tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5358886440264809912024-02-19T16:12:17.103-08:00Oakland Chamber News & UpdatesOakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.comBlogger511125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-17362501107604956132016-03-11T16:35:00.000-08:002016-03-11T16:35:40.810-08:00What is the East Bay Linked Learning Hub of Excellence?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, in partnership
with school districts, community colleges, and industry employers from Contra
Costa to Hayward, is actively addressing the need to align educational
opportunities with the workforce needs of industry in the region. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A prime example of the Chamber’s work is the recently
launched East Bay Linked Learned Hub of Excellence, a multi-year initiative made
possible with the support of James Irvine Foundation. Part of the broader
effort underway in California known as “Linked Learning,” the initiative integrates
academics with career-based learning and real-world workplace
experiences. The Chamber’s role in the program is to serve as the central
anchor organization that connects education, industry, and government partners
to further develop work-based learning in the region.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As the program’s lead and anchor intermediary in the East
Bay, the Chamber is responsible for developing and coordinating regional
strategy to create and strengthen career pathways. The overall goal of the
Chamber’s effort is to create more and better career opportunities for our
region’s young people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>What is a Career
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A well-developed career pathway is a strong partnership with
education, industry, and government partners that systematically builds awareness
of, interest in, and skills for high-demand jobs. By way of example, a career
pathway may initially begin with a workplace tour or career fair to build
awareness of the range of available careers. It might then include a job shadow
to allow individuals to further explore career opportunities. From there, the
next step in a career pathway might be a paid internship to allow students to
further develop their skills. Finally, a career pathway might include a paid job
featuring robust on-the-job training to allow students to develop a mastery of
job skills. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Career pathways can be developed for a range of industries
based on industry needs. The East Bay Linked Learning Hub of Excellence is in
the process of developing career pathways for the following sectors: computer
science, advanced manufacturing, health care, cyber security, and
transportation and logistics. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Chamber’s has hired two East Bay Linked Learning Hub of
Excellence staff members that may be contacted for more information about
education and industry partnerships. Courtney Riley (criley@oaklandchamber.com)
serves as the Linked Learning Program manager, with a focus on working with and
developing new education partners to scale Linked Learning practices. Mark
Butler (mbutler@oaklandchamber.com) is the Hub’s Industry Engagement Director
and works with regional industry employers to connect them with work-based
learning opportunities. <o:p></o:p></div>
Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-20701708829424324292016-02-11T18:10:00.000-08:002016-02-11T18:10:17.964-08:00March 18, 2016: Economic Development Summit - "Choosing Oakland"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-20296228786457897952016-02-05T12:49:00.000-08:002016-02-05T12:51:02.424-08:002016 Economic Summit "Choosing Oakland" Sponsorship Opportunities <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">Building on the success of last year’s exploration of what attracts new businesses to Oakland, the Chamber’s 2016 Economic Summit will take a closer look at Oakland’s rapidly changing and expanding marketplace. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">Sponsorship opportunities are available at the following levels: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"><b>Title Sponsor – $10,000</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> </span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;">15 reserved premium seating with prominent Oakland Elected Leadership </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Opportunity to introduce Mayor at opening remarks </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Recognition in Kaiser Center and all presentation screens </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Placement of collateral materials given to all attendees at conference </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Marketing Table during event breakfast/registration </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Website recognition on Oakland Chamber website </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Promotion on Oakland Chamber social media channels </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo in March & April Oakland Business Review </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo recognition in Event Program </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"><b>Panel Sponsor $7,500</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> 10 reserved premium seats in first three rows </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Opportunity to introduce panelists and moderator </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Recognition in Kaiser Center/Logo on presentation screens </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Placement of collateral materials given to all attendees </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Marketing Table during event breakfast/registration </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Website recognition on Oakland Chamber website </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Promotion on Oakland Chamber social media channels </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo in March & April Oakland Business Review </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo recognition in Event Program </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"><b>Key Sponsor $5,000</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> 7 reserved premium seats in first five rows </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Opportunity to introduce speaker </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Recognition in Kaiser Center/Logo on presentation screens </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Placement of collateral materials given to all attendees </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Marketing Table during event breakfast/registration </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Website recognition on Oakland Chamber website </span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Promotion on Oakland Chamber social media channels </span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo in March & April Oakland Business Review </span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo recognition in Event Program </span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"><b>Highlight Sponsor $2,500</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> 7 reserved premium seats in first five rows </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Recognition in Kaiser Center/Logo on presentation screens </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Website recognition on Oakland Chamber website </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Promotion on Oakland Chamber social media channels </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo in March & April Oakland Business Review </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo recognition in Event Program </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> 5 tickets </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Recognition of Logo on presentation screens </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Website recognition on Oakland Chamber website </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Promotion on Oakland Chamber social media channels </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Logo recognition in Event Program </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Admission to event </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636px;"> Exclusive networking and business exposure opportunities </span></span><br />
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<br />Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-65744728597140524202016-02-03T18:12:00.000-08:002016-02-03T18:12:10.572-08:00SAVE THE DATE! March 18, 2016: Economic Development Summit #TheOaklandAdvantage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is seeking an
individual experienced in business development to provide liaison, marketing,
and economic development expertise to fulfill the mission and guide the
activities of the Chamber. This is a senior staff position with the largest
Chamber of Commerce in the East Bay.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The employee will act as first point of contact for chamber
members, city staff and other stakeholders regarding economic development
information, data, assistance, and expertise. The employee will play an
instrumental role in creating a smoothly functioning office by providing
support, supervision, and leadership to multiple department staff, acting as a
liaison to Chamber committees, and creating a welcoming environment for Chamber
members.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Facilitate partnerships with the City of
Oakland, Port of Oakland and other partners to leverage resources; act as
liaison to other organizations and service providers to achieve mutual goals</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Convene and provide staff support to the Chamber
Economic Development Leadership </span>Team, and three standing committees</li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Assist managing the Chamber’s “Hub” workforce
development initiative, involving technical and coordination support.</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Organize and curate the Chamber’s monthly
economic development programming and annual economic development summit</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Participate as a member of the Chamber team in
public and economic policy issues, event production, membership, operations
assistance and other issues and projects as relevant</span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Assist managing subcontractor relationships.</span></li>
