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Growth Series - Engaging & Telling Your Non-Profits Story

Growth Series - Engaging & Telling Your Non-Profits Story

Date and Time

Thursday Jun 30, 2022
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Thursday, June 30th
12:00-2:00pm

Location

Lakeside Country Club
145 Route 54 East Lake Road
Penn Yan, NY, 14527

Fees/Admission

$20 Chamber Members, $30 for non-Chamber Member

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Telling Your Non-Profit's Story 

Jim Townsend from SCORE Business Mentors, will be our presenting speaker for the afternoon.   

James T. Townsend, Esq. recently retired from his General Counsel position at the Adirondack Park Agency. Prior to that position, he was managing partner at Remington, Gifford & Williams, a general practice firm located in Rochester. Mr. Townsend is a member of the NYSBA Committee on Professional Responsibility. He currently serves as Senior Advisor and Counsel to the Adirondack Landowners’ Association and volunteers substantial time as an SBA-SCORE mentor to small businesses and non-profits such as Rochester City Ballet, The High Falls Film Festival and The Salvation Army. 

He has served on several boards of non-profits in Rochester including The Harley School, The Salvation Army and the Monroe County Bar Association.  He currently serves on the board of The Adirondack Experience, The Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, and the Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station near Long Lake, NY.  He advises Hinge Neighbors, Inc.  and Rochester Ecological Partners, Inc. and the Town of Johnsburg Community Development Corporation.
 

The following topics will be discussed:
  • Fundraising
  • Engaging the community/telling your story
  • ​Recruiting new volunteers/members
  • Grant Opportunities 
Additional topics may include:
What makes non-profits different from other organizations?
How to be an effective Trustee/Director.  Important duties of care, loyalty and obedience.
How to recognize and recruit Board members.
The importance of planning.
Ways to engage and find supporters.
Elements of fundraising beyond "The Ask"
 
Lunch will be provided. $20 for Chamber Members and $30 for Non-Chamber Members
Pre-registration is required by Monday, June 27th

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The Yates County Chamber of Commerce is the Tourism Promotion Agency for Yates County (Finger Lakes Countrysides) and manages the Keuka Wine Trail.

Yates County Chamber of Commerce

  • 2375 Route 14A, Penn Yan, NY
  • (315) 536-3111 Fax: (315) 536-3791
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