FALL 2025
SEPTEMBER
Employee, Contractor, Volunteer, or Intern?
September 19, 2025 (Friday) | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Weslaco, TX | Cost: $45
Presented by: Andrea March, Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA)
Description:
Nonprofits rely on employees, independent contractors, volunteers, interns, and other workers to carry out their charitable purposes. The law has special rules for each of these workers. If you want to learn about worker classification, wage and hour laws, and other employment-related issues, this workshop is for you.
Registration Opens September 1
OCTOBER
Grant Proposals: A Blueprint for Success
October 16, 2025 (Thursday) | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Harlingen, TX | Cost: $45
Presented by: Felipe Salinas, Managing Partner, Contexto Consulting LLC
Description:
This workshop will provide participants with a blueprint for developing competitive grant proposals, using actual grant application examples as a basis. The topics will include:
• Setting the Stage through a concise proposal summary and demonstration of applicant credibility.
• Telling Your Story through a compelling statement of need, defined outcomes, and a detailed plan of action.
• Connecting the Dots and the Dollars through an evaluation plan, communicating how the funder’s support will be sustained beyond the grant, and a well-aligned budget.
Registration Opens September 1
NOVEMBER
Strategic Approaches to Driving Employee Motivation
November 20, 2025 (Thursday) | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Weslaco, TX | Cost: $45
Presented by: Michael Matthews, PhD, Asst. Professor, Management, UTRGV College of Business
Description:
In this session, we'll explore organizational leadership tools, focusing on the distinction between leader emergence and leader effectiveness, the role of followers, and promoting positive leadership forms such as ethical leadership and humility. After this workshop, participants will be better equipped to encourage others, engage followers, and develop as leaders.
Registration Opens September 1
DECEMBER
Keep the FUN in Fundraising
December 4, 2025 (Thursday) | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm | Brownsville, TX | Cost: $45
Presented by: Andrea March, Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA)
Description:
Fundraising can raise thorny legal issues for nonprofits. This workshop examines fundraising activities from a legal perspective. If you have questions about charitable activities such as raffles, bingo, auctions, online solicitations, selling goods or services, acknowledging donors, or other legal aspects of fundraising in Texas, this workshop is for you.
Registration Opens September 1