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deadline-driven projects with essential daily tasks, employing careful priority
identification and strong decision making skills. They should be highly
organized and detail-oriented, with advanced written and verbal communication
skills and a proven ability to communicate to members and the public the
importance of the Chamber’s objectives in economic development. The candidate
should enjoy regular interactions with a wide range of people, consistently
providing excellent customer service, and demonstrating the ability to work
collaboratively and implement results with many diverse stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Preferred skills include: experience providing management
and support to multiple staffers, database management, data collection and
analysis skills, an understanding of local resources including: local economic
development programs and organizations, business attraction and retention
strategies, and regional/national best practices. Five or more years of
professional experience directly related to economics, business, marketing,
business development, city planning, public policy, or a related field.<o:p></o:p></div>
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vision, and retirement benefits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Provide a description of two successful economic/business
development initiatives in which you have lead or had a significant role in
planning. Describe the initiative, goals, and your role and responsibilities.</li>
<li>Describe the role for economic development that a Chamber of
Commerce can effectively achieve. Detail your vision in the context of job
creation, business attraction, and retention.</li>
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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Antwan Wilson have launched the Oakland Promise. Over the next decade this cradle-to-career effort will triple the number of low-income Oakland public school graduates who complete a post-secondary education.<br />
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“This is the single most transformative thing we can do for Oakland and its young people,” said Mayor Schaaf. “In a district where 71 percent of students are low-income, ensuring that more of our kids earn a college degree has the potential to interrupt generational poverty. Today, we’re raising the bar for this entire community by setting out a clear expectation for our children’s futures and giving them the tools and the support to exceed those expectations.”<br />
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Within a decade the Oakland Promise will:<br />
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• Open 55,000 college savings accounts for Oakland children<br />
• Invest $100 million in college scholarships<br />
• Serve nearly 200,000 students and families across Oakland<br />
• Triple the number of college graduates from Oakland<br />
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“The partnerships and resources coming together through the Oakland Promise will help us ensure that every student graduates prepared for success in college, career, and community,” said Superintendent Wilson.<br />
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Mayor Schaaf and Superintendent Wilson were joined at Oakland High School for the launch by Oakland Promise lead partners from the City of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), East Bay College Fund and the Oakland Public Education Fund. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and OUSD graduate and current Oakland teacher Michael Jefferson delivered keynote remarks, speaking to the importance of the broad-based Oakland effort.<br />
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“For too many, economic growth has become a spectator sport and we know that income inequality is synonymous with barriers to educational opportunity,” said Lt. Governor Newsom. “The Oakland Promise offers a model for the rest of the state, weaving together the best practices to tackle generational poverty in a way never done before.”<br />
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The Chamber would like to thank its members who gave generously to Oakland Promise: Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, The Clorox Company, Golden State Warriors, AT&T, Comcast, Wells Fargo, Donahue Fitzgerald, East Bay Community Fund, EMC Research, Madison Park Financial, and Visit Oakland.<br />
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If you would like to donate to Oakland Promise, please visit <a href="http://www.theoaklandpromise.org/">www.theoaklandpromise.org</a>.Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-81196597023587751082014-12-08T15:54:00.000-08:002014-12-08T15:54:28.419-08:00Flourishing in the Face of Flops and Failures<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">To
commemorate the 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake and
the founding of CARD-Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (</span><a href="http://www.cardcanhelp.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">), at its October meeting, the Oakland Chamber
NonProfit Roundtable looked at emergencies (both internal and external), ways
to address them, how to establish measures to prevent them from happening again,
or prepare to respond better to a similar situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Guest
speaker Isaac Kos-Read of the Kos Read Group and Public Affairs Consultant for
the Oakland Chamber (</span><a href="mailto:Isaac@kosreadgroup.com"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Isaac@kosreadgroup.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">) spoke first about
Crisis Communications. Formerly Director of External Affairs for the Port of
Oakland, Kos-Read first shared the basics of his company:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When it
comes to crisis communications, Kos-Read has experience. He was at the Port of
Oakland during two recent crises: 1) the Occupy movement’s shut down of the Port
in 2011; and 2) and an expenditure crisis that put the Port in the national
spotlight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">His first
reminder was that in all communications, s</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">ocial media is now pervasive in our lives, and
it is essential to think about how we use this in crisis management. Our
culture is also in a period of heightened expectations of transparency, and
with social media and the Internet, all of us have greater access to a broader
scope of information. The example he gave for the latter is that any donation
made by an individual to a candidate in the 2014 election is public within two
weeks. </span></div>
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also noted that we are experiencing a period of a compressed, 24-hour news
cycle (features, urgent messages, and so on are here and then gone a short time
later). This makes superficial perception the focus of information-sharing.
Other points he shared about crisis communications were that a visual
presentation is essential and messages must be repeated regularly. He also
noted that there are internal crises (such as employee misconduct, an IT
security breach or system failure, or workforce unrest) and external crises
(such as an earthquake, violence or infection). In all crises, he noted that
having strong partners is very helpful.</span></div>
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company has them at some point) is to plan and practice. For planning, Kos-Read
recommended: 1) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">convening
a cross-functional <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">team</span> (legal,
board, executive, operations, communications, etc.); 2) thinking hard about
potential <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">scenarios </span>and playing
them out; and 3) writing your plans down (who is responsible for what, when, to
whom, how often). Then, even though some crises cannot be prepared for with
drills (like an earthquake), it is good to create and follow scenarios of other
crises. The overall message is to be as prepared as you can be.</span></div>
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stated that even with social media and the Internet, television is still
incredibly influential. For example, most individuals get their voter
information from television.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">He also
recommended reading and taking to heart Robert B. Cialdini’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Influence:
The Psychology of Persuasion</i></b>.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Following
Kos-Read, Roundtable Co-chair Jerry Metzker (Development & Grants Manager
for Family Connections – </span><a href="http://www.portolafc.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">www.portolafc.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">) shared dos and don’ts of fundraising
failures. Some of these are as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Don’t badger funders who
change their guidelines, decline funding after a previous award (or several
years of awards) or who seem to support your cause but are not interested in
supporting you. State your sadness/disappointment, and learn how and when to “let
go” and move on. You can lose precious time and energy chasing after funding
that you most likely are not going to get and also alienate influential friends
at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Do remember that funders are
in the business of sharing their money. This is what they do. They are not out
to hurt or maim you or your organization. Treat your relationship like a
partnership.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Don’t ignore deadlines, phone
or email messages; be prompt.</span></div>
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your activities in a timely manner, even if the funder doesn’t specifically
request one.</span></div>
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prospects with deadline demands, no matter how desperate your cash flow needs
may be. Funders (foundations, corporations, individuals and even government
agencies) go through many transitions and have needs of their own. Be patient,
give them time, keep them updated and be friendly. Regularly offer opportunity.</span></div>
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accomplishments or achievements, even if outside the standard reporting or
updating schedule. Social media is great way to communicate with individuals.
