Pillar Nonprofit Network offers a variety of resources to support our members in achieving their missions in the community. We thought we would offer a few tips for how to get the most out of your organization membership with Pillar.
First, make sure our mailing list is up to date with your organization's contacts. There is no limit to the number of individuals at your organization we will add to our mailing list. This is our primary means of communicating funding opportunities, sector news, upcoming workshops and more. You can expect between 1-3 messages per week, geared specifically to the nonprofit sector.
If you're into social media, we would also encourage you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube to receive real-time updates and get involved in conversations happening online in the nonprofit sector. We periodically offer social media workshops which teach how to use this powerful tool effectively.
Once you have connected with us, be sure to get your organization set up with a Pillar website account. Anyone in your organization can use this account to post events, volunteer opportunities and job opportunities on our website. Our site is visited by as many as 350 users a day and prominently features your posts. The feedback from our members is that not only to these posts generate a strong response, they also attract high-quality candidates.
From this website account, you can also access resources available exclusively to members. In the interest of information sharing and promoting best practices and policies, we've included a downloadable copy of several templates and documents including our list of media contacts, Pillar's bi-laws, volunteer management manual and board evaluation template, as well as our governance and operations manuals. If there's something missing that you'd like to see here, let us know!
While you're on our website, take a moment to click on the blue "Programs & Services" tab in the menu at the top of our homepage. This page gives you access to a number of resources you are likely to find helpful:
Training and Events: This is where we list upcoming workshops and events offered by Pillar. You can also find this information on the "events" page link on our homepage. However on the "events" page, Pillar's events would be listed among all the other events occuring in the broader nonprofit community, so they're a little harder to find.
Resources: We post all resources we think might be helpful to you here - we're adding new posts all the time.
Organizations: Each of our member organizations has a profile listed on this page. We encourage you to visit your profile and ensure it is complete and accurate. We direct people here on a regular basis to learn more about you and/or get in touch, so it would be worth your while to keep this information up to date [note: there are some duplicates in this list. This is a known issue that we are working to resolve].
Programs: Pillar is more than the promotion of volunteerism in the nonprofit sector. We have a number of programs and services developed with you in mind. Peruse this page and consider how you might leverage our expertise to benefit your organization.
Membership: This is the page where you will direct your friends and colleagues when they ask you about the benefits of becoming a member of Pillar Nonprofit Network!
Our final suggestion for getting the most of our of your membership is that you participate. Talk to us. Share with us on social media, network with other members, post on our site, take advantage of discounted or free events, reach out to us and ask questions when you're stuck. Use our team's expert knowledge and network in the local, provincial and national noprofit sector to meet your unique needs.
