Welcome to MCN’s Nonprofit Trainings and Events Calendar! Here, you’ll find trainings and events across the state to help you network, learn, and give back.
To submit an event, click here. All submissions will be approved by MCN staff prior to being posted. You must be an MCN nonprofit or affiliate member to submit an event.
For questions, please contact events@macouncilofnonprofits.org.
In celebration of Women's Small Business Month, join MCN affiliate Cambridge Savings Bank for an action-packed evening with Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking of True Focus Coaching, a productivity expert who's spent 20 years helping professionals master their time and elevate their impact. You'll learn: ✅ How to prioritize to maximize time, energy, and money ✅ What […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already impacting businesses, nonprofits, and other institutions. AI will enhance, and change, the way we work and how we consume and use information. It’s important that nonprofit organizations of all sizes prepare for AI and develop policies and procedures for how to use it, and how to prevent its misuse. We […]
Building Trust, Engagement, and Results is a one-day, interactive leadership retreat designed for emerging leaders, new managers, and cross-functional team leads who want practical, human-centered tools to strengthen team dynamics and culture. Using the organizational health frameworks, participants will explore the relational dynamics that most impact effectiveness: trust, healthy conflict, commitment, accountability, and results. Through experiential challenges, facilitated reflection, and real-time […]
Thinking about your grant strategy for 2027? This webinar offers an overview of the foundation grants cycle, practical tips for thinking outside of the deadline box, and a "grant roles" template that you'll adapt for your own team structure. Designed and priced for smaller to mid-sized nonprofits.
Do you know what intellectual property your nonprofit uses, who owns it, and how to protect it? This workshop presents the basics of intellectual property law as it applies to nonprofit organizations. Topics include: - What is intellectual property (IP) - How to protect the nonprofit’s name and logos - Who owns the nonprofit’s program […]
Why do we sometimes act when we see harm, and why do we sometimes stay silent? Join us as we explore the psychology of active bystandership through A Class Divided and Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels, examining the bystander effect, the forces that shape our decisions in moments of harm, and what […]
Join us for an educational session at our Information Day at the Carroll Center for the Blind on Tuesday, November 3, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.! We invite individuals who are new to vision loss to learn more about the Carroll Center and our services, as well as professionals interested in supporting individuals who are blind […]
Adopting a strategic plan is only the beginning. The real work is keeping it on track all year. Using a case study of a nonprofit, Insource Services’ finance and payroll team will show how to turn strategic goals into a working budget, build the payroll internal controls and financial oversight that keep your numbers trustworthy, […]
An essential overview of how to establish a nonprofit in Massachusetts and obtain a 501(c)(3) tax-exemption, with key points for maintaining tax-exempt status. Strongly recommended for anyone starting a nonprofit. Workshop participants will receive a copy of the presentation slides and additional reference materials. Topics include: - For-profit or nonprofit? - What is a nonprofit? […]
Join us on Saturday, November 7, 2026, as we celebrate the Carroll Center for the Blind’s 90th Anniversary with an Open House from 1:00–4:00 p.m. at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, MA. This free event brings our community together to honor our past, celebrate our impact, and look ahead to the future […]
*Note: This training is not designed to help advise nonprofits on their hiring practices. It is solely focused on assisting clients with criminal records.* This criminal records training is intended for nonprofits whose staff are involved with counseling or offering services in the community to individuals who may have criminal records. It will address the […]