Email newsletters are an excellent way to remain in contact with all of your
constituents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Don’t obfuscate when
something is not going as hoped or planned. Be up front with your challenges,
transitions and crises, and your plans to address them. Do this in a timely
manner, not when the report is due. This requires some forward thinking—i.e.
are we going to achieve our outcomes? If not, why or did we meet some other
outcome that we hadn’t anticipated? Share this with the funder. Again, funders
do want your organization to succeed.</span></div>
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tell you what they are interested in, what they want to do, how they want to
support you and when is the best time and way to speak with them. </span></div>
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thank you letters. Make brief thank you calls. Don’t give any indication of
disappointment in amount or level of participation or even timing. Don’t attach
any other message to the acknowledgment, just thank the donor.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Roundtable
Co-Chair and Executive Director of CARD-Collaborating Agencies Responding to
Disasters (</span><a href="http://www.cardcanhelp.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">) <span style="color: black;">Âna-Marie Jones led the group through a highly recommended
“ best practice” for any team that has responded to an emergency situation. The
practice fosters transparency, promotes open dialogue, allows for those
involved to let go of upsets from the incident, and allows every member of the team
to learn from the event and to extract valuable lessons. The process she shared
is called the “Plus + / Delta ∆” Debrief. The practice is great for any agency
committed to continuous improvement. After all, who wants to keep making the same
mistakes over and over again?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The practice begins after the emergency has been addressed. Writing
on a large piece of paper or dry erase board, the team makes a list of the “Plusses”
—what was done during the emergency that was in alignment with the goals, plans
and commitments of the organization. Only after running out of plusses should
the team move on. Then the team begins to list separately the “Deltas” — those
actions and responses that were out of alignment with the organization’s goals,
plans and commitments. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The basic example Jones shared was that the coffee pot was left on
overnight. While it didn’t start a full-on fire, it did burn and ruin the pot. Attendees
discussed the plusses (very limited damage; fire extinguisher was available,
charged, and people knew how to use it) and the deltas (end-of-day procedures
need review, new coffee pot with automatic off switch should be purchased,
everyone (not just coffee drinkers) should keep eyes, ears, and noses open for
hazards). </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">An important aspect of this practice is to absolutely avoid the
binary framing of good/bad or positive/negative or success/failure. It’s
critical to avoid the familiar trap of “naming, shaming, and blaming”
individuals whose actions may be seen as having “caused” a problem or breakdown.
The goal is to stay laser-focused on what can be learned, what can be put in
place to make your team stronger and what will produce a better outcome in the
future. Jones also noted that the order of the following steps in the
Plus/Delta debrief session is important:</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Always do all
the Plus comments before any of the Delta comments</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Team
Leader/Person Responsible for the event should go first in both sections</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then other
team members speak</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Then
audience members or observers share their experiences and reflections</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally, if
there is one, a facilitator/trainer shares her observations</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The final step is to turn the lists into action items -- thank you
notes to people who helped, apologies to anyone negatively impacted, trainings
scheduled, emergency procedures updated, fire extinguisher replenished, new
coffee pot purchased, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The “Plus/Delta” Debrief is not only useful post-emergency, but it’s
helpful as part of any group activity – a fundraiser, annual meeting, staff
trainings, etc. Jones emphasized that if this practice is done properly and
consistently, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everyone</i> learns
(whether or not they were actually involved in the event) and everyone can
leave feeling more empowered and better trained—even after a serious breakdown
in procedures. For a copy of the worksheet of The “Plus/Delta” Debrief, or to
learn more about conducting a Plus/Delta debrief session at your agency, contact
Âna-Marie Jones, </span><a href="mailto:AMJ@CARDcanhelp.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">AMJ@CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> or
510.451.3140.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Special thanks to CARD for providing the treats and Ben Delaney (</span><a href="http://www.bendelaney.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.bendelaney.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">) for donating a copy of his book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nonprofit Marketing Handbook</i> as a door
prize.</span></div>
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<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Contacts:
</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
(</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">AMJ</span><a href="mailto:amj@cardcanhelp.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">@CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Jerry Metzker, Development & Grants
Manager of Family Connections (</span></span><a href="mailto:jmetzker@portolafc.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">jmetzker@portolafc.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"></span></i></b><i>From the Sept. 16, 2014 Non-Profit Roundtable</i>)<br />
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This summer’s Ice Bucket Challenge took the country,
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the nonprofit world by storm. A recent YouTube search
yielded 10.8 million results. Searching #IceBucketChallenge on Twitter is still
yielding new responses and comments. According to the <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association website, the
national organization has received $115 million in Ice Bucket Challenge
donations from approximately 3 million donors, most of whom are new to the
organization. This does not count those who made their donations to local chapters.
To put that into perspective, the ALS Association’s annual budget is typically
around $25 million per year of which only $8.4 million comes from individuals.
That financial windfall of the challenge is more than 13 times the amount they
normally receive.</span>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Throughout
the NonProfit community the whisperings of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How
can we do that?</i> floated in the air, sometimes said aloud, and sometimes indicated
that nonprofit leadership of a large number of organizations would do well to
figure out a way to copy the success.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At
the September NonProfit Roundtable, attendees studied the fundraising
phenomenon and discussed if and how there were ways to create or support an
atmosphere for any organization to pursue such a fundraiser. Basically, we
addressed three questions related to the Ice Bucket Challenge: </span>a) can
you engineer a miracle; b) how to use social media to its utmost; and c) how
does one manage the finances (and donors) of an unexpected windfall?</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
first acknowledged that the ALS Association did NOT launch or design this
campaign; it was started by </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">the
family of a former Division 1 baseball player, Pete Frates, who is living with
ALS. They posted a video of Pete being doused with ice water and tagged his
friends from college who are now professional baseball players.</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> He
challenged three friends to either dump a bucket of ice water over their heads
or donate $100 to ALS causes, and then invite three of their own friends to do
the same. The dumping and challenge should be filmed and posted on Facebook.
This modest endeavor exploded with millions of participants, including young
children, some of whom didn’t even know the underlying purpose of the
acrtivity. Hundreds of celebrities also participated, several creating humorous
or sexually charged variations. Along the way, others began to take the ice
bucket challenge <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> donate.
Thousands just donated. Links to the Association’s donation page flew from
individual to indivudal, fast and furious, with reminders that this was a
fundraiser. Again and again, those with knowledge or experience about ALS acted
to remind participants and potential participants why the challenge was
undertaken.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guest
speaker</span> Rona Fernandez, a senior consultant of Klein & Roth
Consulting (<a href="http://www.kleinandroth.com/">www.kleinandroth.com</a>)
reminded everyone that The Ice Bucket Challenge was NOT engineered by any
nonprofit. In her estimation there were several reasons it was successful: </div>
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1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The activity was easy and fun</div>
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2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Participating made people feel like they are
part of something bigger</div>
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3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The Ask was very specific ($100 or the ice
water)</div>
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4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The challenge was Celebrity-driven with a lot
of star power</div>
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5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The activity was related to the ALS Association’s
mission and connected directly to the disease (like a bucket of ice water, ALS
freezes a person’s muscles)</div>
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Fernandez also shared some basic information on the status
of fundraising responses, noting that studies are showing that response rates
to Email solicitations are going down and simultaneously there is an indication
that direct mail is making a come back. She also shared how important it is to
use Social media as a true conversation. If an organization wants to know what
its constitutents and supporters are thinking about, they should ask them.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">Can You Engineer A Miracle?</span></i></b></div>
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The basic answer, of course, is no. But meeting attendees
discussed why this particular challenge caught on:</div>
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1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It was fun and a little humiliating (connecting
to the current craze promoted by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">America’s
Funniest Home Videos</i>)</div>
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2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>People don’t want to be left out</div>
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3. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There is a peer pressure component, with
friends challenging and then following up with friends</div>
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4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There is pride in doing something safe but
scary</div>
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5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Calling it a “challenge” made the fundraiser
competitive</div>
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6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The activity was connected to ALS Association’s
mission, values and brand</div>
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7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Timing<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
(dumping ice over one’s head seems possible on a hot summer day)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
activity was authentic – a person just did it</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It
was physical and appealed to men and women</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
challenge connected deeply to the Internet culture</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;">How to Use Social Media to Its Utmost</span></i></b></div>
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Roundtable meeting attendees recognized that there were many
ways to inappropriately use social media in response to this highly successful
fundraising event, such as posting negative or misleading videos, writing
disparaging comments about the ALS Association, or asking social media contacts
to not participate in the Challenge and give instead to their own organizations.
