Guest Speaker:
Jeannie L. Howe
President, BayCliff Associates, Inc
Building on more than 20 years in leadership positions with nonprofit, she worked with an organization that helps people get onto a donor registry for cancer patience (bone marrow), small grassroots organizations, legislative for the city of Baltimore, state wide advocacy, and became a board member of Everyman Theater and is currently operating her own business.
Jeannie, started out her lecture with discussing what the definition of an entrepreneur is. An entrepreneur is a risk taking business person, according to a dictionary definition she ran across. An adapt definition according to Jeannie, especially when it comes to the non-profit sector.
Developing relationships in the non-profit sector is the key to success. Although sometimes these relationships don't amount to anything, in the immediate sense, the contacts and the relationships usually come back to mean something for the organization.
She went on, for a little while discussing how talking to powerful people about important issues and really mustering up their emotions is necessary in a cause based, non-profit business. Finding people that really care about the mission, and the purpose of the non-profit, to understand the importance of the organization in a business aspect.
Pulling people into relationships with the non-profit, by exercising care, and responsiveness with these organizations. Having important people affected by issues be a spokes person for a cause, and an organization.
She discussed how even in the nonprofit organization that is nessicary to take risks for the good of the buisness, that ambition is needed to get things done and to make the money nessicary to keep these nessicary organizations functioning.
Being versatile, and being a flexible buisness woman is one of the major concepts that I am taking out of this lecture. Having an undergraduate degree in Theather to going long and strong in a non-profit buisness career and a freelance consultant, is definitely a way that she substains herself. She finds pleasure in being a non-profit- Jack of All Trades so to speak. The flexibility, and some of the blind risk needed to take to be successful is something that I hope to be more comfortable with the idea of and very willing to let the adventure of life take me for a ride.
Although Jeannie's life now, seems very glamarous as far as her getting to make a living doing what she loves, is only because she allowed herself to seize oppurtunities, she took time to find her niche, and she took smart risks without pressuring herself into success and goals.
An adirmable work ethic, that I am highly coveting.
Something else that, I got out of this lecture was the idea of making a buisness based solely on your skills, being a consultant to other people who need your specific expertise and services. This for me is an interesting concept, it almost has me interested in changing my buisness plan for the class!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Financing Sources
1.
The first financing source is a fiscal sponsorship source called, Fusion Group located in Baltimore M.D. A fiscal sponser "is one entity accepting and managing funds for another. The fiscal sponsor commits to supporting the charitable activities of individuals or groups by extending its tax-exempt status, thus enabling donors to make tax-exempt contributions to support their work. The fiscal sponsor accepts financial and legal LIABILITY for the charitable work being done by the group or individuals".
Fusion Group works with Maryland individuals who have missions alligned with there missions, they also manage and organize grants for projects under their umbrella.
Fusion Group:
Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
Contact:
Polly Lbezold, Managing Partners,Executive Director
Lbezold@fusiongroup.org
Mailing Address:
1601 Guilford Ave
2 South
Baltimore, MD 21202
Street Address:
302 E. Federal, 2nd Floor. Doorbell # 5
Baltimore, MD 21202
ph: 410-889-4700
fax: 410-889-4701
www.fusiongroup.org
2. The second financing source is Creative Alliance, located in Baltimore that works with other organizations and nonprofits to help artists, and art praticioners get money to fund their endeavors.
Luisa Bieri de Rios
Open Society Institute Fellow, Outreach Coordinator
x 209
luisa@creativealliance.org
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21224
Phone: 410-276-1651
Fax: 410-276-3206
The first financing source is a fiscal sponsorship source called, Fusion Group located in Baltimore M.D. A fiscal sponser "is one entity accepting and managing funds for another. The fiscal sponsor commits to supporting the charitable activities of individuals or groups by extending its tax-exempt status, thus enabling donors to make tax-exempt contributions to support their work. The fiscal sponsor accepts financial and legal LIABILITY for the charitable work being done by the group or individuals".
Fusion Group works with Maryland individuals who have missions alligned with there missions, they also manage and organize grants for projects under their umbrella.
Fusion Group:
Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
Contact:
Polly Lbezold, Managing Partners,Executive Director
Lbezold@fusiongroup.org
Mailing Address:
1601 Guilford Ave
2 South
Baltimore, MD 21202
Street Address:
302 E. Federal, 2nd Floor. Doorbell # 5
Baltimore, MD 21202
ph: 410-889-4700
fax: 410-889-4701
www.fusiongroup.org
2. The second financing source is Creative Alliance, located in Baltimore that works with other organizations and nonprofits to help artists, and art praticioners get money to fund their endeavors.
