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Building Opportunities: The Nonprofit Shared Space and Services Conference
May 18-20, 2009
Washington, DC
Less than a month left to take advantage of the early registration discount! Register today! As nonprofit organizations search for strategies to weather hard economic times, the 2009 Building Opportunities Conference will offer proven models to reduce costs, gain greater efficiencies, and enhance community programs through shared space and services. Join more than 250 leaders from the nonprofit, philanthropic, private and public sectors to explore this year's theme, Collaborative Solutions for Long-term Sustainability.
Early registration ends April 1st, 2009: $275 for NCN Members / $475 for Nonmembers who register by April 1st. |
 | Expert Advice for Emerging Centers
Are you creating a nonprofit center and want some advice? We are looking for three emerging nonprofit centers to present their projects to a panel of experienced nonprofit center leaders at the Building Opportunities Conference in Washington, DC. In addition to having your questions answered by our experts, you will have an opportunity to share your project with others. Please send a 1-page description of your project and three challenges you would like to discuss to Tuan Ngo at tngo@tides.org by April 1, 2009. |
 | Shared Services: Pricing & Allocation Models
March 17, 2009
11 AM—12:30 PM Pacific
This webinar is now FULL! Want to learn more about shared services? Consider attending Building Opportunities Conference, with five workshops devoted to shared services.
Nonprofits facing volatile funding streams, increased operating expenses, and heightened demand for services are responding with new strategies. Shared services offer a possible solution by reallocating physical resources, staff, and programs across traditional organizational boundaries.
But how do you ensure that your shared services model is sustainable? What pricing structure do you use and how do you allocate the costs and benefits among participating organizations? Join this webinar to learn from leading shared service providers about their experiences and models for success. |
 | Green Design on a Dime
April 7, 2009
11 AM—12:30 PM Pacific
While sustainably-designed buildings help reduce operating expenses, limited budget in this volatile market may make going green seem like a costly investment. Tune in for tips and tools to get the most bang for your buck in green design and operations.
Did you miss our webinars? Visit our Resource Center to download the presentations. |
Nonprofit Centers and the Economy
 | Billions in Nonprofit Projects Halted by Credit Crisis
In a recent study, Johns Hopkins researchers estimate $166 billion in nonprofit infrastructure projects have been delayed by the credit crisis nationwide. The research surveyed 1,837 organizations and identified 1,065 "shovel-ready" projects stalled by the inability to secure financing. To read this article, visit our online Resource Center. Get a state-by-state listing of these projects. |
 | Are you feeling the heat?
How has the recession affected your nonprofit center? Are you losing tenants or facing other unanticipated budget challenges or opportunities? Send us your stories and we will share them in our next newsletter. Email Tuan Ngo at tngo@tides.org.
Members of The NonprofitCenters Network can send their experiences and questions directly to the Ask-NCN discussion forum, where members can exchange information more instantaneously! Please contact Tuan Ngo if you are a member and are not connected to the Ask-NCN discussion forum.
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 | NCN Re-launches Website
The new NCN website has been updated with enhanced search capabilities. See nonprofit centers and partners on an interactive Google map, look for time-saving resources, and register for upcoming events. Check out these and other improvements at www.nonprofitcenters.org. |
 | Nature Hills Nursery Announces Inaugural Green America Awards
A total of $5,000 in plant materials will be awarded to local groups working to improve their communities with plantings of trees, bushes, shrubs, perennials, and vegetables. Deadline: April 1, 2009. For more information, visit Nature Hills Nursery. |
 | Green Event Toolkit
This short guide, created by University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business, gives you tools on how to "green" your events with advice on logistics, recycling, marketing strategies, and energy use. Find this new resource (and many more) in our Online Resource Center.
