January 13, 2011 Martin County

Chamber of Commerce

MARTIN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Local Author Publishes Book

Angela Beach Silverthorne and her

daughter, Tia Silverthorne Bach, just
published their debut novel,
Depression Cookies.
The novel, set in eastern North Carolina
is a coming of age story about a corpo-
rate family maneuvering through love,
loss and change. Told from the distinct
vantage point of both authors, the
reader gets to journey with Abby and
her thirteen year old daughter Krista as they look for
resolutions to life’s complex questions. Throughout the
book, the tension is broken by humor and many colorful
characters who proves life has to be reined rather than
letting it rein you.

Mother & Daughter Writing Team:

Angela Silverthorne and Tia Bach
 How to Increase the Financial Stability
of Your Nonprofit

Please share this exciting opportunity

with your nonprofit and grantee partners

Please join us Wednesday, February 16 for our next 5 Good Ideas session, featuring Mike
Crum of TMC Consulting, Inc. who will be presenting How to Increase the Financial Sta-
bility of Your Nonprofit.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Edwin W. Monroe AHEC Conference Center
2000 Venture Tower Drive, Greenville North Carolina 27834

What is Five Good Ideas? Five Good Ideas is a FREE leadership development
program being offered to support the talented leaders in North Carolina’s nonprofit
community. The nonprofit sector is a vital component in creating and sustaining
healthy communities; and the management of nonprofit organizations requires pas-
sionate, talented and skilled leadership. It is our intention to support leaders as
they implement good ideas into great practice.
Specifically, Five Good Ideas is designed to:
ƒ Increase networking opportunities for nonprofit leaders
ƒ Enhance management and leadership skills
ƒ Aid in the reduction of organizational turnover by increasing the effective-
ness of, and resources available to, nonprofit leaders

How does it work? We initiate a discussion of five good ideas, and ask atten-
dees to transform them into great practice.
Twenty-five nonprofit leaders agree to participate in a three-week program. In the
first part of the program, we convene for a three-hour session (lunch is provided)
during which an industry or issue expert initiates a conversation on five practical
ideas and explores with attendees how they can utilize these ideas to further their
organization’s mission. At the conclusion of the presentation, participants network
in small groups to brainstorm how to specifically implement these ideas into their
capacity building and planning work. Three weeks following the convening, atten-
dees simply respond to an electronic survey and share their application of at least
one of the new ideas. Information from the session will be posted on the BCBSNC
Foundation Web site.

What is the focus? How to Increase the Financial Stability of Your Non-
profit is the title of the February 16 session. Featured presenter Mike Crum will
share practical ideas he has applied throughout his career as a fundraising profes-
sional, assisting nonprofits across the country in improving their fund development
efforts.

How do I participate? Register online at www.bcbsncfoundation.org no later

than February 4, 2011. If you are unable to participate, please forward this invi-
tation to a senior level colleague or board member who could participate in your
place. For more information, please contact Jill Mallatratt at
jill.mallatratt@bcbsncfoundation.org or 919.765.7347.

PLEASE RESPOND BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Annette Taylor | Program Manager, Community Impact through Nonprofit Excellence
p 919.765.2087
f 919.765.2433
annette.taylor@bcbsncfoundation.org
www.bcbsncfoundation.org
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