= Event located in Greater Minnesota

June 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3 Get Ready: Voter Mobilization Kickoff 2008, St. Paul	4 QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul Making Change Happen: Winning Strategies for Getting Your Message Heard St. Paul Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims: Policies that Protect Your Nonprofit NRMC-hosted Webinar	5 QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Training: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and GOTV, Duluth	6
9 The Future of Leadership - 2008 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Minneapolis Happy Hour with the Twin Cities Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, Minneapolis Human Resources Network Lunch, St. Paul	10 The Future of Leadership - 2008 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Minneapolis   The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising: Building Your Nonprofit's Individual and Major Donor Base Grand Rapids	11 Fundraising Network Lunch, St. Paul The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising: Building Your Nonprofit's Individual and Major Donor Base St. Paul Voter Registration Tactics: Building Civic Engagement in 2008 and Beyond, Minneapolis	12 The Nuts and Bolts of Fundraising: Building Your Nonprofit's Individual and Major Donor Base Mankato Mobilize Your Board to Raise More Money Mankato Voter Registration Tactics: Building Civic Engagement in 2008 and Beyond Webinar, MPP Webinar	13 Communications Network Lunch, St. Paul
16	17 Decision Makers and the Public Policy Process, Minneapolis	18	19 Consumer Driven Health Plans St. Paul	20 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Network, St. Paul South Central Minnesota Network Lunch, Mankato Twin Ports Area Network Lunches, Duluth
23	24 Grantwriting Clinic, St. Paul Building Lists for Voter Participation: Nonprofit List Management 101, St. Paul	25 Financial Management Network Lunch, Minneapolis	26 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast Duluth - Peggy Hanson, Minnesota Power Foundation Duluth Building Lists for Voter Participation: Nonprofit List Management 101 Webinar, MPP Webinar	27 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - Lee Roper Batker, Women's Foundation of Minnesota St. Paul
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= Event located in Greater Minnesota

May 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1	2
5	6 Board Boot Camp Webinar	7 Developing and Managing Conflict of Interest Policies NRMC-hosted Webinar	8 Grantwriting Clinic, St. Paul	9 Communications Network Lunch, St. Paul
12 Human Resources Network Lunch, St. Paull	13 NetSquared Twin Cities NetTuesday's First Meeting, St. Paul Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Training: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and GOTV, Mankato	14 Building a Communications Culture, St. Paul Fundraising Network Lunch, St. Paul	15	16 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Network, St. Paul South Central Minnesota Network Lunch, Mankato Twin Ports Area Network Lunches, Duluth
19	20 Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Training: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and GOTV, St. Cloud	21 HR 101, St. Paul	22 Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Training: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and GOTV, Willmar	23
26	27	28 The New Form 990, St. Paul Grantwriting Clinic, Duluth Building a Communications Culture, St. Paul Financial Management Network Lunch, Minneapolis	29 The State We're In: Fullfilling Human Service Needs in a Time of Economic Uncertainty Minneapolis	30 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - David Etzwiler, Medtronic Foundation St. Paul

= Event located in Greater Minnesota

April 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1	2 Risks of Generating Revenue: Charities Doing Good or Doing Business? NRMC-hosted Webinar	3 Strategic Connector Nonprofit Leadership Institute Information Session St. Paul  Nonprofit Advocacy: Legal Tools to Advance Your Mission St. Paul Nonprofits and Elections: Democracy in America St. Paul	4 Nonprofit Congress Town Hall Duluth
7	8	9 Fundraising Network Lunch, St. Paul	10 Follow the Federal Dollars Duluth	11 Communications Network Lunch, St. Paul
14 Human Resources Network Lunch, St. Paul	15	16 Building a Communications Culture, St. Paul	17 Health Cost Management St. Paul Maximize Your MCN Membership St. Paul	18 QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations Mankato (workshop continues on Saturday, April 19) Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Network, St. Paul South Central Minnesota Network Lunch, Mankato Twin Ports Area Network Lunches, Duluth
21	22	23 Grantwriting Clinic - South Central, Mankato Train-the-Trainer: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and Get-Out-the-Vote - Evening Session, St. Paul Financial Management Network Lunch, Minneapolis	24 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - Peter Heegaard, An Investment Letter for Minnesota Philanthropists St. Paul Train-the-Trainer: Voter Registration, Voter Education, and Get-Out-the-Vote - Morning Session, St. Paul	25
28	29	30 Building a Communications Culture, St. Paul Follow the Federal Dollars Northfield, Northfield

