January 2020
Fundraising & the Small Nonprofit
Based on the best practices of fundraisers who have enjoyed success at small nonprofits, this workshop provides effective fundraising methods designed to meet the unique needs of nonprofits with modest staff capacity. Through a panel presentation, participants will: Learn to maximize existing resources, including board members and other volunteers, to achieve fundraising goals. Gain strategies to grow your fundraising team. Consider the fundraising methods proven most successful at smaller organizations. Panelists: • Max Disposti, Executive Director, North County LGBTQ Resource…
Find out more »Judaism 101 for Professionals
This class will set the foundation for any professional working in a Jewish organization regardless of their level of knowledge of Jewish tradition and teachings. Each class will focus on the fundamentals of Judaism but with an innovative and creative twist that will serve professionals working within Jewish organizations. This class will bring Jewish text alive to directly impact our programming and the lens with which we approach our work. Sessions will follow the Jewish calendar in a way that…
Find out more »Bystander Intervention
There has been an increasing spotlight on creating a safe, equitable, and respectful workplace culture. The law mandates training on identifying and reporting sexual harassment, but often the role and responsibility of the bystander isn't addressed. In this workshop participants will: Define “diffusion of responsibility” and why it’s important to stand up for fellow colleagues. Identify potentially harmful interactions along a continuum of behaviors. Define the “Direct, Distract, Delay, Delegate” model for choosing how to intervene when intervention is necessary.…
Find out more »February 2020
Challenging Dynamics: Learning to manage your emotions in difficult situations
I wish I knew what to do in that moment.” “I should have handled that differently.” Sound familiar? All of us encounter situations when working with others’ whose behavior is difficult for us. We perceive they say and do things that may clash with our values, be harsh to our perspectives and/or disrupt the group we are leading. In this session we will adapt a successful rubric and proven techniques to deploy in the moment, that activate and direct our…
Find out more »May 2020
Building Budgets for Funders
This “math-free” workshop will help your organization plan and create operating and program budgets, with a focus on the role of budgets in funding proposals and applications. Participants will learn: Budget elements that accurately portray an organization and its programs. Methods of sharing costs among programs Approaches for prorating expenses between administration and program costs To determine the fair value of in-kind contributions and services “Cost per outcome” scenarios to generate requests for funding Tips for formatting and presenting budgets…
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Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.