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Nonprofit Net Mission Statement

Our mission is to unite nonprofits within a community to attract local philanthropic resources and to increase their capacity to deliver services.

We work with nonprofit organizations to facilitate access to local resources that would not otherwise be available. Whether the objective is fundraising, finding new board members, recruiting volunteers or improving operations, we help our member organizations reach their goals more easily and more quickly. We also help our members to improve the capacity of their boards and improve their own internal management and operational practices by providing access to managerial and executive talent at regular peer group meetings.

 
Seminar Videos Now Available on LexMedia

Lexmedia has been video taping our meetings and has made available the videos of our May, October and November  2009 seminars.  We will be adding videos of our seminars going forward.

To view the videos, please click here.

 

Nonprofit Net is pleased to announce a networking and seminar event on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 1:30pm - 3:30 pm; in the Meeting Room in Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420.


To register for the event  please click here .

Seminar Description

Business Planning 101 for Nonprofits

Business planning is an essential tool to guide actions and acquire resources for all social-impact organizations, yet many such organizations either don’t have formal business plans or end up with plans that fall short of the mark.  In this interactive session, Larry Chait will explain why business planning is so important, who should be involved, and the essential elements of such plans.  

Larry Chait is the Managing Director of Chait and Associates, Inc., and a Senior Consultant at Root Cause, Inc.,a nonprofit research and consulting firm dedicated to mobilizing the nonprofit, public, and business sectors to work together in a new social impact market.

Larry advises for-profit and nonprofit senior managers and their teams on achieving and sustaining high performance.  His focus is on business planning, process improvement, and executive and team coaching.  Larry spent over two decades at Arthur D. Little, Inc., where he was vice president and chief knowledge officer.

This event is free and open to all nonprofit organizations and individuals interested in the nonprofit sector. Coffee shall be served. The Nonprofit Net Inc. is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization based in Lexington. Its mission is to unite nonprofits with their community and increase their capacity to deliver services. To attend the event, please register at  www.nonprofitnet.us  or contact Narain Bhatia at 781-861-1143.

With warm regards,

Julia Satti Cosentino, Chairman
The Nonprofit Net Inc.
Lexington, MA 02421
www.nonprofitnet.us
We unite nonprofits with their community

 

Nonprofit Net is pleased to announce a networking and seminar event on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 2:30pm - 4:30 pm; in the Meeting Room in Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420. Networking 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm; Seminar from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm.  
To register for the event  please click here.

Seminar Description

What Every Director Needs to Know --- The Regulator's View

Nonprofit charitable organizations operate solely for the benefit of the public and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is responsible for protecting the public’s interest in their activities.  The AGO’s Nonprofit Organizations/Public Charities Division oversees nonprofit charitable organizations that range in size from our largest universities and health care systems to our small, neighborhood-based social service organizations and youth sport leagues.  If you are a trustee, director, treasurer, clerk, president, chair or chief operating officer of a nonprofit charitable organization, you want to be sure that your organization’s practices meet the Massachusetts standards.  The Division recognizes the hard work and dedication of nonprofit leaders and strives to provide the charitable community with educational opportunities on best practices.  This seminar will give you the Regulator’s View.  It will be conducted by the Division’s chief, David G. Spackman, who will share his office’s recommendations with you, particularly in key areas of stewardship.  For directors, trustees or executives of public charities, this seminar is not to be missed.

David G. Spackman is the Chief of the Nonprofit Organizations/Public Charities Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General.  Prior to joining the office in May of 2007, Mr. Spackman had over thirty years experience representing public, for-profit, and non-profit clients in the health care field.  He began his legal career in 1976 as the general counsel to the Department of Health and Hospitals in the City of Boston and entered private practice in 1984.  During the course of his private sector career, he represented both for-profit and nonprofit health care providers with respect to governance and regulatory matters and gained extensive regional and national experience in representing healthcare clients involved in organizational change, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures, physicians/hospital integration vehicles, conversion of public institutions to private status and sales of nonprofit assets to for-profit systems.  The Nonprofit Organizations/Public Charities Division of the Attorney General’s Office is statutorily charged with protecting the public’s interest in the Commonwealth’s public charities.

This event is free and open to all nonprofit organizations and individuals interested in the nonprofit sector. Coffee shall be served. The Nonprofit Net Inc. is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization based in Lexington. Its mission is to unite nonprofits with their community and increase their capacity to deliver services. To attend the event, please register at  www.nonprofitnet.us  or contact Narain Bhatia at 781-861-1143.

With warm regards,

Julia Satti Cosentino, Chairman
The Nonprofit Net Inc.
Lexington, MA 02421
www.nonprofitnet.us
We unite nonprofits with their community

 

Materials from the April 2010 Seminar - Talking Finances - have been posted.

Seminar Description

2010-4-13 It’s time to Talk Finances

 

 

The materials for the March 2010 seminar entitled "Building a Better Board: Getting the Right People for the Job" have been posted.

Seminar Description: Click Here.

To download the handouts and presentation slides: 2010-3-18 - Building a Better Board: Getting the Right People for the Job

 

 

Here are the materials from the February Seminar:

Seminar Description: Click here.

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Nonprofit Net enters sixth year:

Nonprofit Net was founded in November 2003 and as we enter our 7th year of operations, we have a lot to be thankful for. We have done about 40 capacity building seminars to help both large and small nonprofits. Our seminars, designed to provide practical information by experts, covered all aspects of running a nonprofit organization including Governance, Fundraising, Marketing, Public Relations, Volunteer Management and Strategic Planning. Thanks to your participation and high quality of speakers, these seminars have become very popular; we have been experiencing capacity crowds in excess of 70!

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