Webinars provide Independent Sector an efficient, effective way to connect members in the nonprofit and philanthropic community separated by distance. This valuable resource is available free of cost to staff of IS member organizations.
By identifying issues of broad interest, recruiting expert speakers, and making the sessions available to people across the country, IS builds the knowledge and networks of staff members at organizations of all sizes and missions. The Webinars Archive further expands the benefit of these programs.
Upcoming Webinar:
The 2012 Elections and Year-End Legislative Challenges Register now
Thursday, May 31, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Presented by: Nick Giordano, of Washington Council Ernst & Young
Join us for a live webinar where we will sort out what’s ahead for the last two months of 2012: the elections, the year-end legislative challenges, and how it all could affect the work that our sector does.
Nick Giordano, of Washington Council Ernst & Young, will join us to provide an overview of the 2012 federal elections, including potential changes in Congress and key committees, as well as explore the growing number of issues that Congress will have to address in its post-election session this November and December.
Recent Webinars:
2012 NGen Leadership Webinar Series
January - May, 2012
The 2012 NGen Leadership Series is new four-part webinar series that
helped prepare NGen leaders to have transformational impact on society’s
most complex problems. Generously sponsored by the Walmart Foundation,
the NGen Leadership Series seeks to strengthen the NGen community
through focused, interactive conversations about trends and skills that will support your leadership this year and beyond.
Learn more and register to watch the series
Creating and Measuring Interim Policy Objectives
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Presented by: Advocacy evaluation experts from The Aspen Institute
This webinar shows how to define
and track meaningful and measurable progress toward interim objectives
for policy change. Waiting until the end of a policy campaign to conduct
an evaluation can mean losing opportunities to learn from the advocacy
experience. And measuring only changes in law or regulations can miss
other advances important to policy change.
Presented by evaluation experts from The Aspen Institute, that guide us through this process and introduce a tool that nonprofits can use to measure advocacy progress.
Watch this Webinar (website registration required)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Presented by: Health law experts from Washington Council Ernst & Young
This webinar examined how nonprofit employers are and will be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the health care reform law. This was an important session for both government affairs and nonprofit HR professionals.
Presented by health law experts from Washington Council Ernst & Young who delved into the employer requirements — including reporting, health care insurance credits, the health care exchanges, insurance mandates — and up-coming deadlines. This webinar also explored how proposed regulations will affect your organization.
Watch this Webinar (registered participants only; login required)
Strategy Development for Policy Change
Friday, March 16, 2012
Presented by: Trainers from the Midwest Academy
This webinar gave a structure for thinking about how to build and demonstrate the kind of broad-based constituency that gets attention and wins policy change. Expert trainers from the Midwest Academy, a leading national institute for social change, provided participants with a framework to:
- Analyze the issue,
- Analyze the decision-maker, and
- Analyze your current organizational power.
Webinar Archive
IS has archived nearly a dozen webinars -- on topics such as accountability, the IRS Form 990, and talent management. Staff of IS member organizations are able to view past webinars and watch them live at no additional costs.
