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The National Life Group Charitable Foundation Offers Vermont Non-Profits Free Workshops
September 17, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe National Life Group Charitable Foundation is offering a free seminar designed to strengthen Vermont's non-profit organizations.
"These are challenging times for non-profits," said Martha Trombley Oakes, president of the foundation. "Our goal with this seminar is to maximize the potential of non-profits in our community."
The seminar - "Publicity & Partnership Strategies for Non-Profits" - will be held on Wednesday, October 14, at National Life Group's Montpelier headquarters from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It will feature three workshops:
* Non-profit marketing and coaching by Laura Arnesen, a 25-year marketing, fundraising and communications veteran. Arnesen will focus on helping non-profits to grow by making publicity a priority and helping leaders to think like marketing professionals. "When economic times are tough, non-profits need to stay in the public eye, be creative, and supplement existing fundraising initiatives," says Arensen. "We'll focus on new strategies that can be implemented without much expense. My workshop brings a business perspective to growing non-profits in a very practical way."
* A tax workshop focusing on the new IRS Form 990 will be presented by Wallace W. Tapia, Certified Public Accountant. This session will cover new and expanded reporting requirements; disclosure and governance considerations; and tips for compiling both the qualitative and quantitative information non-profits need to communicate their mission and accomplishments clearly, completely, and with appropriate transparency.
* In the third workshop Martha Trombley Oakes will detail new procedures and partnership opportunities with National Life Group and the National Life Group Charitable Foundation. She will explain new procedures for grant applications and describe eight different ways National Life Group and the charitable foundation can help non-profits.
During lunch time non-profit leaders will have the opportunity to meet with National Life Group employees about their volunteer needs.
"We recently implemented an employee volunteer policy where up to 40 hours of volunteer time each year can be considered as paid work time. Now our 800-plus Montpelier-based employees are an even more important resource for local non-profits," says Trombley Oakes. "We are extremely pleased to enhance local volunteerism by putting our employees in closer touch with the needs of our community."
"Publicity & Partnership Strategies for Non-Profits," is free and open to non-profit leaders with special emphasis on Washington and Chittenden County organizations and their board members. For more information and to reserve a spot please email: MTrombleyOakes@nationallife.com.
National Life Group is a financial services company founded in Montpelier in 1848. The National Life Group Charitable Foundation was established in 2005 and has helped hundreds of non-profits last year through grants and in-kind donations. The Foundation looks for projects that address a clearly defined community need and will consider proposals in any category, although those that focus on children and families, health and human services, the environment and the arts are more frequently funded: www.nlgcf.com for more information.
Contacts
For information about the National Life Group Charitable Foundation:
Martha Trombley Oakes
mtrombleyoakes@nationallife.com
802-229-7214