The University of Iowa

General

Event Category 

DonorConnect: Justice for All

In Iowa, 4% of our neighbors are Black Americans, yet they account for 20% of individuals in our jails and 24% in our prisons. By understanding racial inequities in our community and the systemic issues that lead to them, we learn how to address the challenges before us as we seek to be better...

Date 
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 11:00am
Location 
1915 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

Remaking the Economy: Housing Justice Webinar in Partnership with Shelterforce

Tenant Responses to the Eviction Crisis: A Roundtable Discussion

On September 1st, rent will be due for millions of Americans. The CARES Act eviction moratorium expired on July 24 and localities in many states have once again begun...

Date 
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 2:00pm
Location 
88 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02110
Event Category 

Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know and Embrace

Presenter: Angie Kubicek, Firespring CMO

Marketing trends come and go, but the top marketing trends are the ones worth adopting. Digital marketing, content marketing, social media marketing—each plays a role in a nonprofit’s strategy. Join us to discuss the 2020 marketing trends that’ll...

Date 
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 1:30pm
Location 
1201 Infinity Ct.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Event Category 

The Power of Blogging & Thought Leadership for Nonprofits

Presenter: Jay Wilkinson, founder and CEO of Firespring

Most nonprofits that have tried to blog have failed miserably. In this free webinar, we will share the collective wisdom we’ve gleaned from dozens of nonprofit organizations that have stumbled upon the magic formula for becoming...

Date 
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 1:30pm
Location 
1201 Infinity Ct.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Event Category 

Get Your Donors Ready to Give Before Your Big Day

Presenter: Lori L. Jacobwith

In this free webinar, learn how to create your own pre-fundraising event donor engagement experiences. You’ll quickly see why these “experiences” are pivotal in getting donors ready to give – well before event day.

Key Takeaways:

Learn the...
Date 
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 10:00am
Location 
1201 Infinity Ct.
Lincoln, NE 68512
Event Category 

Make it Okay: To Be Human in a Pandemic

This is the second of a six-week virtual mental health series led by the Healthiest State Initiative in tandem with the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Capital Crossroads.

See the event website for a partial list of participants and featured speakers.

Date 
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 12:00pm
Location 
700 Locust St.
Ste. 100
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

Make it OK & Back to School

This is the first of six free online sessions in the "6 Weeks of Make It OK" series. The goal is to have conversations around mental health that look at how we cope with our own well-being. Collective and individual mental health is fundamental to how we think, work, and interact with our...

Date 
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 12:00pm
Location 
700 Locust St.
Ste. 100
Des Moines, IA 50309
Event Category 

Designing Equity-Centered Organizational Values

Organizational values guide the ways in which organizations commit to showing up in the world. We currently find ourselves in the middle of a movement that calls on us to consider the meaninglessness of words that aren’t underpinned by commitment and accountability....

Date 
Thursday, August 13, 2020 - 1:00pm
Location 
32 Old Slip
24th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Event Category 

P&P Training: New and Emerging Nonprofits (Webinar)

Note: The information shared in this webinar will be the same as that presented in a July 18 session.

Are you starting a nonprofit? Should you? If so, how? This webinar will pose a few of the important questions you should answer before taking the big step of forming a nonprofit...

Date 
Saturday, August 15, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Location 
130 Grand Avenue Court
Iowa City, IA 52242
Event Category 

Iowa Arts Summit (Virtual)

The 2020 Iowa Arts Summit will virtually gather Iowa's creative industry professionals for a day of networking, learning and celebrating the arts in Iowa. In the wake of a global pandemic and amid the movement for civil rights, the way we create, present, and interact with art has changed. At...

Date 
Friday, August 7, 2020 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
Location 
600 E. Locust
Des Moines, IA 50312