On December 10, CBO Center will sponsor a Board Governance Workshop from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center in Walnut Creek. $85 includes lite dinner and seminar materials. REGISTER.

Kelli-Ann Nakayama will lead the seminar. She has held senior fundraising positions at organizations including Leadership Public Schools, Legal Services for Children, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Kelli-Ann is a fundraising consultant specializing in board and volunteer development, major gifts, and institutional giving. She received her Certificate of Fund Raising Management (CFRM) at The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, MA from San Francisco State University, and BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Mrs. Nakayama currently serves as the Vice President of the Bay Area’s Development Executives Roundtable board of directors, and host of DER’s Major Gifts Magic quarterly support group. She and her husband live in Oakland with their young son and two rescue dogs.

6/17/2008 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Buck Stops Here: Creating a Culture of Accountability
John F. Kennedy University, 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA
Fee: $95, includes breakfast. Click here to register.

This workshop will help you create a culture of accountability in your organization, so that both your board and staff understand and own their roles and responsibilities. As a result of this workshop you will:

- Have clarity about what you are accountable for, versus the accountability of your board and staff;
- Learn how to push ownership and responsibility down into all levels of your organization;
- Gain insight into how to help managers understand and own their accountability;
- Come away with concrete ideas for strengthening accountability at all levels of your organization

6/19/2008 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Getting Started in Planned Giving
Preservation Park, Room Robinson B, 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA
East Bay Fundraising Roundtable
Fee: $25, includes breakfast. Click here to register.

Now is the time to include planned giving in your fundraising mix! If, like many small and medium-sized nonprofits, you struggle to find the time to implement a planned giving program, please join us for this breakfast discussion. Philip Byrdsong will share practical tips and techniques that will allow you to add a planned giving component to your fundraising efforts with some simple, basic steps. Our intent is for you to leave the roundtable with a clear idea of how to get started on this path for your agency.

6/20/2008 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Board Development
John F. Kennedy University, Room #312, 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA
East Bay Executive Directors Roundtable
Fee: $25, includes breakfast. Click here to register. Participation is limited to Executive Directors only.

Three seasoned nonprofit leaders will facilitate small group discussions about your boards needs in recruitment, strategic thinking, fundraising, and anything else related to board development you wish. You will have the opportunity to talk with a group of your peers over a delicious breakfast, and get peer advice and guidance about the issues foremost on your mind. Our facilitators: Maridel Moulton, Organizational Development consultant, Patricia Hannum, Executive Director, MOCHA.

This bill is under consideration in the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee. It’s been held over until the end of May so that negotiations between foundations and the bill’s author can continue. This bill will have an impact on nonprofit organizations receiving foundation grants.

You are encouraged to review the analysis of the proposed legislation and to weigh in with your legislators. Senator Ellen Corbett (D-10) sits on the committee. If your nonprofit is headquartered in Senator Corbett’s district, we urge you to contact her and let your voices be heard.

On May 20 (Oakland), a finance workshop will help executive Directors and Boards learn to Prepare for Your Audit.

June 4 (Pleasant Hill), offers an Advanced Marketing workshop.

On June 11 (Walnut Creek), the CBO Center will offer its popular BoardWorks training. This is the board training you’ve been waiting for!

In three hours, Boardworks participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of the board as a governing body, the difference between the work of the board and the work of individual board members, the differences between board and staff functions, and some practical tips and tools that will help board members serve their agencies more effectively.

PANELISTS INCLUDE:
- Karina Moreno, Program Officer for Health and Human Services, Y&H Soda Foundation.
- Kathleen Odne, Executive Director, Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation
- Diane Sanchez, Acting Vice President, Community Investment, East Bay Community Foundation
- Damon Scott, Contributions Manager-Northern California Region, Kaiser Permanente

Register here.

Join nonprofit leaders for a day of learning and networking as the conference examines the many ways the aging of the Baby Boom population is affecting the nonprofit sector. Fast-paced workshops and stimulating panel discussions will help managers, administrators, and board memebers navigate the many changes and challenges nonprofits face in the areas of leadership transition, fundraising, board development, cultural competency and volunteer recruitment

To be held at the Crowne Plaza in Concord, February 1 from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Registration is limited. Early bird registration ends January 7, 2008 is $95. Regular registration, after Janurary 7, is $135. Click here to register online.