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Kota Day 2022

We welcome staff and volunteers of other nonprofit organizations working on similar issues to join us for presentations and workshops on the theme of RECOVER AND REBUILD AFTER COVID. Event will be held in person at the offices of Proskauer LLC in Times Square. Proof of vaccination required.

Friday, April 8th
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
FREE
Including lunch
Courtesy of Proskauer LLP

Where:
Proskauer LLP offices
11 Times Square
(corner of 8th Avenue and 41st St)
NY 10036

Communicating Your Message in a Digital World

In today's digital media landscape, consumers own how and when they want to receive information. As a result, it's crucial to have a deep understanding of how to design and execute a marketing and communications plan that resonates with YOUR audience. This workshop will provide you with an introduction to the top online communications platforms and best practices in using them to amplify your message. You will walk away with the tools needed to create a digital media centric, results driven communications plan for your enterprise.

Tara DeWorsop’s, MBA Bio: 

Tara DeWorsop has spent the last 15 years working with international and local nonprofits and social enterprises. Her work has taken her across the U.S., Thailand, Japan, Australia, China, India, and South Africa. She has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and an MBA from NYU Stern with a specialization in social impact and entrepreneurship. Tara has worked with nonprofits that support education, mental health, survivors of domestic violence, and children and individuals impacted by incarceration. She is currently working as the Senior Director of Development at Youth Communication and pursuing a Ph.D. in Multi-Sector Communications at St. John’s University. She is a passionate advocate for continuous learning and finds joy in connecting people to meaningful experiences and causes!

The Fundamentals of Strategic Fundraising:

This workshop will walk through 3 fundamental frameworks that can be used to structure and guide strategic fundraising planning. Participants will learn the core drivers that motivate donors, the biggest fundraising mistake most organizations make, and how to avoid it, and the most effective and streamlined way to structure a strategic fundraising plan.

Brooke Richie-Babbage’s Bio:

Brooke Richie-Babbage is an organizational design and social impact strategy advisor and consultant. She is the host of the Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast, and the founder and CEO of Bending Arc, a digital consultancy through which she works with mission-driven leaders across the country to launch and scale high-impact nonprofits.

As part of her support for emerging and growth-stage nonprofits, Brooke serves as the Director of the NetLab Initiative, a program at the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation that identifies and invests in nascent social impact networks; and as Director of the Social Justice Accelerator, an initiative of the Urban Justice Center that identifies and provides capacity-building support for early-stage social justice organizations. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Baruch Graduate School of Public Affairs, where she teaches graduate and Executive MPA courses on nonprofit management and social innovation.

Brooke has spent the past 22 years working as a nonprofit leader, social entrepreneur, and lawyer at social change organizations throughout the country. She has founded and led multiple successful organizations and initiatives, including the Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP), where she served as Executive Director for 10 years. Prior to founding RAP, Brooke worked as a Skadden Fellow, and then as a staff attorney and policy director in the areas of public benefits law and child care policy at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. Brooke has also worked as a health policy advocate at the Children’s Defense Fund- NY, taught the history of poverty law and social policy at Tufts University, taught Community Lawyering at Brooklyn Law School, consulted on welfare policy reform for the Center for Law and Social Policy, and worked as co-producer of the City Watch radio show on WBAI.

She has been a featured speaker and visiting lecturer at numerous law schools, including Harvard, Columbia, NYU, and Fordham, and has presented papers at conferences throughout the country on social entrepreneurship, non-profit leadership, and community lawyering. She served as Secretary and then Chair of the Social Welfare Committee of the NYC Bar Association, the Co-Chair of the Policy Action Committee of the citywide Welfare Reform Network, and as an appointed member of both the Governor’s statewide Child Care Policy Working Group and Mayor Bloomberg’s Adolescent Fatherhood Advisory Council. She has also served on the board of directors of several non-profit organizations, including as Board Chair for the Community Resource Exchange, and current service on the board of the Urban Justice Center.

Brooke is a Harvard Law School Wasserstein Fellow, a recipient of the Skadden Arps Public Interest Law Fellowship, a finalist for the Echoing Green Social Innovation Fellowship, and a CORO Leadership alumna. Brooke received both her JD and MPP from Harvard and her BA from Yale. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

Grants Workshop: Preparing for the Proposal Process

You have a handle on the different ways to research grants that align with your nonprofit's mission. You have started to draft LOIs and grant proposals to secure funding to operate and grow your organization's activities. But what are the things you should be doing for your organization to be prepared and make the grant writing process more efficient and less stressful?

In this Workshop, we will discuss:

- Documents to prepare in advance of drafting grant proposals

- Systems to save time and create greater efficiency for the grant writing process

- Overview of project management and grants software

- Templates to get you started tracking and managing the grant application process

Alexandra Cohen’s Bio:

Alexandra Cohen works with nonprofits, social enterprises and startups to design and implement programs that expand their global impact. With more than 15 years of experience as a litigation attorney prior to founding ANC Consult, Alexandra uses her strong writing and advocacy skills as a nonprofit consultant to design strategy and communicate complex ideas to a varied audience including funders, stakeholders and program participants. Alexandra particularly enjoys supporting nonprofits to build their capacity and create strong grant proposals that translate into funding and increased impact.

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