= Event located in Greater Minnesota

March 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5 Managing Technology Risks: Employee and Volunteer Blogs, e-Commerce, and Internet Piracy NRMC-hosted Webinar	6	7 Public Policy Update in Duluth Duluth
10 Human Resources Network Lunch, St. Paul	11	12 Fundraising Network Lunch, St. Paul	13	14 Communications Network Lunch, St. Paul  Twin Ports Area Network Lunches, St. Paul
17 Nonprofit Congress Town Hall St. Paul	18	19 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - MIchael Newman, Travelers Foundation St. Paul QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul	20 QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul	21 Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Network, St. Paul South Central Minnesota Network Lunch, Mankato
24 Strategic Connector Nonprofit Leadership Institute Information Session St. Paul	25	26 Financial Management Network Lunch, Minneapolis	27 2008 Nonprofit Technology and Communications Conference Minneapolis Conference Handouts Available	28
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= Event located in Greater Minnesota

February 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1 Public Policy for the Truly Intimidated Brown Bag Lunch, St. Paul
4 Charitable Tax Exemption Campaign Webinar	5 Board Boot Camp Webinar	6 The New 990 and Your Nonprofit: What You Need to Know NRMC-hosted Webinar	7 Earned Media and Nonprofit Legislative Advocacy, St. Paul	8 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - Kari Schlactenhaufen, Northwest Area Foundation St. Paul Communications Network Lunch, St. Paul
11 Human Resources Network, St. Paul	12	13 Fundraising Network St. Paul	14 Nonprofit Day at the Capitol, St. Paul Legislative Reception, St. Paul QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations Mankato	15 Session Line Up, St. Paul Capitol Lab,St. Paul QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations Mankato Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Network, St. Paul South Central Minnesota Network, Mankato
18	19	20 South Central Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - Tim Penny, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Mankato	21 Childrens Issues Legislative Briefing, St. Paul	22
25	26 Starting a Successful Nonprofit St. Paul	27 How to Make the Workplace Fun St. Paul Federal Budget Briefing St. Paul Financial Management Network , Minneapolis	28 South Central Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast -Mankato Area Foundation and Greater Mankato Area United Way, Mankato Advanced Advocacy: Capitol Resources, St. Paul   QuickBooks Advanced St. Paul	29

= Event located in Greater Minnesota

January 2008
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed	2	3	4
7	8 Sharing Prosperity: Nonprofits' Role in Bringing About Economic Justice St. Paul	9 Fundraising Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul Senior Manager Nonprofit Leadership Institue Information Session, St. Paul	10 Preparing for Grantwriting Webinar	11 No Communications Brown Bag lunch in January
14 Nonprofits & HR Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul	15	16 Eastside Social Leaders Action Network Networking Breakfast St. Paul Senior Manager Nonprofit Leadership Institue Informational Webinar, St. Paul QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul Domestic Violence in the Workplace: Protecting Your Staff and Your Nonprofit NRMC-hosted Webinar	17 Writing Your First Grant Proposal Webinar QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul	18
21	22 Philanthropy Leaders Breakfast - Peter Hutchinson, Bush Foundation St. Paul Minnesota Foundations 2008 Duluth TPANC Annual Meeting Duluth Advancing Nonprofit Advocacy St. Cloud	23 Financial Management Brown Bag Lunch, Minneapolis	24 Maximum Effect: Getting the Most Out of Your Advocacy, St. Paul Capitol Lab, St. Paul Maximize Your MCN Membership Webinar	25 Charitable Tax Exemption Campaign Briefing and Strategy Session, St. Paul
28	29 Coffee with Commissioners featuring Dana Badgerow and Kristin Batson, St. Paul Stormy Weather Ahead? A Budget Forecast Briefing with State Economist Tom Stinson, St. Paul	30	31 Energizing Your Organizing Efforts and Coalitions, St. Paul

= Event located in Greater Minnesota

December 2007
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4 Development Planning for Success St. Paul Minnesota Foundations 2008 St. Paul	5 Plan Your Day on the Hill St. Paul Crisis Management and Crisis Communications for Your Nonprofit NRMC-hosted Webinar	6	7 Fundraising Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
10 Nonprofits & HR Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul	11 Generating Change: Communicators as Change Agents (2007 Nonprofit Communicators Series) Maplewood Executive Director Leadership Series - Rebalancing the Economy? Hope and Reality in Community Development St. Paul	12	13	14 Communications Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul  South Central Brown Bag for Staff Mankato
17	18	19 Point of View: A Conversation with Aaron Dorfman about NCRP's work on Funding Diversity St. Paul	20	21 NO Future Nonprofit Leaders Brown Bag in December!
24 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed	25 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed	26 NO Financial Management Brown Bag in December!	27	28
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= Event located in Greater Minnesota

