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.

Shelly Hamilton and Roxanne Hanson, experts in the development and management of multi-tenant nonprofit centers, will talk about their experiences and discuss your options for cost-savings through shared space and services. Time: Thursday, April 17th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am, at the The CBO Center, 359 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA. Fee: $25.00 includes light breakfast. Visit the web site for more info/to register.

Let an expert help you understand what features you need, what to avoid, and how to get staff to buy-in on your decision. Fee: $15 (includes light breakfast). Register Here.

For 25 years, volunteers trained by CASA of Contra Costa County have advocated for the needs of hundreds of children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.

CASA needs volunteers to help provide its unique and desperately needed advocacy services to these vulnerable children. After the training that we provide, CASA volunteers are appointed by the Juvenile Court. They spend time with the child and they meet with teachers, therapists and others to assess the child’s situation and needs. They are uniquely able to advise the court and speak up for the children they serve. CASA volunteers show up when they say they will; they model caring consistency; they keep their promises to children who have lost trust in adults and lost hope in their lives.

CASA volunteers are ordinary people from various walks of life who do extra-ordinary things in the lives of children. They are unlike any other, because they meet strict requirements and commit over 15 hours per month and a minimum of two years to each child. In addition to training, CASA provides its volunteers with a broad volunteer support program including Case Review support; mentoring through a Team Leader structure; a CASA Support Group; and strong volunteer recognition efforts.

If you are interested in becoming a CASA volunteer, it is strongly recommend that you attend an orientation session to assist you in your decision to apply to be a CASA volunteer. CASA will help you with the application process, give you more information about its next training class to be held Jan. 15 – Feb. 7, 2008, and answer any of your questions about the role and duties of a volunteer.

Those interested in volunteering should call CASA to sign up to attend this session: 925-256-7284.

Finance for Executive Directors
Learn how to Assess Financial Health, Fiscal Systems and Staffing with Jean Bell, on Friday, November 9th, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., in Hayward. Register online with CompassPoint

Earned Income for nonprofits, 11/14
Learn if Earned income is right for your organization on Wednesday, November 14th, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., at Delta 2000, located on 301 West 10th Street Ste.2, in Antioch, CA 94509 Fee:$45.00
Visit the CBO Center for more info or to register.

HOW TO PRODUCE SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISERS, 9/19
The CBO Center will present a seminar on how to produce successful fundraising events on Wednesday, September 19th, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at Delta 2000, located at 301 West 10th Street Ste.2 Antioch, CA 94509 Fee: $45.00. For more info or to register for this event visit the CBO Center website.

BETTER BOARD GOVERNANCE, 9/20
Leyna Bernstein, of The CBO Center, will present BoardWorks: 3 Hours to Better Governance, on Thursday, September 20th, from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the The CBO Center on 359 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, in Oakland. This is the board training you’ve been waiting for! The fee is : $65.00 Click here to register

WHAT WILL SUCCESS LOOK LIKE, 9/25
Learn how to show funders how their money will be sent and the make the outcomes understandable in the seminar “What Does Success Look Like, with Eleanor Smith, on Tuesday, September 25th
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. at The CBO Center-Oakland Office 359 Frank Ogawa Plaza. A fee of $45.00 includes light breakfast. Click here to register

- Volunteers who are fluent in Spanish
- Patient Support Volunteers to provide companionship and practical assistance
- Licensed Hair Stylists to offer hair cuts and styling
- Certified Massage Therapists to provide massage therapy
- Handymen to help with minor repairs and maintenance
- Mobile notaries to witness the signing of important documents
- Bereavement Support Volunteers to provide support to family members after their loved one has died

To apply for free training, beginning September 26, 2007, call Hospice of the East Bay at (925) 887-5678 and ask for the Volunteer Department, or email volunteers@hospiceeastbay.org.