New Year, New Nonprofit Resources

26 Dec, 2011Valerie F. Leonard

Happy Holidays!  I hope this season finds you well, and I thank you for the support you have shown me over the years.  I am really looking forward to 2012 with a clear focus on helping organizations create sustainable communities.  That means being more intentional about providing them with the training, services and resources they need to impact their clients and service areas for the long term.  This also means partnering with other consultants and government agencies, developing new products and services and enhancing my social media. To that end, I share with you the following announcements.

Valeriefleonard.com Gets Extreme Makeover
Service and Network Enhancements Better Serve Nonprofit Sector

Terrance Harrington, CEO of Helping Others Provide Excellence (H.O.P.E.), NFP, and his design team have helped me completely transform my website.  The new website is easier to navigate, and includes new features that will help me better engage stakeholders in the nonprofit, government and small business sectors.  You will find

  • Detailed descriptions of my services, case studies and samples of work products
  • Links to Valeriefleonard.com  Twitter and Facebook      pages with a Twitter feed.  The Twitter page tracks my updates and      puts visitors in contact with resources from news outlets, government agencies and foundations around the country.
  • Blog with updates, articles and announcements
  • Ask the Expert Live Chat, a monthly forum with guest experts to discuss topics of concern to the nonprofit community
  • Links to the Job Exchange, a blog that allows employers to post opening, and job seekers to post resumes
  • Links to QuickBooks and Business Plan Pro software to help you track finances and prepare business plans.  There are      discounts ranging from 20%-40% off the manufacturers’ suggested retail      prices.
  • Links to funding sources
  • Links to Staying in the Loop blog, which contains archives of the In the Loop newsletter and announcements and nonprofit      resources that I receive from time to time.
  • Surveys and assessment tools focusing on topics of interest to nonprofit organizations

I will be adding other content, including instructional webinars and podcasts, and a schedule of my appearances and workshops very soon.  Visit Valeriefleonard.com and tell me what you think.  I’d be particularly interested in your impressions of what works, what doesn’t work, and features and content that interest you the most.  Thanks in advance for helping me to provide a website that is more responsive to the needs of the nonprofit sector.

Ask the Expert Live Chat: Fiscal Therapy
Increasing Organizational Effectiveness Through Regulatory Compliance
January 20, 2012
10:00 am-12:00 noon

Terrance Harrington and I will be facilitating a live chat on January 20, 2012 to discuss the relationships between regulatory compliance and the ability of organizations to increase their effectiveness in serving their communities.  We have invited guest experts from the Internal Revenue Service, Attorney General’s Office and Secretary of State’s Office to answer questions regarding such topics as Form 990, AG-990, automatic revocation of tax exempt status, automatic dissolution of nonprofit organizations, payroll taxes, etc. Here is a link with further information regarding the chat session, the initial handout and flyer.  Register here to participate. 

Last Chance to Get a Free Report:
Building Better Organizations in 2012
Take the 5 Minute Survey and Get a Free Copy of the Results by the End of the Year

I am conducting an annual survey on nonprofit organizational development trends for 2012. Please take 5 minutes to complete the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BVSD32H Participating organizations will get a FREE COPY of the results by December 31, 2011. This report will help you

  • begin the process of prioritizing your organization’s training and development needs
  • understand where your peers in government, nonprofit management and philanthropy will focus their training and development efforts
  • make more informed proposals to funders to justify your training and development needs
  • make more informed judgments regarding organization development programming and how best to focus limited resources.

At the same time, I will have a better grasp for the changing needs of the market place and be better able to service my clients. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. I am looking forward to the new opportunities that 2012 will bring.

In closing, I thank you for your time and consideration.  I wish you a prosperous and healthy 2012.

 

Valerie F. Leonard
Expert in Community and Organizational Development
Phone:  773-521-3137
Fax:        773-522-1832
E-Mail:  Consulting@Valeriefleonard.com
Website:  http:/Valeriefleonard.com
Blog:  http://valeriefleonard.com/staying-in-the-loop/

Helping organizations create sustainable communities.
 

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Valerie is a Chicago-based consultant with a mission strengthen the capacity of organizations to make a positive impact on the communities they serve through technical assistance, specialized workshops, resource and organizational development and project management.

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