Non-profit Workshops
The Trust is hosting a series of in-person workshops that could help build the knowledge and capacity of your non-profit. These workshops are for Basin non-profits and their staff and volunteers.
In addition to these in-person workshops, the Trust hosts a series of webinars, learn about upcoming webinars here.
Upcoming Workshops
Grant Writing – Fernie
Learn the basics of preparing grant applications or sharpen your skills through a step-by-step approach to the process. From developing the project idea to completing the details of the budget, this workshop will provide an outline to use to prepare clear, concise, comprehensive, and competitive grant applications.
A career working with and for non-profit societies has given Lynda many opportunities to pursue funding, but the 16 year working for the Columbia Basin Trust from the Naksup office put her on the receiving end of those funding applications. Lynda has also gained experience adjudicating grant applications for provincial and federal programs and likes to share what she has learned.
This in-person workshop in Fernie on Wednesday, May 7 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. MT.
Grant Writing – Kaslo
Learn the basics of preparing grant applications or sharpen your skills through a step-by-step approach to the process. From developing the project idea to completing the details of the budget, this workshop will provide an outline to use to prepare clear, concise, comprehensive, and competitive grant applications.
A career working with and for non-profit societies has given Lynda many opportunities to pursue funding, but the 16 year working for the Columbia Basin Trust from the Naksup office put her on the receiving end of those funding applications. Lynda has also gained experience adjudicating grant applications for provincial and federal programs and likes to share what she has learned.
This in-person workshop in Kaslo on Wednesday, May 14 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. PT.
Bookkeeping for Non-Profits – Golden
This workshop will support your non-profit to understanding the roles and responsibilities of staff and the board of directors when it comes to bookkeeping, financial reporting and to understand basic concepts and terminology around bookkeeping. Topics covered will include double entry bookkeeping while using debits and credits when recording transactions, how to record expenses vs assets, how to create and read various financial statements, complying with tax filing obligations as a non-profit, including payroll responsibilities.
Joleen Minchin currently resides in Nakusp BC and has over 20 years’ experience working as a bookkeeper for small businesses, non-profits and charities and has gained a vast knowledge of payroll, financials and grant reporting. She has served as a director, treasurer, employee and a paid contractor for various non-profits over this time.
This in-person workshop in Golden on Monday, June 2 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. MT.
Bookkeeping for Non-Profits – Rossland
This workshop will support your non-profit to understanding the roles and responsibilities of staff and the board of directors when it comes to bookkeeping, financial reporting and to understand basic concepts and terminology around bookkeeping. Topics covered will include double entry bookkeeping while using debits and credits when recording transactions, how to record expenses vs assets, how to create and read various financial statements, complying with tax filing obligations as a non-profit, including payroll responsibilities.
Joleen Minchin currently resides in Nakusp BC and has over 20 years’ experience working as a bookkeeper for small businesses, non-profits and charities and has gained a vast knowledge of payroll, financials and grant reporting. She has served as a director, treasurer, employee and a paid contractor for various non-profits over this time.
This in-person workshop in Rossland on Thursday, May 22 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. PT.
Marketing, Communications and Social Media – Nelson
Provide non-profits with tools and strategies they can use to help build their brand, tell their stories and raise awareness of their organization, including examples of traditional approaches and digital/social media and ideas of how to choose the right tool for their organization or audience.
Zan Comerford has a decade of experience working with live events, brick-and-mortar businesses, and non-profits across Canada, the United States, and Europe, earning her a glittering toolbox of ‘get-you-noticed’ know-how. As the head of a Basin-based marketing company, she’s a master at crafting social media strategies that cut through the noise and has shared her expertise through teaching for the Basin Business Advisors and Selkirk College.
This in-person workshop is in Nelson on Thursday, May 1 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. PT.
Marketing, Communications and Social Media – Radium
Provide non-profits with tools and strategies they can use to help build their brand, tell their stories and raise awareness of their organization, including examples of traditional approaches and digital/social media and ideas of how to choose the right tool for their organization or audience.
Zan Comerford has a decade of experience working with live events, brick-and-mortar businesses, and non-profits across Canada, the United States, and Europe, earning her a glittering toolbox of ‘get-you-noticed’ know-how. As the head of a Basin-based marketing company, she’s a master at crafting social media strategies that cut through the noise and has shared her expertise through teaching for the Basin Business Advisors and Selkirk College.
This in-person workshop is in Radium on Tuesday, April 8 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. MT.
