Face time with Candid: where you can find Candid staff in December 2019 and January 2020

By Suzanne Coffman
November 21, 2019

Candid's Alexis Flannagan and Maria Azuri at the Southeastern Council of Foundation’s 50th APM earlier this month. — Candid's Alexis Flannagan (left) and Maria Azuri (right) at the Southeastern Council of Foundation’s 50th annual meeting earlier this month.

Greetings, Reader,

We’re trying something new this month: instead of including a “Conferences and events” section in our next “What’s new at Candid” post (coming early next month), we’re publishing it as a separate piece. That way we can include more events and provide information about them earlier. If you have feedback about this experiment, please let us know by leaving a comment below!

Conferences

Dec. 4, 2019, New Jersey Non-profit Conference 2019, Somerset, NJ. Look for Susan Shiroma, senior social sector librarian at Candid Northeast, NY, among the attendees.

Trainings

Dec. 2, 2019, Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? Alexandria, VA, free. Led by Elizabeth Madjlesi, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, DC. Register here
Dec. 3, 2019, Introduction to Foundation Directory Online, New York, NY, free. Led by Tracy Kaufman, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Dec. 4, 2019, Introduction to Finding Grants, Brooklyn, NY, free. Led by Catalina Spinel, Candid’s New York lead. Register here
Dec. 4, 2019, Introduction to Foundation Directory Online, San Francisco, free. Led by Laura Bergman, social sector librarian, Candid West. Register here
Dec. 4-6, 2019, Proposal Writing Boot Camp, Washington, DC, early bird price of $695 before 11/26. Led by Kim Buckner Patton, director, Candid Northeast, DC. Register here
Dec. 5, 2019, Introduction to Proposal Writing, New York, NY, free. Led by Catalina Spinel, Candid’s New York lead. Register here
Dec. 5, 2019, Finding Foundation Support for Your Education, Greenwich, CT, free. Led by Susan Shiroma, senior social sector librarian at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Dec. 9, 2019, Introduction to Finding Grants, Rockville, MD, free. Led by Elizabeth Madjlesi, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, DC. Register here
Dec. 10, 2019, Introduction to Finding Grants, Washington, DC, free. Led by Elizabeth Madjlesi, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, DC. Register here
Dec. 10, 2019, Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You? New York, NY, free. Led by Susan Shiroma, senior social sector librarian at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Dec. 10, 2019, Introduction to Corporate Giving, Arlington, VA, free. Led by Elizabeth Madjlesi, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, DC. Register here
Dec. 11, 2019, Introduction to Foundation Directory Online, San Francisco, free. Led by Laura Bergman, social sector librarian, Candid West. Register here
Dec. 12, 2019, Proposal Writing Workshop, New York, NY, early bird price of $245. Led by Tracy Kaufman, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Dec. 12, 2019, Nonprofit Start-Up and Operations Series: Fundraising Strategy and Building Your Ecosystem, Atlanta, GA, $45. Led by Maria Azuri, director, Candid South. Register here
Dec. 17, 2019, Introduction to Finding Grants, New York, NY, free. Led by Susan Shiroma, senior social sector librarian at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Jan 7, 2020, Introduction to Proposal Writing, New York, NY, free. Led by Tracy Kaufman, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here
Jan. 14, 2020, Proposal Writing Workshop, Macon, GA, $165. Led by Maria Azuri, director, Candid South, and Ivonne Simms, Candid’s Atlanta lead. Register here
Jan. 23, 2020, Outcomes Thinking & Management: Shifting Focus from Activities to Impact, New York, NY, $75. Led by Tracy Kaufman, community outreach manager at Candid Northeast, NY. Register here

Candid is also sponsoring in-person trainings by nonprofit experts, and our Funding Information Network (FIN) partners are also offering several in-person trainings. Candid also offers training via live webinars and on demand. Visit GrantSpace to look for additional in-person and virtual training opportunities.

That’s it until next month. Happy Thanksgiving!

About the author

Suzanne Coffman

Editorial Director, Candid
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About Suzanne Coffman

As publisher of the Candid Blog and Candid Newsletter, Suzanne strives to give Candid’s stakeholders information to help them do good. As chief writing guru, grammar and style maven, and English usage referee, she works to help her colleagues communicate effectively.

Suzanne followed a circuitous route to Candid. Each stop enabled her to strengthen her research, writing, and editing abilities. Early in her career, she was a research assistant and then historian at the U.S. Department of State. She left this position to undertake doctoral work in American history. As part of her doctoral program, she received formal editorial training at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History. After completing her doctoral exams, she was assistant editor at the Papers of John Marshall. From there, she moved to the Publications Department of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she served as associate editor and then editor/writer. In November 1999, she joined GuideStar, where she held a number of roles: web content coordinator, managing editor of the GuideStar website, director of communications, and editorial director. She retained the position of editorial director when GuideStar and Foundation Center joined forces in February 2019.

Suzanne holds an A.B. in English and history from The College of William and Mary and an M.A. in American Civilization from The George Washington University. She abandoned her doctoral dissertation after a computer crash ate some of her research and led her to reevaluate her career goals. It was the right decision, but she regrets it.

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