgets. That totals about $800,000.
Marianne Schroer, president of Carnton’s board, said the new arrangement should improve visits for tourists, streamline operations and add muscle to both groups’ future fund-raising, including an interpretive center planned near the Carter House.
David Fraley has been the Carter House’s interim executive director since last summer after Thomas Cartwright resigned as executive director.
Early opinions about the changes have been positive so far.
“I think it is a wonderful thing for both sites,” Jacobson said. “I think it’s a wonderful thing for the story. I think it offers much more consistency.”
Jim Vaillancourt, senior consultant for the Center for Nonprofit Management, said consolidating the operations gives more traction for long-term projects such as the Carter House’s proposed $4.5 million interpretative center.
Vaillancourt worked with the museums’ boards to finalize the new arrangement.
“It’s more likely that the two boards working together will raise the capital rather than on their own,” Vaillancourt said.
From Janey Smith at Sports 4 All Foundation:
Sports 4 All Foundation has been given 24 Dell Optiplex Computers, 11 Dell 19″ Flat Panel Monitors, 3 Dell 17″ Flat Panel Monitors and 14 Dell PowerEdge Servers. We would like to offer them at a discount to area nonprofits, so please let us know if you are interested. Thank you and take care.Contact, Janey Smith via email at janey@s4af.org or 615-354-6454.
The Center for Nonprofit Management, in partnership with Read To Succeed and Rutherford LEAP, will present “Weathering the Economic Storm” on Wednesday, September 16 from 11:30 – 1:00, at Patterson Park Community Center. The forum is designed to assist nonprofit organizations in Rutherford, Cannon, Bedford, and Coffee Counties endure the recession, while continuing to serve their communities. Presenters will include:
• Raquel Hatter, CEO, Family & Children’s Service
• Sarah Ann Ezzell, Vice Chair, Family & Children’s Service
• Susannah Shumate, Executive Director, Nashville Civic Design Center
• John Key, Executive Director, Community Servants
• Ronni Shaw, Executive Director, Read To Succeed
The speakers will share ideas and survival strategies for challenging economic times, and attendees will have opportunities to exchange ideas with their peers.
Lunch will be provided from 11:30 a.m. until noon, with presentations and discussions from noon until 1:00 p.m. Patterson Park is located at 521 Mercury Blvd in Murfreesboro. Attendance and lunch are free; however, reservations must be made no later than Friday, September 11th. To make a reservation, contact: Ellen Hingst, Director of Education, Center for Nonprofit Management. Phone: 615.259.3911 ext. 15, or e-mail Ellen Hingst: ellen@cnm.org
For more information, contact Amelia King Bozeman, 615.456.4374, or Amelia@rutherfordleap.org
A message from Christin Shatzer of Lipscomb University’s SALT program:
Dear Community Partners,
I hope you will consider some upcoming opportunities being offered though the SALT [Serving and Learning Together] Program at Lipscomb University. We would love to work with your organization on any of the following projects that may applicable. If you have questions or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Free Web Design for your Organization
Can Computer Science/Information Systems students help design or update your organization’s website?
This project is perfect for agencies:
• that don’t currently have any web presence
• can put standard information on the web that won’t change significantly over time
• need help with specific tasks like Flash or animation technology
• need help getting started and getting some ideas about web design in generalThis is the second time we have been able to offer this opportunity. We are open to working with any new partner organization interested in this initiative, and we welcome working with repeat partners.
**The project will primarily focus on building a foundation for your website. Students will not necessarily be available to regularly maintain any websites or manage content once the sites are built.**
Could your organization benefit from working with MBA students?
MBA students in one of our leadership classes are looking for a 2-3 week project working with local community organizations. The students are open to working on a wide scope of issues. If you have an idea of how your organization could utilize the time and talent of some of Lipscomb’s best and brightest, let us know! We would love to get you connected!
Please contact Christin Shatzer, (615) 966-7225 or christin.shatzer@lipscomb.edu for more information.
We look forward to hearing from you!
