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Market Like You Mean It

Wednesday, Oct 14, 9:30a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hardesty Regional Library, Frossard Auditorium, 8316 E. 93rd St.

How can your nonprofit improve its marketing?

Marketing is one of the cornerstone functions of any organization.  Join us for RSVP Voices of Experience’s steps for improved marketing effectiveness and low-cost/no-cost tools and techniques to put your nonprofit in the spotlight.  Use of the Internet and social media will be emphasized.

Speakers will be Jim Barnes and Cindy Morrison.  Mr. Barnes, a mortgage broker of 18 years, is a certified trainer in marketing and ethics through the Oklahoma Association of Mortgage Brokers.  Cindy Morrison, Emmy winning journalist, has more than 20 years experience in TV News, having been the 5pm Anchor and Investigative Reporter at KTUL-TV in Tulsa and Anchor/Reporter for KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.

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The Facts About Government Grants (excerpted from the Grants.gov web site)

We have all seen them; late night infomercials, websites, and reference guides, advertising "millions in free money."  Don’t believe the hype!  Although there are many grants on Grants.gov, few of them are available to individuals and none of them are available for personal financial assistance.  To find an alphabetical listing of federal personal assistance visit USA.gov website’s Government Benefits, Grants, and Financial Aid page.  Find out if you are eligible to apply for grants on Grants.gov, watch this helpful animated eligibility tutorial or visit the Grants.gov eligibility page to find out more information.

You may have heard that there are grants available because of the Recovery Act (aka stimulus money).  Like other government grants, this stimulus money is not available for individuals.  To find more about grants available through the Recovery Act, please visit the Recovery Act grant opportunities page of Grants.gov web site or visit the Recovery.gov web site.

Grants for Individuals and Assistance for Small Businesses

Of course, there are grants for individuals! There is help for Small Businesses!  Visit the Foundation Center web site for more information.  You may also contact the Foundation Center Librarian at mkash@tulsalibrary.org.

Beware of Scams

If you are ever asked to pay a fee to find information about government grants you can bet it’s a scam!  Government grant information is provided for free (see the links above).  Non-government grant information is provided to you at no charge by the Tulsa City-County Library’s Foundation Center.

Link: http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul09/Herther.shtml

Tulsa Area Fair Housing Partnership and the U.S. Department of HUD

Present  

Capacity Building, Organizational Development, and Fundraising
for Nonprofit, Faith-based, and Community Organizations

The First in a Series!

When:  Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(registration begins at 8:30; program begins at 9:00)

Where:  U.S. Dept. of HUD, Williams Center Tower II
2 West 2nd, Second Floor Conference Room

This training is designed to give faith-based and cummonity organizations a "boost’ toward sucess.

Topics include:  Human resource development, creating & marinating a good board, staffing, strategic planning, conducting good meetings, public relations, fundraising, grantwriting

Light refreshments will be provided - Lunch on your own

To register email c.lyn.larson@hud.gov for an application form.

If you have any questions about this training,
call Lyln Larson at 292-8915 or Paul Denny at 292-8916.

If you need a reasonable accomodation,
please call 918-292-8900 no later than Friday, August 7, 2009.

Link: http://www.afpnet.org/ka/ka-3.cfm?folder_id=914&content_item_id=24946

"Email signatures are powerful, low cost, high return marketing tools for your foundation or organization.  What’s interesting is how seldom sig lines are used."  This article by Nancy Schwartz will explain the importance of a sig line and give tips on how you can make yours more powerful.