Our Events

Merchandising: Pulling Out All the Stops to Market Your Merchandise

Zoom Webinar

Success in non-profit thrift stores lies in embracing an entrepreneurial spirit and trusting your creativity to create an experience people will love. Every store has a community of people with different skills and talents that when tapped in to, can elevate your shop and the mission it supports. April Lykos and Karina Patman of The […]

Communicating Your Philanthropy to Attract and Recruit More Volunteers

United Way of Greater Houston 50 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX

Volunteer recruitment is crucial to many aspects of nonprofit operations. To garner this crucial support for your organization, you must implement creative recruitment strategies and uplift your mission that encourages the community to serve others. Nikki Eliason, volunteer manager for Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana and life-long volunteer presents on how to inspire a […]

Motivational Interviewing

This training session will provide a brief intro into how Motivational Interviewing (MI) was developed and how it conceptualizes the role of a helper. We will discuss how tuning into client language can help guide your conversations, cover some common pitfalls when practicing MI, and focus primarily on the client-centered skill of reflective listening, offering exercises for […]

Budget-Building for Grant Writers (OPEN TRAINING)

An A+ proposal budget provides an honest, complete, and clear picture of the total value of everything it takes to do your work successfully.  It also stands as an invaluable management and evaluation tool when it comes to running your grant-funded program. So, how can you craft this type of budget? That’s the question you’ll […]

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