Common Good Vermont NPO Workshop Proposals

1. Call for Workshops

With the launch of the www.CommonGoodVT.org this month, we are ready to launch a new media feature for 2010, the VT Nonprofit Maven Series.

Please submit your proposal, for an individual or panel presentation on any of the following topics selected for 2010. If you have a burning desire to present on a topic that is not presented here, please do not hesitate to propose it.

We encourage your proposal to utilize interactive features (presenters at remote locations, chats, call-ins). You will be asked to choose “medium” so that we can manage airtime reservations with local PEG channels, VIT sites and webinar providers. We are also accepting proposals for "screen casts" and "Ask the Expert" chat sessions.

The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, 12/22 at 5 p.m. All applicants will be contacted immediately following the New Year.

Question Title

* 1. Please Complete the Following Information (Many of you have provided some of this information in the past (thank you), here we'd like to get your contact records complete.)

Name:

Company:

Address:

Address 2:

City/Town:

State:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Country:

Email Address:

Phone Number:

Question Title

* 2. What best describes your "role" in the nonprofit sector?

Consultant/Vendor

Staff

Board Member

Volunteer

Question Title

* 3. Which Capacity Building Topics Describe Your Proposal (installments need to be completed by date listed below):

1/11/2010 - State of Vermont Philanthropy

2/18/2010 - Advocating for Change: Effective Ways to Build Your Base and Mobilize for Change

3/9/2010 - Strategic Planning: Rethinking Your Future

4/13/2010 - Board Governance that Works

5/11/2010 - NPO Collaborations that Make a Difference: Case Studies from Vermont's Independent Sector

6/8/2010 - What Difference Do You Make? Measure Impact and Tell Your Story

9/14/2010 - Profile of a Nonprofit Leader

10/12/2010 - Candidate Forum on Nonprofit Issues

11/9/2010 - Common Good State Conference Preview (Tentative)

12/14/2010 - Succession Planning: Seismic Shift Affects Vermont's Independent Sector

Question Title

* 4. What "medium" do you propose to present your content? (Select one)

Local Community Access Channel (30 minute program produced and aired in partnership with your local community access channel and distributed to channels across Vermont)

Public event video taped for TV and online distribution (this option is currently available in Chittenden County)

Vermont Interactive TV site (30-90 minute live panel presentation transmitted to multiple sites across Vermont)

Webinar (60 minute desk-top presentation delivered via phone and internet)

Screencast (Up to 30 minute presentation recorded and distributed on-line)

"Ask the Expert Chat" (Hosted conversation, conducted on-line over the course of one hour or an entire week).

Question Title

* 5. If you selected a community access channel or Vermont Interactive TV, please identify which location is most convenient for your presentation:

Bennington

Brattleboro

Burlington/Williston

Middlebury

Montpelier

Newport

Rutland

St. Albans

St.Johnsbury/Lyndonville

White River Junction

Question Title

* 6. Please Describe Your Workshop/Presentation (one proposal per survey please).

Title of Workshop/Program

Description

Length

Location (Where it will be produced)

Host/ Presenter (Name, Title, Email)

Presenter 1 (Name, Title, Email)

Presenter 2 (Name, Title, Email)

Presenter 3 (Name, Title, Email)

Question Title

* 7. What support do you need to make your workshop/ presentation happen?

Better understanding of how to make the most of the medium we've selected

Scheduling the production facilities

Preparing effective presentation materials

Marketing materials and help spreading the word

What else would be helpful?

Question Title

* 8. What can you (and/or your co-presenters) do to help spread the word about this "skill building" nonprofit event and the VT NPO Maven series as a whole?

Invite our inner circle electronically

Post status updates on our social networking sites

Send press releases to local media

Please specify other ways we've haven't thought of:

Question Title

* 1. Please Complete the Following Information (Many of you have provided some of this information in the past (thank you), here we'd like to get your contact records complete.)

Question Title

* 2. What best describes your "role" in the nonprofit sector?

Question Title

* 3. Which Capacity Building Topics Describe Your Proposal (installments need to be completed by date listed below):

Question Title

* 4. What "medium" do you propose to present your content? (Select one)

Question Title

* 5. If you selected a community access channel or Vermont Interactive TV, please identify which location is most convenient for your presentation:

Question Title

* 6. Please Describe Your Workshop/Presentation (one proposal per survey please).

Question Title

* 7. What support do you need to make your workshop/ presentation happen?

Question Title

* 8. What can you (and/or your co-presenters) do to help spread the word about this "skill building" nonprofit event and the VT NPO Maven series as a whole?

Question Title

* 9. Do you have additional questions or comments about this proposal?