There are also great ways to applaud and support the Ice Bucket Challenge while
also bringing positive awareness to one’s own organization.</div>
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Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD - Collaborating
Agencies Responding to Disasters, and co-chair of the NonProfit Roundtable, led
a conversation about how to connect<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to
the Ice Bucket Challenge in a positive way via social media. Some of the most
appropriate ways include: </div>
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1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Congratulate the ALS Association online from
your social media pages</div>
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2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Participate in the Challenge as staff or as a
whole organization</div>
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3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Share about why the Ice Bucket Challenge
matters to your agency, especially how your agency serves or connects to people
with ALS or the agencies that serve people with ALS</div>
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4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Cheer on and post about your donors, staffers,
volunteers, or constituents as they participate in the Challenge</div>
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5.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Repost specific videos that spark your
interest</div>
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6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Offer a space to do the Challenge</div>
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media platforms work best when they are used for active engagement. When
millions of pro-social people are positively engaging in a conversation, it is likely
a good conversation for your agency to engage in. </div>
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Ice Bucket Challenge provided a great opportunity for nonprofits to flex their
social media muscles, help bring awareness to a good cause, and practice the
art of leveraging proactive, pro-social behavior on a large scale. </div>
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An unanticipated windfall of such an enormous amount ($115
million) can play havoc with an organization or an individual. First, there is
the processing and acknowledgment of the 3 million donations. What is the best
way to acknowledge donations? Individually? As a group? Publicly? Personally?
Then there is just what one organization can do with such a tremendous amount
of unexpected and unbudgeted cash.</div>
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During the empowered introduction of the meeting, attendees
shared what they would do if their organizations received an unexpected gift of
$5 million. The answers were varied but fully within the scope and missions of
the organizations represented. One organization seeking a new facility would
put the money toward its capital campaign. Several would use a portion of the
funds to strengthen programming. One would increase the number of constitutents
it served. An<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at-risk youth organization
leader would create a college scholarship fund to pay for the education of its students.
All agreed that some should be put away for longer term use and any immediate
decision would come after a conscientious review of needs.</div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Barbara
Newhouse, President and CEO of ALS FAssociation stated: “These funds will be
used to fund cutting-edge research as well as care and support to people living
with the disease. Now and in the coming weeks, we will be able to enhance our
strategic plan, reformulating and recasting strategies with input from
stakeholders, including our donors, our chapters, and most importantly, people
living with ALS and their families. We want to move quickly but decisively as
our ultimate goal is to use this incredible generosity in a way that has the
biggest impact on fighting this disease.”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Similarly,
management experts recommend taking time to create a strategic plan before
rushing into spending or hiring, especially for groups that don't face an urgent
time clock situation, as many disaster-relief agencies often do. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
for the immediate funds processing needs, the ALS Association relied on a
handful of temps and a crew of volunteers from a senior center to help handle
call volume and donations. The Association further created a special page on
its web site and has made several public announcements and acknowledgments to
the donors.</span></div>
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The Roundtable attendees agreed that there is no right way
to respond, follow up or even ask again from this sort of fundraising
phenomenon and exposure. As following the same practices that the organization
has been following for years may not be of maximum benefit, the organization
should develop ways to maintain ties with the donors.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
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<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Jerry Metzker, Development & Communications
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importance of managing a professional’s own personal skills and knowledge was
the featured conversation at the July 15 meeting of the Oakland Chamber
NonProfit Roundtable. Like most, if not all, sectors, the nonprofit sector is
managed and guided by professionals—managers, directors, fundraisers,
marketers, program developers and leaders, HR personnel, IT experts and many
others. As specialists in their fields, maintaining current skills is crucial
for their respective organizations to pursue their missions and visions
effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What was the last class, workshop, webinar or
conference you participated in? Who hosted it? Was it free or did you pay? How
and why did you choose it?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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many of us are content with our jobs, positions and companies/organizations,
others eventually want to move upward and outward. All wanted to continue to
develop their skills, and none of those who attended the Roundtable meeting
believed that s/he knew everything. So, in fact, we are all interested in
strengthening our capabilities and keeping up with new trends, new technologies
and new information that can positively impact or negatively impact us, whether
we know it or not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our meeting, we addressed three questions:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What do professionals in your field need to know to be
current?</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Answers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Social media, volunteer management
(especially how to address issues with volunteers), compliance and legal
requirements, financial management (where is the money and how do you connect
to it), learning knew storytelling styles and techniques, employee safety and
readiness, state and local policies, internship management, payroll, workplace
safety, GAP (general accounting practices), effective networking, evaluation on
alignment with the organization’s goals, and community updates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where can you learn these kinds of things?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Answers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Foundation Center
(www. </span><a href="http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://foundationcenter.org/sanfrancisco</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Vocus (</span><a href="http://www.vocus.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.vocus.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), CompassPoint (</span><a href="http://www.compasspoint.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.compasspoint.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Constant Contact (</span><a href="http://www.constantcontact.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.constantcontact.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Chambers of Commerce (</span><a href="http://www.oaklandchamber.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.oaklandchamber.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), CARD (</span><a href="http://www.cardcanhelp.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), California Association of
NonProfits (</span><a href="http://www.calnonprofits.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.calnonprofits.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), local Toastmasters
Clubs (</span><a href="http://www.toastmasters.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.toastmasters.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Association of
Fundraising Professionals (</span><a href="http://www.afp-ggc.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.afp-ggc.org</span></a><cite><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">), </span></cite><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Planned Giving Council
(</span><a href="http://www.ncpgcouncil.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.ncpgcouncil.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Taproot Foundation
(</span><a href="http://www.taprootfoundation.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.taprootfoundation.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), East Bay Community
Foundation (</span><a href="http://www.ebcf.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.ebcf.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Volunteer Center
of the East Bay (</span><a href="http://www.volunteereastbay.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.volunteereastbay.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), and Volunteer
Match (</span><a href="http://www.volunteermatch.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.volunteermatch.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">) to name only some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What affiliations – professional
associations—exist for your field?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Answers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> American Society of Association
Executives (</span><a href="http://www.asaecenter.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.asaecenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), Development
Executives roundtable (</span><a href="http://www.dersf.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.dersf.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">), and Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster (</span><a href="http://www.calvoad.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">www.calvoad.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">) to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many of
those listed provide free or low-cost trainings and workshops, as well as send
out regular newsletters of other learning and conference opportunities. The
importance of professional development and lifelong learning cannot be
emphasized more strongly—for both personal and professional stability and
growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Have
you been intrigued, startled or perhaps even jealous by the tremendous success
of the Ice Bucket Challenge that has captivated the nation and the world? Have
you wondered how your organization could implement such a successful campaign?
