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Cancellations:
24 hour advance cancellation policy strictly enforced - no shows will be billed.

Refunds:
We cannot refund credit cards. Instead, a training credit will be sent to use for future workshop registrations.

 

UNA Trainings and Events

Thank you for reviewing upcoming UNA training and networking opportunities. We are frequently updating this page as we schedule more events that are of interest to our members and nonprofits in general. As always, please feel free to call the UNA office, or click HERE to e-mail us with any questions. And check back here often as we update the site with additional training opportunities. For trainings offered by other organizations, please scroll to the bottom of page.

UNA is now accepting on-line credit card registrations! For any of the seminars listed below, you can register securely on-line through our partner, Auctionpay. For on-line credit card registrations, click on the link below:

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Directions to UNA office and free parking:
The UNA office is located at 175 S. Main Street (the Walker Building), the northeast corner of 200 South and Main. The parking lot for the Walker building is located on Regent Street, (40 East),-- off of 200 South, just east of Main Street. The lot is on the west side of Regent Street (DO NOT park in the Regent parking lot, we cannot validate there). Park in any of the 2 hour visitor spots (not Kinkos--and the timing is fine if you are here over 2 hours), and go to the 7th floor to enter the Walker building, and take the elevator to the 12th floor, UNA is to the right of the elevator banks.

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Tue - May 06
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM		   Blogs, My Space, Face Book and more . . .
Talking to Your Audience Online: Writing Good Web Content and Using Online Social Networking Tools.

Communicating online with your audience--donors, constituents, clients--can be a challenge because you are competing with millions and millions of other pages on the internet. We'll explore the value of well-written web content for your audience and for search engines. We'll also talk about when it's appropriate to use blogs, forums, and other social networking tools, and what it takes to make those successful.

Information and Registration:
Presenters: Third Sun Productions
Date and Time: May 6, 2008, 9 am - 11 am
Cost: $30 UNA Member, $60 Non Member
Location: UNA, 175 South Main St., Suite 1210. SLC

Register HERE -- Mail or Fax in Registration.

-- On-Line CREDIT CARD Registration
Wed - May 14
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM		   Executive Director Forum - PROVO
This is a free, open session for Executive Directors. Join other nonprofit Executive Directors to discuss and devise solutions to challenges faced in leadership positions. UNA will provide the space, coffee and pastries. YOU will provide the discussion. Topic TBA.

Information and Registration:
Date / Time: May 14, 2008 - 8 am - 10 am
Location: Board Room of United Way of Utah County, 148 North 100 West, Provo
RSVP to UNA at 801-596-1800 or dgomes@utahnonprofits.org
Wed - May 14
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM		   PR-a-Palooza ‘08
9 am: Twelve Things Every Nonprofit Leader Should Know About Working With Media
Presenter: Jason Mathis, Corporate Manager for Media Relations, Intermountain Healthcare; President, Salt Lake Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Jason has worked for nonprofit organizations throughout his 15 year career in marketing and public relations. He was the Chief Communications Officer at the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau for five years and developed Salt Lake's media strategy for leveraging coverage of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. For the past three years, he has worked in the communications department of Intermountain Healthcare.
Jason will also give a brief message about membership in PRSA and the benefits of earning your APR, Accreditation in Public Relations.

10 am: Planning a Media Event – To Do or Not to Do?
Presenter: Chad Saley, Public Relations Specialist, Utah Transit Authority; member of the board of directors, Salt Lake Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Organizations and businesses often plan media events to showcase the work they do. The truth is, it’s often not the best approach. Chad will share stories and examples so you can ask yourself some crucial questions, starting with, Is it really newsworthy? The session will cover how to proceed, whether the answer is yes or no. Chad will address the importance of visuals, whether a “talking head” event can help you, and how to know when skipping the event and pursuing another approach is actually your best option.
Brief break

11 am: – Developing the PR Plan of Your Dreams

Drawing upon a decade of public relations and advertising agency experience, Antonio will share the ins and outs of designing a strategic public relations program for your organization. He’ll discuss a couple of frameworks to use in your program’s creation, offer research and measurement tips, break down segmentation and share classic tactics that drive results. And a strategic planning matrix that’s been highly effective in helping hundreds of organizations with their planning and implementation will be introduced. Throughout the dialogue, Antonio will share experiences from the war room detailing how some companies move forward through their use of effective planning, while others spin their wheels in place.

