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Showing posts with label capacity building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label capacity building. Show all posts

Monday, June 9, 2014

Join our workshop- How to communicate effectively through your Annual Report, June 12, Mumbai

Your annual report is a powerful tool to communicate, in your voice, the story of your non-profit organization's activities and accomplishments during the past year. An insightful annual report would help the reader understand the challenges faced by your organisation, your plans to accomplish your mission, and the support you require. A report on activities with summarised financial information and disclosures on compliances enhances your credibility and inspires confidence. Pushpa Aman Singh – Founder & CEO, Guidestar India will conduct a highly interactive session to help you think through the content of your Annual Report and prepare a concise template that is sure to provide users of your report, particularly donors, all the information they seek. She will explain the what, why and how of making your Annual Report a powerful fundraising tool. The session will include a step-by-step approach. Please bring you latest annual report and audited financial statements so that you can get answers to specific questions.



Who should attend?
CEOs, Finance Heads, Fundraising & Communications Managers. We recommend that you nominate two persons (one from Programmes/ Fundraising/ Communications and one from Finance/ Accounts).

About the Speaker
As the Founder, CEO of GuideStar India (2009), Pushpa set up GuideStar India to systematically organise information of India’s vast and complex voluntary sector in a globally trusted and user-friendly fashion. She draws on her vast experience in the financial services industry to make the portal easy for NGOs to self-report and add great value for users through verification and due-  diligence.  Pushpa’s approach to NGOs and the philanthropic community is influenced by her long association with GiveIndia. She loves to create reporting tools and frameworks that capture verifiable facts and inspiring stories. She has been successful in establishing linkages across networks and sectors to build the philanthropy eco-system in India.

Pushpa has conducted numerous workshops for NGOs and corporates, and, is a popular speaker about the Indian NGO Sector. Pushpa is a member of the Learning Series Committee of the Credibility Alliance and is on the Partnership Advisory Group of TechSoup Global. She is also a member of CII’s Industry-Civil Society Interface Committee and the Pro-bono Task Force of India@75.

Venue Partner Host
We thank Thomson Reuters Foundation for hosting the workshop at their premises.

Details of the Workshop:
Day & Date: Thursday 12th June 2014
Time: 10.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Venue: - Thomson Reuters Foundation, 3rd Floor, Construction House, Ballard Estate (V.T.)
Fees:

For all those registered with CAP/GuideStar India
For all NOT registered with CAP/GuideStar India
Before 9th June
Rs. 500/participant
Rs. 600/participant
After 9th June
Rs. 700/participant
Rs. 700/participant

Registration Procedure
To register for the workshop, please fill the 5 minute-online form at: http://bit.ly/gsiandcapwkshpform.

Payment Details:
FOR SECURITY PURPOSES & OTHER REASONS ALL PAYMENTS NEED TO BE MADE IN ADVANCE.
NO CASH/CHEQUES WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE WORKSHOP DAY.

Payment Options:
Cash/ Cheque / DD payable in Mumbai in the name of - Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy
Send your payment ONLY to:
Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy
Mulla House - 4th Floor,
M G Road, Fort,
Mumbai – 400001
Tel:022-22846534

Via NEFT bank transfer - 
·      Name of the bank: Central bank of India
·      Bank Address: Central bank of India, Mumbai Main Office Branch, Mumbai 400 023.
·      Name of Account Holder: Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy
·      Account No.: 1721311396
·      IFSC: CBIN0280621
Please send a mail to connect@capindia.in  if payment is made via Bank Transfer, as soon as it is made.

Confirmation Message:
Once the payment is received, you will receive a confirmation mail from CAP India by June 10th 2014. If you do not hear from us, please send a mail to info@guidestarindia.org  

About the Organisers


Since its founding in 1986, the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy (CAP) has helped philanthropic organisations comply with the complex web of legal issues governing charitable giving in India. CAP specialises in all legal matters concerning the Trusts/Societies Act, Income Tax Act, Foreign Contributions Regulations Act (FCRA), and a host of allied laws and good governance and management practices.

www.guidestarindia.org is a globally trusted, fully searchable portal of reliable and comparable information of over 4500 NGOs. Its powerful search engine allows individuals, corporate, government and other institutions to access repository of NGO information within minutes. As outreach and due diligence partners for several institutions and corporates, GuideStar India connects NGOs to several opportunities for fundraising, capacity building, recognition, volunteering and donations. GuideStar India educates and equips NGOs to embrace best practices in transparency and public accountability for greater social impact.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation uses the skills, value, and expertise of Thomson Reuters to trigger change and empower people across the world.  The Foundation stands for free, independent journalism, human rights, women’s empowerment, and the rule of law.  TrustLaw is a global pro bono service connecting NGOs and social enterprises with the best law firms around the world.  With staff in six countries and fluency in 18 languages, the program connects the world’s best lawyers with high-impact social enterprises and extraordinary NGOs.  TrustLaw is committed to spreading the practice of pro bono to every country.





