From mapnewswire at communityforum.net Fri Apr 14 06:30:26 2006 From: mapnewswire at communityforum.net (mapnewswire@communityforum.net) Date: Fri Apr 14 07:45:32 2006 Subject: [Map News Wire] Honor the Work of Your Nonprofit Message-ID: April 14, 2006 MAP FOR NONPROFITS 25 Years of Navigating for Nonprofit Excellence 1. Honor the Work of Excellent Nonprofits 2. New Leaders Circles(r) Forming 3. See You at the Technology and Communications Conference 4. HealthPartners Offers Technology Help to Health Nonprofits 5. MAP Welcomes New Staff Member ***************************************************** 1. Honor the Work of Excellent Nonprofits This year, honor the work of your nonprofit or another organization you greatly admire with a nomination for a Nonprofit Excellence and/or Nonprofit Mission Award. MAP for Nonprofits and the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits are accepting nominations for the 2006 Nonprofit Excellence Awards and 2006 Mission Awards. Friday, May 26 is the nomination deadline. The Nonprofit Excellence Award is based on MCN's Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence and is sponsored by Marquette Financial Companies. Board involvement is required to submit a Nonprofit Excellence application, so don't delay. The Mission Awards are given in the categories of Innovation, Advocacy, Anti-Racism Initiative, and Responsive Philanthropy. Nominate your Minnesota organization - or another -- for a Mission Award. Visit www.mncn.org/awards.htm for more information on both the Excellence Awards and the Mission Awards. Being recognized from among the field of an organization's nonprofit peers is one of the highest honors a Minnesota nonprofit can achieve. Take the time to honor the work of nonprofits. Take action, through your nomination. **************************************************** 2. New Executive Director Leaders Circles(r) Forming For more than 10 years, MAP has convened small groups of nonprofit executives in professionally-facilitated Leaders Circles(r) to strengthen and nurture their leadership. If you're an executive director of a nonprofit-whether in human services, the arts, health, education, or the environment - you can join a new Circle now for only $400 for the entire year. If you are a Greater Twin Cities United Way funded agency, United Way is now making it possible for you to participate for only $100. The new Circles will be launched during the next few months. In a Circle, five to seven executives meet monthly to focus on solving their own real-life management and organizational issues. Using results-oriented, action learning methods, resources are shared, problems are solved and leadership is developed. If you are interested in being a part of a Leaders Circle(r), please contact Debbie Okerlund, a MAP Leaders Circles(r) facilitator. She can be reached at 612-798-4908 or at debbie.okerlund@bitstream.net. Here's what one executive director says about Leaders Circles(r): "I always leave the Leaders Circle with a feeling of renewed energy. I gain not only knowledge, but also a sense of perspective, humor, and support from people I respect." **************************************************** 3. See You at the Technology and Communications Conference Visit MAP for Nonprofits' exhibit at the HD(c)(3) Sharpening Your Organization's Image and Messaging Conference, April 25, sponsored by MCN and the Greater Twin Cities United Way. Rick Birmingham, MAP technology circuit rider, is presenting sessions on "Exploring Nonprofit Fundraising Software Options," and the "Next Generation of Your Nonprofit's Database" at the conference. For more information on the conference, visit www.mncn.org/events.htm. For more information on MAP's Technology Services, contact Kathleen Alme at 651-632-7229 or Kalme@mapfornonprofits.org. **************************************************** 4. HealthPartners Offers Technology Help to Small Health Nonprofits Mini-grants from HealthPartners are available to agencies that are MAP for Nonprofits' technology clients and that have programs that address health care or disparities in health care. Up to $1,500 may be granted and must be used for hardware and/or software purchases and upgrades. Please visit www.mapfornonprofits.org and click on Nonprofit Services, and then Scholarships, for more information. **************************************************** 5. Tom Guettler joins MAP Strategic Services Group MAP welcomes Tom Guettler as a new MAP staff member who will work with clients as a strategic development consultant, focusing on board development and strategic planning. Before joining MAP, Tom was director of resource development for Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund. His duties there included board training, curriculum development, and management of a federal grant project. Prior to that, Tom served as manager at Agris Corporation, where he developed skills in training, facilitation, business analysis, planning, and management. Tom has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of St. Thomas. Among his volunteer activities, Tom has served as president of the board of Mississippi Market Co-op in St. Paul. Tom can be reached at 651-393-2160 or tguettler@mapfornonprofits.org. **************************************************** MAP for Nonprofits 25 years of Navigating for Nonprofit Excellence MAP provides management and board recruitment services to large, medium and small nonprofit organizations in the Greater Twin Cities area. We complement the management expertise and resources of our clients with the right combination of paid staff, consultants and volunteers to achieve our clients' strategic objectives. If you would like to discuss how MAP services can help your nonprofit achieve its objectives, contact Julie Dappen at jdappen@mapfornonprofits.org.