What do 335 Nonprofit Professional Have In Common?

NIU-CLA (alphabet soup?)

What do 335 Nonprofit Professionals have in common?

They all participated in the NIU Civic Leadership Academy (CLA)!

What is NIU-CLA?

Giving DuPage partnered with NIU to offer a nationally recognized & accredited certificate program with courses focused on informed leadership , organizational efficiency and professional development .

2018-19 SCHEDULE

Getting To Great 4-Part WEBINAR Series:

Nov 12 - Part 1: Purpose - Living Your Values, Vision & Mission
Nov 19 - Part 2: People - Building a Strong Team of Staff & Volunteers
Nov 26 - Part 3: Performance - Measuring Your Impact For Sustainability
Dec 3 - Part 4: Promote - Effectively Telling Your Story to the World

In-Person Courses:

Nov 7 - Budgeting & Understanding Financial Statements
Jan 15 - Executive Director 101 - Nuts & Bolts
Feb 21 - Grant Writing
Mar 5 - The Lost Art of Listening
May 16 - Strategic Planning - REBOOT - Lessons Learned and Following Through
June 11 - Leadership Lessons: Trying Times Demand Sound Leadership

Early Bird Rate? YES

Giving DuPage Discounted Rate? YEP

In DuPage County? THAT'S RIGHT

Questions? Email us at givingdupage@dupageco.org

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you at the CLA! – the Giving DuPage Team

DETAILS @ GIVINGDUPAGE.ORG/NIU-CLA

READ COURSE DESCRIPTIONS AT NIU SITE

On a separate note...

HOLIDAYS + GENEROSITY

POST HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITIES!

Words that go together - HOLIDAYS + GENEROSITY . Now let's add YOUR ORG !

Calls to Giving DuPage and traffic to the Volunteer Portal will go way up soon and people are looking for ways to give back!

Here's how to post your org's volunteer and in-kind donation needs during the holidays.

Bookmark the Portal page - givingdupage.org/volunteer
Forgot how to add needs? We've provided an 'Easy To Use' Portal Reference Guide (see below)
When adding a new need, we've added a new field called 'cluster' - simply select 'holiday' from the drop down

You're done - it's that easy!

Now we can show good givers how easy it is to search on holiday needs.

Please add your holiday needs ASAP because we are emailing 12K+ subscribers in the next few days to get everyone excited about doing some GOOD!

Feel free to contact givingdupage@dupageco.org with questions.

Let's make this the BEST HOLIDAY GIVING & VOLUNTEERING SEASON EVER!

Easy To Use Portal Reference Guide

Giving DuPage is the DuPage County Volunteer Center

with a mission to promote giving and volunteering countywide.

Giving DuPage is a 501(c)3 organization operating in partnership with DuPage County.

Giving DuPage | (630) 407-6458 | givingdupage@dupageco.org | givingdupage.org