Announcement: Breaking the Ice: Expanding Your Network at Sea Rocket Bistro!

Breaking the Ice: Expanding Your Network at Sea Rocket Bistro!

About the program...

Networking events for some are intimidating; some even describe them as nerve-wracking or fearful. What would a networking event be like if you had the confidence to walk up to any person or group in the room?

Join YNPN San Diego for our November workshop, Breaking the Ice: Expanding Your Network as we prepare for the holiday networking season and the New Year. We will discuss, practice and play out techniques for joining existing conversations, getting new ones started and getting what you want or need from every conversation. This will be an active and fun workshop with a diverse group of nonprofit professionals - you’ll be applying and sharpening your networking skills as we practice them! Guest speaker is Linda Spuck from Union Bank and our facilitator is Brian Daugherty from University of San Diego - this is certainly a pair you will NOT want to miss!

REGISTER HERE!

Support YNPN San Diego Programs...

All of YNPN San Diego’s programs are free to its members, but there is a cost to coordinate these events, bring high-quality programs to the membership, and serve as a reliable and high-quality organization. Your donations help to ensure that YNPN San Diego can continue to meet these demands. Please consider making a donation online, through our Facebook Cause or at the event. Individuals who donate at the workshop, as well as one week prior and after the event, will be eligible for a gift from our generous in-kind supporters. The recommended donation for this event is $25.

About Sea Rocket Bistro

Sea Rocket Bistro is a farm-to-table restaurant that focuses on local foods in order to provide a more physical connection between their guests and the food they eat. Because much of the food available to us in San Diego is from the ocean, they focus on seafood. One local fisherman calls this "from boat to throat." Whatever you call it, they take the freshest ingredients that are available to us within a day's drive or so.

Thank you to Sea Rocket Bistro and our generous supporters, including Sempra Energy, for making this program possible!

Contribute to YNPN San Diego during Halloween

Wouldn't it be SCARY if YNPN San Diego vanished? It would be TRICKY for YNPN San Diego to continue to provide TREATS for its members like networking events and professional development workshops without your help. No matter how much you give or WITCHEVER way you choose to donate, your contribution to YNPN San Diego will ensure that emerging leaders within San Diego continue to have access to YNPN San Diego's free programs. Now that's a SWEET deal!

Help us reach our goal of raising $2,009 in 2009 by donating today. To make a contribution, please go to http://www.ynpnsandiego.org/supportanddonate.html or visit https://www.causes.com/fb/donations/new?cause_id=178419&fundraiser_id=12683915&m=7289f020. Thank you for your support!

A Networking Event

As a young nonprofit professional, one of the best places to network is where individuals and organizations leading through philanthropic efforts meet for a celebration. The San Diego Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals will be holding an event called the Spirit of Philanthropy Awards Luncheon on November 3 to honor those who have reached out to enrich communities across San Diego. Join friends and colleagues, as well as those you do not yet know, at this wonderful event and enjoy yourself. You can find out more information by clicking here.

Announcement: November Professional Development Workshop

Announcement: Breaking the Ice: Expanding Your Network

About the program...

Networking events for some are intimidating; some even describe them as nerve-wracking or fearful. What would a networking event be like if you had the confidence to walk up to any person or group in the room?

Join YNPN San Diego for our November workshop, Breaking the Ice: Expanding Your Network as we prepare for the holiday networking season and the New Year. We will discuss, practice and play out techniques for joining existing conversations, getting new ones started and getting what you want or need from every conversation. This will be an active and fun workshop with a diverse group of nonprofit professionals - you’ll be applying and sharpening your networking skills as we practice them!

Register Here: http://ynpnsdbreakingtheice.eventbrite.com/

Support YNPN San Diego Programs...

All of YNPN San Diego’s programs are free to its members, but there is a cost to coordinate these events, bring high-quality programs to the membership, and serve as a reliable and high-quality organization. Your donations help to ensure that YNPN San Diego can continue to meet these demands. Please consider making a donation online, through our Facebook Cause or at the event. Individuals who donate at the workshop, as well as one week prior and after the event, will be eligible for a gift from our generous in-kind supporters. The recommended donation for this event is $25.

The Community Table...

As always, feel free to bring information for the Community Table about your organization, but please pick up your materials following the event or they will be recycled.
Register Here: http://ynpnsdbreakingtheice.eventbrite.com/

Work Smarter! CaliforniaVolunteers Conference

CaliforniaVolunteers, in partnership with Bank of America, the Taproot Foundation, the Nonprofit Finance Fund and dozens of local partners across the state, invite you to attend a FREE conference entitled Working Smarter: Surviving and Thriving During Tough Times.

There are only three conferences left - and they’re coming up soon!

• October 15 – Silicon Valley (San Jose)
• October 21 – San Diego
• October 22 – San Joaquin Valley (Stockton)

The conference will include remarks and training by the nation’s first Governor’s Cabinet-level Secretary of Service and Volunteering, Karen Baker. Karen’s experience and enthusiasm for seeing the nonprofit sector succeed will leave you inspired!

