Empower Success Corps

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" That certainly was the sentiment as we came together on December 12th to celebrate our fellows, consultants, and board members at ESC's Annual Celebration of Service. While the event is designed to show appreciation and gratitude for all who give their time and talent to ESC, several special awards were presented. Congratulations to Patty Hurley who received the Ezra Merrill Founder’s Award for her exceptional contribution to ESC and the nonprofit community; Scott Smith, recipient of the Caleb Loring, Jr. Award for Consulting Excellence; Michael Phelan and Susan Stendahl who were co-recipients of the Bethany B. Kendall Award for Fellowship Excellence; and Steve Hurley who received the Edmund V. Marshall Outstanding Project of the Year award.

ESC Accepting Applications for Next Cohort of Catalyst Fellows: Program for mid-career professionals of color starts in January 2024

Building on the success of our first year, ESC is recruiting for a new group of participants for the 2024 program. Catalyst provides mid-career professionals of color with training to develop consulting skills that will advance their careers. Starting in January and running for six months, Catalyst includes rigorous training mentoring, and a growing professional network to increase participants’ impact in the nonprofit community as staff, executives, board members or consultants. Learn more or apply: https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/news/apply-for-next-cohort-of-catalyst/

Calling all nonprofit leaders. Please join us for a free strategic planning readiness workshop on March 29th from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m.

When is the right time to start a strategic planning process? The answer can vary based on your nonprofit’s priorities, staffing and leadership. In reality, there is no perfect or ideal time and a common pitfall is to hold off on strategic planning until you have the time and resources to undertake the process effectively. But a comprehensive strategic plan can prove critical to your nonprofit’s success, providing a blueprint for your organization to accomplish its goals. In this workshop, you will learn how to get your nonprofit ready for strategic planning.

Timing is Everything: Assessing Organizational Readiness for Strategic Planning - Empower Success Corps

Do you want to make a difference and help support the nonprofit sector across New England? ESC is seeking a highly organized and technically savvy Program Manager to join our small, collaborative team working to support nonprofit organizations throughout New England. Come join our team at Empower Success Corps! https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/news/program-manager/

After two years of honoring our Consultants, Fellows and board members on Zoom, ESC’s annual Celebration of Service returned to the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House on Thursday, November 17th. While the event is designed to show appreciation and gratitude for all who give their time and talent to ESC, several special awards were presented. Congratulations to Skip Burns who received the Ezra Merrill Founder’s Award for his exceptional contribution to ESC and the nonprofit community; Gabriele Loebbert, recipient of the Caleb Loring, Jr. Award for Consulting Excellence; Martha Bednarz who received the inaugural Bethany B. Kendall Award for Fellowship Excellence; and the “Tiger Team" who received the Edmund V. Marshall Outstanding Project of the Year award for their work to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at ESC. Congratulations to John Wallace, Cassandra Clay, Claudia Bach, Louise Borke, John Deeley, David Ellis, Marietta Joseph, Meryl Fink, Carol Johnson, Ron Ryan, Penny Weeks, Katherine Cruise and Lynn Post.

It's ! Make sure you get to the polls and cast your ballot for the important issues that affect your community and the entire nation.

Despite the blazing heat last week, we had a great meet up outside of the Charles Hotel in Cambridge. Consultants, board members, staff and fellows discussed project updates and learnings, what coaching is and why clients request coaching, and everyone shared a bit about their time and experience with ESC. Pictured clockwise: Andrew Spooner (ESC's Associate Director of Consulting and Catalyst), Carol Parker, Bruce Berzin, Cora Beth Abel, Carol Johnson, Karen Saltiel, Marianne Mortara, Chelinde Edouard, Ellen Carpenter, Donna Davis. Photographer: Julie Crockford

Interested in learning about becoming involved with ESC? Visit our website https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/get-involved/

We celebrated our 40th Anniversary at a beautiful outdoor event at Gore Place in Waltham. Check out the video our interns, Valerie Goldstein and John Morris, created.

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Register for our free workshop: "Is Your "Annual Giving" Program Just a One Time Act?"

Traditional “year-end” giving is enormously productive for most nonprofits. But, if you only focus on your donors in the 4th quarter you could be losing out on a lot more than money!

Effectively and consistently communicating your cause – throughout the calendar year – is critical to your fundraising outcomes. This workshop will give you a better understanding, along with tips and tools, to improve the outcomes that matter to your budget and your donors. Join us for this free workshop on Wednesday, September 15th from 11am to noon. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-your-annual-giving-program-just-a-one-time-act-tickets-164334608237

Milestone reached - $2.5 MILLION RAISED for NH nonprofits! Way to go! You have until 5pm today to donate to your favorite nonprofit up north through the NH Gives campaign. ESC has been fortunate to work with many wonderful nonprofits in NH. Please check out these organizations and consider making a donation: GALA Makers Mill, NH Peace Action, Seacoast Science Center, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Rain for the Sahel and Sahara, Lake Sunapee Protective Association, New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association, and Joan G. Lovering Health Center.

