Emerging Leaders Training Track

Nonprofit Management Solutions has teamed up with one of YNPN San Diego's own (Emily "Ed" Davis) to co-design the Emerging Leaders Training Track!

The Emerging Leaders Training Track (ELTT) is a series of innovative workshops to provide the next generation of leaders, managers, and directors with the tools, skills, and knowledge to strengthen their paths to leadership in the nonprofit community.

NMS & EDA Consulting is encouraging organizational leadership to send their next gen staff to participate as long-term investment in your organization and in retaining quality staff members. Now, more than ever, we all know how important investment in resources can be!

The workshops include:

• Cross Generational Communications, February 24
• If I Only Knew...Lessons from Seasoned Leaders, April 14
  
• The Art of Schmoozing, June 10
  

There is a DISCOUNT for YNPN San Diego members, but you must complete a YNPN San Diego Membership Form ASAP.

NMS's workshops will compliment YNPN San Diego's Professional Development Series going on throughout 2009. For more questions about the Emerging Leaders Training Track, be sure to visit Nonprofit Management Solutions online or contact Serena Ngo (sngo@npsolutions.org) (also a YNPN San Diego Board Member!).

YNPN SD Aceepting Advisory Board Members!

YNPN San Diego accepting board applications!

As YNPN San Diego grows we are looking for more board members to help us better serve our membership. Our current board consists of ten members and we are looking to bring on as many as five more. We encourage anyone interested in becoming involved with our rapidly-growing and successful organization to apply for a board position.

Here is how some of the current board members describe the YNPN San Diego board leadership:

• “The culture is one of respect, openness, and trust. While disagreements may arise, they are handled tactfully and board members listen to what others are saying. I also believe we have the membership's best interest in mind.”
• “Supportive, hardworking and fun.”
• “Transparent, collaborative, high standards.”

As you may know, in the spring we will be completing our first year in the community with significant success. As of January 1, YNPN San Diego has achieved tax exempt status through our fiscal sponsorship with Volunteer San Diego. We will engage in a strategic planning retreat in April with previous, current, and new board members.

We now have six committees including Meet and Greet, Professional Development, Finance, Membership, Board Development, and Partnerships. We ask every board member to serve on at least one committee and each committee is chaired by a board member, but that does not mean that every board member serves as a committee chair.

To learn more about the YNPN San Diego board priorities and board description, visit the YNPN San Diego website. If you have any questions, please contact Board Development Chair, Dan Buryj or Advisory Board Chair, Emily Davis.

RSVP: Next Gen ED Panel Jan. 28th!

YNPN San Diego Launches Professional Development Series

Next Gen ED Panel: January 28^th at the NTC Command Center!

This event is open to YNPN San Diego General Members (35 and younger). Please fill out a YNPN San Diego membership form here if you have not already done so and complete the registration form here to attend the event on January 28^th. This FREE workshop is open to the first 50 RSVPs so make sure to sign up soon. To learn more about the Next Gen ED Panel as well as other YNPN San Diego programming, visit the YNPN San Diego website!

More about the Next Gen ED Panel....

Are you interested in becoming an executive director someday or learning more about the perspectives of next gen leaders in the San Diego nonprofit community? Do you want to learn what challenges executive directors face and how they can be overcome?

If you want to know what it takes to lead an organization, then attend this free and informative event, and learn what it means to be a “next gen” executive director in the San Diego nonprofit community!YNPN San Diego launches its brand new, 2009 Professional Development Workshop Series, with a Next Gen ED Panel on January 28.

As a nonprofit leader (or an aspiring leader) YNPN San Diego wants to support your growth and knowledge on leadership. We are excited to have a distinguished panel of next gen executive directors that will:

1. Share their expertise and insight;
   
2. Provide an inside look into managing their own organizations; and
   
3. Leave you learning something new!
   

Our guest panelists & moderator include:

• Sue Carter, Executive Director of Volunteer San Diego
• John Bolthouse, Executive Director of La Jolla Historical Society
• Michelle Ahearne, Executive Director of Sundt Memorial Foundation
• Moderator: Jessica Chang, Channel 4 News Reporter
  

The program will run from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Panelists will be led in a moderated discussion followed by a Q&A opportunity for attendees. There will be a brief period before and after the hour-long panel discussion for networking. A community table will be available if you have job postings, upcoming events, or other organization news that you would like to publicize. Please remember to pick up your materials as you exit the event. Finally, we will have a gift give away at the end of the evening for our donor members.

This workshop is limited to the first 50 RSVPs.

RSVP here

Please sign up soon to ensure a space at this unique and FREE event!!!

Thank you to all the panelists, the NTC Promenade, and the YNPN San Diego Professional Development Committee for making this opportunity possible! Look for news about future professional development workshops on the YNPN San Diego website, listserv, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Idealist.