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15 experts, 3 food trucks, and an open bar

I’m delighted to share that we’re extending the Super Early Bird pricing for The Digital Nonprofit conference thanks to the tremendous generosity of our sponsors!

When: Monday, June 11. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (but stay until 7:00 PM for the social)
Where: Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews
Price: $75.00
Tix: https://dnp2018.eventbrite.ca

We can now announce the full line-up of 15 expert presenters, which includes author Matt Price (Engagement Organizing), Denise Williams (Truth and Reconciliation in the Digital Age), and Shoni Field (Testing and Failing Fast).

But because learning is hard on an empty stomach we’re including full access to three food trucks and two espresso carts. Feast on treats from Tacofino, Vij’s Railway Express, and Patisserie Lebeau – and then wash it down with drinks from Johnny Can’t Surf coffee truck and Marley Coffee’s bicycle stand.

And if that’s not enough join us for the post-event social with an open bar from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

We’ve solved the conference curse. The talks are focused and short – nothing is longer than 30 minutes. And the food will be amazing and plentiful. So get your ticket today (before we sell out – which has happened for the previous three years).

When you buy that ticket join us in sharing some love for the sponsors making the conference such a great deal.

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Traction on Demand + Salesforce.org

PLATINUM SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

Slides and Video: Using QuickBooks to Ensure Your Nonprofit Is Audit-Proof – Accounting for NGOs

Net2van is delighted to share the slides and video from our April 3 meetup. The workshop featured guest presenters from Legacy Advantage, a local team of accountants and bookkeepers with nonprofit expertise.

Nonprofits have it tough. Not only are you working with a limited budget, you are also required meet a high level of compliance. Concerns and confusion around compliance can eat up precious resources and distract you from achieving your mission.

If your nonprofit doesn’t have its books in order, then ensuring you are compliant with tax regulations can be a real drain on resources. Accounting software can help, but only if you know how to use it effectively. In this workshop, Bob Wang and Jean Elwell of Legacy Advantage share some guidance on how to run an audit-proof nonprofit. In the presentation they focus specifically on QuickBooks (desktop version available through TechSoup Canada’s product catalogue), but many of their insights and best practices are applicable to any accounting system.

We’ve solved the conference curse

You’re wordly and fancy – you’ve been to conferences before. Which means you know they can be disappointing.

Terrrible conferences make us sad too! So we did the complicated math and crunched the surveys to discover the Conference Curse:

  1. The content is boring/irrelevant
  2. The food is terrible!

But we have a solution! Which is why you should buy a ticket to the The Digital Nonprofit.

Content

Problem: Blah blah blah. You didn’t pay to hear a sales pitch.

Solution:

  • Talks are focused and short – nothing is longer than 30 minutes
  • No sponsors get to present (with one small exception, and they won’t be talking product)

Our line-up of experts will guide you on the path to digital excellence. No, we aren’t going to solve all your problems in one day, but the journey has to start somewhere. So why not with us? 🙂

Food

Problem: Conference food is rivaled only by airline food for ruining your day/belly. Who can learn under these circumstances?

Solution:

  • Lunch is included, provided by three local food trucks
  • Unlimited coffee, including an espresso cart
  • Pâtisserie Lebeau provides Franco-Belgian pastries
  • Booze! The first round is on us during the post-event social

The Details

When: Monday, June 11. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Where: Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews
Price: $99.00 (plus fees)

UPDATE: the price is just $75 if you use the code net2friend2 – our sponsors dug deep this year, allowing us to continue offering the tickets at early bird pricing.

Where’s your money at? Join our free nonprofit accounting workshops in April

Tickets are still available for our June 11 The Digital Nonprofit conference. Use this link to save $24.

🎶 la la la wait till i get my money right 🎤

Where’s your nonprofit’s money at? NetSquared Vancouver wants to help!

Nonprofits have it tough. Not only are you working with a limited budget, you are also required meet a high level of compliance. Concerns and confusion around compliance can eat up precious resources and distract you from achieving your mission.

We have two FREE nonprofit accounting events in April. The first offers an overview of nonprofit accounting best practices and the second goes hands-on (so bring your laptop and questions!)

If your nonprofit doesn’t have its books in order, then ensuring you are compliant with tax regulations can be a real drain on resources. Accounting software can help, but only if you know how to use it effectively.

