Time: 9:30am-4:30pm, 9:00am registration
Location: Boston LISC (95 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA)
Instructor: Ann Silverman, Community Development Consultant

Registration Deadline: May 30, 2012

This workshop offers an opportunity for AmeriCorps members and others new to or beginning their careers in the community development field to assess their career paths, network, and develop short and long term plans to achieve career goals. This day-long training will feature a panel of experienced community development professionals who will offer their expertise on career development in the field. Participants will leave with advice, including resume review and concrete suggestions for how to move along in the community development field.

Instructor Biography:
Ann Silverman has worked with nonprofit organizations, funders, and affordable housing groups in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island for more than 25 years. She has advised Executive Directors, staff and boards on organizational development, program development and evaluation, fundraising and strategy. Ann has acted as Interim Executive Director, Transition Consultant, or Search Consultant for more than a dozen New England nonprofits. Ann holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Vassar College, a Master’s in City and Regional Planning from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Master of Public Administration from the JFK School at Harvard University. Ann serves on the boards of the Belmont Housing Trust, MetroWest Collaborative Developers, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies Disabilities Initiative.

Registration Information: (price includes light breakfast, lunch, and program materials)
MACDC Members: $50.00
Non-MACDC Members: $100.00
Student/AmeriCorps/Intern: $25.00

“State falls short on affordable housing” – The Boston Globe

To read the article, please click here.

The Mel King Institute for Community Building recognizes the importance of supporting the professional development of our field and contributing to the growth of individual practitioners, volunteer board members, as well as organizations.

Eligibility:

• To apply, candidates must be a full member of MACDC or a board member for a member CDC.
• Scholarships will be offered from $150 to $500.  Scholarships cannot be more than 75% of cost to attend.
• Individual participants may only receive one scholarship per fiscal year (July-June).
• Each member organization is limited to no more than three scholarships per year.
• The course or training selected is centered on skill building and training in community development as opposed to general nonprofit management

Application process

To apply, candidates must complete a Professional Education Scholarship Application, including a brief statement on how this course or training will enhance their work.  The completed application, cover letter and letter of support should be submitted to the Mel King Institute for Community Building via email or fax by the quarterly deadline.

Approval and Notification process

Once the application and all required attachments are returned, the Mel King Institute Director will review the submission.  Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis.  Candidates will be notified via email within 5-7 days of their submission.

Scholarship Criteria:

• All areas of the application are completed, including the letter of support from the supervisor, executive director or board president;
• The applicant has demonstrated the value of the course and how it will benefit the applicant professionally;
• Course or training content is focused on community development; and
• Course is not an offering of the Mel King Institute for Community Building.

To begin, download the Professional Education Scholarship Application

Sponsored by the SURDNA Foundation & the Local Governments Commission

Date: February 3-5, 2011
Location: Charlotte, NC

The Local Governments Commission is presenting the 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference February 3-5 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Smart growth encourages development that creates healthy, vibrant places that give people greater opportunity and choice. How can smart growth support equitable development, environmental justice and economic vitality and empower communities of color, tribes and disadvantaged groups to shape the neighborhoods, communities and regions in which they live? The 2011 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference includes several sessions and a pre-conference workshop that explore these critical issues and showcase strategies and opportunities for greater collaboration among the smart growth, equitable development and environmental justice communities.

Click here for more information about the equitable development sessions and scholarship opportunities…

January-February 2011

New Urban research is providing two versions of their GIS Essentials™ Workshop. These two versions include a tele-class (which can be taken from anywhere) and a live one day workshop (offered in various locations).

GIS Essentials™ Workshop – Live One Day Class upcoming cities: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, Tulsa, OKC, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas

This basic one-day workshop is designed to teach essential GIS (Geographic Information System) skills as indicated by a survey of 500 GIS professionals, as well as input from several thousand GIS practitioners. Staff from government agencies, non-profits and universities will find the workshop particularly relevant. Gina Clemmer, author of the book The GIS 20: Essential Skills published by ESRI Press, will teach these workshops.

Audience: Anyone interested in learning the essentials of ArcGIS 10.

Registration: $595 (Includes registration to class, continental breakfast, lunch and a copy of the book The GIS 20: Essential Skills) More Info/Registration: http://www.nur-online.com

Cornerstone Partnership Webinar

Date:  Tuesday, January 25, 2010
Time:  1:00pm est

Please join Cornerstone Partnership’s upcoming webinar Strategies for Finding Homebuyers in Today’s Challenging Market on Tuesday, January 25 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific/1:00 p.m. Eastern.

With housing affordability at an all time high, ever-more tightening credit standards and a weak job market, finding enough qualified and willing buyers for affordable homes can be especially difficult.  As practitioners face extended marketing timelines, disappearing wait-lists and discouraged sellers, many are finding ways to be more strategic and creative in how they market their restricted resale homes–and their programs.

• Learn how to develop an effective marketing strategy from the beginning
• Discover how to avoid pricing pitfalls
• Hear the marketing strategies and tips that your peers have put into practice
• Understand your options for when homes don’t sell

Presenters:

• Tom Casey, Vice President, Homebricks, San Francisco, CA
• Chandra Eagan, Inclusionary Housing Program Manager, Mayor’s Office of Housing, San Francisco, CA
• Jeff Washburne, Executive Director, City of Lakes Community Land Trust, Minneapolis, MN

Moderated by Tiffany Eng, Consultant at NCB Capital Impact

When:  Tuesday, January 25, 10 – 10:30 am Pacific/1-2:30 pm Eastern
REGISTER NOW!

Full course schedule and registration information available here

http://www.tdcorp.org/

Date:  Monday, September 27
Location:  Sheraton Framingham Conference Center

This fall, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and Associated Grant Makers are once again partnering to host a second annual joint statewide nonprofit conference.  Nonprofit Innovation: Doing things Differently – Doing Different Things will bring together nonprofit organizations as well as consultants and foundations to bolster their knowledge of effective practices thus strengthening their ability to carry out their mission and work.

Innovation has been, and will continue to be, an omnipresent theme for nonprofits throughout the Commonwealth. In these times, a creative lens is paramount to organizational sustainability and significant change. In 2010, the symposium comprises 24 workshops chosen from over 70 proposals that exemplify both “Innovation” (cutting edge, new thinking) and “What Works” (best practices that have been tried across several situations and organizations). This year, a minimum of 650 individuals are expected to attend and take part in this exciting opportunity.

Additional Information and Registration Here

Date:  May 10-11, 2010 & May 12-13, 2010
Location:  Omni Parker House Hotel (60 School Street, Boston)

• Building the capacity of community development practitioners;
• Providing on-site support and technical assistance to comprehensive community development initiatives in  cities across the U.S.;
• Applying lessons learned through research and performance evaluation to continually improve on-going comprehensive community development initiatives and to develop new initiatives;
• Supporting the development of public policies which integrate government programs in order to effectively facilitate and support comprehensive community development;
• Communicating broadly the best there is in practice and theory in the field of community development.

The Institute is a place where the community development field can take what it learns from practice and use it as a base from which to provide training, to promote research in comprehensive community development, and to investigate the public policies that would best advance this work locally and nationally.  The Institute is the locus where practice and theory meet, and where experimentation and innovation – grounded in real-world experience – flourish.

http://www.instituteccd.org/index.html