Luisa Bieri de Rios
Open Society Institute Fellow, Outreach Coordinator
x 209
luisa@creativealliance.org
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21224
Phone: 410-276-1651
Fax: 410-276-3206
Monday, March 23, 2009
Enterprise Value
Here is last weeks enterprise value, the link wouldn't come up before, so I'm reposted it.
Enterprise Value
Enterprise Value
Interactions
The secret of socrates, is to ask questions that warrant yes answers from the person that you are in dialogue with. This provides a meaningful social interaction, because it is an easy way to get a person to see your point of view by having then genuinely agree with the questions that you are asking.
I used this method in an interaction with a friend who was leaning towards purchasing something in a store that wasn't flattering on her, and way too expensive. I asked her if she was trying to save money?, i asked her if she wanted me to help her pick out something she said yes, I asked her if she wanted to look around at some other options before she makes a final decision, she said yes, and then after rummaging through some more flattering less expensive items I asked her if she liked my own chooses and she said yes, and brought my suggestions instead of the original selection.
As far as finding someone from the retriever. I still haven't gotten any responses.
I used this method in an interaction with a friend who was leaning towards purchasing something in a store that wasn't flattering on her, and way too expensive. I asked her if she was trying to save money?, i asked her if she wanted me to help her pick out something she said yes, I asked her if she wanted to look around at some other options before she makes a final decision, she said yes, and then after rummaging through some more flattering less expensive items I asked her if she liked my own chooses and she said yes, and brought my suggestions instead of the original selection.
As far as finding someone from the retriever. I still haven't gotten any responses.
Monday, March 9, 2009
10 Social Interactions
Principles Used:
In this seris of interactions the suggested principles to exercise were being honest, not giving criticism, remembering the person's name, making the other person feel important, and smiling and being open. These were the ones that I used in my interactions, along with others in the texted not mentioned above.
Interaction 1:
I met a young lady in my Interpersonal Communication class, using the above mentioned items, discussing with her interest in editing papers, and also listening eagerly about her views and opinons of the class she is now willing to edit all my reading responses before we hand them as, as I sometimes struggle with that part of writing.
Interaction 2:
A nice young lady I met at whole foods, I complemented her on a Blouse she had, asked her her name and was open nice and interested in her fashion tastes. She proceeded to give me her employee discount on my purchases.
Interaction 3:
I was doing a photography assignment, I got into a converstation with a guy standing around we talked about the buisnesses in this section of Philadelphia, I found out he was in the mural I was taking a picture of and got him in the picture for my class.
Interaction 4:
I went for a job interview at Home Depo, I asked the assistant about herself and her life and found out she was a UMBC graduate. She seems very happy to talk about her life, and her job(s) and all the little stuff inbetween. I listened intently and asked questions. I also got the job!
Interaction 5:
I spoke very openly and nicely to a relative of a friend, Londa. This is someone who I have seen often, but never really got into a converstation about. I found out it was her birthday and told her happy birthday, asked her about what she did, and she spoke very openly and warmly about her job, her husband, and everything else inbetween. She was shocked I spoke to her in the manner which I did (detailed and intimately), but seemed to enjoy the amount of attention I was paying to her.
Interaction 6:
I met a lady who is the director for Fiscal Sponsership in Baltimore City for Community Projects. I asked her her name, her job title, and 1,000 questions about Fiscal Sponsership and her job. She seemed to be really eager fro me to ask quesitons, almost inviting, at the end of the converstation which was honest, open, and warm I got some really good information and a contact number and email address.
Interaction 7:
This interaction occured with a roommate who was having some issues with me and wasn't being very communicative. I came to her spoke very nicely, used her name, and a tone that was consoling and reassuring. I also attempted to find a common ground between the issues between us, by hearing her out and geuinely understanding her position and her concerns, she seemed to me alot more comfortable with what was worry her, and also took responsibility for her own contribution to the concerns. The result is a more harmonious living sitution for the both of us.
Interaction 8:
I met this lady from PETA, who was really passionate and eager to get me to donate to PETA. Although, I am not an animal activist I heard her out took into deep consideration her case and position, answered really good and challenging questions (i think), that I believed she answered well. Although, I didn't agree with everything she said I donated (2.00$) and she was very happy to get a donation from me and answer all of my questions.
