Ask for their nonprofit discount. The seminar will cover the basic aspects of strategic planning and board development including fundraising, program development, and membership communications. The course will be led by Eric Meyers, executive director of Indiana Natural Resources Foundation, and Renee Kivikko, program director of the LTA Midwest Program. This program gives executive directors the knowledge, skills, and support they need to move their organizations forward. It is aimed at the many executive directors of environmental groups who assume their jobs with experience as activists, but little training as managers.
Scholarships are usually available.
Land Trust Alliance News New Book on Working Lands Working Forest Conservation Easements, the newest book from LTA, is designed to help individuals and organizations craft conservation easements to protect the many values of working forestland. The land trust movement is growing every year. To record and report on this growth, the Land Trust Alliance is once again conducting its National Land Trust Census. Your prompt participation will help LTA present an accurate picture of the land trust movement to public officials, landowners, the media, and other key audiences. Information collected through the census is used to make the case for private land conservation in the halls of Congress as well as the media.