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

Location: Washington Court Hotel (525 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001)
Application Deadline: January 20, 2012

Early bird registration is now open for the 2012 NCRC Annual Conference. This multi-day gathering brings together hundreds of community leaders, development experts, bankers, legislators, regulators, academics and others. The conference is our premier training and networking event of the year, and an opportunity to bring together the brightest stars in government, academia and the financial services industry with real grassroots and community organizations, in order to craft and promote solutions that bring low- and moderate- income people into the financial mainstream.

Our annual conference is only a few months away! Register now to make sure you and your community can benefit from this valuable experience.

Financial Aid:

NCRC wants all member groups (and those organizations who may be interested in membership) to participate in the annual conference. We recognize that this opportunity can pose an economic barrier to some organizations and individuals. To address this challenge, NCRC makes some scholarship support available through the Barbara A. Craig Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Apply for financial support or contact conference@ncrc.org to receive a PDF copy of the scholarship form.

Please click here for more information on the conference.

Location: Westin Bonaventure Hotel (404 S Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA)

You are invited to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Achieving Excellence program! Achieving Excellence is a performance-driven organizational investment program for seasoned executive directors and senior staff in community development.

Draft Agenda:

8:30am – Looking back at Achieving Excellence: A brief look at the cumulative impact of Achieving Excellence over the past 10 years

• A review of the tools and disciplines of Achieving Excellence
• Table Discussions:
  • Reflections back on your original challenge & progress
  • Driving the AE disciplines forward/deeper into your organizations
  • How to use AE tools for transformation and to better address the current economic crisis
  • How to uses AE was for other challenges
  • Significant innovation arising from AE
  • Carrying the AE skills and disciplines to new jobs and organizations
• Honoring the Legacy

10:00am – Looking Forward with Achieving Excellence

• Scale, Collaboration and Capital Markets—Doug Smith

11:30am – Luncheon speaker

1:00pm – Break Out Sessions

• Please click here to read about the break-out sessions and vote on the one you would most like to attend

4:00pm – Facilitated Discussion: The Future of Community Development & AE in the Next 10 Years

5:00-7:00pm – Reception & Celebration of 10 years of Achieving Excellence

Registration Form

At the beginning of this intensive program, you will select a specific and significant challenge facing your organization — a challenge whose solutions can dramatically change not only how your organization operates, but also provide the impetus for change in the overall field of community development.

Applications for the sixth class of the NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence in Community Development program will be accepted beginning in fall/winter 2011 and applicants will be notified of acceptance in May 2012.  The program will then start in September/October 2012.

Achieving Excellence Application Schedule:

March 15, 2012 – Applications due to Neighborworks
March 15, 2012 – Candidates notified of decision
September/October 2012 – First academic session begins at Harvard
February/March 2014 – Commencement at a Neighborworks Training Institute

Complete Schedule of Session Dates

Application

Program Brochure

Supplemental Application Downloads:

• Board Chair Nomination Form (for applicants who are Executive Directors of their organizations)
• CEO/President/ED Nomination Form (for applicants who are senior managers in their organizations
• Partner Reference Form

For additional information about Achieving Excellence, contact Christina Deady, Director, at (202) 220-2432 or email cdeady@nw.org.

NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence is made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors:

Time: 9:30am-1:30pm
Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pierce Laboratory 1-115 (77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) MAP
Instructor: Ezra Glenn (Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning)

Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Hei La Moon, 88 Beach Street, Boston, MA 02111

You are cordially invited to the ACDC Annual Dinner and Meeting. Join for delicious dinner, hear what has been accomplished together, celebrate the achievements of community service awardees, and connect with business partners and friends.

For sponsorship and advertising opportunities, or to become an ACDC member, please visit ACDC Annual Meeting

For additional information, please contact Iris Tran at iris.tan@asiancdc.org or 617-482-2380 ext. 216.

Date: November 16, 2011
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm, 8:30am refreshments and networking
Location: Thomas P. O’Neill Federal Building Auditorium (10 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02222)

Presented by the FDIC and the Boston Alliance for Economic Inclusion

A Forum on Community Development Lending, with particular emphasis on the formation of successful partnerships, leveraging expertise and resources, and sources of additional funding and technical assistance. This program is designed for a broad audience interested in better understanding the community development process.

PROGRAM:
• Community Development Lending: Each segment will feature significant panelist interaction and a period for attendee questions and answers.

Panel I — The Roles of Key Partners Who Collaborate to Conceive and Successfully Complete Community Development Projects

Panelists:
Anne Houston, Executive Director/Chelsea Neighborhood Developers
Peter Munkenbeck, Consultant
Roger Herzog, Executive Director/Community Economic Development Assistance Corp.
Peter Hollands, Senior Vice President/Boston Private Bank and Trust

Panel II — The Roles of Key Providers of Funding and Other Crucial Resources.

Panelists:
Joe Flatley, President and CEO/Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp.
David Rockwell, Director of Lending/Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Michael Niles, Senior Loan Officer/Boston Community Capital

• Innovation in Access to Deposit Services; Basic Banking for Massachusetts Website

The Massachusetts Community and Banking Council (MCBC) launched the Basic Banking program in 1994 to expand access to bank products and services and to encourage those with modest incomes to establish banking relationships. MCBC will introduce its website, designed to assist new customers in finding an insured depository institution and banking products that best meet their families’ needs.

There is no cost to attend this Forum, but seating is limited and an RSVP is required.

RSVP, no later than Thursday, November 10, to: phorwitz@fdic.gov with Name, Title, Institution, Direct Phone Number, and Email Address.

For site information, please click here.

Date: October 4, 2011
Time: 8:30am-5:00pm
Location: Mechanics Hall (Worcester, MA)

This Summit is a day-long gathering for people involved with and committed to making Massachusetts’s cities healthier and more vibrant by having quality green spaces in all of our urban neighborhoods. The parks, gardens, and greenways in our cities are key ingredients for public health, food security, energy conservation, community development, recreation, youth development, summer jobs, and more.

Summit participants will glean relevant information, helpful connections, and the inspiration necessary to advance quality urban green spaces in their neighborhoods.

A planning team from nonprofits and agencies across Massachusetts created this Summit to be an inspiring, learning opportunity that demonstrates how investments in urban parks, gardens, greenways ARE investments that advance environmental quality, economic prosperity, and social justice.

For more info and to register: http://www.conservationcommon.org/urbanparkadvocatessummit.aspx

Questions or suggestions for the Summit?
Please contact Andrea Freeman afreeman@ttor.org, 978.840.4446 x1929)

Date: September 22, 2011
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location:  CND Office (4 Gerrish Ave., Chelsea, MA 02150)

Celebrate an exciting year of new big steps for CND and their neighbors in Chelsea and Revere. Honor neighborhood leaders who are partnering with them to build vibrant, sustainable communities.

Light dinner and refreshments served.

A Program of Enterprise Community Partners

September 21-23, 2011
Cambridge, MA

The second annual Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute will bring together leaders on the frontline of affordable housing design and development for a two-and-a-half day session focused on innovation and best practices. Two teams: a Design Resource Team of seven expert design innovators and a Development Team of seven forward-thinking developers with projects in the schematic design phase, will join forces to create solutions that will impact real affordable housing projects nationwide. The session will help community development leaders put into action best practices in sustainable community design, transit-oriented development, and green architectural design.

Additional Information and Registration