Monday, May 26, 2014

Join the 2014 Summit on Social Media & Online Giving in Delhi using your GuideStar India discount code

GuideStar India is pleased to invite you to the 2-day Summit on Social Media & Online Giving presented by GlobalGiving and Social Media for Nonprofits on July 1 & 2, 2014 in Delhi. If you are already into online fundraising, you will learn more about using the online medium effectively, and if you are yet to make a beginning, the summit is the right place to get started!


About GlobalGiving: GlobalGiving is a unique online fundraising platform
that connects non-profit organizations with a vast network of individual donors
and corporate partners, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, and more.
GlobalGiving works closely with their partners to offer online fundraising
tools and campaigns, training opportunities, and one-on-one strategic support. Read
more at
https://www.globalgiving.org/     

Outside the
United States, GlobalGiving has more partners in India than any other country
in the world. More than 120 Indian organizations are actively fundraising on
the website and more and more organizations are joining GlobalGiving every
year.

About Social Media for
Nonprofits:
Social Media for Nonprofits is a nonprofit committed to
providing nonprofits quality and accessible education on leveraging the power
of social media for social good. They are the only series in the world dedicated
to Social Media for Social Change. They provide capacity building training to
nonprofits in this area with programs focused on fundraising, awareness, and
advocacy.

About the programme: This 2-day event from GlobalGiving is designed to equip
organizations with knowledge, skills and resources to engage supporters and
raise funds online. This event is produced in partnership with Social
Media for Nonprofits, the premiere global event series on social media for
social good.

What are the benefits for the participant/ your organization:
The 2014 Summit
on Social Media & Online Giving will bring together fundraising
practitioners from India and South Asia to learn how other organizations are
using 
online tools and social media like email, Facebook,
and GlobalGiving to 
tackle their funding needs and collaborate to
find ways to 
further their causes online.




Also
through
 panel discussions and hands-on workshops, you will
explore:
-  The latest trends in online giving;


-  The future of corporate social responsibility in
India;

-  Best practices in storytelling, donor engagement, campaign planning;

-  Valuable techniques for online measurement and analysis;

-  and much more! 

Read more about the summit at http://www.globalgiving.org/summit-2014/

Who can apply: This two-day event will
bring together social media & fundraising practitioners from India and
South Asia. Those handling marketing, fundraising and communications would find
the summit greatly useful. We encourage heads of organisations also to join.
Organisations with FCRA are encouraged to apply as you could better leverage
the global online giving community.




How to Apply and
Programme Fee Details :
 The Registration fee is Rs.4500 but for GuideStar India registered NGOs
there is a waiver of 10 %  on the
registration fees.  Organisations registered with GuideStar India, need to pay only Rs 4050 by using their discount code [you would have received an email with your discount code. If you need it, please write a mail to info@guidestarindia.org with your organization name and GuideStar Number (GSN)]. NGOs not yet registered with GuideStar India, can immediately get registered with us at http://www.guidestarindia.org/Register.aspx and send a request to mail@guidestarindia.org for the discount code.

You need to
click this link
http://summit2014.doattend.com/, enter the number of persons and type the discount
code obtained from GuideStar India and click on apply discount and further fill the
registration form and make the payment online using your debit or credit card.
This will ensure quick registration and confirmation. If you have any
difficulty in registering online, please write an email to
mgale@globalgiving.org with a copy to info@guidestarindia.org.

Date and Duration of the
programme –
On 1st and 2nd
July from 9am to 5pm each day 
Where the programme will be conducted –
Jacaranda
Habitat World, at IHC,
Lodhi Road
New Delhi-110003
(Entry from gate number 3 on Vardhman Marg)

How you will know about the status of
your application:
  You
will receive an email immediately from system after registration payment is
received online

Closing date for application: This is on first come
first served basis. So please register at the earliest.

For details/clarifications:  Please write an email
to Alexis Nadin at
projecthelp@globalgiving.org and copy info@guidestarindia.org.  You may also
call and speak with Lathika/ Geeta at 022 26856900/98/99.





















































If you know other NGOs who could benefit from this
opportunity, please forward this mail and encourage them to apply