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• Demystifying AI for Grant Writing

  • When
    25 Mar 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Demystifying AI for Grant Writing

  with Nira Mahesh of Illuminira Consulting, LLC

  Tuesday, March 25, 9:30-11am 

  Join us for a workshop designed to help you feel more comfortable with artificial intelligence (AI) and incorporating it into your workflows.  You'll leave with a basic understanding of AI, best practices, and suggestions on how to leverage AI in your organization. Nira Mahesh brings her vast technical and operations experience to this topic, combined with her understanding of non-profits as the Board Chair of Spark Kindness and a Community Advisory Board Member of the MetroWest YMCA Outdoor Center.  Nira's engaging presentation style blends real-world experience with actionable insights, ensuring you'll walk away with practical tools you can implement immediately.

  About the Speaker 

  Nira Mahesh, PMP, CSM, CSPO, is a seasoned project leader with over 18 years of experience transforming organizations, teams, and strategic outcomes. She is currently the Founder of Illuminira Consulting, a boutique Management Consulting Firm based outside of Boston, MA. Throughout her career she has; led successful company-wide initiatives to update technology systems and optimize processes; trained numerous professionals in best practices to achieve operational improvements through the Art & Science of Project Management; written content and spoken on strategic leadership topics.

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• Martha's Vineyard Career, Volunteer, and Networking Night!

  • When
    10 Apr 2025
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    The Grange Hall, West Tisbury

  Martha's Vineyard Career, Volunteer, and Networking Night!

  Brought to you by the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, ACE MV, MVNC, and Vineyard Preservation Trust, in partnership with Slough Farm. 

  April 10, 5:30-7:30pm

  at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury 

  
  

  Join us for an exciting evening of career opportunities, volunteer opportunities, community engagement, and professional networking at the Martha’s Vineyard Career, Volunteer & Networking Night. 

  WHAT TO EXPECT:

  • Explore career pathways on Martha’s Vineyard
    

  • Discover job and volunteer openings from local businesses & nonprofits
    

  • Connect with industry professionals in a relaxed, engaging setting
    

  • Network over live music, food & beverages—because sometimes the best opportunities come from great conversations!

  Don’t miss this unique chance to build connections, explore new possibilities, and take the next step in your career or community involvement!

  How to get involved: 

  Volunteer opportunities:

  Nonprofits interested in promoting their volunteer opportunities can drop off materials for the MVNC shared volunteer table for FREE. You should also update your volunteer listing on MVNC's website here. 

  To register to bring volunteer materials, email MVNC.

  Job Opportunities: 

  If your organization is interested in having your own staff and table to promote job and volunteer opportunities and other ways to engage with your mission, you can register to purchase a dedicated staffed table with the MV Chamber of Commerce. 

  To register for your own table, email the MV CoC here

  Attending as a community member: 

  Stop by! General attendance is free and we welcome you to join us as a community member! Registration is not required although it is helpful for planning purposes.

  Register to attend here (free!)

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• Development Brown Bag: Planned Giving

  • When
    15 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    West Tisbury Library

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  Spring development brown bag: Planned Giving

  with MVCF, MV Hospital and Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan, & Hackney Law

  Tuesday, April 15, 9-10:30am 

  West Tisbury Library Community Room

  The Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation (MVCF) wants to make it EASY for you to receive planned gifts. We want to partner with you on a program that has generated well over $10 million in endowment to the foundation, and pays out over $400,000 each year in grants and scholarships. Come learn about the key steps and checklists that can be used even by small and medium-sized nonprofits on the Vineyard.

  The session will be led by Paul Schulz from MVCF; Kelley Crisp, estate planning attorney from Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan, & Hackney, LLC; and Denise Flynn from the MV Hospital. Please RSVP as space is limited.

  MV Nonprofit Collaborative's regular "brown bag" meetings provide Island nonprofits a space to share, network, and learn from each other as we all fundraise for our Island initiatives. This event is open to all staff and Board members who are actively fundraising for their organizations. 

  
  

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• Understanding & Leveraging Generational Diversity in the Workplace

  • When
    17 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Gentelligence®: Understanding & Leveraging Generational Diversity in the Workplace 

  with Dr. Megan Gerhardt 

  Thursday, April 17

  9-10:30 am, Zoom

  Featured in Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, NBC News, and more, Megan developed Gentelligence® to help organizations change the way they approach generational differences. Learn why the Gentelligence approach was named a Harvard Business Review Big Idea in 2022 and chosen as one of the 10 most definitive management ideas of the year in 2024! 

  With five generations currently in the workplace, many leaders view this dynamic as a frustration and a challenge. In this engaging session, you will learn how the strategies of Gentelligence® can help your organization leverage generational diversity as an opportunity and a competitive advantage instead.

  We will discuss:

  • How to push beyond lazy stereotypes to understand generational and age differences as a valuable form of diversity.

