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Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (Session 1D)

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Time: 8:45 am - 10:15 am
This workshop best fits the experience level and category of: ALL

Now more than ever, volunteer managers have to wear several hats besides just volunteer manager. Therefore, it is imperative that they understand the fundamentals of what makes a nonprofit different from a for profit organization and why this is becoming increasingly confusing to those we are trying to recruit s volunteers.  Even those who have worked in the nonprofit sector will be surprised by some of the information contained in this overview of the nonprofit sector.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will learn of the three business sectors and the different 501 c categories.
  • Participants will learn why it is critical for nonprofits to advocate for the social as well as economic mission of their organization.
  • Participants will be provided with an overview of the Texas nonprofit sector and some of the specific challenges that will impact all nonprofits in 2012 – 2013.

Mary Beth Harrington: Director of Community Outreach, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)Presented by:
Mary Beth Harrington
Director of Community Outreach, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO)
www.tano.org/mary-beth-harrington/

Mary Beth Harrington served as Executive Director of the Austin Public Library Foundation and Director of Agency Relations at the Volunteer Center of North Texas (VCNT) prior to joining TANO.
 
VCNT supports over 2000 nonprofit agencies in 17 North Texas counties providing volunteer management training, resources, assistance in recruiting volunteers as well as leadership and other nonprofit trainings.

Volunteer management is nothing new to Mary Beth. Before working at the Volunteer Center, she served as Volunteer Coordinator for the Dallas Public Library, where she was responsible for over 3500 volunteers at 23 locations.
 
An enthusiastic speaker, Mary Beth is an advocate for the nonprofit sector having spoken about issues facing our nonprofit community at Visions Women’s Expo, Texas Library Association Convention, Big Brother and Big Sister Regional Convention, Meals on Wheels Regional Convention, Governors Volunteer Leadership Conference, Public Broadcasting National Convention and the International Conference on Volunteer Administration Conference. In addition, she has been a visiting professor at SMU and UNT as well as a contributor to Volunteer Management Review, the Journal of Volunteer Administration and selected as a LeadershipPlenty trainer for the Points of Light Foundation.
 
Previous to her experience in volunteer management, Mary Beth spent the first ten years of her career in the public relations and advertising field where she promoted both national and local clients – everything from a building implosion to cinnamon rolls.

Thursday Night Networking Event

Please join us for a “Meet & Greet” reception Thursday Evening, March 1st.
There will be a Networking Get-Together Thursday evening 6 – 9pm, for all attendees at Fireside Pies Restaurant, 817-416-1285 (Map - Menu).  Buy your own dinner but share the table with professional Volunteer Managers from around Texas and the surrounding tri-state area.  The committee members and I look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to Dallas/Fort Worth and the 2012 Texas Volunteer Management Conference.
~ Warm Regards, Telesa Walton, CVM, Chair Texas VMC 2012. chair@texasvmc.org

Dallas Association of Directors of Volunteers
The Volunteer Center of North Texas
Tarrant County Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA)