Non-profit resources available to fire safe councils
Posted: 01/24/2008

--Non-Profit resources available to fire safe councils

The California Fire Safe Council launched its series of workshops this past October geared toward non-profit assistance. The first workshop, “Governing for What Matters”, was well-attended by local fire safe councils at one of the three locations across California.
If you would like to purchase materials from this workshop or to be included in the new online blog/network tool available only to attendees, please contact Alli Shetler at 1-866-372-2543 or by email allisiashetler1@verizon.net. We are happy to help local fire safe councils communicate and share information in this new forum. All are encouraged to join in.

The next series of workshops, “Sustainability for your Fire Prevention Efforts” will begin in April 2008. We will hold four workshops across the state which willl cover questions such as:
How can we stop living from grant to grant? How can we sustain the work we know we need to do? How can we find support that doesn’t have strings attached?

Registration and materials will be posted at www.firesafecouncil.org. Sign-up early for this workshop, it is sure to be popular.

Here are some resources available to non-profits that were discussed at the Governance Workshop:

Article: Financials
Does Everyone on Your Board Understand the Financials?
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Bd_DirtyLittleSecrets_Art.htm

Article: Dashboards - a tool that makes the financials easier to understand
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/UseItToday/UseItToday-Dashboards.htm

Article: Board Recruitment
Are you considering board recruitment for all the wrong reasons? See how many of these Warning Signs apply to your board.
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Bd_10StopSigns_Art.htm

Article: Succession Planning
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NPLibrary/NP_Bd_SuccessionPlanning_Art.htm

You will find many other articles in the free Nonprofit Library here:
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/H4NP.htm

Engaging Your Community

Article: Introduction to Community Engagement
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/NP_Mktg_Marketing-vs-CommunityEngagement_Art.htm

Community Engagement Workbook
Help4nonprofits, the organization facilitating these workshops, is pleased to provide a 50% discount on their Community Engagement Action Kit. This kit will help your board do a better job of engaging the community in Fire Safe issues. Please call 1-888-787-4433 x205 and refer to the CFSC workshops when ordering. To learn more about the Action Kit,
http://www.help4nonprofits.com/Engagement-AK/CommunityEngagement-ACTION_KIT.htm