Library Workshop

Reminder: Library Workshop for Nonprofit Management Graduate Students

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
7:00-8:15 p.m.
Golda Meir Library, Room B
North Commons of the Daniel M Soref Commons

Don't miss this Library Workshop offered by business librarian Kris Bina Midthun. Topics covered will include periodical and other literature searches and search engines; access to nonprofit periodicals; books, circulation and inter-library borrowing; a basic introduction to legal research; and more. (The workshop was originally scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, September 27.)

Here's what NLSA president Justin Shoman has to say about this workshop:

"The [nonprofit management] library training I attended two years ago has shaped my entire graduate experience. It's made accessing the library and its resources so much easier.

Please register if you plan to attend.

Any questions? Contact Barbara Duffy, 414-229-2924 or bduffy@uwm.edu.

HBI and NLSA Present: An Evening With Jeffrey Brudney

Please join us at a special campus lecture sponsored by the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at UWM (HBI), in partnership with UWM's Nonprofit Leadership Student Association (NLSA) featuring Jeffrey Brudney, noted scholar and author, on the following topic: The Return on Investment of Involving Volunteers: The ROI of Calculating the ROI October 21, 2010 5:30-6:30 pm 151 Cunningham Hall, UWM Campus A student reception sponsored by NLSA, outside Cunningham Room 151, will follow the lecture. Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ph.D., is the Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Dr. Brudney has published widely in the areas of public administration, the nonprofit sector, and volunteerism. According to a study published in the Journal of Public Administration Education, he ranks tenth in research productivity among scholars world-wide based on article publication over the past decade in all referred journals affiliated with the American Society for Public Administration. The Urban Institute calls him "the foremost research expert on volunteer management programs and community volunteer centers in the United States." If you plan to attend, please RSVP using this link. If you have any questions, please contact Shelly Schnupp at sschnupp@uwm.edu.

1st Membership Meeting of 2010-11 Academic Year

Monday Oct. 11, 2010 at 8pm
UW-Milwaukee Union 344

Please join us to discuss our upcoming events including the ARNOVA conference and the 2nd Annual Greater Milwaukee Nonprofit Networking Fair

A New (academic) Year and New Leadership

For those who have never visit our blog before, I would like to take a moment to introduce the Nonprofit Leadership Student Association (NSLA), and myself, our new president. NLSA was established in 2008 by students of the Nonprofit Masters Degree program to provide a support network for all the students of the Helen Bader Institute (HBI). Here is our mission:

NLSA seeks to offer the current Nonprofit Management and Leadership students and alumni an opportunity to network and foster both professional and social relationships. NLSA also seeks to deepen the value of the Nonprofit Management and Leadership degree and promote continuing education opportunities for alumni.

In keeping with that mission, the organization has evolved to host academic and professional forums, in conjunction with HBI, on issues specific to the nonprofit sector. We have also expanded our reach across UW – Milwaukee and the Milwaukee community welcoming students from other programs, alumni, and community members to participate in our events. Finally, we have successfully written grants and secured the additional funding to send 13 students to three conferences over the past three semesters at little or no cost.

Continuing in these traditions:

• NLSA will be co-sponsoring an event with HBI to bring John Brudney to campus on the evening of October 21.

• We have grant funding to send four students to the ARNOVA conference in Washington D.C. ARNOVA is a leading interdisciplinary community of people dedicated to fostering through research and education, the creation, application and dissemination of knowledge on nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, civil society and voluntary action (www.arnova.org) More information about the conference can be found here


• We will also be hosting our second annual Nonprofit Networking Fair on December 6th. Last years event was a success and we are looking forward to building on that momentum. The event brings together representatives from organizations across the nonprofit sector in Milwaukee to network with the students and alumni of HBI.

Personally, I am exited to be the new President of NLSA. I am in my third and final year of the nonprofit management masters degree program, and I have been with NLSA since its inception. I have watched it flourish under our previous leadership committees, and I would like to thank our past presidents, Jenny Steinman Heyden and Annie Reifsnyder, for their hard work in establishing this great organization. I am eager to work with this year’s leadership committee and I am positive we will accomplish some great things in the coming year.

Please join us for our first general membership meeting on October 11, 2010. The meeting will be held at 8pm in Union 344 at UW - Milwaukee.

Also, please consider attending ARNOVA. The “early-bird” registration deadline is October 17 so we would like to identify and register this year’s participants shortly after our first meeting. If you are interested, and a student, email us at nlsauwm@gmail.com. We will also be applying for second semester grants soon so please come to the meeting with ideas about what you think NLSA should be funding.

I look forward to meeting you next Monday.

Thank you,
Justin R Shoman
President
Nonprofit Leadership Student Association