Community Education–Workforce Development NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT SERIES Non-Profit Series–NEW! WFD 169-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 9/25-10/30, 6 sessions, $149
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff This fall, GCC is excited to partner with the faculty and staff of Marlboro College’s Graduate Program Certificate in Non-profit Management to offer this six-part credit-free series. Attendees get Marlboro’s expertise closer to home, and can enroll on a workshopby-workshop basis or save money by enrolling for the full series.
Leadership: Vision, Mission and Goals–NEW! WFD 160-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 9/25, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff An overview of nonprofits and change leadership! Discuss how the nonprofit sector fits into the broader society, how to design an effective organization and some of the nuts and bolts of making change. We’ll also talk about leadership styles and what we can all do to be better leaders!
Community Engagement–NEW! WFD 161-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 10/2, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff You’ll take away tools and strategies to get others involved in your work, from volunteers and partner organizations to local businesses and foundations. Learn frameworks for building lasting relationships with supporters, discuss creative ideas for finding new resources, and talk about inexpensive ways to market events and opportunities.
Volunteer Management–NEW! WFD 162-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 10/9, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff Good volunteers are the backbone of many successful nonprofits. This workshop will present a framework for getting and keeping high quality volunteers with tips for every step of the process: recruitment, orientation and training, day to day management, retention and recognition.
Project and Time Management–NEW! WFD 163-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 10/16, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff
Program Evaluation–NEW! WFD 165-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 10/30, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff How do you know if a nonprofit is achieving what it set out to do? How much helping or change making is enough? Learn how to create a logic model and data gathering tools you can use to answer these questions, and to improve the work you are doing.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Weatherization Installer WFD 738-8: (Locations: Franklin County Tech School, T/Th, 4:30-7:30 pm, 9/1312/6, (no class 11/22), includes Saturday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm, 11/10, 12 wks, $750, (partial scholarships available)
Instructor: Bick Corsa Learn basic building science; basic diagnostics; tool, material and equipment selection, use, & maintenance; air sealing and insulation techniques; quality assurance and customer service. Course graduates will be able to pursue BPI certification. For more information about the MassGREEN Initiative training courses, contact Nancy Bair at (413) 775-1607 or bair@gcc.mass.edu or visit www.massgreenstcc.com.
Advancing Green Building & Building Science: The Keys to Managing Moisture WFD 594-8: T, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, 11/27 & 12/4, 2 sessions, $295
Instructor: Peter Yost This 15 hour training will be APPLIED building science specifically for building professionals, knowledgeable homeowners, and others experienced with building trades, emphasizing real life/job site examples. Addressing concerns of vapor and water management, this course goes beyond energy efficiency to cover all aspects of health and safety in creating a sustainable home environment. This course makes use of the web-based GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. Each workshop participant will receive a 2-month full membership to the web tool, providing access to all of its content. Participants can bring a retrofit or green building project to share on day 2 to workshopcritique in small groups with other participating builders, contractors and homeowners, and can earn 8 continuing education units (CEU) credits toward maintaining BPI certifications.
Nonprofit leaders, whether paid or volunteer, are always extremely busy as they try to do a lot with a little! Learn tactics for managing your own time, as well as group planning processes to help make sure organizational projects get done successfully and on time.
Deciding How to Heat Your House or Building–NEW!
Finances and Fundraising–NEW!
Builder, architect, heating contractor, engineer, building owner. The best heating system choice for particular building? Answer: “It depends.” In an interactive format, learn how to choose the best heating system. Scenarios: New design, plus retrofit of existing steam & hydronic. Learn recent field testing results of installed condensing boiler systems.
WFD 164-8: T, 5:30-7:30 pm, 10/23, 1 session, $29
Instructor: Marlboro College Staff This workshop will cover an eight step process for effective budgeting, as well as an overview of four major nonprofit fundraising techniques: grant writing, individual appeals, soliciting in-kind donations and fundraising events.
WFD 570-8: Th, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, 10/11, 1 session, $199
Instructor: Bart Bales
Greenfield Community College • Credit-free Workshops: To register and pay online go to www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree/ or call (413) 775-1661. 25