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Nonprofit Centers in the News
 | Sierra Health Foundation celebrates the opening of Nonprofit Innovation Center
The 12,500-square-foot Nonprofit Innovation Center will open in March with up to 14 nonprofit tenants. The Center is designed to help raise the nonprofits' profile, both through clustering and by locating near two large local nonprofits—Sierra Health Foundation and The California Endowment. According to Executive Director Chet Hewitt, the driving force behind the Nonprofit Innovation Center is to get some economies of scale at a critical time when government funding and donations are shrinking. For more information, please contact Colleen Cascio. |
 | Happy 20th Anniversary to 18th Street Arts Center!
18th Street Arts Center is an internationally recognized creative community supporting contemporary arts and culture with a unique mandate to encourage the careers of emerging and under-represented mid-career artists. 18th Street started as a complex of artist live-work space and headquarters of High Performance magazine. Today, it is home to 30 arts organizations and a respected destination for national and international artists wishing to publish, perform, work and/or exhibit in Los Angeles County. To celebrate its 20th birthday, 18th Street is hosting a benefit dinner on Saturday, April 11, 2009 with guest of honor Sir Ken Robinson. For more information on the dinner benefit, please contact Clayton Campbell. |
 | The Youth Opportunity Center, Nashville's New One-stop Place for Youth
The Youth Opportunity Center, opened in February, houses eleven organizations that serve thousands of young people through a continuum of more than 30 different youth programs. In addition to health care, college counseling, and a youth-run business, the center includes the city's only long-term transitional housing for runaways or homeless kids. The purchase and renovation of the Center was a collaborative effort among STARS Nashville, Oasis Center and United Neighborhood Health Services, who pooled their resources for the building. For more information, please contact Hal Cato. |
 | Can a change of address help you change the world?
It can.
The Brower Center is preparing to open in Summer 2009. A few turnkey office suites with private offices in its newly built building are still available. The Brower Center, located in Berkeley, CA, is one of the Bay Area's most advanced green buildings and a home for environmental and social action. Available for move-in in April. For more information, contact Nate McCarty at (510) 419-0523 or visit www.browercenter.org/leasing. |
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Welcome New Members
Sacramento Native American Health Center, Oregon Rehabilitation Association and Hazon have become the newest members of The NonprofitCenters Network. Join the Network today to take advantage of conference discounts, free webinars and members-only resources! |
 | The Kahanoff Centre
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Opened doors: April 2003
Mission/Purpose: Provide an opportunity for interaction and collaboration on all aspects of non-profit operation, training, development, value and growth in a barrier-free, affordable, stable work environment with an innovative conference facility and state-of-the-art audio-visual technology.
Special Features: Founded by the Kahanoff Foundation, the 11-story Centre provides subsidized office space to the nonprofit sector. The Centre offers a 9600 square-foot conference center for nonprofit organizations in the region and community minded private sector organizations that want to reflect the principals of social responsibility. The Centre also houses the Volunteer Calgary Library, one of the largest, most up-to-date collections of volunteer, non-profit and fundraising management resources in Southern Alberta.
Contact: Jessica Smith
Show off your nonprofit center! Get more visibility by creating a Center profile for the Center Directory at www.nonprofitcenters.org/centers. |
 | Executive Director, Angels Gate Cultural Center
Angels Gate Cultural Center is a 27-year-old organization with recent rapid growth and a reputation for cutting edge arts activities and education programs. The Executive Director has opportunities to provide project direction for a multi-disciplinary art center development in an extraordinary location with ocean views in San Pedro (City of Los Angeles). Master plan for $20 million site development will be complete this year. Salary range: $55,000-$75,000 plus performance bonuses, commensurate with experience. Prerequisites: background in professional arts management and a fundraising track record. For more information, please contact James Cross at jcross@polahs.net or 310.308.7597.
Do you have an exciting development or interesting experience that you would like to share with the Network? Send your news to info@nonprofitcenters.org and we will add it to the next Blueprint for Success.
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Building Opportunities 2009
May 18-20th, 2009
Washington, DC. |
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