Organization Training Opportunities
New Jersey State Council on the Arts | Free Webinar Watch Party Series | Financial Management for New Jersey NonProfits | Join New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Nonprofit Finance Fund, and other nonprofit leaders for a Webinar Watch Party series on key financial management concepts for arts nonprofits! Covering everything from cash flow planning to financial storytelling, this series is meant to give nonprofit arts leaders a comprehensive understanding of the techniques they need to run effective organizations for the long haul. | Upcoming watch parties include: October 30, 2024 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Financial Planning Part 2, November 13, 2024 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Cash Flow Planning | Learn More & Register Now!
NJ Theatre Alliance | ArtsPayNJ Educational Offerings | Based on the key findings of ArtsPay NJ’s inaugural survey, we will offer four virtual trainings throughout the year to address some of the needs identified in the data, such as retirement benefits, employee classification, salary banding, and ethical internships. Several Zoom workshop meetings will be held through October 2024 into March 2025. | ArtsPayNJ meetings.
New Jersey Cultural Alliance for Response Virtual Summit | Cultural Institutions and Climate Resiliency | Join Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MLS, LEED AP, Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System, Co-Founder/Board President of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative, and principal author of the National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries for an introduction to the idea of sustainability as a core value and practical tips for ensuring cultural institutions have facilities are more resilience in the face of the predicted impacts of severe weather brought on by climate change. | Date & Time: November 12, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration.
Compass Pro Bono | Get Free Support for Your Organization | Compass Pro Bono provides free resources and consultations on topics such as strategic planning, nonprofit management, and more. | More information and registration.
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | Collections Climate Resiliency Cohort | The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), in partnership with Christopher Cameron of Sustainable Heritage, are introducing as Collections Climate Resiliency Cohort for collecting institutions (any museum, library, archive, historic site, and/or organizations with historic and/or cultural collections available to the public), with generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The vast majority of land in both New Jersey and Delaware lies within what geologists call the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which has a heightened vulnerability to storm inundation and sea-level rise. Collecting institutions need to undergo a paradigm shift in their thinking, a monumental task, to begin to approach planning in a way that both increases sustainability efforts to mitigate their own contributions to climate change while also preparing and adapting for projected outcomes in an ever riskier world. The curated cohort of small institutions will commit to this paradigm shift by examining their everyday operations with a lens toward sustainability and climate change. We will provide sites with environmental dataloggers and work with them to collect environmental data including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point for a one-year period. | Apply Here.
GrantStation | Webinar: Securing Grants from Top-Tier Foundations | When you dedicate your career to seeking grants, you’re bound to consider approaching the most well-known foundations. During this webinar, Susan Schaefer of Resource Partners will lay out a roadmap that creates momentum toward those most elusive foundations. With a career dedicated to securing major grants and helping many others do the same, Susan will provide you with insights built on years of observing what works best in making it to your industry’s most sought-after prospects. | Date & Time: November 13, 2024, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time | Pricing, registration and information.
Grant Station | Webinar: A Layperson's Guide to Indirect Costs | Accurately accounting for your indirect costs is crucial in effectively managing your nonprofit organization. While indirect costs can be confusing, understanding what they are and how to calculate them is worth your time and effort because this will help you provide funders with an accurate picture of what it costs to truly run your programs. Join Alice Ruhnke and Megan Tarnow for an insightful TargetED designed to enhance your financial management skills. | Date & Time: November 18, 2024, 2:00 to 2:45 PM Eastern Time | Pricing, registration, and information.
Performing Arts Readiness | Free Webinars | The Performing Arts Readiness project offers free webinars, on-site training, and presentations at professional conferences on various topics related to emergency preparedness. | Visit website for more webinars and information.
Nonprofit Learning Lab | Several Online Trainings Available | The Nonprofit Learning Lab offers a variety of online training programs to help nonprofits meet their organizational goals and increase their impact within the community. Click here for more information.
New Jersey Historical Commission & The African American History Program | About the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail | The New Jersey Black Heritage Trail was signed into law by Governor Murphy on September 7, 2022. The legislation calls for the New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) to establish a Black Heritage Trail “to promote awareness and appreciation of Black history, heritage, and culture” that will “highlight Black heritage sites through historical markers and a trail-like path that connects the stories of Black life and resiliency.” Under this program, the Historical Commission will work in cooperation with other state agencies, such as the Historic Preservation Office, the Division of Travel and Tourism, as well as local governments, owners or operators of Black heritage sites, and others to identify a series of sites. The bill also names the New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation as a principal collaborator, due to its mission which includes broadening, deepening, and diversifying statewide participation in and appreciation for Black arts, history, and culture. | More information available here.
