
NRN Workshops
| Date | Topic, Time, Location | |
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| 11/11/2009 | Implementing and Monitoring Your Strategic Plan Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm. Location: United Way of Marshall Co., 2701 N. Michigan Street, Plymouth, IN Cost: $25 Many organizations develop great strategic plans, but fail to put monitoring tools in place to keep the organization on track to meet the goals they establish. Learn ways to keep the strategic plan in focus and monitoring tools to help the organization implement the strategic plan effectively. Presenter: Kim Johnson, Northern Regional Director of the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network | Register |
| 12/9/2009 | How To Make Strategic Program Decisions Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM. Location: American Red Cross, Elkhart, IN Cost: $30 The workshop will focus on the use of evaluation logic and program data to guide decisions about program effectiveness and viability. Specific tools and concepts will be introduced that can help nonprofits make program decisions that are systematic, consistent, and intentional. The base tool used in the workshop is the MacMillan Matrix©. Part I will focus on two of the key aspects of the Matrix, fit and competitive position. Utilizing the information gathered in Part I, participants will then complete the MacMillan Matrix. As a result of this process, organizations will be able to:
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