BluePrint Series

These quarterly sessions are designed so participants can brainstorm and create plans, processes and tools for putting course strategies into action in their organization.

Sessions

One Bad Apple Can Create a Toxic Team

Lorinda Schrammel

Look around any nonprofit organization, and chances are good that you’ll find at least one person (on staff or a volunteer) whose negative behavior affects the rest of the group to varying degrees.  So called “bad apples” – people who don’t do their fair share of the work, who are chronically unhappy and emotionally unstable, or who bully and attack others – destroy team dynamics and create organizational dysfunction.  Learn how to conduct more effective employee and volunteer screening, offer training to combat these behaviors, manage organizational change, and address workplace complaints and conflicts.  Attend this class to learn how to keep one problem employee from spoiling your team’s mission!

Why Facebook Matters for Nonprofits

Sherry Roden, Networking & Online Marketing Specialist, Sherry's Business Success Services
 

Facebook has over 800 million users who spend an average of 50 minutes per day on the site.  Is your nonprofit capitalizing on this connection tool to its fullest potential?  Learn how to go beyond a basic fan page to put Facebook to work for you.  Learn how to create a snowball effect during fundraising efforts, disseminate information or needs quickly and effectively, mobilize your key stakeholders and the public, and collect data from your target audience.  You will preview tools Facebook offers only to nonprofit groups, and you will leave prepared to use them as a powerful and customized marketing tool.   

Grant Writing Fundamentals

Dr. Sheryl Hale, Research and Development Manager, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education

There’s so much involved in the submission of a grant application, and you’re expected to invest time in planning, resources, commitment and sustainability.  Although the task can be daunting, the results can certainly be worth it.  This session will provide you with insights to help make your search for grants, and your applications, more successful.  You will gain tips on when and where to look for funding possibilities, how to help your submission stand out from the others, and the most common mistakes grant writers often make.      

For more details or to enroll contact:

Marcy Luter
Business Consultant – Staff & Management Development
marcyl@meridiantech.edu
(405) 377-3333, ext. 297