  • The barriers that often prevent organizations (and individuals) from intergenerational collaboration.

  • The 4 key practices of Gentelligence and ways to apply them to workplace challenges.

  • How to have smarter intergenerational conversations.

  About the Speaker

  Megan W. Gerhardt, Ph.D., is a Professor of Management and Leadership at Miami University's Farmer School of Business. In addition to her academic work, she consults and speaks with leading organizations worldwide on leveraging generational diversity in the workplace and is the author of Gentelligence: A Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce. Her Gentelligence framework was featured as Harvard Business Review's Big Idea in March 2022 and selected for Harvard Business Review's Top 10 Must Reads for 2024. Through her work (www.gentelligence.org), Dr. Gerhardt focuses on harnessing individual differences to drive impact and exceptional performance.

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• 5 Strategies for Disrupting Your Unconscious Bias

  • When
    29 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  5 Strategies for Disrupting Your Unconscious Bias
  

  with Linda Jenkins of Jenkins Consulting Group

  Tuesday, April 29, 10am-12pm on Zoom

  Many leaders are striving to create dynamic inclusive organizations that maximize innovation, creativity, productivity, engagement, and relationships to effectively serve  their constituents. These leaders create and adapt systems that promote fairness and  equitable treatment, and foster environments where diverse perspectives are heard, recognized, and acted upon. They are using unconscious bias training to help their  employees and volunteers become fully engaged in supporting and sustaining their  efforts. This workshop will introduce participants to unconscious bias and its impact on  decision-making in the workplace; tools to identify their individual unconscious biases; and five strategies they can use to disrupt their unconscious biases. This session should  particularly benefit leaders working to create organizations that maximize innovation, creativity, productivity, engagement, and relationships.

  By participating in Five (5) Strategies for Disrupting Your Unconscious Biases, participants  will: 

  1. Learn the definition of and characteristics of unconscious bias 
  2. Explore tools to identify their individual unconscious biases 
  3. Learn five (5) strategies they can use to disrupt their unconscious biases 
     1. Realize and accept we all have unconscious biases
     2. Build awareness of your unconscious biases 
     3. Practice Individuation vs. categorization 
     4. Practice perspective taking 
     5. Practice counter-stereotyping

  About the Speaker

  Linda Jenkins provides organization leaders with practical strategic approaches to achieving their missions. Her services enhance their abilities to govern and manage ethically, effectively, and inclusively. Customized services include board assessment and development, strategic planning, and inclusive workplace training. Linda is passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone:

  1. Feels their dimensions of diversity are valued.
  2. Has all their talents tapped in service to their organization’s goals.
  3. Feels a sense of belonging.

  Linda has owned her own company,  Jenkins Consulting Group (JCG), for seventeen years. She provides her services virtually and in-person. Through JCG, Linda has completed 90 projects for 68 organizations.

  
  

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• Strengthen Your Workplace Relationships with Inclusive Meetings

  • When
    13 May 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  Meeting Culture Matters: Strengthen Your Workplace Relationships with Inclusive Meetings

  with Linda Jenkins
  of Jenkins Consulting Group

  Tuesday, May 13, 10am-12pm on Zoom

  • Do you want to attend meetings that maximize innovation, creativity, productivity, engagement, and  relationships?  
  • Do you want to attend meetings where the leader mediates and facilitates the discussion to ensure no  participant dominates or derails the discussion or interrupts other participants? 
  • Do you want to attend meetings where all participants understand how and when they can engage with  each other?  
  • Do you want to attend meetings that promote fairness and equitable treatment? 
  • Do you want to lead meetings that foster environments where diverse perspectives are heard,  recognized, and acted upon?  

  If you answered yes to any of these questions, join Linda Jenkins for Meeting Culture Matters: Strengthen Your Workplace Relationships with Inclusive Meetings. During Linda’s workshop, participants will learn: 

  1. The definition of inclusive meetings. 
  2. How inclusive meetings strengthen workplace relationships by reducing bias and increasing  psychological safety. 
  3. The attributes of inclusive meetings. 
  4. Guidance on facilitating inclusive meetings to strengthen their workplace relationships. 

  Participants will receive the 11-page Leading Inclusive Meetings handout to help them facilitate and lead  inclusive meetings in their workplace. 

  About the Speaker

  Linda Jenkins provides organization leaders with practical strategic approaches to achieving their missions. Her services enhance their abilities to govern and manage ethically, effectively, and inclusively. Customized services include board assessment and development, strategic planning, and inclusive workplace training. Linda is passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone:

  1. Feels their dimensions of diversity are valued.
  2. Has all their talents tapped in service to their organization’s goals.
  3. Feels a sense of belonging.

  Linda has owned her own company,  Jenkins Consulting Group (JCG), for seventeen years. She provides her services virtually and in-person. Through JCG, Linda has completed 90 projects for 68 organizations.

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