We’re so excited to be a part of NH Gives! You can support the campaign by visiting NHGives.org and donating on June 8 - 9, 2021.

More than $1 million in total matching funds (site-wide and nonprofit) are available to boost donations during !
$300,000 site-wide match - made possible by New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and its donors will be available. These funds will be distributed during specific times throughout the 24 hours.
$10,000 Upper Valley match - made possible by New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and its Bio X Cell Fund will be available at 5PM on June 8
$9,000 Upper Valley match - made possible by New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and several of its donors will be available at 3PM on June 9.
$10,000 match made possible by New Hampshire Women's Foundation will also be available at 12PM on June 9 for nonprofits providing services related to women's issues.

Donate to your favorite nonprofits between 5pm on June 8 and 5pm on June 9 at https://www.nhgives.org/ for a chance to have your donation matched!

Organizations eligible for the Upper Valley match:
AVA Gallery and Art Center
Blue Mountain Snowduster, O.R.C.
Claremont Learning Partnership
Claremont Opera House Inc
Eastman Charitable Foundation
Enfield Shaker Museum
Families Flourish Northeast Inc.
Friends of Mascoma Foundation
Full Circle Farm Therapeutic Horsemanship
Galgos del Sol USA
Good Neighbor Health Clinics
High Horses Therapeutic Riding Program
Lake Sunapee Protective Association
Library Arts Center
LISTEN Community Services
Loving Moms Toghether
Mascoma Community HealthCare, Inc.
Mascoma Cooperative Preschool
Mascoma Valley Preservation
Mountain Valley Treatment Center
Opera North
Orion House, Inc
Project Sunapee
Revels North
Road To Independence
Royals Athletic Boosters
Spark Community Center
The Fort at No. 4
The Livery/ Sunapee Heritage Alliance
TLC Family Resource Center
Twin Pines Housing
Upper Valley Community Nursing Project
Upper Valley Haven
Visions For Creative Housing Solutions, Inc.
Vital Communities
West Central Behavioral Health
Willing Hands

Meet Louise Borke! Louise is a seasoned nonprofit consultant and former financial services industry executive with extensive experience in strategic planning and governance. Learn more about Louise: http://ow.ly/2z7a50DWzI7

Meet Marjorie Bauer! Marjorie has over 30 years of experience using market research and marketing strategies to help address key issues for nonprofits. Learn more about her story as a consultant with ESC: https://lnkd.in/ghCSw_B

Meet Craig Anderson! Craig was an experienced congregational minister, serving churches in MA and NJ, always with an interest in professional development and peer support. Learn more about Craig: http://ow.ly/uUSW50DukDO

Meet Rebecca Hutchinson! As an experienced ESC consultant, she most recently worked on projects for NH Peace Action and the Abbott Library. Learn more about Rebecca's areas of expertise: http://ow.ly/3K0K50DukFU

Hear from one of our expert fundraising consultants about tips for annual development planning and learn how ESC can help develop or improve your fundraising strategies. https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/blog/annual-development-planning/

Meet Joel Adler. Joel is a hands-on manager known for his leadership. He is an implementer who is consistently able to turn financial information into useful management tools. Learn more about his story as a consultant with ESC: https://lnkd.in/giRWdYp

Due to COVID-19, the need to communicate with all your stakeholders is more critical now than ever. Hear from a team of ESC's marketing consultants about their best communication practices that you can implement moving forward:
https://empowersuccesscorps.org/blog/communicating-in-a-crisis/

Communicating in a Crisis: Thoughts from ESC - Empower Success Corps By Marjorie Bauer, Debra Yanofsky, Gabriele Loebbert, and Janice Dolnick Introduction We hope you are all healthy, safe and sound during this unprecedented time of social distancing and virtual service delivery. While marketing is about the last thing you want to think about during a crisis like COV...

Meet Victoria Wicks, an experienced senior executive in the healthcare industry and a former Vice President of External Affairs at Sanofi. Learn more about her story as a consultant with ESC:
https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/people/victoria-wicks/

"It can be lonely at the top." If you are a nonprofit Executive Director or CEO looking to exchange learnings from other leaders in the field, ESC’s Nonprofit Executive RoundTable (NET) is currently registering new participants for the winter 2021 cohort. The NET program, which provides a confidential forum for nonprofit executives to share challenges and ideas, moved to Zoom this past spring without skipping a beat. The leaders have leaned-in on one another to share, to be heard, to exchange advice and to acknowledge the unprecedented and unique stressors of this time. To register or learn more, visit https://www.empowersuccesscorps.org/esc-institute/nonprofit-executive-roundtable/

A very happy birthday to Director of ESC Fellowships, Donna Delude Morelle! We were able to "celebrate" online yesterday with a fun game of Boggle and some tulip filled virtual backgrounds.

Let’s celebrate the festival in the true sense by spreading joy and light up the world of others. Have a happy, safe, and blessed Diwali!

On this day, we honor all current and former members of the Armed Services. Our country’s greatness is built on the foundation of your courage and sacrifice.