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“Get Found in Social Media”

Wednesday, January 27, 9:00- 12:00 pm

Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, 75 North Street, Suite 360 in Pittsfield, MA

Registration fee: $25. Register online at www.clickbasics.com/workshop, email paulc@clickbasics.com, or call 413-637-2459

ClickBasics, an internet marketing and web analytics company, will present the workshop, “Get Found in Social Media.” Geared for a non-technical business audience, the workshop will be presented by Paul Carter, founder of ClickBasics Internet Marketing, Lenox, MA. Participants will learn basic concepts and receive practical guidance helping business owners and internet marketers tie social media to the bottom line. Seating is limited.

Berkshire Enterprises’ February Business Breakfast Forum: What was your greatest success and what was your greatest mistake?

Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:30-9:00 AM

3rd Floor Board Room, One Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA

Free. Email Steve Fogel at sfogel@berkshireenterprises.com or call 413-441-3688 to RSVP .

Space is limited and reservations are required.

Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Success depends on learning from experience including our mistakes. To err is human but to continue to err without analyzing what is going on and changing leads to failure. This forum will be a discussion of how participants have used their successes and failures to improve their businesses and their lives. The forum will be lead by Steve Fogel, Program Director of Berkshire Enterprises. Berkshire Enterprises Business Breakfast Forums have been held since 2001. The Forums are made possible through the generous support from Greylock Federal Credit Union, Legacy Banks, Berkshire Bank, TD Banknorth, and the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank in space provided by CompuWorks. The forums include an active discussion of techniques that work and can be implemented easily. A light breakfast is included. Berkshire Enterprises is a program of the Office for Workforce Development at Berkshire Community College.

Berkshire Community College Professional Development Non-Credit Courses

Strong Boards Make Non-Profits Work

Designed for board members and executive staff. Topics include the structure, purposes and duties of the board of directors/trustees, fundraising roles, fiscal oversight, strategic palnning, hiring and dismissal of the chief executive and the role of volunteers and advisory boards.

WKS-1028-E1

2 Meetings, Mon. & Thurs., 3/8 &3/11, 9-11am

Location: Intermodal Education Center, Room 3, $75

Instructor: Gene Wenner, Non-Profit Consultant

Financial Management Skills

Learn to understand the procedures and processes needed to accommodate and meet the growing demands of federal/state regulations. Explore the easy use of available computer accounting programs that accommodate nonprofit practices, as well as successful means for relating donor information to the accounting system.

WKS-11152-E1

4 Meetings, Weds., 2/24-3/24, 6:30-8:30pm (no class 3/17)

Location: Melville Hall, Room 116, $80

Instructor: Gene Wenner, Non-Profit Consultant

Programming and Marketing Skills

Explore a strategic planning process to develop, implement and evaluate programs that meet a nonprofit organization’s mission. Learn to develop materials for marketing to specific audiences for fundraising or program purposes. Study public relations procedures and the means of communicating with the general public.

WKS-11153-E1

4 Meetings, Weds., 3/31-4/21, 6:30-8:30pm (no class 3/17)

Location: Melville Hall, Room 116, $80

Instructor: Gene Wenner, Non-Profit Consultant

To register, contact the Office of LifeLong Learning/Workforce Development  at 413-499-4660 or 800-816-1233 ext. 2123 or 2122

Bi-annual Taste of Philanthropy Conference

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Mass Mutual Center in Springfield, MA

Click here  to register for the conference!

The Taste of Philanthropy 2010 conference is expected to bring together over 300 nonprofit leaders, consultants and foundations. Morning workshops on all aspects of fundraising –from planned giving/major gifts, to corporate/foundation giving, marketing and stewardship — will be available. In the afternoon, after hearing Sheryl WuDunn’s inspirational talk, we’ll all come together to focus on building our skills for making the all important ASK!

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