Interaction 9:
I was at the tmobile store, and this lady elderly lady named Shiela was really frustrated with her cellphone. The store was crowded and she kept complaining about she was going to be late for work, but nobody was helping her. I asked her her name, asked her if I could see her phone and try to help her (I had that same phone at one point). I showed her how to use the function in her phone she need clarity on and she was able to leave the store and hopefully make it to work on time. During the course of the converstation, I listened intent about how she talked about her job, and her 4 grandkids that put the money together to get her a phone that was too hightech.
Interaction 10:
I spoke to a gallery owner in Philadelphia that I called to see if I could get some local collaboration for some projects I am working on. She was really open, telling me about her buisness and the hardships of selling art in the current economy. I got some really good information, and she also told me about some studio space tht were for rent, and some commerical spaces that were from rent that she thought I might be interested in.
In this seris of interactions the suggested principles to exercise were being honest, not giving criticism, remembering the person's name, making the other person feel important, and smiling and being open. These were the ones that I used in my interactions, along with others in the texted not mentioned above.
Interaction 1:
I met a young lady in my Interpersonal Communication class, using the above mentioned items, discussing with her interest in editing papers, and also listening eagerly about her views and opinons of the class she is now willing to edit all my reading responses before we hand them as, as I sometimes struggle with that part of writing.
Interaction 2:
A nice young lady I met at whole foods, I complemented her on a Blouse she had, asked her her name and was open nice and interested in her fashion tastes. She proceeded to give me her employee discount on my purchases.
Interaction 3:
I was doing a photography assignment, I got into a converstation with a guy standing around we talked about the buisnesses in this section of Philadelphia, I found out he was in the mural I was taking a picture of and got him in the picture for my class.
Interaction 4:
I went for a job interview at Home Depo, I asked the assistant about herself and her life and found out she was a UMBC graduate. She seems very happy to talk about her life, and her job(s) and all the little stuff inbetween. I listened intently and asked questions. I also got the job!
Interaction 5:
I spoke very openly and nicely to a relative of a friend, Londa. This is someone who I have seen often, but never really got into a converstation about. I found out it was her birthday and told her happy birthday, asked her about what she did, and she spoke very openly and warmly about her job, her husband, and everything else inbetween. She was shocked I spoke to her in the manner which I did (detailed and intimately), but seemed to enjoy the amount of attention I was paying to her.
Interaction 6:
I met a lady who is the director for Fiscal Sponsership in Baltimore City for Community Projects. I asked her her name, her job title, and 1,000 questions about Fiscal Sponsership and her job. She seemed to be really eager fro me to ask quesitons, almost inviting, at the end of the converstation which was honest, open, and warm I got some really good information and a contact number and email address.
Interaction 7:
This interaction occured with a roommate who was having some issues with me and wasn't being very communicative. I came to her spoke very nicely, used her name, and a tone that was consoling and reassuring. I also attempted to find a common ground between the issues between us, by hearing her out and geuinely understanding her position and her concerns, she seemed to me alot more comfortable with what was worry her, and also took responsibility for her own contribution to the concerns. The result is a more harmonious living sitution for the both of us.
Interaction 8:
I met this lady from PETA, who was really passionate and eager to get me to donate to PETA. Although, I am not an animal activist I heard her out took into deep consideration her case and position, answered really good and challenging questions (i think), that I believed she answered well. Although, I didn't agree with everything she said I donated (2.00$) and she was very happy to get a donation from me and answer all of my questions.
Interaction 9:
I was at the tmobile store, and this lady elderly lady named Shiela was really frustrated with her cellphone. The store was crowded and she kept complaining about she was going to be late for work, but nobody was helping her. I asked her her name, asked her if I could see her phone and try to help her (I had that same phone at one point). I showed her how to use the function in her phone she need clarity on and she was able to leave the store and hopefully make it to work on time. During the course of the converstation, I listened intent about how she talked about her job, and her 4 grandkids that put the money together to get her a phone that was too hightech.
Interaction 10:
I spoke to a gallery owner in Philadelphia that I called to see if I could get some local collaboration for some projects I am working on. She was really open, telling me about her buisness and the hardships of selling art in the current economy. I got some really good information, and she also told me about some studio space tht were for rent, and some commerical spaces that were from rent that she thought I might be interested in.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Blog Traffic
With the new twitter phenomenon, I thought it would be interesting to include a twitter link in my blog page, and my blog in my twitter page. This way as I updated new information, I can tweet it and then followers of both my blog and my twitter page will know when I am updating.
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