Friday, December 2, 2011
Fired-Up Fundraising: Top 10 Things Donors Want From Your Web Site in 2011 | Fired-Up Fundraising | Gail Perry Associates
Don't forget to sign up for ESCH's UH-MIS program! Nonprofits have until December 20, 2011, to have a team of senior MIS students help with your database, website, networking problems free of charge next semester. Quite a bargain! Call 713-780-2208 with questions.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Secret Santa Gives Hope to the Weary
A little story to brighten your day -- there is hope!
Secret Santa Pays It Forward with Cash to Strangers—$20,000 Worth
DECEMBER 01, 2011
November 30, 2011; Source: MSNBC | How to encourage community and philanthropy. . . . Reading, PA, has been designated the poorest city in America, and the day before yesterday it was where a man calling himself “Secret Santa” distributed $20,000 in one hundred dollar bills to strangers. The man, whose name is not available but who appears to be a successful businessman, is apparently carrying on the tradition of Larry Stewart, who, as his own version of Secret Santa, gave away $1.3 million to pay forward a handout that had been given to him in the past.Secret Santa only asks that those he gave to pay it forward, and he plans to head to other cities in the coming weeks.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
From The New York Times:
A Quest for Hybrid Companies That Profit, but Can Tap Charity
More than 12 states have passed laws allowing companies to emphasize social benefits more than profit, bridging the gap between businesses and nonprofits.
http://nyti.ms/ru03dT
Monday, October 10, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Houston Food Bank
Houston Food Bank: Family Night at Houston Food Bank
What a great way to share an evening with family and friends and go home feeling great!
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
How to Succeed By Trying
10 Traits Nonprofits Need To Make Successful Financial Changes
From the Chronicle of Philanthropy
Thursday, September 29, 2011
10/4/2011 Grant Writing - 9:00 - 4:30 pm
Tuesday October 4, 2011
Discuss the difference types of grant proposals and the capacity needed to apply and manage each type. Learn how to read a Request for Proposal (RFP), and how to develop each of the major areas of a proposal. This is an all day workshop (9:00 am - 4:30pm) with lunch provided. Registration is limited to 15 participants. Click here to register for this workshop.
Presenter: Dr. Jane Harding, Executive Director (Ret.), ESCH
$95.00
Discuss the difference types of grant proposals and the capacity needed to apply and manage each type. Learn how to read a Request for Proposal (RFP), and how to develop each of the major areas of a proposal. This is an all day workshop (9:00 am - 4:30pm) with lunch provided. Registration is limited to 15 participants. Click here to register for this workshop.
Presenter: Dr. Jane Harding, Executive Director (Ret.), ESCH
$95.00
Friday, September 23, 2011
How to Start a 501(c)(3)
Join us for our next seminar, taught by attorney Will Dickey, on Wednesday, October 12, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. You can register online now; space is limited.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Free Ad Space for Nonprofits on Reddit
Reddit is giving back to the community by offering free self service advertisement to Nonprofit Organizations. Click here for more information We heart you, too, Reddit!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Guidestar Posts Kivi Miller Webinar
Got a minute? Guidestar is now posting some amazing new webinars. Take a look here:
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Let ESCH Make Your Nonprofit Productive
Executive Service Corps of Houston has taught best management practices for over 27 years and we believe we have many of the answers you seek.
We hope this article from The New York Times demonstrates how ESCH can help your nonprofit organization perform better, better, best.
Please visit us at www.eschouston.org to learn more.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Executive Service Corps of Houston Joins Compassionate Houston
Through a recent Mayoral Leadership Conference, ESCH has become a Compassionate Partner and will join in a city-wide effort to display Houston's most compassionate side during a weekend of service on September 9th, 2011. Many of our current and past clients are already partners or ambassadors. We will be helping to promote this important service effort for the City of Houston. We look forward to your assistance and support of Houston's benevolent causes.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Summer 2011
The mission of Amazing Place is to provide fellowship, memory care and wellness for adults with mild to moderate memory loss and support to their families and the community. Amazing Place, formerly known as The Seniors Place, began with an idea from a visionary minister at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Rev. Dean Robinson. His vision of providing a therapeutic day program to serve the increasing number of adults with early stage memory loss and their families became a reality in 1996. Amazing Place is celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year.
How ESCH Helped
Over the past seven years ESCH consultants Roger Rolke, Milt Rose, and Roy Serpa have worked with Amazing Place on a series of planning projects. The ESCH consultants created a Marketing Plan which quickly brought their original facility to capacity; a Strategic Plan which led to a capital campaign and construction of a five times larger, state of the art facility located on 3735 Drexel, Houston, Texas 77027 which was occupied in the summer of 2010; and a Transition Plan to guide the preparation for and move to the new facility.
Roger Rolke stated, "Working with Amazing Place has been very rewarding and has been a highlight of my ESCH experience. Their mission is meeting a crucial and growing social service need in the Houston community. Their exceptional staff and board are a joy to work with! Plans are thoughtfully prepared and faithfully executed. The continued growth of Amazing Place while improving upon their exemplary program quality is a real tribute to our partnership."
