Save The Date: Spectrum Conference On May 10

Photo by Sean Dreilinger

The Community Service Public Relations Council’s annual Spectrum Conference will be on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Southwest-Viking Conference Center (Watson Rd. and Lindbergh Blvd. in Sunset Hills, Mo.) The theme for this year’s conference is, “Bright Futures.”

Spectrum is the only one-day conference in the St. Louis metropolitan area that’s designed exclusively for nonprofit organizations. Spectrum offers four program tracks and explore topics of special interest for,

• executive directors and board members,
• marketing and communications professionals and volunteers,
• development staff,
• newcomers to the nonprofit world,
• and those who are in a new role at a nonprofit and need to gain skills in various areas.

Conference attendees can follow one track throughout the day or attend other sessions.

Conference registration isn’t open yet, but if you would like to be added to the invitation list, please send an e-mail to info@csprc.org or call (314) 416-2237.

Slides From UMSL Continuing Education Course: Developing A Marketing Plan For Your Nonprofit

There were great conversations, questions and interactions during a University of Missouri-St. Louis Continuing Education class on developing a marketing and communications plan for your nonprofit organization on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010.

More than 25 people attended on Wednesday and there were some great questions and conversations.

I failed to include a link to one of the templates I used in the presentation. The four quadrants of developing a marketing and communications plan and committee can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF).

Here’s a link to my deck of slides: