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Center for Nonprofit Excellence

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News and Information from the CNE website 

CNE Seminar: Elevator Speeches and Much More!  August 22, 9am - 12 noon.  Are all your board members able to sum up what your organization does and stands for in five minutes or less?  Are they saying the same things?  Leave this seminar ready to get everyone on the same page.  Find out more.  

Before You Mail...Special Information Session August 28, 9am - 11am.  Learn what you need to know to make your next mailing successful, including what to do about the new postal regulations.  $15 members, $30 nonmembers.  Find out more!

New 990 for small nonprofits - Nonprofits that previously did not have to file annual 990s may now be required to file an e-Postcard.  Find out more.

NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES from the CNE website

Toy Lift 2007 seeks volunteers leading up to, during, and after Toy Lift 2007 on December 7.  Find out more.   

NEW ARTICLES AND TOOLS from the CNE library. 

  • Think you know a lot about branding?  Find out if what you think you know as fact is really fiction. Read more. 
  • Learn how the art of persuasion can be approached as a science, and how that can make way for more effective nonprofit leadership.   Learn more.

SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW, FIND WHAT YOU NEED
 Let us know what you need help finding or what you know and would like to share!

  • PVCC Nonprofit Job Fair is approaching. Find out what you need to do to be a part of it!  Learn more.

  • In need of inexpensive furniture?  Check out the UVA Surplus Auction, August 15. Find out more. 

  • We've been adding to our list of fall classes and conferences, take a look.  Know of something we missed? Email jessica@thecne.org


Funding Updates from the CNE database  

  • This Fund provides support to area agencies that address the needs of middle and lower-income children.  Find out more.
  • This Foundation funds programs that focus on literacy for families.  Read more.
  • This Foundation believes in funding innovative ideas dealing with the media and communications.  See more.
  • This Program focuses on funding the development and research of new therapies for epilepsy.  More information
  • This Award recognizes innovative partnerships between community organizations and caregivers.  Learn more.    
  • Review our list of grant opportunities with rolling or open deadlines!

Upcoming Local Events from the CNE calendar

CNE MEMBERS: Submit your upcoming events to jessica@thecne.org by Wednesday at 2pm to have them listed!

August 10 - Musical Showcase featuring the Blue Ridge Irish Music School Traditional Ensemble. Details.

August 10 - Arc of the Piedmont Annual Membership Meeting with the Journey of Hope and the Stevens-Paige Award. Details.

August 14 - Step back in time to 1807 and hear the "Father of the Constitution" as portrayed by John Douglas Hall.  Details. 

August 16 - Open House celebrating the Community Mediation Center of Charlottesville's new office.  Details. 

August 18 - The Senior Center will host its Furniture Sale Fundraiser.  Details.

August 19 - Riprap Trail Hike with Wild Virginia.  Details. 

August 20 - Birth Circle with Birth Matters.  Details. 

August 22 - Elevator Speeches and Much More! CNE Seminar.  Details. 

August 22 - Pre- and Post- Purchase Class hosted by Piedmont Housing Alliance.  Details. 

August 25 - Rivanna River Cleanup with the Rivanna Conservation Society.  Details.   

September 3 - Labor Day

September 5 - Nonprofit Internship Fair at PVCC.  Details.

September 6 - CNE Brown Bag Lunch on Program/Project Media Planning. Details.

Browse all upcoming events calendars here.

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Please join the CNE in our effort to maximize the impact of the nonprofit community. Contact us.

Sincerely,
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence
PO Box 5652
Charlottesville, VA 22905
434.244.3330
www.thecne.org

Center for Nonprofit Excellence