TSNe-Bulletin: Summer 2011

Welcome to the TSNe-Bulletin, providing non-profit professionals, capacity builders, funders and partners with information you can use to strengthen individual nonprofits, the sector and the communities we serve.

In This Issue

Latest in Shared Services
Why Choose Fiscal Sponsorship?
Free Energy Assessment
Consultants Corner: Do You Really Need a Strategic Plan?
Green Tip: Minimizing Barbecue Impact
Annual Report
Sectorwide Trainings and Jobs

Can Your Organization Share Services?

Collaboration is helping nonprofits nationwide survive and thrive. The NonProfit Center's Jackie Cefola reports on the newest ideas and findings on shared space and services from the Building Opportunities conference. Learn how to better serve constituents and improve the bottom line.

When Is Fiscal Sponsorship the Right Choice?

While fiscal sponsorship is not always the simplest concept to explain, it can make operating much simpler for nonprofit groups focused on high quality programming. So what types of groups are choosing fiscal sponsorship, and why?

Interested in learning more? TSNE has recently reissued the White Paper on Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship, with updated links, resources and
information.

Free Home Energy Assessment

Third Sector New England’s NonProfit Center is partnering with Renew Boston to help Boston residents save energy and money. Boston homeowners earning 60-120% of the area median income (see eligibility requirements) qualify for a free home energy assessment and up to $3,500 in energy upgrades. Those eligible can call 617.635.SAVE (please mention TSNE; $50 goes to support social justice organizations), or sign up online.

Programs in the Limelight

TSNE's grantees, clients, tenants and fiscally-sponsored projects frequently receive awards and recognition for the inspiring, community-changing work they do.

Ann Marie Hunter, of Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence, was recognized as an Unsung Heroine by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.

What Strategic Planning Can – and Can't – Do

When does strategic planning actually get in the way of addressing priority organizational issues? TSNE Senior Consultant Bob Greene discusses the strengths and pitfalls of a strategic plan.

Drowning in Jargon?

Share some of your favorite - and least favorite! - examples of jargon encountered in the non-profit workplace. TSNe-Bulletin readers will vote for the best/worst NPOJargon.

Summer Grillin'

Find strategies that spare any added pollution and waste in a brief guide, based on one staff member’s first try at a more environmental neighborhood BBQ.

Better Nonprofit Management

Registration for this year's training series is now open. Sign up for perennial favorite Effective Supervision; check out the new succession planning workshop; and much more.

2010 Year in Review

TSNE's 2010 Annual Report, Positioning Nonprofit Organizations for the New Economy, is now available via PDF on the TSNE website.

Save the Date

Sept. 13 - Reducing Workplace Stress
Oct. 28 - Consulting Power Hour
Nov. 30 - Be the Media

Happenings and Opportunities In the Nonprofit Sector

TSNE is pleased to announce upcoming activities and events from across the sector, as well as new resources available to nonprofit professionals.

This month we've included information on employment opportunities, as well as training and events.

Have a job opening, grant opportunity, publication or event to announce? Send us your sectorwide announcements -- including a relevant URL -- with subject line News Submission. SEND TO: info@tsne.org