Do you think that the Challenge has been an act of fundraising terrorism on the
nonprofit community? Please join the co-chairs and other members of the Oakland
area nonprofit community at the September meeting to a thorough discussion of
the matter. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 from 2:30pm
- 4:30pm at the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, 475 14<sup>th</sup> Street,
Oakland, CA.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also,
if you would like to promote your organization, please bring a door prize or
some snacks.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Co-Chair Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
(AMJ</span><a href="mailto:amj@cardcanhelp.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">@CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Co-Chair Jerry Metzker, Development & Communications
professional (</span><a href="mailto:jmetzman@earthlink.net"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">jmetzman@earthlink.net</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chamber Liaison Nikki Mendez, Membership Director (</span><a href="mailto:nikki@oaklandchamber.com"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">nikki@oaklandchamber.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-31442874840727179452014-08-01T16:00:00.000-07:002014-08-01T16:00:01.003-07:00Bid Opportunity for CUCP DBE firms
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. (AMEC) is
seeking CUCP DBE firms as subconsultants on Oakland Public Works Department’s
RFP for Special Inspection and Material Testing Services to Support Replacement
of Embarcadero Bridge over Lake Merritt Channel, due 8/7/14. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The project scope includes materials testing, field and
off-site special inspection, and gamma-gamma testing and cross-sonic testing
for CIDH piles. AMEC seeks experienced firms to provide the following items of
work: lab testing and inspection; and gamma gamma testing.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Interested DBE firms, please email </span><a href="mailto:aaron.franklin@amec.com"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">aaron.franklin@amec.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
by 8/4/14</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the following: firm’s CUCP DBE certification, firm profile,
description of services, 2 similar projects with 2 references each, Project
Manager resume and hourly billing rates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For bonding, insurance, line of credit or technical
assistance, contact Aaron Franklin by email or 858-699-0513. Project plans and
specifications are available at </span><a href="http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CP/s/ContractingPurchasingOpportunities/index.htm"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CP/s/ContractingPurchasingOpportunities/index.htm</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
or </span><a href="http://ciplist.com/plans/?Oakland/city/9392"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://ciplist.com/plans/?Oakland/city/9392</span></span></a></div>
Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-38013329589717755272014-06-16T17:30:00.000-07:002014-06-16T17:08:44.254-07:00May Flowers: Volunteers Are the Treasures of NonProfits<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Jerry Metzker, Nonprofit Roundtable Co-Chair and <span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Development & Marketing Manager of Biotech Partners</span> </span></span></em><br />
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community benefits organizations and agencies, public projects, and community
action initiatives, individuals who freely devote themselves, their skills and
their time can be the life’s blood of an activity, and sometimes the
organizations themselves. At its May meeting, the Chamber’s NonProfit
Roundtable addressed the many aspects of volunteers and volunteering for the
community. These included how to look for volunteers, engage them, train them,
support them and thank them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Volunteers
are individuals who undertake tasks for an organization but are not paid,
including such persons as board and committee members, <i>pro bono </i>consultants,
people who are assigned community service, unpaid interns and students
volunteering for class credit. I</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">n 2012, 26% of Americans
volunteered, more women than men, and mostly in the 35-44 year-old range with 33%
of all volunteers in youth services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The
meeting featured Jayne Cravens of Coyote Communications (</span><a href="http://www.coyotecommunications.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.coyotecommunications.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">), an
internationally-recognized consultant, researcher and trainer. Her work focuses
on communications, volunteer involvement, community engagement, and management
for nonprofits, NGOs and government initiatives. She has a decade of
international experience, and extensive experience regarding community and
institutional development. Cravens is a pioneer regarding the research,
promotion and practice of virtual volunteering, including virtual team work,
online mentoring, microvolunteering and crowdsourcing. She has worked
extensively with multicultural audiences, corporate audiences, United Nations
agencies, national and international agencies, international aid workers,
low-income communities, and those who are traditionally socially-excluded. She
is also co-author of the book, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">During
her presentation, Cravens covered many aspects of volunteering. Her suggestions
include: 1) organizations should use their own strengths, mission and stories
as recruitment tools; 2) th</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">ink about why people want to volunteer, nothing that many
people respond because they are angry about something and want to do something
productive to address or fix the situation; 3) different people have different
reasons for volunteering, and many of them go after what they are passionate
about; 4) look for ideas from other organizations and volunteer services and try
them; 5) beware of anti-volunteer positions, such as those held by individuals
displaced after disaster or internships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">She also noted how important it is to value volunteers as individuals who
are <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">engaging</i></b> with you in your
mission or activity. They are not helpers because the organization cannot
afford to pay workers. In fact, Cravens strongly recommends avoiding talking about
monetary considerations at all. She also encouraged organizations and agencies
that use volunteers to create a mission statement for volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">In addition, developing a range of volunteer engagement and opportunities
under the mission is crucial. These may include volunteer roles (such as board
and committee members that have very specific requirements), length of time
necessary (for example, a youth mentor is expected to dedicate her/himself to
the youth for a minimum of nine consecutive months), location of activities
(onsite, online) and skills needed. As many people like to work from home, do
you have opportunities that satisfy this interest?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">She concluded with the reminder that volunteering is a way to engage people
in your mission and activity; the best way to satisfy them and utilize their
potential is to help them enjoy it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">John
Alyosa of CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates (</span><a href="http://www.casaofalamedacounty.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.casaofalamedacounty.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">) – shared his
experiences as a volunteer coordinator for that agency on how to maximize
volunteer time. The best practices he shared include </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">establishing goals,
recruitment protocols, screening processes, training, supervision guidelines
and ongoing engagement. He also shared ways to identify volunteers, such as
having an inquiry process via an app or website, being listed in search engines
(such as Volunteer Match), referrals and, crucially, word-of-mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">For any organization, determining how volunteers fit requires some thought
and strategy. Alyosa recommends establishing requirements/guidelines, noting if
the position is independent or supervised (and how much supervised) and
creating an application process. For anyone working with youth, fingerprinting,
TB testing and background checks are essential (and in many cases, required by
law).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">Working with volunteers follows many of the same protocols as those applied
to paid employees, such as orientation, training and support; welcoming them
warmly; identifying their immediate supervisor; establishing a reporting
structure; and giving constructive and corrective feedback. Whether they have
good or bad experiences, during and after, volunteers are spokespersons for the
organization. It behooves the organization to be respectful and honorable in
all of its dealings with them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roundtable co-chair Âna-Marie Jones of CARD (</span><a href="http://www.cardcanhelp.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">www.CARDcanhelp.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: no;">). In this exercise, each
participant wrote one or two different things that s/he had accomplished and
was proud of. Then Jones divided the attendees into pairs of two, in which the
partners swapped their cards. The recipient read the card, turned it over and
wrote on the other side why s/he was pleased by the accomplishment or how
important that contribution is. Then the partners shared aloud with each other
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nonprofits. Whether it's a classic fundraiser, an open house, a training or
workshop, or simply sponsoring a happy hour to have your friends and supporters
get together, these events allow people to experience us and embrace our work.
