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| | VENTURENEER FREE WEBINARS Is your nonprofit board doing its job? Find out how to build a board that does its job well. The FREE webinar will be presented by Dennis Miller, president and CEO of Dennis C. Miller Associates Inc. Monday, February 13, 2012 12n-1pm ET. Register here.
Planned Giving for Small and Mid-Size Nonprofits
Donor relationships and endowment both benefit from Planned Giving programs. Find out why. The FREE webinar will be presented by Tony Martignetti, principal of Martignetti Planned Giving Advisors, LLC. Thursday, February 16, 2012 12n-1pm ET. Register here. Small Business Marketing When You Don't Have Time to Spare Small business owners can improve sales with quick marketing tips. This FREE webinar will be taught by Alyssa Dver, founder and CEO of Mint Green Marketing. The webinar offers expert, up-to-date marketing smarts, a renewed business spirit, and a practical way to rocket lead generation into hyper-drive. Friday, March 2, 2012 12n-1pm ET. Register here. |
RECENT BLOG POSTS Sex, Lipstick, and Chocolate: Support Causes You Believe in This Valentine's Day You don't have to abandon your social conscience when you indulge yourself. Find out why. 
Less Time, Better Results When You Listen to a Marketing Expert Small business owners feel they don't have time to make a formal marketing plan. But you do and you must. Find out how to streamline the process. Nice Girls Brag: Here's How Women don't talk about their accomplishments with the ease that men have when talking about theirs. Learn why you should speak up and how to do it nicely.  Lessons Nonprofits, Business Can Learn from Komen Foundation
Both businesses and nonprofits should pay close attention to the outcry against Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Learn the lessons Komen's fall from grace can teach you. How to Get Rich on Government Work Whatever product or service your small business sells, the federal government may need it. Find out to connect with a customer that offers on-time payment and long-term contracts and wants to buy from small businesses. For other Vistas articles, visit our archive. |
PARTNER PROMOTION Open the Door to Rapid Growth through Government Contracting Government contracting can be a huge avenue of growth for small businesses. Almost half - 47% - of active small business contractors have business revenues in excess of $1 million, According to an American Express OPEN government contracting survey. To help business owners learn from the best, American Express OPEN and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) are offering a free web tutorial, Government Contracting Success Story, on Wednesday, February 8, from 3-4 pm ET. This educational webinar is part of the Give Me 5 program. Business owners who are interested in joining the webinar can register at: http://www.giveme5.com/events. |
VENTURENEER'S LIBRARY OF ON-DEMAND VCOURSES If you just couldn't fit our in-depth, virtual courses into your schedule on the days they ran "live," we now offer on-demand viewing from our vcourse archive. Sign up and take the class any time and any where that's convenient for you. |
SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES 
Social Media for Values Driven Companies a one-stop, continually updated central resource about social media as they are used by nonprofits, which is sometimes different than the way for-profits use them. Ramp up their social media effortsVentureneer's new, free ebook, Social Media for Your Nonprofit: Take Charge!. Also don't forget to check out our survey report,Nonprofits and Social Media: It Ain't Optional.  Putting the Power of LinkedIn to Use for Your Nonprofits
Nonprofits learn how to use LinkedIn's powerful search capability to find donors, board members, staff and more.
 25 Best Social Media for Social Good Blogs
This is a list of blogs we think you should turn to first for answers about how to use social media for social good. |
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