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News and Information
from the CNE website 

Before You Mail
...Special Information Session August 28, 9am - 11am.   Leave this workshop with the tools and resources to make your fall mailing successful.  View the postal service's templates, have sample mailings reviewed, and meet the new postmaster.  Find out more!
 

Program/Project Media Planning - CNE Brown Bag Lunch, September 6, 12 noon - 1:30pm.  You've picked a location and a date for your event, now all you need to do is design a strategy to get the word out.  Learn how in this brown bag lunch.  More info.

Don't forget: in order to continue getting access to all of the links included in our newsletters, you will need a member username and password beginning October 1!  Find out how to become a member

Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities from the CNE website

  • This regional nonprofit focused on providing information and services to seniors is seeking a Human Resource Manager.  More info.   
  • Looking to get involved?  Look through the available volunteer opportunities.
  • Do you have an open position?  CNE members can post job and volunteer opportunities for free and get included in the weekly newsletter!

New Articles and Tools from the CNE library. 

  • Thanks to Lauren Taylor for sending us this Wall Street Journal article on the new face of philanthropy.  This article will be available for a limited time, so read it while you can (through 8/27).
  • Going to be filling a position in the near future?  This article will help guide you through developing a search strategy so you get what you want out of your hire.  See more. 

Upcoming Conferences in Virginia from the CNE Classes & Conferences page.

  • National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise National Conference.  Alexandria.  More info.
  • Especially for Nonprofit Organization's Annual Conference: Governance as Leadership.  Richmond.  More info.
  • See more conferences, including those outside of the state.
  • View the full list of upcoming seminars and training opportunities in Virginia and Washington DC.

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!

  • Thanks to Dan Boyden for tipping us off about Fundraising Success Magazine - a free, monthly publication featuring strategies and advice for nonprofit fundraising professionals.  Learn more!
  • An investment firm has office furniture available for donation to nonprofits.  More info
  • Know of a great resource others would benefit from?  Let us know and we'll include it here!  Email staff@thecne.org.

Funding Updates from the CNE database  

  • This Foundation supports professional, classically trained singers who are just starting their careers.  Find out more. 
  • This program rewards exceptional education programs that utilize nonfiction with.  See more. 
  • This Award recognizes innovative efforts to combat domestic violence that can be used as a model nation-wide.  More info
  • This open grant supports  time-sensitive policy efforts related to US global relationships.  Get more info
  • 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 25 - Rivanna River Cleanup with the Rivanna Conservation Society.  Details.

August 28 - Special CNE Info Session "Before You Mail..." to make sure you have your bases covered before your fall mailing.  Details.

August 30 - WHTJs Virginia Currents  will feature Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Crozet.  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.

September 11 - Mental Health America hosts its Stamp Out The Stigma Annual Golf Challenge.  Details.

September 15 - Ramsey's Draft Wilderness Area Hike with Wild Virginia.  Details. 

September 16 - Rivanna River Canoe and Kayak Trip with the Rivanna Conservation Society.  Details. 

September 19 - CNE Seminar "Board Development-- Soup to Nuts."  Details. 

Browse all upcoming events calendars here.

CNE Members: post your news for free! Part of the benefits of membership.


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