Come join us at the Nonprofit Roundtable on Tuesday, June 17th,
2:30pm - 4:30pm, to go deep into making events work for our agencies.
Presenters include Kathryn Weber, Corporate Partnership and Events Manager of
Alameda County Community Food Bank, Maren Amdal, CAE, Executive Director of CFA
Society and Roundtable Co-chair Jerry Metzker, Development & Marketing
Manager of Biotech Partners. If you have an upcoming event, please come
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<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-47197571801357510322014-05-21T09:19:00.000-07:002014-05-21T09:24:21.119-07:00Engage on Min Wage - THIS Friday @ Oak Metro Chamber - 8:30-10 AM<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ready to engage on minimum wage? Then we look forward to seeing
you this Friday morning at Inside Oakland</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> as always the 4<sup>th</sup>
Friday of the month from 8:30-10 in the Board Room at the Oakland Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To
inform our discussion of one of the hottest policy issues of the day, we will
be joined by leaders from two of Oakland’s most dynamic sectors – non-profits
and restaurants. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael LeBlanc</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Well-recognized
Oakland non-profit leader <b>CJ Hirschfield </b>of<b> Fairyland</b> and
widely-acclaimed restaurant entrepreneur <b>Michael LeBlanc </b>of<b> Pican</b>
will talk about what the various minimum wage proposals out there would mean to
them. City staff and the City’s economic consultant will be on hand to listen
and answer questions. We have outstanding invitations to an economist,
additional local businesses, and our local electeds. I will be there to delve
into the Oakland Chamber’s survey and work to date on the issue. Most
importantly, you all will be there to listen, learn, share your perspectives,
and <b><u>engage</u></b> on what this issue could mean for you and your
business, employees, and community.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our goal is to continue forging a coalition for a regional,
sustainable, and transparent minimum wage policy that continues fueling
Oakland’s economic progress for all. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To
get us in the right mindset for a vibrant discussion this Friday, check out the
following quick bullets:<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/14/smallbusiness/minimum-wage-washington-jobs/index.html?iid=EL">This</a>
CNN article talks about how the State of Washington, which has had one of the
highest minimum wages in the country at $9.32/hour, and San Francisco, have
some of the hottest job markets. Cause or effect? An important question for us
to explore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, in the airport town of Sea-Tac in the State of
Washington, the airport (run by the Port of Seattle, much like OAK is overseen
by the Port of Oakland) has claimed federal pre-emption and gotten excluded
from the recently voter-approved $15/hour minimum wage increase. <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/seatac-airport-workers-fight-exclusion-15-minimum-wage/">Here’s</a>
the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A few days ago Swiss voters rejected what would have amounted to a
US$17.50/hour nationwide minimum wage, voting 76% against. Learn more at this <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/18/news/economy/switzerland-minimum-wage-vote/">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
leading national non-profit group Independent Sector has called for members to
embrace a living wage while ensuring exemptions for seasonal, part-time, and
youth employees, and also increases in private giving as well as state and
federal reimbursements to non-profit service providers so that the can pay
higher wages without compromising needed services. Press release <a href="https://www.independentsector.org/is_living_wage_statement_04_2014?s=minimum%20wage">here</a>.
Is that the right approach for Oakland? For our region?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Chamber and other agencies have produced much more information to date about
this issue. If you have not already received this information and would any of
it in advance, please e-mail <a href="mailto:isaac@kosreadgroup.com" target="_blank">Isaac Kos-Read</a>, Public Policy Consultant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thank
you again for your engagement on and interest in this important issue…and we
look forward to seeing you bright and early this Friday morning!</span><br />
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<o:p></o:p>Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-66087828966050765542014-05-16T07:09:00.000-07:002014-05-16T07:10:53.969-07:00"A" Is for Advertising – or Promotion, If You Prefer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">If asked, most of us can recall a commercial jingle, image or logo that
captivated or tickled us. Some examples that were shared at the April 15
Oakland Chamber NonProfit Roundtable meeting included, “I wish I were an Oscar
Mayer wiener” and “Where’s the beef?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">Most of those that pop into our heads are from the private sector, and
while many nonprofit brands are very familiar (the Red Cross, Human Rights
Campaign or Girl Scouts), many, many more are not, even in their own local communities.
For those of us in the nonprofit sector, there is a hefty disconnect between
our organizations and advertising, and not just financial. Under the strict
criteria of financial limitations, we explored how we could utilize the
intentions of advertising without actually advertising.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">Joyce Hooks of dealsnapt (<a href="http://www.dealsnapt.com/">www.dealsnapt.com</a>) guided attendees through a
rich conversation of how to create an economically possible pattern of advertising
to our communities in order to increase familiarity and our connections. She
began by separating marketing from advertising. Marketing, she shared is “the
link between a society’s material requirements and its economic patterns of
response. In brief, it’s everything you do to promote and brand your business.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">Advertising, however, is “mass media content extended to persuade audiences
of readers, viewers or listeners to take action on products, services and ideas.”
