APRIL/MAY 2007 ISSUE

In This Month’s Issue:

• Scholarships for TSNE’s 2007 Nonprofit Workout: and Sign Up to Apply First
• Green Printing Is Affordable for Nonprofits
• Employee Views: Safe Havens
• Diversity Initiative Grants
• Post-Katrina Clean-up
• ED Forum: Save Darfur
• View from the Center: Green Practices at the NonProfit Center
• News of the Sector

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Scholarships Available for the 2007 Nonprofit Workout

Conference Date: Friday, November 9
Thanks to the generosity of our partners, TSNE is pleased to offer a significant number of scholarships to qualified applicants. The scholarships are intended to allow participants - from nonprofits that might not otherwise be able to support attendance - to take part in the Nonprofit Workout. Scholarships cover the cost of registration only and do not include travel or accommodation expenses.

Visit the scholarship page of the TSNE website for more information. And sign up now for the conference e-Community to receive advance information about special opportunities like early bird rates and special pre-conference web features. 

Beyond Earth Day: Your Nonprofit Can Afford Green Printing

Do you automatically rule out green printing for your nonprofit because you think it is too expensive? If you said yes, then read on and learn how you can make green printing as affordable for your nonprofit as it is beneficial for our environment.

Employee Views: Safe Havens

In a new occasional series by Jennetta Hyatt, the TSNE human resources manager for fiscal sponsorship and recruitment writes about staff’s work and experiences in the nonprofit sector. She recently interviewed staff of Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence, a Fiscal Sponsorship client of TSNE based in Boston. Read on for information ranging from using interviews well to creating opportunities for your own career advancement. 

Diversity Initiative Names New Grantees

The Diversity Initiative, part of TSNE’s Mission Effectiveness Program, has provided grants to eight nonprofits to help them strengthen their staff and board diversity work. The grants will help the organizations work across traditional boundaries such as race, class, gender, specialized interest and geography to build organizational capacity. Read more.

Also, read our step-by-step guide to help your nonprofit achieve diversity.

One Man’s View: Update on Post-Katrina Clean-Up

For spring break TSNE intern Ross Peizer rolled up his sleeves and joined a group of students from Boston University’s Hillel to help in the post-Katrina clean-up. Of course, a massive amount of work still needs to done to bring the city back. Also mull Peizer’s question, How do nonprofits keep the public focused on issues that are no longer headline news or never will be? Read on.

Ed Forum: Divestment Is an Investment In All Of Our Future

In this month’s ED Forum, TSNE Executive Director Jonathan Spack shows how your nonprofit can help end the genocide in Sudan through your pension program. Even if you have limited time and resources, your nonprofit can make a difference. 

View from the Center: Green Practices

In her monthly column on life at the NonProfit Center, Michelle Sedaca shares information on her own and the center’s commitment to green practices in the workplace, including a new recycling initiative. Read on. 

News of the Sector

TSNE is pleased to announce upcoming activities and events from across the nonprofit sector, as well as new resources available for nonprofit professionals. Send your sectorwide announcements to info@tsne.org, subject line “News Submission.”

This month we’ve included information on conferences and training opportunities that offer ideas for making your work a bit easier, and employment opportunities.