Art Equity | Professional Development Opportunities | Art Equity has several upcoming professional development and workshop opportunities for 2025 focusing on antiracism, equity in the workplace, antiracist approaches to hiring in the workplace, and much more. | More information here.
Springboard for the Arts | Art-Train: Professional Development Opportunities for Artists and Organizations | Art-Train is a virtual technical assistance program for artists, municipal agencies, and community-focused organizations in all sectors, in communities of all sizes across the nation. Trainings are free for artists and for Native, Black, Indigenous and People of Color-led and focused community-based organizations. We have a sliding scale fee for other organizations and agencies. | More information here.
Springboard for the Arts | Upcoming Webinars | Springboard for the Arts has several upcoming webinars focusing on funding, grant writing, writing artist statements, and more. | More information here.
Artwork Archive | Webinar: Healing Through Art: Bridging Hospitals, Nonprofits and Artists | Let's transform hospital spaces together! In honor of National Arts in Health Month, Artwork Archive is excited to host a webinar that explores partnerships between hospital arts administrators, artists, and nonprofit organizations. Together, we’ll uncover how collaboration can transform hospital environments into spaces of healing, comfort, and hope. | Date & Time: Nov 14, 2024 02:00 PM ET | Register here.
American Association for State and Local History | Winter Online Courses- Registration Now Open! | Courses available: Introduction to Financial Management | Project Management for History Professionals | Best Practices for Inclusive Workspaces | Basics of Archives | Developing Exhibitions: Planning and Design | Collections Management 200: Stewardship and Public Access | To learn more about these online courses and other resources available, click here.
New Jersey Center for Nonprofits | Upcoming Webinars | Looking to expand your organization’s knowledge, capabilities, and resources? The New Jersey Center for Nonprofits has a lineup of upcoming webinars to help you achieve your organizational goals. | More information and registration.
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | Succession Planning for Cultural Institutions: 2 Webinars Available | This program of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts is provided with generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2 webinars are now available to view: Part One | Research Findings | Part Two | Resource Roadmap | More information available here.
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | Cultural Stewardship Succession Planning Initiative | The Cultural Stewardship Succession Planning Initiative is a two-year project of CCAHA, in partnership with Lyrasis, created to actively address the need for leadership development and knowledge transfer in the cultural heritage workforce. Funded by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the initiative will gather data and build professional development resources to support succession planning for cultural stewardship staff and volunteers. As succession planning is a critical instrument in addressing a long-term shift at cultural heritage organizations toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion, the suite of resources will promote strategies to keep these important concerns at the forefront during times of transition. As service providers to the country’s cultural heritage collecting institutions, CCAHA and Lyrasis have long recognized the need for succession planning, especially in smaller organizations with fewer resources. CCAHA and Lyrasis will utilize a series of small group listening sessions to learn about successful succession planning strategies and pathways that have proven more challenging for institutions in the project’s target group. | Upcoming events and previously recorded webinars can be found here.
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development | SkillUp NJ: Free Online Learning | New Jersey workers – whether or not they are currently unemployed – can now access more than 5,000 free online Skillsoft courses via the SkillUp New Jersey training program. Courses are offered in a variety of high-demand industry sectors, including information technology, business analysis, customer service, project management, and digital literacy. Visit the website for more information. | SkillUp NJ Website
dPlan | ArtsReady | Arts organizations, sign up for a free year of dPlan|ArtsReady!!
With support from the Mellon Foundation, we are able to provide a limited number of free one year subscriptions to dPlan|ArtsReady so performing arts organizations can develop readiness plans. | Read more about dPlan|ArtsReady here. | Apply here.
New Jersey Association of Museums | Artifact Assessment Program | The New Jersey Association of Museum offers a free program to museums wishing to assess the policy, management, and care of their artifact collections. For more information about the Artifact Assessment Program, visit their website.
RevolutionNJ | Become a Proud Partner! | As New Jersey plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, we aim to create a statewide experience that invites participation from everyone. We invite all organizations to join us in this endeavor by submitting an application to become a RevolutionNJ Partner. Click here to get started. | More information and application.