From the Tennessean:
Several local United Way agencies have partnered with a nationwide prescription discount program to allow people without prescription coverage to save money on medications. When the discount card is presented at participating pharmacies, the customer will get the cheapest cost available for the prescription. United Ways in 35 Tennessee counties have joined the program, dubbed FamilyWize, and several of the counties are in Middle Tennessee – Davidson, Williamson, Sumner and Wilson.
Carole King, spokeswoman for the Nashville United Way, said about four out of 10 Americans struggle to afford their medicine, skip their medications or reduce their dosages because they can’t afford it.
The discount prescription program is designed to help people who may not qualify for CoverRx, the state prescription assistance plan, or other aid.
“The card helps cover prescription medication for the uninsured or for individuals taking prescriptions that are not covered,” King said.
From Kathy Gore, Program Coordinator at Ten Thousand Villages:
Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to people in developing countries by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. We work with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed. This income helps pay for food, education, health care and housing.
Lisa Pierce, our Executive Director, and I would like to offer our fellow CNM members the opportunity to order unique, fairly traded gifts for your staff, employees or supporters for the 2009 holiday season. As you weigh the many gift options available, we hope you’ll consider the following questions:
• Who is benefiting from the money you are spending?
• Is a needy family being fed?
• Was child labor used in the production of the gift or were the workers adults who were provided a safe and clean workshop?
• Was the environment harmed in the manufacture of the product or were green practices employed from raw material stage through delivery?
• And perhaps most importantly, was the producer paid a fair wage for her work?Our artisans use the money they earn to improve their homes, educate themselves and their children, and to put food on the table – allowing them to live healthier lives of dignity. The majority of our producers are women, who collectively improve the economic environment of their communities and nations through their work. As a fair trade retailer, we are able to curb environmental destruction by supporting hand production, encouraging the sustainable use of natural resources, marketing products made from recycled materials, favoring organic methods of agriculture and limiting transport that contributes to high carbon emissions. Our artisans earn a fair wage for their work – a wage that they are a partner in determining.
You can feel really good about gifts purchased from Ten Thousand Villages!
For more information on Ten Thousand Villages:Kathy Gore, Program CoordinatorTen Thousand Villages of Nashville, Inc.615 292-5729 home615 319-2239 cell
CNM has launched an updated version of our Web site. The new site will let you manage your information and preferences with the greatest of 21st century ease! With these Web site enhancements, you can:
• Manage your contact information and organization affiliations;
• Subscribe to any of our 3 e-Newsletters;
• Sign up and pay for workshops and events online;
• Order products for shipment or in-store pick-up with credit card payments;
• Apply MatchGrant funds to purchases without the hassle of paper forms;
• Sign up for certificate programs and monitor progress on your profile;
• Print out training transcripts to view workshop attendance history;
• Renew and pay for CNM membership online-with convenient e-mail reminders when it’s time to renew;
• Appoint a staff member as the organizational administrator to manage your organization’s profile and sign up other staff and board members for trainings;
• Post, update, and renew job announcements using an enhanced online form;
Browse job postings by organization type, job type, date posted, and more!!
With this system, you won’t have to bother making check requests from your organization, tracking paper invoices, or filling out paper forms. All online credit card payments will be processed through PayPal, a trusted and secure payment processing company; CNM will not store any credit card information. Of course, should you ever need to fill out a paper form or submit a check for payment, we are willing and able to take payments and process information in that form.
We are confident that this update will make your CNM experience online more convenient and user-friendly. If you have any problems at all, don’t hesitate to contact us. We are here to answer questions Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
We appreciate your patience as we make this upgrade. We are excited to share our progress with you-thank you for growing with us!
Please click here for a short video introduction to navigating the enhanced CNM Web site.
The Community Resource Center, 218 Omohundro Place, has nice office space to rent to other nonprofits beginning in December. Space includes a spacious break room and three bathrooms. The location is close to downtown Nashville and convenient to I-24. For more information, please call Executive Director Catherine Mayhew at 291-6688 or e-mail catherine@crcnashville.org.
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