"ESCH consultants and their collective guidance have had a major impact on the growth and success of Amazing Place over the past six years," states Tracey Brown, Executive Director. "Each major step we have undertaken was first defined by a structured, well organized and thoughtful plan to move the organization forward, thanks to our ESCH consultants," adds Brown. "Roger, Roy and Milt have been instrumental in assessing our needs and helping both board and staff chart the path ahead -- we are very grateful to ESCH for their support."
Next Steps
A new Strategic Plan to help the organization reach and maintain capacity and evaluate future growth options was completed in June of 2011. Rolke is currently serving on the Advisory Board for Amazing Place. To learn more about Amazing Place, visit their website at http://www.amazingplacehouston.org/.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Super Saturday Seminar Series
For a limited time in May, we're offering seminar sessions on Saturdays! Not only are we offering them on a different day, they are also bundled together by theme in order to serve you better. See below for the series of session. Each session is a cool $20.
Be a Better Board Member: Saturday, May 7
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Non-Profit Governance by John Ranney
Financial Management for Boards by Sally Diederich
Making a Plan for the Future: Saturday, May 14
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Marketing for Mission Success by John Wagner
Strategic Planning: The Roadmap to Success by Hugh Williams
Leading Your Organization With Confidence: Saturday, May 21
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Leading & Managing a Nonprofit: Winning Hearts & Minds by Elmer Milz
Funding the Mission: Strategies for Revenue Growth by Ed Benyon
These low prices and convenient time offerings won’t be around for long. Register today at 713-780-2208 or by esch@eschouston.org. Payment and registration is required at least three days in advance of the seminar date. All major credit cards except American Express are accepted.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Client Spotlight: Next Step Fund
At the March Board of Trustees meeting, the board shared a "Mission Moment" with Lee Next Step Fund's new Executive Director Steve Amstatz and Monica Piquet-Rodriguez, Founder. The Lee Next Step Fund, also known as the Next Step Fund, works to connect low-income, at-risk youth to life-changing college- and career- preparatory learning experiences beyond the traditional high school classroom. These programs, or "Fantastic Learning Opportunities," challenge students' in new ways and push them to learn and develop beyond their comfort zone.
As a result, FLOs propel students to develop the knowledge, skills, and habits that are characteristics of college-bound individuals and positive, productive adults... all while they are still in high school. ESCH consultants
Hugh Williams, John Ranney and Bill Bobo helped them operationalize their plan and served to inspire their amazing growth to include Eastwood High School, as well as Lee. For more information, go to: www.leenextstepfund.org.New Program Launch!
Soon, we will launch a new program,"Developing Development". This program, was developed and taught to new trainers in February, George Hawkins, DOD, Houston Arboretum & Nature Center; Karen Cornelius, former Asst. Texas Director, Nature Conservancy; Catherine Del Paggio, and me, as well as previous consultants Ron Swofford and Jane Harding, by Aileen Preonas, DDP Program Co-Founder of Executive Service Corps of Southern California. It has been extremely successful for them and we know that many nonprofits are looking for ways to enhance fundraising efforts. All desperately need reasonably priced assistance to understand how to gather new resources effectively.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Introducing New ESCH Services!
ESCH is now offering two new services in addition to consulting and seminars:
Executive Leadership Coaching
We currently have several open slots for one-on-one leadership development coaching. Professionally-trained coaches work with executive directors and emerging leaders in a coach-coachee relationship for six months. Through one- to two-hour weekly face to-face meetings, the leader develops and enhances specific leadership skills chosen by the leader. To learn more about this program, submit an request for assistance application and insert "coaching" in the current needs section. To hear what our clients think about the program, watch Betsy Ballard from the Houston Food Bank share her experience of ESCH's coaching program in the video below.
Financial Fitness for Nonprofits
FFNP, developed by the Executive Service Corps of Washington, helps organizations establish robust financial management processes. The program begins with an assessment of a nonprofit’s financial management processes in 22 areas, followed by a presentation, provided at a board meeting or retreat, to ensure that the full board has a better understanding of its fiduciary role and another presentation to senior-level staff on budgeting and financial management.
Executive Leadership Coaching
We currently have several open slots for one-on-one leadership development coaching. Professionally-trained coaches work with executive directors and emerging leaders in a coach-coachee relationship for six months. Through one- to two-hour weekly face to-face meetings, the leader develops and enhances specific leadership skills chosen by the leader. To learn more about this program, submit an request for assistance application and insert "coaching" in the current needs section. To hear what our clients think about the program, watch Betsy Ballard from the Houston Food Bank share her experience of ESCH's coaching program in the video below.
Financial Fitness for Nonprofits
FFNP, developed by the Executive Service Corps of Washington, helps organizations establish robust financial management processes. The program begins with an assessment of a nonprofit’s financial management processes in 22 areas, followed by a presentation, provided at a board meeting or retreat, to ensure that the full board has a better understanding of its fiduciary role and another presentation to senior-level staff on budgeting and financial management.
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