Specifically, advertising gets a person to do or buy something. Successful
advertising simultaneously expresses the culture in the moment and adds feeling
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">Her suggestions for expanding an organization’s reach include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seen the nonprofit double-page ad in <b><i>East Bay Express</i></b>?)</span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Defining and concentrating on your target audience – in the
present and the future (How do you connect to kids for life?)</span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Review your metrics - target, test and repeat</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To conclude, Hooks shared the advertising potential of membership in </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">dealsnapt</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. Dealsnapt is a mobile app
that is a market for mobile smartphone users who are looking for the best local
deals. Local merchants offer deals and promotions whenever they want directly
in the app. The shopping community is notified instantly and has the ability to
share, rate and comment on deals. Nonprofits that join dealsnapt engage in a
mutually beneficial promotional relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">Following Hooks’ presentation, NonProfit Roundtable Co-chair Âna-Marie
Jones of CARD (</span><a href="http://www.cardcanhelp.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">www.CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">) shared several ideas
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they have</span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Engage others to speak on your behalf – the most powerful form
of advertising is word of mouth</span></li>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Evaluate what you hand out in the community – how do these
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Following the introduction, Jones divided up attendees into teams for an
exercise. First, we each shared what we considered one awesome thing that you
wish people would know? (Yes, the question purposefully opens itself to
interpretation.) Then the teams were tasked with the following situation: You
are making a presentation about your organization at an event, but all of your logoed
gift items and handouts are not available. Someone hands you a sample of
someone else’s gift items, and in only a few minutes, you need to use these
items as if they were yours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">The goal of the task is to find ways for people to bond with the item,
particularly in a way that reminds them of you. For example, a Sharpie<sub>®,</sub>
in the hands of someone talking about at-risk youth can be used to make a big
“x” to describe the life situations of the youth, and then immediately
translated into a pen to check off success points. This combines the items with
words and gestures and invites people to bond with the item. Once bonded, they
will remember, and may even use the item in the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at a very low cost. And then use your items, your words and your gestures to brand
your agency in their consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Special thanks to
Dale Marie Gordon of Torrey Pines Bank (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="mailto:dgorden@torreypinesbank.com">dgorden@torreypinesbank.com</a>)</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> for bringing a door prize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The next
Oakland Chamber<a href="http://business.oaklandchamber.com/Events/details/nonprofit-roundtable-05-20-2014-2293" target="_blank"> NonProfit Roundtable</a> meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 20,
2014, from 2:30-4:30pm in the Chamber Boardroom. Please join us in a
conversation about volunteers, the flowers of our organizations.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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Co-Chair: Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
(</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">AMJ</span><a href="mailto:amj@cardcanhelp.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-no-proof: no;">@CARDcanhelp.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;"><br />
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-30721971398777900152014-05-01T10:36:00.004-07:002014-05-01T10:37:59.560-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Curious about the latest on increasing the minimum wage in Oakland? Here you go:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week, on Tuesday, April 29, the Community & Economic Development (CEDA) Committee of the Oakland City Council heard an item presented by Oakland City Councilmember & Vice Mayor Larry Reid to increase the minimum wage in Oakland to $10.20/hour next year, about one year and ten cents ahead of the already approved state increase in the minimum wage, but with some very important exceptions (trainees, youth employment, etc.). The primary alternative proposal, which continues moving forward, is a voter initiative currently gathering signatures to go on the November ballot and increase the minimum wage to $12.25 next year with no exceptions and requires paid sick leave and other measures as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The item was heard, no action taken, and staff was directed to conduct additional research and outreach. The Chamber's input on the issue was reflected in the staff report and discussion of the item. Specifically, based on the survey results (see below or in the latest Oakland Business Review) our new President & CEO Barbara Leslie provided the following public comment recommendations for any minimum wage policy for Oakland:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Transparency: </b>Any minimum wage policy should not be crafted behind closed doors by special interests. It should be enacted through a transparent legislative process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Sustainability:</b> There are currently important questions to be asked relative to any proposed wage increase. How much? How fast? What areas should it cover? Who will be the winners and losers? Are there any businesses or industries that should be exempted or treated differently (small businesses, non-profits, and/or tipped employee businesses like restaurants, for example)? What will be the unintended consequences of some proposals?<b> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Regionalism: </b>The greater the region covered by the proposal, the better for Oakland employers and workers because it ensures a level playing field and broader regional benefits. What happens when a business is choosing to locate on the Oakland/San Leandro or Oakland/Emeryville border and they can reach the same market with lower labor costs? They may not choose Oakland. Further, whatever policy we adopt locally or regionally, we should advocate on a broader scale.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The CEDA
Committee is Chaired by Vice Mayor <a href="mailto:lreid@oaklandnet.com?subject=Minimum%20Wage%20Policy%20Input%20-%20Thank%20you%20for%20your%20leadership.">Larry
Reid</a>, and includes Councilmembers <a href="mailto:lschaaf@oaklandnet.com?subject=Min%20Wage%20Policy%20Input%20-%20Transparent,%20Regional,%20and%20Sustainable">Libby
Schaaf</a>, <a href="mailto:lmcelhaney@oaklandnet.com?subject=Min%20Wage%20Policy%20Input%20-%20Transparent,%20Regional,%20and%20Sustainable">Lynette
Gibson-McElhaney</a>, and <a href="mailto:pkernighan@oaklandnet.com?subject=Min%20Wage%20Policy%20Input%20-%20Transparent,%20Regional,%20and%20Sustainable">Pat
Kernighan</a>. Click on any of their names if you would like to send them an
e-mail regarding this issue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you would like to see the complete survey results, please check out the latest edition (May 2014) of the Oakland Business Review. Here's one graphic showing that the majority of respondents felt they would not benefit from an increase in the minimum wage, with a plurality not sure or saying it depends on the details:</span><br />
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Do you have a work project you haven’t been able to get to? Would
you like to have an impact on the professional development of Oakland’s youth? Linked
Learning in Oakland Unified School District is transforming education by integrating
rigorous academics with career-based learning in professional workplaces. You
can help invest in the future of Oakland's workforce by providing a student
with exposure to a high-quality work-based learning 5-week summer internship
based on interest matching. These 16 and 17-year-old students have been
preparing all year to be your interns through the Exploring College and Careers
Options (ECCO) program. By hosting an ECCO student intern, you will link their
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<br />Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-91010265416926998182014-04-22T07:00:00.000-07:002014-04-23T09:17:49.587-07:00Wardrobe for Opportunity- Friday, May 30th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-1437382368464931392014-04-21T07:00:00.000-07:002014-04-21T07:00:01.837-07:004 Week Money Crash Course<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Sign up for "Make Your Biz Legit" a 4-week webinar that helps crazy smart entrepreneurs (like you!) create a rock-solid financial routine so they can finally run their business like a boss.</strong></div>
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What if you knew exactly how to track what comes in and out of your business...in a way that felt easy and fun?</div>
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2014 </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">– </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Bell Investment Advisors, </span></span><a href="http://www.bellinvest.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Times;">www.bellinvest.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="font-family: Times;">, a Bay Area registered investment advisory firm,
announced today they will be conducting a webinar, “Are You Missing Strategic
Benefits from Social Security?” on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 2-2:30 PM PDT. This
online event is a part of an ongoing series of webinars that demonstrate the
firm’s commitment to providing free educational opportunities to the greater
community centered on Bell’s three core services, investment management,
financial planning, and career/life coaching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Investment Advisor, Financial Planner, will present the webinar with Rohan
Nayak, CFP<sup>®</sup>, Relationship Manager, Financial Planner. The webinar
will highlight strategies for getting the most from your Social Security
benefits. Topics covered will include how collecting Social Security too early
can cost you in lifetime benefits, the pros of applying for spousal benefits,
and understanding the ten-year rule when applying for Social Security when you
are widowed or divorced.</span></span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time will be reserved for Q&A at the end of the </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">presentation.</span><span style="color: #353535; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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encourage attendees, especially those between the ages of 60 and 70, to join
this webinar for important information clarifying how taking Social
Security benefits at the optimal age can significantly boost retirement
success. It's especially important for those eligible for a spousal
benefit for themselves or spouse. It’s very gratifying when we see our
clients experience the "aha moment" when they clearly
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event, “The Art of 1031 Exchanges for Your Real Estate Investments: Leveraging
Your Wealth While Deferring Taxes” on April 30, 2014 at their Oakland office.
