TCCL Foundation Center Blog

I want to highlight two new resources that are being added to the Foundation Center Collection.

The first book is Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofit Boards, by Peggy M. Jackson. Did you think that Sarbanes-Oxley only affects major corporations, not local nonprofits like yours? Or, perhaps you’ve never even heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002 in the wake of the Enron scandal. This book can help you learn more about the act, as well as help you to incorporate best practices for accountability into your organization.

Once you feel fully accountable, you may need a little inspiration. Check out Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age, by Allison H. Fine. From the book jacket:

How can we move from serving soup until our elbows ache to actually solving social ills like hunger or homelessness? How can we break the disastrous cycle of low expectations that leads to chronic social failures?

The answers to these questions lie within Momentum, a book that offers a fresh, dynamic way of thinking about and organizing social change work.

These books are both available for check out from the Tulsa City-County Library. Reserve one or both of them for yourself, today, using the library’s online catalog.

Our June 18 No Nonsense Nonprofit: Planning for Nonprofits workshop is now full! We cannot fit any more people in the room, but I have started a waiting list in case we have cancellations. To be added to the waiting list, please email me, Jennifer Greb, at jgreb@tulsalibrary.org, or call 918-596-7940.

If you are signed up for the workshop but cannot attend, please let me know so that someone else can have your space!

Planning for Nonprofits–A Path Less Traveled will be offered June 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Martin Regional Library.

Get your nonprofit on the path to success! This second workshop will walk participants through a “planning path less traveled” – from approach to implementation and beyond. Differing from a business perspective, the nonprofit planning model focuses on “People Supporting What They Help Create”. The roles of board, staff, volunteers, clients and supporters will be addressed. You will be lead through the nonprofit plan elements, including who does what, when, how and why. This workshop is for board presidents and members, executive directors, key staff and others who are charged with charting the path and leading their organization into the future.

Workshop leader Roger Finn is a retired Tulsa business executive with 20 years experience helping Tulsa-area non-profits plan for success.

Pre-registration is required. Contact Jennifer Greb, Foundation Center Coordinator at 596-7940 or jgreb@tulsalibrary.org to register or to find out more information.

Presented by RSVP Voices of Experience Professional Consulting Services and the Tulsa City-County Library.