NEWEST SPONSOR

A warm welcome to our newest sponsor, the Vancouver Community Network. With their support we’ll be providing pizza at all our free meetups for the next year. Whoooo!

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EVENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY FRIENDS

Here’s a selection of upcoming learning opportunities specifically for nonprofits. If you have a suggestion for our next monthly event email us at info@net2van.com.

Tableau Training: Telling stories with data

When: April 18
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tableau-training-telling-stories-with-data-tickets-44192806875

This two-day, hands-on workshop with award-winning data journalist Chad Skelton will teach you the fundamentals of Tableau, the world’s leading data visualization software, as well as the principles of data storytelling.

Rose Charities 20th Anniversary Weekend Conference

When: April 21 – 22
RSVP: https://www.rosecanada.info/conference/

Workshops on many aspects of project organization and management shared by most field active NGO’s.

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Rose Charities 20th Anniversary Weekend Conference

Our friends at Rose Charities invite Net2van members to attend their upcoming conference.

As you can see, they have some wonderful keynote speakers with lots​ of experience.

​​​Plus ​Saturday afternoon, there will be four ​interactive ​workshops:

  • Fundraising: Making the Heart-Head-Wallet Connection –  Joy Hayden
  • Leveraging Social Media – John Hamilton, Blackbaud
  • ​How do we know we’re making a Difference?​ – Dr. Andrew Macnab           ​
  • Cultural Competency in a Multicultural World – Morgan Wienberg,​ Dr Diana Carter

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ROSE CHARITIES 20TH ANNIVERSARY  WEEKEND CONFERENCE AND PROJECT FORUM:   

           Saturday  21ST and Sunday 22ND APRIL 2018 Vancouver

INVITATION

 

We at Rose Charities Canada would like to invite you (and parters / friends ),  to all or any  of our Rose Charities Anniversary events (see below) for  the weekend of Sat/Sun 21st/22nd April 2018.  Some are free, some require registration/payment   We are very proud of our track record and would love to share our celebrations with you as well as appreciating any thoughts, ideas or discussion you might like to contribute to the networking sessions.

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Saturday 21st April 2018:   CONFERENCE:  Executive Hotel Vintage Park. 1379 Howe St: Corner Pacific Blvd. 9.30am – 4.30pm.   Registration please at www.rosecanada.info/conference  $25 registration fee which includes lunch and afternoon tea.   Parking available, access from alley behind hotel

‘MAINTAINING COMPASSION IN A FRACTURED WORLD’     Keynote guest speakers. Peter Robinson (Ex CEO David Suzuki Foundation and M.E.C.) / Morgan Wienberg (Founder Little Footprints Big Steps, Haiti)

Conference will include other individual and panel speakers from Rose programs in Afghanistan, Nepal, Uganda as well as workshops on project development, operational and support issues.    Lunch is provided (covered in the $25 registration)

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Sunday 22n April  2018 (afternoon) :  PROJECT PRESENTATION FORUM:  Olympic Village Community Center. Athletes Way,  S.E. False Creek. (Parking below)   12.30-4.30pm  Finger-food lunch provided.    Admission free. Registration at door.

HELP AROUND THE WORLD:  IDEAS, PROGRAMS AND SUSTAINING THE MOMENTUM : A project presentation forum with discussion.

The program will include panels on Health, Safe Motherhood/Birthing, Health, and Community Programs (micro-credit, youth, aged, youth, disability etc) which will involve experienced Rose Charities and partner organizers and founders of effective programs from four continents.

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Sunday 22nd Evening:     ROSE CHARITIES 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER.   Floata Seafood Restaurant, 180 Keefer Street, Chinatown     6pm -8pm (parking available below restaurant:  Food appx  $40 (pay when there does not included drinks) in advance or at the door .  Relaxed-casual-formal and..

..Will include  ‘open stage’ for words, presentations etc. .. please..   and  awarding of Charity-Rose Awards for 2016 and 2017.    20 years family dinner of the ‘Rose Family’ . Please let us know if you might  like to come to this so we get an approximate  idea of numbers.

Hope you can join !   ..   Best wishes..   Will Grut MD,    Rose Charities Canada.