November 2007
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1	2 Fundraising Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
5	6 Election Day 2007 (MCN Offices Open) Strategic Planning: Putting the Pieces Together, Mankato	7 Follow the Dollars and Follow the Federal Dollars St. Paul Mind the Paper and the Vapor: Document Destruction and Your Nonprofit NRMC-hosted Webinar	8 Maximize Your MCN Membership St. Paul Advancing Nonprofit Advocacy Across Borders - Nonprofit Engagement in Civic Life Moorhead	9 Communications Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul South Central Brown Bag for Staff Mankato
12 Nonprofits & HR Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul	13 Starting a Nonprofit I Webinar	14 Duluth Philanthropy Leader Breakfast - Joan Gardner-Goodno, Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation, Duluth Grantwriting Clinic St. Paul	15 Starting a Nonprofit II Webinar QuickBooks Advanced St. Paul	16 Future Nonprofit Leaders Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
19	20	21	22 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed	23 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed
26	27 Meet the Media Panel for a Nonprofit Audience - Specialty and Regional Media St. Paul	28 Rights and Responsibilities Online (2007 Nonprofit Communicators Series) Maplewood Financial Management Brown Bag Lunch Minneapolis	29 HR 101 & Fun in the Workplace, Duluth QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul	30 QuickBooks Training for Nonprofit Organizations St. Paul

October 2007
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays  

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	2	3 Outdated or Poorly Written Governing Documents: What Are the Risks and What Can You Do? NRMC-hosted Webinar	4 MCN Annual Conference Duluth	5 MCN Annual Conference Duluth NO Fundraising Brown Bag in October!
8 NO HR Brownbag in October!	9 Nonprofit Collaboration: Finding the Right Fit, Mankato	10	11	12 Communications Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul  South Central Brown Bag for Staff Mankato
15	16 State Budget Basics Webinar Webinar	17	18 Planning for Financial Sustainability, St. Paul The Twin Cities is Number One in Volunteerism – So What?, St. Paul	19 Future Nonprofit Leaders Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
22	23 The Possibility (and Practicality) of Web 2.0 (2007 Nonprofit Communicators Series) Maplewood	24 The Real State of the Union: The Federal Budget Landscape Webinar Webinar Establish and Maintain Strategic Relationships, October 24, St. Paul Financial Management Brown Bag Lunch Minneapolis	25 Writing Your First Grant Proposal Webinar	26 South Central Brown Bag for Executive Directors Mankato
29 Meet the Media Panel for a Nonprofit Audience - Capitol Press Corps St. Paul	30 Executive Director Leadership Series - Movement Underway: NGOs in Global Democracy St. Paul	31 Planning for Policy: Boards and Staff, October 31, St. Paul

= Event located in Greater Minnesota

September 2007
MCN Events  *  Webinars   *  Holidays  

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3 HOLIDAY: MCN offices closed	4	5 Board Boot Camp Webinar Managing Risks in Residential Treatment NRMC-hosted Webinar Legal Issues Facing Nonprofit Directors and Board Members, Grand Rapids	6 Maximize Your MCN Membership St. Paul  Legal Issues Facing Nonprofit Directors and Board Members, Duluth	7 Fundraising Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
10 Nonprofits & HR Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul	11 Preparing for Grantwriting Webinar	12	13 Form 990 Made Simple and Fun St. Paul	14 Communications Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul  South Central Brown Bag for Staff Mankato
17	18 Starting a Successful Nonprofit St. Paul	19 Employee Benefits Cost Containment St. Paul Duluth Philanthropy Leader Breakfast - Hospital & Medical Foundations Duluth	20	21 Future Nonprofit Leaders Brown Bag Lunch St. Paul
24	25	26 Financial Management Brown Bag Lunch Minneapolis	27 Mind the (Generation) Gap: How Demographics Affect Audience (2007 Nonprofit Communicators Series) Maplewood How Legislators Voted and Communicating It to Your Constituency Minneapolis	28 South Central Brown Bag for Executive Directors Mankato

August 2007
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