A&BC Workshop - Board Basics - April 24

Tues, April 24, 2012, 5:30 – 8:30pm
Columbia College, 623 S. Wabash, Hokin Hall, Room 109

Developing a robust, engaged board begins with your recruitment and orientation process.  We’re going back to basics with this board development workshop.  You’ll hear from board and staff members of small-to-mid sized arts organizations about what has worked well to position their new board members for success.

At this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Define board/staff roles & responsibilities
• Recruit new board members in creative ways
• Orient new board members to maximize their effectiveness

Price: $45/65 (nonrefundable) - http://www.artsbiz-chicago.org/events/2012/04/board-basics

Nonprofit Technology Conference

Go to a technology conference from your desk: the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) is holding their annual conference, and you can attend from your very own office. The Nonprofit Technology Conference on April 4-5 will be streamed live so you can set up a computer in your conference room and let your whole staff attend.

Normally $300 for non-members, if you register by March 23 you can get the NTEN Member rate of just $150. Learn more HERE and enter the Blue Avocado discount code 12ONTC-7NMEMBA during checkout. An outstanding resource for Accidental Techies and Super Techies in your organization.

Join us March 31 to celebrate Ella Fitzgerald's 95th Birthday

Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic presents
"Through Ella's Eyes: A 95th Birthday Celebration"
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Auditorium Theatre
Tickets $30 - $69

For more information visit:
http://chicagojazzphilharmonic.org/4per/through-ellas-eyes/

Thank You!

Thank you, everyone, that attended today's  Data Management Workshop.  It was a great pleasure to speak with so many of you, and - as promised - I'll be posting materials from the session here as well as monitor the posts to answer any follow-up questions.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with this bit of technology news (oh the times they are a changin'):

Citing Twitter or Facebook in MLA

MLA now has instructions on how to cite a tweet: http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet

Include this information:

• Author and/or editor names (if available)
• Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
• Title of the Website, project, or book in italics.
• Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
• Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.

Join Kartemquin Films on April 12 for Rock the Doc: Tunes and Trivia

Please join Kartemquin at The Whistler on April 12th for "Rock the Doc — Tunes & Trivia"
Test your knowledge against Chicago's finest brains, and then throw down some dance moves to DJ Zak Piper spinning vinyl. Prizes and pride for the winning team.

Free Entry! Trivia: $15 for a team of 6, or $4 a person.

All proceeds from trivia and a portion of the bar will go towards supporting Kartemquin, your favorite nonprofit Chicago filmmakers of The Interrupters, Typeface, Hoop Dreams and more, enabling us to continuing producing and distributing social issue documentaries and nurturing independent filmmakers – emerging and veteran.

This is the 4th event in our "Rock the Doc" social series. They are lots of fun and you'll meet all our staff, filmmakers and associates. Come along, and bring friends!

Salesforce for Nonprofits webinar - 3/28

March 28, 1:00 - 2:00pm

Does your organization rely on antiquated methods for tracking contacts, clients, and donors? Do you use different databases that don't communicate with each other? If you are considering moving to a unified database system, login to HandsOn Tech's webinar on Salesforce.com, a leading cloud-based CRM and database tool that offers five free enterprise licenses for nonprofits. This webinar will walk nonprofits through how they could use Salesforce to organize their data in useful ways.

This training will be conducted via webinar. You will receive a link and instructions upon registering. Please go to http://goo.gl/bn0aG regis

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Google+ Workshop - 3/21

March 21, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Google’s Offices 20 West Kinzie Street Chicago, IL 60661

Google has recently launched its new social media platform Google+, which aims to make sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Google+ offers a brand new way to connect with people, including through features such as contacts organized into Circles that make it easy to send relevant messages to different groups of people, integration with Google Chat and Gmail, and a fantastic new way to “Hangout” in a live video conference with up to 10 colleagues and friends. The goal of this workshop is to give you with the tools, knowledge, and know-how to use Google+ in your nonprofit. Come learn how Google+ can help your agency connect with your audience in a new and interactive way that fosters deeper relationships!

Taught by Googlers, this workshop will take place at Google's offices in downtown Chicago at 20 West Kinzie Street. Please go to http://goo.gl/ig0yn to register!