 

Slides and Video: How Delivering Webinars Can Benefit Your Mission

Webinars can be your secret tool for scaling your service delivery, training, and recruitment.

Local webinar experts Tonya Hyde and Chad Leaman presented case studies at the March 6 Net2van meetup on why their organizations pursued webinars as part of fulfilling their mission.

Why Webinars

Tonya Hyde covers the pros and cons of the medium, best practices and things learned the hard way, benchmark webinar platforms, and walk you through the process of delivering a successful webinar: planning, recruiting speakers, marketing, delivery techniques, and follow-up.

Case Study: How the Neil Squire Society Uses Webinars to Deliver Programs

Presented by Chad Leaman, who has delivered thousands of hours of training!

Please join us in thanking our loyal sponsors

Event preview: How Delivering Webinars Can Benefit Your Mission​


Our March 6 NetSquared Vancouver meetup will be co-hosted by Tonya Hyde​, Professional Development Coordinator with Engineers and Geoscientists BC and Chad Leaman​ of the Neil Squire Society.

RSVP for free at https://www.meetup.com/net2van/events/245927418/

Tonya answers common questions like:

  • What are the top two ways nonprofits can use webinars as part of their programs?
  • What questions should you consider when choosing your webinar platform?
  • What are the top two ways nonprofits can use webinars as part of their programs?

 

Event Report: 📚 Modern Annual Reports for Nonprofits: New Formats, New Tools 📹 💻 🛰

What makes for a good annual report? What makes a modern annual report?
We recruited some of Vancouver’s top reporting experts to share tips for creating effective annual reports quickly and cheaply! Here’s the video and slides from the February 6, 2018 Net2van event.

Facebook Live Video

Love video? Watch the livestream of the event.

Introduction with Event Host Stephanie Butler @writingquirky

The Planning Cycle with Maya Pankalla, Communications Lead, ISC BC @mayapankalla

Sourcing Content for Your Annual Repot with Chad Leaman, Director of Innovation, Neil Squire Society @chadleaman

Quick and Dirty Reporting Using Adobe Spark Video, with Eli van der Giessen, Community Manager, NetSquared @elivdg

Better Ways to Present Financial Data with Andrea Robertson of @Hypsypops

Un-Boring Financial Statements with Dene Paquin of Enkel Backoffice Solutions @DenePaquin

Question and Answers

Please join us in thanking our loyal sponsors

Community Summit: Brave New Work Events

The  Community Summit: Brave New Work is coming soon.  Our community members get 25% off using the promo code ‘Net2Van’.
This event will feature high profile panelists talking about everything from AI/automation, diversity in HR practices, addressing the skills gap, and alternative business models.
What are some of the trends currently defining the new world of work in Canada, and what does our future look like? What opportunities can be seized to build more competitive, prosperous, and inclusive organizations?
This mini-conference, presented in partnership with Deloitte Canada, will feature panel discussions and presentations by representatives from Deloitte, Brookfield, BC Federation of Labour, LinkedIn, Futurpreneur, Vancity, RBC, Briteweb, Wavefront, and more.
Seating is limited! Lunch is included!
As part of its 2018 Community Summit, Brave New Work, SFU Public Square is proud to present, in partnership with Vancity, an evening with Van Jones and Anne-Marie Slaughter.
Automation, artificial intelligence, and globalization are changing the nature of work and what we do to earn a living. While some look to these changes to improve our quality of life, others foresee worker displacement and increased inequality. Many of us are struggling to understand what actions we can take as individuals and as a society to thrive, or at least survive, in the new world of work.
CBC’s Laura Lynch will moderate a conversation with Van Jones and Anne-Marie Slaughter, two leading commentators on the American economy, discussing the role that citizens, governments and civil society can play in shaping the future of work. They will explore the challenges ahead, as well as how these challenges might be addressed through green jobs, emergent industries, education and public policy.
A full listing of events can be found here.

#NPtech Trend: Cryptocurrencies for Nonprofits with @cqwww

Cryptocurrencies for Nonprofits With Kris Constable

Trend or Fad? What do nonprofits need to do to stay current? NetSquared Vancouver invited five local experts to share their predictions for the most important technology developments for nonprofits in 2018.

Please join us in thanking our loyal sponsors, too.