Monday, October 29, 2018; Silver City, NM: Organizational policies can seem tedious, but they are essential to keep a nonprofit well-maintained and smoothly running. The Nonprofit Resource Group knows organizations can use a bit of polish on their policies. That’s why the consulting group is offering workshop facilitated by nonprofit expert Susan Wilger, MPAff, on Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Western New Mexico University. 

The workshop, “Do Your Nonprofit Policies Need Updating?” offers best practices for nonprofit personnel and financial policies and procedures, and guidelines for regularly reviewing and updating such essential documents.  

Wilger has over 30 years’ experience in nonprofit management and says, “Policies and procedures help to diminish liability and potentially harmful and costly situations.”

Policies and procedures may seem to be dry and dull subjects but are vital to good management by guiding the organization’s staff and board in ethical decision making, legal compliance, conflict resolution and creating a value-driven environment.

Wilger will discuss what makes good policy, policy development, the greatest areas for nonprofit liability, and how policies can reduce an organization’s risk. 

Headquartered in Silver City, NCFC is a research and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life in frontier America. To aid frontier and rural nonprofits in their endeavors, NCFC sponsors the Nonprofit Resource Group which offers a cadre of services for nonprofits to stay healthy and robust, including a yearly calendar of trainings, free weekly curbside consultations and consultation services for organizations.

“Do Your Nonprofit Policies Need Updating?” is scheduled for Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and costs $25 per participant. It will be held on the campus of Western New Mexico University. Registration is required.

The Nonprofit Resource Group is a program of the National Center of Frontier communities (NCFC). With its headquarters in Silver City, NCFC is a research and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life in frontier America. To aid frontier and rural nonprofits in their endeavors, NCFC sponsors the Nonprofit Resource Group which offers a cadre of services for nonprofits to stay healthy and robust, including a yearly calendar of trainings, free weekly curbside consultations and consultation services for organizations.

Registration is required for all NRG trainings. To register or for more information, call NRG at (575) 313-3031 or email NRG@frontierus.org.

For a full schedule of the NRG training calendar for 2018 and a listing of their services visit their website here

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