In today’s volatile nonprofit environment, it can be a struggle to
generate the dollars you need to run your organization. Maintaining
what you offer - let alone expanding the numbers you serve or
deepening your impact - can be challenging to do through grants and
individual donations alone.Are you ready to explore and evaluate new
earned REVENUE OR FEE-for-service opportunities to meet your mission?
Join US for 3 DAYS of Revenue Generator!
SCHEDULE:
* DAY 1 - Tuesday, October 13, 2020 from 9am – 3pm
* DAY 2 - Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 9am – 3pm
* DAY 3 - Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 9am-3pm
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Nonprofit leadership teams who have identified one or more earned
revenue opportunities they want to assess and evaluate. This
cohort-based program is limited to eight teams of 3-5 leaders each,
ensuring an intimate experience with lots of individual feedback from
instructors.
Faculty are Mission Capital’s experienced, professional consulting
staff and community thought leaders such as our Social Venture
Partners.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
Led by Carla Denison-Bickett and Chelsea Hartness, in just one month,
your team will go through an intensive “design sprint” to build
out your potential earned revenue opportunity, test it with potential
customers, refine it, create an initial action plan, and pitch the
concept to a panel of local philanthropists and investors for
feedback.
You’ll do this via three 6-hour class days with assignments and
engagement in between. It’s a unique and fun blend of:
• Short bursts of innovative content related to earned revenue based
on our unique seven stage models
• Guided, hands on team time to “workshop” your earned revenue
opportunity and apply new tools to assess its viability
• Presentations of the cohort’s evolving models to class
attendees, instructors and panelists for customized, real time
feedback
• Interactions between sessions with your potential customers and
Mission Capital’s Social Venture Partners, seasons business leaders
with valuable, relevant experience and wisdom to share
KEY BENEFITS:
• 18 hours of uninterrupted time for your leadership team to define
and prototype the Earned Revenue opportunity together, validating your
assumptions before sinking further resources into the project
• Exposure to cutting edge content and useful tools like design
thinking, rapid prototyping, the business model canvas, unit cost
budgeting, and the art of the pitch
• A platform to pitch your emerging idea to philanthropists and
nonprofit experts and get real time feedback
• An action plan to confirm project next steps
• Opportunity to pitch to a panel of local philanthropists and
investors for feedback
COST: This course is offered at a rate of $895 per team – deeply
discounted from its $4500 value!
POLICIES
For information regarding refunds, accommodation, or general questions
contact events@missioncapital.org [http://missioncapital.org]
_ACCOMMODATIONS _
Mission Capital has a strong commitment to making our services
accessible to individuals with special needs and disabilities. Two
weeks’ notice will allow us to provide seamless access.
_REFUNDS _
All cancellation and refund requests must be received in writing _no
later than two weeks prior_ to the Learning & Leadership offering. No
refunds will be processed within 2 weeks of the event date. You may
also transfer a registration to another staff member, board member, or
volunteer with the approval of Mission Capital. All transfer requests
must be received in writing no later than one week prior to the event
date. Note: all refunds are subject to a $50 administrative fee that
will be deducted from the amount originally paid.
FACILITATORS
CARLA DENISON-BICKETT brings her financial analysis, earned revenue,
and operations expertise to the nonprofit sector. She has developed
strategic business plans, board processes and orientations, as well as
financial models for nonprofits organizations.
Prior to joining Mission Capital, Carla was the CFO of Cara, a
workforce development nonprofit based in Chicago. She also served as
the Vice President of Finance at Lehman Brothers Asset Management LLC.
Carla has extensive management, reporting, and budgeting experience
and has managed financial reporting, accounting, and government
contracts.
Carla holds a BS in Accounting from DePaul University as well as an
MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She
is a registered CPA in Illinois and a certified Nonprofit Accounting
Professional. Carla currently serves as the treasurer for Little
Helping Hands and Giving Austin Labor Support. She is also a member of
Impact Austin.
TARA KIRKLAND loves her work as the Chief Programs and Services
Officer for Mission Capital. She brings consulting clients experience
she has gained from building the capacity of people, organizations,
and communities in diverse nonprofit, government, and for-profit
settings over the past 16 years. As an Austin native, Tara returned to
Central Texas in the fall of 2004 after spending several years in the
northeast, including 2 years as a Presidential Management Fellow for
the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Southwest Border
Initiative in Washington D.C. She joined the Mission Capital team in
2005.
Tara is a proud graduate of both the Maxwell School of Citizenship &
Public Affairs of Syracuse University and the Plan II Liberal Arts
Honors Program at UT. Her Austin area nonprofit experience includes
designing, managing, and evaluating programs with Family Forward and
the Charles A. Dana Center at UT. Her additional work includes
grassroots institution-based organizing with Austin Interfaith, and
leadership and team development consulting with Highest Vision, Inc.
It was here where she also became certified to administer and
interpret the DISC Behavior Profile.
CHELSEA HARTNESS is passionate about connecting people and serving
within the Austin community. Her background in small business and tech
industries includes both nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneurial
organizations, with a specialization in growing teams and leading
outreach. Her areas of expertise include business development,
marketing, project management, and digital media.
Prior to joining Mission Capital, Chelsea led consumer marketing and
sales for Maggie Louise Confections and served as Membership Manager
for Austin Technology Council, where she oversaw periods of major
growth and transition. A former Career Center Advocate for Dress for
Success, Chelsea now serves on the Women of Wardrobe Board as
Volunteerism Chair. She also serves as a Sexual Assault Advocate for
Eloise House, a community initiative, led by SAFE.
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