[Michigan_LT] Register Today for the Managing in Hard Times Workshop

[Laura Eklov]

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-Laura.
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Laura E. Eklov
Midwest Program Associate
Land Trust Alliance
6849 S. Sprinkle Road
Portage, MI  49002
Phone:  269-324-1683
Fax:  269-324-7009
We hope you can join us at the Midwest Conference in Madison, WI on March 12-14, 2009.  To register go to:  www.lta.org/mwregionalconference<http://www.lta.org/mwregionalconference>.
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR

Managing in Hard Times

The Economic Downturn and Your Nonprofit

A One-Day Workshop Lead by Institute for Conservation Leadership

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
White Lake, Michigan

No doubt your organization, like many, is thinking about the implications of today's economy on your land trust's future.  Learn how to remove the "panic glasses," assess your position, and move forward with practical management tools when you attend this one-day workshop presented by the Institute for Conservation Leadership<http://www.icl.org/> (ICL).

Based on the Managing in Hard Times workbook from ICL, this training will teach you skills for how to gather information, take stock, and figure out what the economic downturn really means for your organization.  You may discover that you are doing pretty well, that you need to fine-tune operations, or that you need to take decisive action.  By learning what strategic changes you can make now to weather the difficult economic climate, you can even help your organization flourish in the long term.

About The Workshop:
Brad Webb, Senior Program Associate at ICL, will lead you through the ins and outs of leading your organization during the challenging times ahead by discussing how to:

 *   Review key factors affecting the performance and health of your organization
 *   Identify options so you can act from a place of strength rather than reaction
 *   Develop contingency plans that take into account fundraising, programming, and financial management
 *   Learn from how other nonprofits survived and thrived during difficult economic times
 *   Identify whom to involve and how to proceed to avoid carrying everything alone
 *   Learn how to best manage and sustain yourself
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Who Should Attend?
The audience for this course includes board members, executive directors, senior managers, and finance or fundraising professionals from land trusts or other non-profit conservation organizations.  There are no prerequisites for this course, and it is intended for all levels.

We encourage land conservancies to send more than one person to this training.  The effectiveness of this program will be greatly enhanced by having a dedicated team of board and staff learn these techniques together and bring them back to their colleagues for implementation by the organization as a whole.

Cost:
The cost for this course is $120 per person.  To encourage the participation of multiple people from the same organization, your organization may apply for special rates:

 *   Your second attendee is $70
 *   Your third attendee is free
Each participant will receive a copy of ICL's Managing in Hard Times workbook to take home and use as a reference and a model for implementing important aspects of the topics that will be covered in this course.

This workshop is made possible by generous support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which allows us to offer it at a reduced rate.

Details:
This one day training will be held from 9:00am to 4:30pm at:

Indian Springs Metropark
Environmental Discovery Center
5200 Indian Trail
White Lake, MI 48386
http://www.metroparks.com/parks/pk_indian_springs.php


Registration & Questions:
To register online, please follow this link: www.lta.org/managinginhardtimes<http://www.lta.org/managinginhardtimes>

For content questions, please contact MaryKay O'Donnell at 269-352-7032 or mkodonnell at lta.org<mailto:mkodonnell at lta.org>.

For registration questions, please contact Matt Castelhano at 202-638-4725 or mcastelhano at lta.org<mailto:mcastelhano at lta.org>.


We look forward to seeing you.

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