To learn more about the complimentary presentation and lunch, including how to
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webinars presented by Bell’s financial advisory team and guest speakers on a
range of topics in the fields of wealth management, financial planning and
career coaching can be found here: </span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a href="http://www.bellinvest.com/resource-center/webinars"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Times;">http://www.bellinvest.com/resource-center/webinars</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"></span><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-19992982242992433922014-04-16T14:30:00.001-07:002014-04-16T14:30:12.464-07:00The Bay Area Public Private Partnership Resiliency Initiative (BAPPPRI) Final Workshop
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Over the past ten months, the California
Resiliency Alliance (CRA) has been working on the Bay Area Public Private
Partnership Resiliency Initiative (BAPPPRI) made possible<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>through the support of the Bay Area Urban Area
Security Initiative (UASI).</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">During that time, the CRA has worked with
partners at the Offices of Emergency Services in the City of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, the City of Oakland, and San Mateo County to conduct outreach,
convene private sector partners and produce materials to support sustainable
working public-private partnerships. These partnerships are intended to enhance
emergency and disaster response and recovery in the Bay Area.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks to all for your participation and help
during the course of the project. We would like you to join us in celebrating
the completion of this initiative.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">At this final BAPPPRI wrap-up workshop, we
will unveil and review the support materials guides produced over the course of
the project, update you on the progress achieved during the course of the
project, and highlight the use of these materials to ongoing public-private
partnerships to benefit effective response and recovery to disruptive events
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We hope you will join us at 1:30pm on
Thursday, May 1 at the Sobrato Center for Non-Profits in Redwood City, CA.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>Please RSVP at: <a href="http://bappprifinalworkshop.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://bappprifinalworkshop.eventbrite.com</span></a>.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We would also like to thank our
private sector partners for their support and leadership throughout the course
of this project. These include; Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Bay
Area Response Coalition (BARCfirst), Business Recovery Managers Association
(BRMA), Oakland/East Bay Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA),
Infragard, The San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber, Joint Venture Silicon Valley
Network, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce,
and San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA).</span></i><o:p></o:p><br />
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-89918451633603037222014-04-15T12:16:00.001-07:002014-04-15T12:16:17.480-07:00Live Work Oakland is alive and wants to promote you!
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providing information and storytelling related to local job creation,
economic development, marketing and innovation. We started with
support from The Kapor Center for Social Impact and The Knight Foundation,
along with the Uptown/Lake Merritt CBD. This spring, we will launch partner
memberships and subscriber benefits. If you or your company has interest in
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<br />Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-52696775599615262432014-04-11T07:30:00.000-07:002014-04-11T07:30:03.283-07:00NonProfit/Private Sector Partnerships Are Mutually Beneficial
<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">The March 18 NonProfit Roundtable featured two nonprofit/private sector
partnerships that are making a difference, both for the corporate partner and
the nonprofit partner. After the standard empowered introduction in which
attendees shared how their organizations (and companies, for the attendees
included both) partnered with a variety of organizations, agencies, companies
and government offices, the deeper study commenced.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">We started with a definition
of “partnership,” specifically noting what kinds of partnerships we weren’t
talking about. These included pure funding connections, such as corporate
foundation or corporate grants; and corporate volunteer opportunities. Instead,
we highlighted different kinds of partnerships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">The first presenter was Wendy Gershow (</span><a href="mailto:wendy.gershow@combined.com"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">wendy.gershow@combined.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">) of Combined Worksite Solutions (</span><a href="http://www.combinedworksite.com/"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">combinedworksite.com</span></span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">). Her company, which is national, had a variety of
ways to engage with social benefits organizations and also engage its
employees. In fact, Gershow noted that the company’s founder believed in taking
care of the community, and further, that the company’s focus was to work with
employers and employees to design mutually beneficial paid benefits programs.
Like many other companies, Combined Worksite Solutions gives employees paid
time off to volunteer, and follows that up with giving to various organizations.
The example Gershow featured in her presentation, however, was a recent sales
contest. For account executives and benefits specialists who achieved their
sales goals over a specific period of time, the company donated a certain
amount to Ronald McDonald House, which provides a home-away-from-home to the
parents and families of children who are hospitalized with serious illnesses.
This incredible idea touched both the sales professionals’ hearts as well as
their sense of competition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Jerry Metzker (</span><a href="mailto:jmetzker@biotechpartners.org"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">jmetzker@biotechpartners.org</span></span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">), co-chair of the NonProfit Roundtable and Development
& Marketing Manager of Biotech Partners (</span><a href="http://www.biotechpartners.org/"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">biotechpartners.org</span></span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">), then shared the unique relationship that the youth
services program has with both Bayer HealthCare (</span><a href="http://biotech.bayerhealthcare.com/locations/berkeley.asp"><span style="mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">http://biotech.bayerhealthcare.com/locations/berkeley.asp</span></span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: no;">) and the City of Berkeley. Biotech Partners trains and
prepares youth from high school through community college certification for work
in the biotech/bioscience/health fields. In 1993, Biotech Partners was founded
by Bayer and the City of Berkeley when the company wanted to expand its manufacturing
and corporate facility in West Berkeley. As part of the Development Agreement, Bayer
agreed to a 30-year relationship with Biotech Partners. This unique
relationship includes several components: annual funding, paid summer
internships and community college positions for students in the program,
donations of lab equipment and supplies, hosting a career awareness conference
for Biotech Partners’ high school students (and other students in the area),
providing office space (including technology and phone), and access to meeting
rooms and auditorium.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other private/public partnerships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">Other partnerships and
opportunities shared by attendees included “Jeans Day,” a practice of
corporations for employees to participate in donating by contributing $5 when
they wear jeans on casual Fridays. Several restaurants in Oakland also invite
organizations to host a “Celebrity Bartender.” The guest bartender helps mix
and serve drinks, and all the tips go to her/his organization. For both the
organization and the restaurant, this means being introduced to an assortment
of new customers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: no;">The afternoon meeting
concluded with a brief discussion of the benefits that companies or businesses
can reap from having relationships with nonprofits. In addition to promotional
and outreach opportunities, the benefits include feeling good (scientific
studies show that a happy workforce and company is a more productive and
profitable one), developing leadership capabilities of staff, participating in
training the workforce, civic engagement/crime reduction, and for some
companies and even legal benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continues this ongoing conversation, more positives for all, including the
community will come to light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The next
Oakland Chamber NonProfit Roundtable meeting will be held on <a href="http://business.oaklandchamber.com/Events/details/nonprofit-roundtable-04-15-2014-2292" target="_blank">Tuesday, April 15,2014,</a> from 2:30-4:30pm in the Chamber Boardroom. Please join us for a
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<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Âna-Marie Jones, Executive Director of CARD
(</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: no;">AMJ</span><a href="mailto:amj@cardcanhelp.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">@CARDcanhelp.org</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">) </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;"><br />
<span style="color: black;">Co-Chair Jerry Metzker, Development & Marketing
Manager of Biotech Partners (</span></span><a href="mailto:jmetzker@biotechpartners.org"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-no-proof: no;"><span style="color: blue;">jmetzker@biotechpartners.org</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: no;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Oakland Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977809791523667615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-535888644026480991.post-82589744041361152772014-04-09T07:00:00.000-07:002014-04-09T07:00:03.343-07:00Oakland Earth Expo- Today April 9th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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