September 3, 2009  
 
 
ABOUT US
  Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers.		  
ABOUT MEMBER WEBCASTS
Members Only Webcasts are monthly sessions held at the lunch hour. The goals are to update members on current ACT activity, developing programs and partnerships, and future plans. Please plan to join the monthly call to stay connected to ACT, urban forestry, and your peers. 
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Building Capacity & Growing Sustainably with ACT
September 3, 2009
1:00- 2:00pm EST

Increasing capacity in order to serve members' needs remains central to the Alliance for Community Trees' mission. This plays an even larger role as our network continues to grow (ACT was 60 members four years ago, today it is over 150 members). As part of these efforts, ACT recently added a development professional to its staff and implemented a comprehensive fundraising program. Find out how ACT's fundraising program can benefit your organization and what you can do to help.

  
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SESSION TOPICS
Webcast attendees will learn about:
* ACT's fundraising program for 2009 and 2010
* ACT's finances and operations
* The benefits received from increased organizational capacity
* Opening doors and alerting ACT to potential connections
* Displaying your affiliation with ACT
* Forging partnerships that are mutually beneficial

  
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FUNDRAISING AT ACT
Megan Odett, Alliance for Community Trees
Because fundraising is typically only discussed at the Annual Meeting and only 48% of members attended at least one annual meeting between 2005 and 2007, many members may be unfamiliar with ACT fundraising picture and how they can help the coalition and the urban forestry field. This special members only webcast aims to reach both members already participating in ACT's fundraising program as well as members who have not recently attended an Annual Meeting.

  
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MEMBER'S PERSPECTIVE
Marcia Bansley, Trees Atlanta
As a Past President and founding member of the Alliance for Community Trees, Marcia has a personal commitment to ACT's success. She is also the Executive Director of our local member, Trees Atlanta. In that role, she has shown that development partnerships are not necessarily an 'either or' of national versus local competing interests. Much the opposite, Marcia's efforts have opened doors to funding relationships with some of ACT's main corporate and nonprofit partnerships such as The Home Depot Foundation, UPS Foundation, and Primedia.

  

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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance! Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.

  



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