Karen will be joined by leaders from Bank of America’s Philanthropic Management Team, the Taproot Foundation and the Nonprofit Finance Fund. You will also have opportunity to dialogue and network with your peers from local organizations about topics that are of interest to you.

In short, you will leave this training with tools for making practical changes to the way your nonprofit does business:

• Leveraging the Full Spectrum of Volunteers
• Financial and Operational Tactics for Tough Times
• Knowing Your Donors and Strategic Implications for Today
• Data to Inform Your Strategy – State and Local Perspectives
• Community Resources to Help You Succeed

To register for one of these FREE conferences, visit CaliforniaVolunteers.org today! (And more great news - we have lifted the attendance limits – you may sign up multiple people from your organization.) We look forward to seeing you at Working Smarter: Surviving and Thriving During Tough Times!

IdeaEncre Network for Nonprofits!

YNPN San Diego is pleased to announce a new partnership with THE knowledge-sharing organization, IdeaEncore Network.

Looking to find and share resources with colleagues?

IdeaEncore Network is an on-line peer-to-peer learning marketplace (like Amazon or eBay) for nonprofits and those who support them to share, sell, and buy all types and forms of practical knowledge, innovative ideas and information assets - - including ready-to-use tools, templates, training content, policies, procedures and plans.

“Working with YNPN San Diego is exciting because we believe knowledge sharing is an opportunity for members to use their technology savvy to make a huge difference to their cause, their organization and their own career,” said Scott Bechtler-Levin, Co-Founder and President of IdeaEncore Network. The company was started here in San Diego and has quickly spread throughout the US and has visitors from over 80 countries.

A few examples of ready to use resources:

• Brinkerhoff's Nonprofit Stewardship Decision Tree (free)
• Social Venture Partners' Benchmarking Checklists (various, $10 - $55)
• Fill-in the-Blank Development Policies & Procedures (free)
• Governance Best Practices for Tax-Exempt Organizations ($39)

Make more impact. Earn more money

IdeaEncore provides an easy way for your organization to share what it knows, learn from others, and earn unrestricted income.

Harnessing the power of Web 2.0 to free knowledge from the hard drives within nonprofits is a quick and easy way to magnify your impact. We encourage you to share knowledge and information as a way to greatly multiply donors’ and funders’ return on investments in the sector. It also is an easy entry point to encourage your board to embrace earned income strategies.

This is an online document sharing community where you and your organization are rewarded for sharing:

• “Content Providers” (sellers) gain peer feedback / recognition, elevate nonprofit practice, spread their mission, and create earned-income.
• “Content Consumers” (buyers) save time and money while reducing risk of new initiatives.

The YNPN San Diego Advantage

Share. Learn. Earn. As a part of a countywide knowledge sharing initiative in cooperation with Nonprofit Management Solutions, sharing has never been so rewarding. And IdeaEncore makes it easy to choose licensing from a drop-down list, so your organization’s intellectual property is protected. Share or sell your ready-to-use business planning tools, program policies, fundraising templates, program plans, logic models or other information.

• No risk: There is no charge to upload and download free materials open to the public. You only pay a percentage of what is actually purchased. Create a free account now.
• 25% off fees to sell: YNPN San Diego members who upload their first item by 12/31/09 will receive a discount of 25% off IdeaEncore’s Paid Content fees (except minimums) on all of their shared items that are purchased by others through 6/30/10.
• 10% off fees to sell: All other YNPN San Diego members will receive a 10% discount off of any sales transaction fees incurred.
  

Choose “YNPN San Diego” as your “primary professional affiliation” in your individual profile to qualify for the above discounts. IdeaEncore will also donate a piece of its fees to YNPN San Diego – so you can support them without costing you anything.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to further the mission of your organization while enhancing your career. Please provide suggestions / feedback to Scott Bechtler-Levin, ScottB-L@IdeaEncore.com or 858-204-4672.

Reminder: October Meet and Greet at Bar Basic!

 Join YNPN San Diego for our next fantastic networking event on Thursday, October 15 at Bar Basic downtown. You will have the opportunity to connect with professionals in the San Diego nonprofit community and learn more about what we have been up to at YNPN San Diego.

You are welcome and encouraged to invite more people to this event. Nonprofit professionals of all ages are welcome - the more the merrier! Join the movement along with over 400 nonprofit San Diego professionals. Please RSVP at http://ynpnsdoctober09.eventbrite.com/

REGISTER HERE!

Who: Anyone and everyone involved in the nonprofit community, from volunteers to staff to board members- all ages are welcome!

When: Thursday, October 15 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Where: Bar Basic, 410 10th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Why: To connect with nonprofit professionals and volunteers in the San Diego community. This is a great way to meet new friends, learn about other organizations, build alliances, and learn about YNPN SAN DIEGO!

Cost: FREE at the door! Featuring Happy Hour prices!

We hope to see you there!!!