Upcoming Conversations and Webinars:

Foundations:  Are Your Grantees Good Stewards of Your Gifts?

Dates:

• Tuesday, Tuesday, August 23rd, 10:30 am CST
• Thursdays, August 25th, 2:00 pm CST

 How are nonprofit's adapting to today's challenging and complex realities?  And how do you know if they are strong and adaptive?  Join John Hilley, creator of the Organizational Resiliency Gameplan Software ("ORG Tool"), as he provides an overview of how the tool is providing helpful planning and assessment information to the Foundation about its grantees while, at the same time, the tailored "Resiliency Gameplan" produced by the software is helping boost a nonprofit's organizational resiliency and effectiveness.This 30 minute webinar is intended for for program officers of foundations and for directors of affinity organizations looking for cost effective resources.

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Patmos' MyGamePlan Webinar Series for Nonprofit Leaders

We will be releasing our series shortly.  Patmos has been a presenter of the Nonprofit Webinar series in the past and we encourage you to take advantage of the many helpful nonprofit webinars offered through this outstanding free service. Check out their calendar.

We have learned that the most successful nonprofits are those who recognize and adapt quickly to changing circumstances. The last two years have presented dramatic challenges for nonprofit leadership and 2011 is no cakewalk.

Two key features of a resilient organization is its ability to be nimble in its decision making and to be intentional in its planning.  During this brief webinar, John Hilley, Founder and President of Patmos LLC, will share five helpful tips and strategies for increasing your organization’s resiliency and helping you chart a roadmap to sustainability.  These strategies are informed by the extensive research that led to the development of the Organizational Resiliency Gameplan Tool (ORG Tool). The ORG Tool is business intelligence software created by Patmos and used by Foundations and nonprofits. The ORG Tool assesses an organization’s health and assists in charting a tailored road map for nonprofit boards and management to take steps toward strengthening their nonprofit.

The MyGamePlan.org Webinar Series:  "A Game Plan for Making Decisions Before, During, and After Your Organization Faces a Crisis"

How decisions are made, communicated, and acted upon is fundamental to how well an organization prepares for and faces a crisis when one occurs.  Time is of the essence in any crisis  – a business interruption such as data loss or a natural disaster like Nashville’s recent historic floods – and so is the need for consistent and clear communication.  During this brief webinar John Hilley will introduce how to create the Incident Action Team and Incident Action Plan, the fulcrum upon which an organization’s planning and response to a crisis rests.  With increasing occurrences of environmental challenges, fewer financial margins for mistakes or delays in responding, and increased scrutiny for nonprofits facing regulatory and compliance concerns,  this informative webinar will provide tangible steps in how to design, build, and communicate the “authority and control” section of an organization’s business continuity plan.