Adjourn for Luncheon (Information below)

Information and Registration:
Presented by the Public Relations Society of America, Salt Lake Chapter
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 9 a.m.-12 noon
Luncheon Workshop Follows, 12 noon-1:30
Location: Squatters, 147 West 300 South, SLC
Cost: $36 UNA Member, $72 Non Member
Luncheon additional cost: $20

Register HERE -- Mail or Fax in Registration.

 
-- On-Line CREDIT CARD Registration.

12 noon Public Relations Society Member Luncheon – guests welcome
Make Your Point (or someone will make it for you)
Presenter: Jon Weisberg, President, Weisberg Communications Company; Chairman of the Board, Utah Humanities Council.
Learn how to get your point across in a media interview, a public meeting or a board room. The session will explain how to organize information for effective presentation, ways to get your point across and valuable techniques to stay on message.

The mini-workshop is based on Jon Weisberg’s media interview and presentation skills training workshops which prepare executives for successful encounters with a wide variety of audiences, including the press. Local organizations using his media interview and presentation skills workshops include Novell and Intermountain Healthcare.
Jon is president of Weisberg Communications Company, a boutique PR and communications consulting company based in Salt Lake City. In addition to conducting media interview and presentation skills workshops, his company helps organizations become better known and, when needed, protect their reputations. He was a senior public relations executive with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and with three New York public relations agencies. Jon is an adjunct professor in Westminster College’s Master of Professional Communications program.
Tue - May 20
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM		   Time Management
Considering the speed at which business moves these days, one thing is certain: if you can’t manage your time effectively, you will have a hard time managing anything else. Yet, most people waste precious minutes, hours, even days, reacting to what is going on around them rather than developing skills that will keep them moving forward and accomplishing their most important goals.
This highly interactive and enjoyable course will help you understand where all your time is going and why. You will learn how to eliminate interruptions and delegate low-priority tasks to others. Best of all, you will learn how to recognize and protect your high-value tasks and make sure they are done well and on time.

Participants in the Time Management Training workshop will learn to:
• Achieve better results through effective planning and clarifying objectives
• Spend more time working toward your high-value goals
• Refuse unreasonable requests
• Understand the needs of different personality styles and how to work with them
• Keep things in perspective
• Handle paperwork effectively and discard much of what crosses your desk
• Gain a balance between professional goals and personal time
• Use time management tools more effectively
• Set goals and prioritize them to determine if activities are goal-directed
• Apply a critical-path network system to estimate time and activities required for reaching objectives
• Spend less time putting out fires each day
• Become effective at delegating lower priority items
• Manage resources more efficiently

This class is for everyone in the workforce.

Information and Registration:
Presenter: Ellen Reddick, www.impactfactoryutah.com
Location: UNA, 175 So. Main Street, Suite 1210, SLC.
Date and Time: May 20, 2008 9 am - 11:30 am
Cost: $30 UNA Member, $60 Non Member

Register HERE -- Mail or Fax in Registration.

-- On-Line CREDIT CARD Registration
Thu - May 22
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM		   Intermediate QuickBooks -- OREM
This session is geared for people who are familiar with basic accounting and how to use QuickBooks. You will learn how to use the Customer function for tracking donors, how to properly account for various grants and categories of funds, and how to make QuickBooks work better in a nonprofit environment.

Registration and Information:
Instructor: Jonyce Bullock, CPA
Date and Time: May 22, 2008. 9 am - 11 am
Location: Squire and Co. 1329 S 800 E Orem, UT
Cost: $30 UNA Member, $60 nonmember

Register HERE -- Mail or Fax in Registration.

-- On-Line CREDIT CARD Registration
Thu - May 29
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM		   The Lean, Keen, Nonprofit Machine!
This training session is particularly for Executive Directors to develop the Board that will provide the perfect match to your skills, needs, and vision. During the session, you will receive a guideline to skills/abilities necessary for you and your Board, develop a “Grant of Authority” which will eliminate micro-managing, and begin a plan of action to move your Board into a “Lean, Keen, Nonprofit Machine”!

Information and Registration:
Presenter: Patricia A. Bair, Executive Director
Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis
Location: UNA, 175 So. Main St., Suite 1210, SLC
Date and Time: Thursday May 29, 9 am - 12 pm
Cost: $36 UNA Member, $72 Non Member
Register HERE -- Mail or Fax in Registration.

-- On-Line CREDIT CARD Registration