Announcements of Training Opportunities

Senator Richard Bryan, former US Senator and Governor of Nevada, will deliver the keynote address at the 2008 Access to Care Symposium. The Symposium dialogues will focus on how to preserve the safety-net health care system in Nevada amid our state’s economic crisis. Registration Deadline - July 20th. To register visit: http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=3658112&msgid=159007&act=7GG1&c=165311&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbpca.org%2Fsymposium where you will also find the daily schedules now posted to the agenda page. This has just been approved for 9 Social Work CEU’s (Reference # A-708-14)
Source: Great Basin Primary Care Association

The 2nd Annual Latino Youth Symposium on Monday, July 14th at El Dorado Hotel & Casino
Convention Center. This year the keynote speaker, Otilio Quintero, Assistant Director of Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, will help attendees develop strategies to work with at risk youth. We'll have two morning and afternoon sessions dedicated to finding positive alternatives to engage our youth and strengthen our community relations. Free/no registration fee - continental breakfast and bunch included. Please RSVP before July 7th, If you have any questions, please call 325-7844.
Source: Student Support Services, Washoe County School District

It will be in Minden, NV on August 14-16 with several national speakers coming in to talk about lifespan issues around suicide and its prevention. Individual registration fee is $125. Registration closes August 8, 5:00pm. Fee includes session materials, certificate of attendance and/or Continuing Education Credit Certificate, continental breakfast and lunch on August 15. Registration fee entitles participant to attend any day or all days of the conference. Amanda Johnson at pcrjohnson@partnership-resource.org or 775-782-8611
Source: Office of Suicide Prevention

Program:
8:00 am to 8:30 am. - Informal Networking
8:30 am to 9:00 am - Coffee with the Funders
9:00 am to 10:30 am - “Raising the Bar: Standards & Procedures for High Performing Nonprofits”.
Panelist: Amy Allen, CPA, MST Partner- Solari & Sturmer LLC, Bill Fuellenbach, Executive Director- Northern Nevada Hopes, Shawn Lecker-Pomaville, CEO, Nevada Volunteers Americorp
Selma Taylor, Executive Director, California Resources and Training.
10:45 am to 11:45 am - “Raising Dollars with Mission Driven Earned Income”. Guest Speaker:
Catherine Marshall, Nonprofit Consultant, Specializing in Organizational Capacity Building
11:45 am to Noon - Update – Nevada Non Profit Association Steering Committee
Noon to 1:00 pm Networking Lunch- Provided by Charles Schwab Bank
Friday, August 8, at Renown Health Foundation, Mack Auditorium, 1155 Mill St, Reno, NV 89502.
Please e-mail your RSVPs by Friday, August 1 to Nancy.E.Brown@schwabbank.com or phone: 775/689-6830
Source: Charles Schwab

Imagine your board is engaged. Effective. Energized. Imagine your board is your organization’s greatest asset - your greatest advocate for your mission. Have you ever wondered what it would take to build that energized, effective board? Let Hildy Gottlieb show you in this free workshop, based on her sector-wide best-selling book, Board Recruitment & Orientation: A Step-by-Step, Common Sense Guide. In just 90 minutes, you will: learn the single most powerful force for energizing your board (and begin using it now!); be ready to recruit board members, build your volunteer pool, and engage the community - all at once; discover the key to finding Board Prospects who are hiding in plain sight!; learn what qualities make the best board members! And discover what qualities you never want in a board member. The workshop concludes with a book signing. All Hildy’s books will be available for sale at this event. Tuesday, July 22, 2:00 - 3:30 pm. McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, Reno. Register at: www.Help4NonProfits.com/Reno. Seats are limited.
Source: The Food Bank of Northern Nevada

The University of Nevada, Reno’s learning-in-retirement organization, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), brings diverse learning opportunities to active adult learners dedicated to the growth and leadership of an organization directed by and for its members. Sponsored by Extended Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, OLLI invites members and the community to sample Summer 2008 courses being held through August. OLLI members and one-time guests are welcome to attend most classes. Select classes are open to OLLI members only. Unless otherwise noted, classes are held in downtown Reno at the University’s off-campus OLLI facility in the Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St. Course enrollment is limited and early enrollment is encouraged for courses requiring pre-registration. Summer membership is $25 for classes held April 1-Aug. 31. Annual membership is $45 for classes held Sept. 1-Aug. 31. Financial assistance is available.For more information, a membership application or a course schedule, call an OLLI volunteer at (775) 784-8053, or Extended Studies at the University, (775) 784-4046, or visit http://www.olli.unr.edu
Source: Extended Studies/0048, University of Nevada, Reno

JTNN is offering free training to any group who would like to know more about methamphetamines. JTNN can customize the training to suit your group's needs, whether you'd like to know more about signs and symptoms of meth use in the work place or you'd like to know more about treatment methods. Contact Jennifer at jennifer@jtnn.org or call 324-7557 for more information.
Source: Join Together Northern Nevada