Events - Week View

Featured speaker is Connie Zweig, author of the recently published book, The Inner Work of Age: The Shift from Role to Soul. With longer life comes the opportunity for continued personal growth and spiritual development. This book is a guide to help us get past the inner obstacles that sometimes prevent our accepting who we are becoming as we grow older and embrace the hidden gifts of age. Offered by Revolutionize Your Retirement, with Dori Mintzer. Register AFTER October 19.

Is founding a nonprofit your path to personal fulfillment and success? Listen to these entrepreneurs talk about the differences between founding a for-profit and nonprofit organization. Hear how they succeeded in making a social impact by taking the nonprofit route. Speakers include Emily Allen, AARP Foundation, Michael Caslin III, Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship, and several nonprofit founders. Part 4 of Founders Over 40 Unconference, offered by Stage2Startups. Sponsored by Encore Boston Network. A fee will be charged for this program.

Did you know that if U.S. Latinos were a country, their GDP would be ranked seventh in the world? Or that Boston has the third-largest population of Afro-Latinos in the U.S.?

The Latino Equity Fund is partnering with GBH/World Channel to bring together a lively discussion on the impact of Latinos in the Commonwealth and across the country. Please join us and award-winning veteran journalist Jorge Quiroga on October 27th at 7 pm who will engage guest panelists on various topics on Latinos including voting, workforce, and the economy.

Guest panelists: Diana Campoamor, Founder, Nuestra America Fund; Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción; Dan Rivera, CEO, MassDevelopment.

Offered by The Boston Foundation Latino Equity Fund and GBH|World.

What does it take to become a stand-out nonprofit board member? Enroll in this 5-part series to build your skills and meet organizations looking for new board members. Whether you're new to nonprofit boards or a veteran, you'll learn the latest from this program offered by United Way of Massachusetts Bay and the Merrimack Valley. $35 fee for each session; $125 for all five.

Nuts & Bolts of Finance and Governance -- Getting into the nitty-gritty. Covering nonprofit finance and governance topics, including D&O insurance, the 990 form and what a healthy nonprofit budget looks like.

Looking for some strategies to engage youth in meaningful and impactful ways? Julie Rogers Bascom from the National Youth Leadership Council will define service learning and share ideas on using this approach to support positive youth outcomes as well as offer resources to help you implement service-learning initiatives at your organizations.

For nearly 40 years, the National Youth Leadership Council has transformed classrooms, empowered teachers/providers, and captivated students by leading the way in providing high-quality, dynamic service-learning content to school districts, classrooms, after-school programs, and everything in between.

Offered by Massachusetts Service Alliance.