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This workshop is tailored for nonprofit organizations with existing experience in policy engagement at the state or federal level. This session aims to equip participants with advanced strategies to enhance their advocacy efforts while adhering to nonprofit guidelines. The focus will be on deepening engagement with policymakers, leveraging partnerships, and utilizing innovative approaches to amplify the organization's impact.

Presenter:
Rachel Owen
Rachel K. Owen, LLC.

"Rachel is a soil scientist who has built a career in policy and social entrepreneurship.

Rachel co-founded and served as the inaugural executive director for MOST Policy Initiative, a nonprofit focused on bringing scientific information to policy conversations at the state-level in Missouri. More recently, Rachel led government relations for a scientific society and now serves as a consultant for non-profits looking to increase their impact in Washington, DC and beyond. She is dedicated to promoting bipartisan, science-based policy decisions at all scales."

ACN has partnered Nonprofit Learning Lab (NLL) to help serve the sector by providing quick, 30-minute webinars featuring ACN members. The Nonprofit Learning Lab is a national nonprofit that connects, supports and trains individuals in the nonprofit sector. NLL offers daily online nonprofit trainings. with workshops that focus on fundraising, board development, social media, marketing, volunteer management, and organizational leadership.

EMPOWER Group Early Stage Consultants

May 8, 2024

11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST

ACN Members Only

Provide guidance and support for new consultants from their peers, learn strategies to build a successful consulting business, and build relationships with fellow members across the association.

ACN EMPOWER Groups are intended to be forums for like or complementary groups of professionals to empower each other with a diversity of thinking, knowledge, shared experience, perspective, support, intentional networking, business development, and inspiration. The groups will be member-driven and self-directed in terms of content, frequency of meetings, duration, number of participants, and general meeting objectives. Participation in EMPOWER Groups is open to all ACN members, including organizational, individual, and associate members.

Questions? Contact Jerome Holston or Kate Viana, group organizers.

Meeting links are included in your registration confirmation email. Please contact the ACN office if you need assistance - 312-940-4008

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 4 pm CT

EMPOWER LGBTQ+ Group
Provide collective visibility and promote LGTBQ+ consultants and professionals who are members of the association; build relationships with fellow members, leading to revenue-generating referrals, partnerships, and/or collaborations.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kristin Patton, Ensemble Consulting. 

To learn about other ACN EMPOWER Groups, please click here.

EMPOWER Group Working Parents Meeting

Wednesday, May 16, 2024

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm CST

ACN Members Only

Parents with kids still living at home, balancing work and life, and sharing experiences and perspectives about the unique challenges from peers who are “in the season with you.” Contact Lidia Varesco-Racoma for more information.

If you are unable to attend this meeting, but are interested in other Working Parents EMPOWER Group meetings please contact Jennifer Heffernan at execdirector@acnconsult.org.

ACN EMPOWER Groups are intended to be forums for like or complementary groups of professionals to empower each other with a diversity of thinking, knowledge, shared experience, perspective, support, intentional networking, business development, and inspiration. The groups will be member-driven and self-directed in terms of content, frequency of meetings, duration, number of participants, and general meeting objectives. Participation in EMPOWER Groups is open to all ACN members, including organizational, individual, and associate members.

Questions? Contact Lidia Varesco Racoma group organizer.

Meeting links are included in your registration confirmation email. Please contact the ACN office if you need assistance - 312-940-4008

Multicultural EMPOWER Group

Thursday, May 16, 2024

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CST

ACN Members Only

Provide collective visibility and support and promote Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian consultants and professionals who are members of the association; build relationships with fellow members; and share successes and challenges that consultants of color face.  Please contact the group organizer, Gioia Giannotti, for more information.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, but are interested in future ones please contact Jennifer Heffernan at execdirector@acnconsult.org

ACN EMPOWER Groups are intended to be forums for like or complementary groups of professionals to empower each other with a diversity of thinking, knowledge, shared experience, perspective, support, intentional networking, business development, and inspiration. The groups will be member-driven and self-directed in terms of content, frequency of meetings, duration, number of participants, and general meeting objectives. Participation in EMPOWER Groups is open to all ACN members, including organizational, individual, and associate members.

Free Webinar - Registration Required

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Logic Models feel and sound very complicated - but they don't have to be. A Logic Model is a great visual map for you to set the scene for your donors and funders. By using something familiar to all of us (the task of doing laundry), we'll walk through the steps of mapping a Logic Model and to define the gaps in your program that need filling.

Presenter:
Julianne Buck
Nonprofit Brains & Brawn, LLC.

"Julianne Buck, CAP®, has been Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Grundy County (IL) for 21 years and has taken their assets from $0 to $17 million. As a small, rural shop, Julianne has performed all roles within a nonprofit – often all in one day.

Mrs. Buck serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Planned Giving and is co-chair of CCPG’s annual day of learning Symposium.

Julianne teaches a Certificate of Nonprofit Administration at Joliet Junior College and has launched Nonprofit Brains & Brawn, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits, donors, and professional advisors. Julianne became a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® in 2020."

ACN has partnered Nonprofit Learning Lab (NLL) to help serve the sector by providing quick, 30-minute webinars featuring ACN members. The Nonprofit Learning Lab is a national nonprofit that connects, supports and trains individuals in the nonprofit sector. NLL offers daily online nonprofit trainings. with workshops that focus on fundraising, board development, social media, marketing, volunteer management, and organizational leadership.