Practicing gratitude can have a profound ripple effect on those around you. 

A new feature of this year’s Princeton Community Works conference will be the workshop “Are You Listening?” focusing on how relationships can benefit and grow from skilled listening.  Princeton Community Works (CW) will host its 13^th annual workshop, Monday, January 25, 2010, at the Frist Student Center at Princeton University, 5-9:15 p.m.  Registration is $29 per person, which includes a box supper, two workshops and all workshop-related materials.  Free parking is available nearby in designated locations.

One of 20 workshops offered at this year’s conference, “Are You Listening?” will be presented by Dorothy Eckes.  As an evolutionary coach, she sees others as magnificent leaders in their lives and calls them forth to create “their best life.”  She is educated and certified by The Coaches Training Institute.  She envisions a culture built on strength and resilience of relationships that provide a supportive network of creative collaboration and leadership. 

Other workshops and presenters include “Best Practices for Successful Fundraising:  The Top Ten Do’s and Don’t’s,”  Becky Dembo, Executive Director, Partnership in Philanthropy; and Heather Robinson, Grant Writer and Marketing Associate, Partnership in Philanthropy; “Forty Practical Fundraising Ideals for Survival and Success,” Les Loysen, President, Consulting Services for Non-Profit Organizations; “Building and Cultivating Donor Relationships,” Ralph Serpe, CFRE, Executive Vice President, Princeton Area Community Foundation;  “ From the Grant Makers’ Perspective,” Nancy Kieling, President and Executive Director, Princeton Area Community Foundation; Michael Bzdak, Director of Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson; and Jamie Sapoch, Non-Profit Consultant; “Welcome Aboard:  Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members,” Jane Silverman, President, Jane Silverman Associates, LLC; “You-Turn:  Positive Organizational Change,” James Davy, Principal, James Davy Associates; “Legal Aspects of the Non-Profit” Nancy Eberhardt, Executive Director, ProBono Partnerships; “How to Run a Workshop,” Elizabeth Casparian, Ph.D., Executive Director, HiTops; “Everyday Ways to Recognize and Motivate Your Staff, Volunteers and Board Members,” Sandy Lopacky, MPH, Consultant to Philanthropy and Non-Profits; “Maximizing Your Volunteer Experience,” Adrienne Rubin, Executive Director, Volunteer Connect; “Personality Styles in the Workplace,” Amelia Willson, Principal, AMW Consulting; “The Art of Delegation,” Marge Smith, Chair, Community Works; “Give and Take:  Giving and Receiving Feedback Across the Organization Chart,” Robin Fogel, President, Robin Fogel & Associates, LLC; “Budgeting for the Rest of Us,” Jack Fein, Managing Director, The Mercadien Group; and Sherise Ritter, Managing Director, The Mercadien Group; “Dashboards:  A Tool for Measurement and Management,” Nancy Daneshgar, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch; and Ryan Larkin, Vice President, Merrill Lynch; “Stretching Your Marketing Dollars,” Gloria Nelson, President, Afton Marketing Group; “Public Relations:  Crafting Your Message,” Ted Deutsch, Principal, Deutsch Communications; “Put on a Happy Facebook:  Using Social Networking Sites to Boost Your Organization,” Alicia Jones, President, Strategy Solutions;  and “Ten Ways to Improve Your Web site,” Loan Nguyen Liu, Consultant, WSI Internet Consultant.

Photo caption (Photo by Judith Arnold): Listening skills demonstration featuring Community Works volunteers, left to right, Adrienne Rubin, Princeton; Mary Ann Isaac, Lawrenceville; Ruth Thurmond Scott, Princeton

Contact:  Caroline Tompkins
Princeton Community Works
Tel:  (609) 279-6860
www.princetoncommunityworks.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRINCETON COMMUNITY WORKS VOLUNTEERS
SOW THE SEEDS IN PREPARATION
OF THIS YEAR’S 13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

(Princeton, NJ, Dec. 16, 2009)  Princeton Community Works (CW) volunteers are shown sowing the seeds in order in preparation of CW’s 13th anniversary conference, Monday, January 25, 2010, at Frist Student Center at Princeton University, 5-9:15 p.m.  Registration is $29 per person, which includes a box supper, two workshops, all workshop-related materials and free parking.  Community Works brings people face to face to build new bridges and strengthen the bonds that already exist between them.

According to Founder Marge Smith, “Community Works is a conference designed to enable boards, staff and volunteers in the non-profit community to work together more effectively by networking, developing skills and raising community awareness.”

Several of this year’s 20 workshops include “From the Grant Maker’s Perspective,” presented by Nancy Kieling, President and Executive Director, Princeton Area Community Foundation; Micahel Bzdak, Director of Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson; and Jamie Sapoch, Non-Profit Consultant; “Maximizing Your Volunteer Experience,” presented by Adrienne Rubin, Executive Director, Volunteer Connect; “Budgeting for the Rest of Us,” presented by Jack Fein and Sherise Ritter of The Mercadien Group; and “Ten Ways to Improve Your Web Site,” presented by Loan Nguyen Liu, Consultant, WSI Internet Consulting.
For additional information and workshop registration, please call (609) 924-8652 or visit www.princetoncommunityworks.org

Photo caption (Photo by Amy Rodgers): 

(Standing, left to right) Shaheen Hamid, Lawrenceville; Lucy Boyd, Princeton; Nancy Podeszwa, Ewing; Alison Wehringer, Delaware Township; Adrienne Rubin, Princeton; Marge Smith, Princeton; Heidi Joseph, Princeton; Dinah Jordan, Ewing; Penny Stone, Princeton; James Cordingley, Lawrenceville; Jeaninne Honstein, Princeton

(Kneeling, left to right) Dave Saltzman, Princeton; and Amelia Wilson, Lawrenceville

Princeton Community Works needs extra volunteers the night of the event, January 25, 2010 to introduce workshop leaders and welcome attendees.  Contact Marge Smith 609-924-8652 if you can assist.

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Bring quarters for the parking meters if you plan to “park on the street”

January 25, 2010

5:00pm-9:15pm

Community Works is a conference designed to enable boards, staff, and volunteers in the non-profit community to work together more effectively by networking, developing skills, and raising community awareness.

13 years’ strong. 13 years to celebrate. Reaching people like you.

“Community Works is designed to empower individuals, paid or volunteer, to gain skills, find out what other organizations are doing, and to expand our awareness of the multiple community needs nonprofits meet.”

– Founder Marge Smith