Trainings and Convenings
Headwaters hosts specialized sessions and trainings to meet the unique needs of grassroots community groups.  These sessions are designed to fit the emerging needs of the community and are developed to enhance the training of visionary leaders, strengthen the infrastructure of organizations and increase the programmatic effectiveness of grassroots groups.

2008 Convenings:
EXPANDING THE POSSIBLE: POWER FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Thursday, April 24, 10:00–2:00 p.m. (go to event details and schedule)

2008 Brown Bag Training Series:
Fundraising Series (go to schedule)
Headwaters created this seven-part series to benefit grassroots fundraisers at all skill levels and experience. Bring a lunch and join others—you’ll be exercising your fundraising skills in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

Movement Building Series (go to schedule)
It’s a common misconception that social movements occur spontaneously. Although usually requiring a spark to emerge into the public eye, movements result from decades of conscious and persistent grassroots movement building efforts. Bring a lunch and get ready to cultivate your movement building strategies in an empowering, creative and supportive community.

All Brown Bags are held at Philips Eco Enterprise Center, 2801 21st Ave South, Mpls.

FUNDRAISING SERIES 2008 SCHEDULE

RAISING DOLLARS, MAKING CHANGE: GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING STRATEGIES
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Susan Raffo, fundraising consultant
Your organization is volunteer-run with little or no staff and you have money to raise. Sound familiar? Come and explore effective grassroots fundraising strategies and gather step-by-step advice on how to throw a successful house party, a small event and a friends and family campaign.

MAKING THE ASK 2.0
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Headwaters donors
The next time you meet a potential donor face-to-face, will you walk away with a check? Or will you damage the hopes of your organization along with your own professional reputation? Take this unique opportunity to sharpen your pitch on real live HFJ donors who will provide feedback on getting donations and creating successful relationships. Limited space, please RSVP to Monica Bryand 612-879-0602 x. 10

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: BUILDING TEAMS FOR EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS
Tuesday, Mar. 25, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Suzanne Bring, development director, Jewish Community Action
You can’t fundraise alone, but you’re not sure how to get others to help you? Learn how to build an efficient team that knows how to raise money for your organization.

PROSPECT RESEARCH
Tuesday, April 8, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Sara Radjenovic, development officer, Headwaters; Kwame Tsikata, development associate, Progressive Technology Project
Learning where to look and find donors that match your values is critical to successful fundraising. Join us for an interactive and participatory session that will explore how and where to identify individual donors.  This session will split participants into one of two tracks: beginner focusing key volunteers and annual report mining and advanced using databases and web-based researching tools.

HOW TO THROW A SPECIAL EVENT WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SHIRT
Tuesday, May 6, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Nancy Michael, ED, aMaze; Monica Bryand, program officer, Headwaters
House parties can be easy, fun ways to raise hundreds or even thousands of dollars. They are also a great way to enhance relationships with your supporters, as well as cultivate new donors and volunteers. Let two house party veterans teach you how to host a fun and successful event.

PLAN, DO, EVALUATE
June Date TBA, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Carol Mollner, development director, Headwaters
How do you know if your individual fundraising plan was successful? Join us for a session where you can share the successes you’ve identified, and learn new and exciting ways to measure and communicate those successes. In addition, groups will collectively learn from each other’s mistakes. Prizes will be awarded to the groups with the clearest success and most illuminating misstep.

CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL GIVING DEVELOPMENT PLAN
July, Date TBA, 11:30-1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: TBA
Getting started is the hardest part. Join us for this fun and interactive session that will highlight the key elements of a fundraising plan. Participants will share their experience developing a fundraising plan and practice setting goals for your organization.

MOVEMENT BUILDING 2008 SERIES SCHEDULE

MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM: PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING ORGANIZING TEACH-IN
Thursday, Jan. 31, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Brandon Lacy Campos, activist; Ryan Li Dahlstrom, activist
Join us in preparing for the Midwest Social Forum’s weekend-long organizing teach-in held March 28-30, in Milwaukee. Brandon and Ryan Li are organizing local grassroots activists to attend the teach-in and contribute to the continued development of the social justice movement in the Midwest. The teach-in, a follow-up to the US and Midwest Social Forums, will focus on the development of collaborative relationships and organizing skills, strategies, and tactics. More about the Milwaukee teach-in visit http://www.mwsocialforum.org

FRAMING THROUGH A RACIAL JUSTICE LENS
Tuesday, February 12, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Jermaine Toney, lead researcher MN Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity
Your organization’s ability to identify disparities based on race and frame it as such can help advance race-conscious policies. This session is designed to teach you how to use OAP’s Report Card on Racial Equity in your organizing effort—maximizing impact on decision makers, the media and your community. You will walk away with racial justice talking points, language to challenge the “colorblindness” position, and an ability to speak more effectively on how your organization is working to end race-based disparity.    

GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND MONEY
Tuesday, March 11, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Hashi Abdi, Somali Action Alliance
This eye-opening session will provide insight into the global economic impact of remittances—money transfers by immigrants to their home countries. Last year’s transfers amounted to $200 billion, with low-income workers paying transfer fees of 8-15% and Western Union reporting a profit of $1 billion. The money transfer industry is booming and immigrants are asking for fairness and community reinvestment. Join Somali Action Alliance and learn about their local organizing efforts.   
Info on the national organizing campaign on remittances visit http://www.transnationalaction.org

EYES ON THE PREZ! ELECTION YEAR ORGANIZING
Tuesday, April 22, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Dan McGrath, executive director, TakeAction Minnesota
Organizing during a presidential election year offers great opportunity to profile your cause. With only seven months until the election, how can your organization seize the opportunity? What issues are hot? How can you move people? Election years are great for engaging new volunteers and ensuring your members are prepared to exert influence and transform policies. Join us and strategize.
TakeAction Minnesota works year round to make change that matters to Minnesotans by organizing at the grassroots, building dynamic and effective coalitions, educating voters, endorsing and electing progressive candidates, impacting state and local policy, and winning issue campaigns.

CAN C-3s REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD?
Tuesday, May 13, 11:30–1:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Susan Raffo, fundraising consultant; Brandon Lacy Campos, activist
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Have you read it? What do you think? This thought-provoking anthology examines the 501(c)(3) non-profit model and its threat to social justice movement building. The session will explore the tension, uncover potential points of unity and develop a holistic framework for change.

Convenings

Organizers, tired of just holding the line? Tired of settling for small wins when you know big change needs to happen? If your organizing feels constrained by what seems "winnable" in the current political landscape and you're experiencing power as only something you're up against—attend this workshop.

Dave and Alexa of the Grassroots Policy Project will introduce you to new ways of thinking about building power for the social change you seek. Send 1 or 2 people from your organization—both experienced and new organizers will benefit.

GPP's workshop will engage participants in a lively exploration of:

• What we mean by power and its varied manifestations, obvious and insidious
• How we can build our own power and use it for social change
• How, at the core of this work, is a re-igniting of our hope and expanded possibility

Learn more about the Grassroots Policy Project, visit http://www.grassrootspolicy.org

Need more information on a training or convening? Contact monica@headwatersfoundation.org or call Monica Bryand at 612-879-0602 x.10