Webinars and Other Events to Help You Deal With Covid-19 (April 20-24)

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has collected a list of webinars, briefings, forums, and other online sessions to help our audience navigate this difficult time. If you would like your session to be considered for our weekly listing of events, please submit it here.

Monday, April 20

K-12 Roundtable 2
Monday, April 20, at 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Freewill
Join K-12 development peers to discuss ideas, challenges, and new opportunities currently facing the sector.
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Tuesday, April 21

#GivingTuesdayNow: How Planned & Major Giving Teams Can Tap Into a New Global Day of Action
Tuesday, April 21, at 12:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Freewill
GivingTuesday recently announced a day of global action as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by Covid-19. This day of giving and unity — #GivingTuesdayNow — will take place on May 5, 2020. In this webinar, we’ll share: the ways nonprofit professionals are planning for #GivingTuesdayNow, how to make an action plan for #GivingTuesdayNow, how to incorporate planned giving into GivingTuesday asks, creative examples from the community. Join Patrick Schmitt, the co-CEO of FreeWill, to hear how planned and major giving teams can get their #GivingTuesdayNow campaigns off the ground, activate their communities, and make the most of this day of giving.
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Working With Your Board During the Pandemic
Tuesday, April 21, at 2:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
In this time of crisis you’ll need help from your board like never before. The Chronicle of Philanthropy and BoardSource are joining forces to present a live, interactive forum on how to best work with your board members during the pandemic to stabilize your nonprofit and plan for challenging times ahead. In addition to taking your questions, experts will discuss: how to keep your board motivated while they are facing challenges in their personal and professional lives, how your board can best help now with fundraising and financial advocacy, how your board can help with financial planning, partnerships, and more. Attendees can ask questions, share advice, and provide support to one another during this tumultuous time.
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How to Center Race Equity in Your Organization’s Covid-19 Response
Tuesday, April 21, at 2:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Independent Sector
As the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll across the United States, vulnerable populations (including low-income communities, communities of color, the elderly, and the disabled) are being disproportionately affected. The disparities faced by these communities, which are a reflection of the continuing consequences of inequality, structural racism, and unequal access to affordable health care — are a primary factor in the pandemic death rate. Now, we find ourselves at a unique moment where our response efforts can rapidly accelerate equitable outcomes. Join Independent Sector and Equity in the Center for an interactive conversation about how you can proactively apply a race equity lens to your organization’s Covid-19 response and help ensure that our collective pandemic-focused efforts prioritize race equity.
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Wednesday, April 22

Nonprofit HR: Leading Teams Through Uncertainty
Wednesday, April 22, at 1:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Root Cause
Join Erin Rodriguez, managing director, Abby Fung, managing director ofpPartnership and practice management, and Barbara Travers, director of operations, to learn about leading your team through uncertainty. Topics include setting expectations, sharing the right information at the right time, and making space for difficult conversations.
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Town Hall: Emerging from Crisis
Wednesday, April 22, at 1:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Virtuous
In just a few weeks, everything changed. While no one knows what the new normal will look like, some nonprofits aren’t waiting for the new normal to arrive. They’re proactively creating one. They’re leaning on the innate generosity of humans to push forward to a better future, and they’re already seeing results. We’re assembling a panel of experts in a 3-hour town hall. They will share their experiences as fundraisers and consultants during periods of crisis, and how this crisis requires its own approach.
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Thursday, April 23

How Has COVID-19 Impacted Online Fundraising?
Thursday, April 23, at 1:00 PM CT, Free
Hosted by NextAfter
In a free, live webinar on April 23rd at 1pm central time, Tim Kachuriak (founder of NextAfter) is going to share with you what he’s learned by analyzing the current email fundraising trends of 156 nonprofits. Pairing that with first-hand Google Analytics data from 90 nonprofits, you’ll see what you can expect from your online fundraising efforts, discover how often others are communicating, and get inspiration for your own emails and messaging.
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Listening and Learning from Nonprofit Partners During Disasters
Thursday, April 23, at 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by Council on Foundations and the Center for Effective Philanthropy
Join the Council on Foundations and the Center for Effective Philanthropy to hear from experts in the field on learning from nonprofit partners and developing a culture of listening at your foundation, while building mechanisms that can withstand emergencies and improve your disaster response and grantmaking.
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Policy Update on Covid-19 Response and Recovery
Thursday, April 23, at 2:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Independent Sector
In Washington, the Covid-19 crisis response is constantly evolving. What we know today is sure to be different from what we’ll know tomorrow. Join us for an interactive conversation about the breaking developments in federal policy — with a special focus on the ones that you need to understand to help your organization keep moving.
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Human Resources: Balancing Urgency & Equity
Thursday, April 23, at 3:00 PM ET, Free
Hosted by Nonprofit Quarterly
We’ll explore: if we are forced to make staffing reductions, how can we do so in alignment with our values and minimizing legal risk; what shifts in human resource policy or practice can we implement now to support employees in the short term; what experiments can we undertake that may lead to long-term improvements in how we support employees at our organizations; what employment law is most critical in this fast-changing environment for nonprofit employers.
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Friday, April 24

Free Fridays: Adapting Your Event in the Time of COVID-19
Friday, April 24, at 10:00 AM PT, Free
Hosted by the Ostara Group
On Friday, April 24, join President Rebecca Zanatta for an interactive conversation on Adapting Your Event in the Time of Covid-19. Rebecca will walk through the handful of critical questions every nonprofit needs to think about at this moment.
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