Vermont Common Good News 11/12/2009

COMING UP!
* Thursday, 11/12:  Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the U.S.  Opening Reception 
* Saturday, 11/14 & Wed. 11/18: Farm to Plate Regional Summit for Franklin/Chittenden/Grand Isle Counties 
* Monday, 11/16: New Hampshire Grants Institute  
* Thursday, 11/19- Media Maven: Strategies for Reaching Women (and Men)  
 
Dear Colleagues,  
 
Happy Indian Summer! A big thanks to EpiKOne, Google Community Affairs, the United Way of Chittenden County, Vermont Interactive Television and all of you who participated in Tuesday's Google Analytics workshop across Vermont.  
 
Here's the latest from Common Good Vermont, and as always, don't forget that you can use the Common Good Vermont listserv to share your own insights, resources, happenings and questions! 
 
Thursday, 11/12 - Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the US Tomorrow at UVM Co-sponsored by the VT Children's Aid Society, VT Works for Women, other Vermont groups that work with incarcerated women and their children throughout Vermont. Opening reception with exhibit curator, historian and author Ricki Solinger slated for 11/12 at 5 p.m. Exhibit runs from Nov. 9-20 at the Davis Center Livak Fireplace Lounge on UVM's campus. More info here

Thursday, 11/19 -Media Maven - Marketing to Women (and Men) - Learn more about your audience! Join us for Media Maven Lunch: Strategies for Reaching Women (and Men)- Thursday 11/19  from 12 to 1:30 p.m. @ Channel 17's studios, 294 North Winooski Ave, Burlington. RSVP here to attend or watch the live webcast online. Mingle with nonprofits and meet our esteemed presenter, Andrea Learned, co-author of "Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy - and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market". Andrea an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand's facts and attributes to today's consumer - no gender about it. Lunch is served for $5.

11/16 - 11/18 - First Ever- New Hampshire Grants Institute- Monday, 11/16 - Wednesday, 11/18 @ the Common Man Inn, Plymouth. RSVP here. Presented by the NH Center for Nonprofits, Council on Fundraising, and with funding support from the Endowment for Health and New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. Designed for novice to intermediate grant seekers, sign up for this comprehensive, inter-active workshop that covers organizational readiness, pre-grant planning, grant identification, strategy, relationship development between grantor and grantee, proposal development, collaborative grant development , the review process, evaluation and forging effective relationships with funders. RSVP here 
 
You're Invited- Farm to Plate Regional Local Food Summits- Join your neighbors to inform the Farm to Plate Initiative to create an economic plan for Vermont agriculture. Find out about the eight regional summits across the state.  
Saturday, 11/14 Bennington Summit: 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at St. Peters Episcopal Church, 200 Pleasant St. RSVP to heather [at] vsjf [dot] org.
Wednesday, 11/18 Champlain/Franklin/Grand Isle Summit (11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Milton Grange, Main Street. RSVP to  Rachel Schattman, rschattm [at] uvm [dot] edu (802) 656- 9140.

Learning Center: Idealware Library of Social Media Resources - All you want to know about the why and how of social media compiled by Idealware as part of a year-long intiative. Check it out!

From the Community: From Bob Purvis of Hardwick, via Common Good Vermont listserv. On Monday the Wall Street Journal published a special section on philanthropy. There are several good pieces in it, but I'd  particularly recommend the cover piece by Pablo Eisenberg, titled,   "What's Wrong With Charitable Giving: How to Fix It." He lists 9 ways that foundations and wealthy individuals can better meet the needs of  charities and address some of our most urgent public needs.  Read here. Respond to the post  here

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