The Triangle Nonprofit & Volunteer Leadership Center

Training Information

Read below to check out descriptions of our upcoming trainings!

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EST
FREE for TRIAVA Members

TRIAVA Planning Session

We at TNVLC have lots of ideas about how we could make TRIAVA more engaging, more interesting, and more valuable to you, as TRIAVA members. And we are eager to include you in our planning process!  We want to hear your ideas about how to reimagine TRIAVA – to give you the resources, the relationships, and the trainings you need and want, that will help you succeed as volunteer administrators.

 

If you are a TRIAVA member, you are cordially invited to meet with us on Thursday, January 16, from 9-10:15 am via Zoom to share ideas and suggestions for next year. To encourage active participation in this meeting, we are limiting the number of participants to 12 people. If you would like to be part of this event, registration is required. And if your plans change, we ask that you let us know so we can open the space for someone else. 

Facilitated by Joel Zimmerman

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
2:00 - 3:30 PM EST
FREE

January Monthly Training

Happily Ever After: Telling Your Unique Story as a Nonprofit

Every day, people are bombarded by 6,000 media and marketing messages. For nonprofits to compete, they must leverage their greatest asset – the power of storytelling. Whether it is a polar bear illustrating the importance of saving the environment or people sharing their lives on Youtube.com, everybody responds to a story. This workshop will share best practices on how you can get your story heard.

 

This webinar will provide tools, fool-proof strategies, and templates that will equip nonprofits with:

 

  • Learning why storytelling works and how marketers use it effectively
  • Equipping nonprofit executives with how to construct your story to make it “stick”
  • Sharing how to build a storytelling culture; and
  • Evaluating your existing marketing efforts and take them to the next level

 

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Understand the needs for and benefits of recognition and rewards for volunteers
  • Learn some techniques for volunteer recognition and ideas for volunteer rewards
  • Learn about nominating volunteers for the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award and Key Volunteer of the Year Award

Presenter: Suzanne Smith

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Suzanne Smith, MBA, is a coach and consultant for social organizations, helping them enhance their impact and achieve measurable results. With nearly three decades of experience in the social sector, she has developed award-winning programs and initiatives recognized for their innovation. Suzanne earned her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business as a CASE scholar and currently teaches as an adjunct professor at The University of Texas at Arlington and SMU.

She authors Social TrendSpotter, a highly regarded blog blending social sector insights with storytelling, and has contributed to publications like Forbes and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Suzanne’s work has earned her accolades such as the Next Generation Social Entrepreneur Award from the Social Enterprise Alliance. A committed community leader, she has served on numerous boards and commissions in Dallas and supported various nonprofits across North Texas.

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Since Christmas is less than 10 days away, we are asking for financial donations that will enable us to give unsponsored families gift cards!

Join us in celebrating our community volunteers

Attend the May 8, 2023 Governor's Volunteer Service Award & Key Volunteer of the Year Luncheon

RSVP by reserving tickets by May 1!