The American Heart Association (AHA) welcomes Pat Costello from Belo Seattle as chair of the board, and Karen Stout, M.D., from UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital as president of the board for its Puget Sound division, effective July 1, 2011.

Costello, vice president and station manager for Belo Seattle, has been a board member since 2010.  In his role as board chair, he is committed to providing leadership on key strategies related to fundraising and corporate partnership.  “Unfortunately, almost everyone is either personally or close to someone who has been touched by heart disease.  I am proud to be associated with an organization that is so committed to changing that dynamic,” he said.

As a cardiologist, Dr. Stout sees the impact of heart disease on adults and children every day, and as board president is committed to strengthening local community programs and mission-related activities by the AHA.  Dr. Stout said, “I’m excited for the opportunity to work with the American Heart Association to improve the cardiovascular health of children and adults in Puget Sound.”

The AHA also welcomes the following new board members: Trisha Cohen, community advocate; Rosanne Dickerson, chief human resource officer Wash./Mont. region, Providence Health & Services; Kent Fisher, vice president, supply chain management – commercial airplanes, The Boeing Company; and Stephen Zieniewicz, executive director, UW Medical Center.

The AHA is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. Its mission is to build healthier lives by preventing, treating and defeating these diseases – two of America’s leading killers. In Washington state alone, the AHA funds more than $6.5-million in cutting-edge research, and works to improve the health of our communities by conducting public and professional educational programs, and advocating for health policies that protect public health.  In Seattle, the key initiatives by the AHA include CPR/AED training, Go Red For Women, Heart Ball, Heart Walk, and My Heart My Life.  To learn more, visit www.heart.org/PugetSound.

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FOCUS ON: Creating Sustainable Funding for your Nonprofit Organization

Sustainable funding is about shifting the culture of individual fundraising from strong-arming and landing one-time donors to developing relationships and creating passionate and committed lifelong donors.

Join us for July’s Focus On as Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, shows us how sustainable funding can easily be incorporated into your organization and how you can start engaging lifelong individual donors today!

Who is this event for: Nonprofit employees, board members and volunteers who are passionate about the mission of their organization and committed to leaving a long-term legacy of financial sustainability.

About Our Presenter
Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO of Benevon, has worked in the fund development field for over 30 years. In the early 1990s, she served as development consultant to an inner-city school in Seattle, where she designed and implemented the fundraising and marketing programs which raised over $7 million in 2.5 years, including a one-hour breakfast event which raised over $1 million.

A dynamic, sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally, Axelrod’s high-energy trainings take the fear out of individual fundraising and give participants a practical, do-able system for long-term financial sustainability.

Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a mission-based system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors. This system ends the suffering about fundraising and builds passionate and committed lifelong donors.

The Focus On program is for Chamber members only. However, if your company is not a member and is interested in membership, we welcome you to pay the registration fee and “try us out” at an event (first time participants only). For information on Chamber membership, click here.

Sponsor a Focus On program or series
The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Focus On series is the perfect chance to market your business to hundreds of potential customers. Custom sponsorship opportunities are currently available. Gain community exposure at one of the Chamber’s most successful professional development programs today! For information, contact Emmy Jordan at (206)389-7247.

Bellevue, WA : Announcing a Washington Non-profit that restores smiles and transforms lives…..
The Aquarian Centers for Smile and Life Mastery (ACSLM), an emerging nonprofit organization in Washington State, provides and facilitates programs and services which promote Oral Health, General Health, Wellness and Successful Living. ʻSmile Masteryʼ a term coined by founder and executive director, Esi A. Quaidoo DDS is the process of identifying, developing and nurturing that inner smile, and integrating it with a healthy  attractive outer smile to promote health, wellness, a state of empowerment and total well being.

The mouth is the gateway to the body and a healthy mouth makes for a healthy body. Oral disease unfortunately has been linked with many disease states such as Diabetes, Heart disease, Oropharyngeal Cancers, tooth loss, pain as well as many undesired emotional and stressful states.

On a brighter note, an Attractive, Healthy Smile has been shown to trigger instant positive and seemingly magical emotional responses and attitudes in people the world over. A Smile can be an effective mood changer, stress reliever, and immune system booster. Smiling often can reverse the aging process, make you look years younger, help you stay positive, and help you feel good. An attractive healthy smile can boost your self-esteem. Studies have shown that smiling releases endorphins and serotonin, your bodyʼs natural pain killers and feel good chemicals, into your body without the side effects that are typical for most drugs on the market. Smiling has even been shown to lower blood pressure. In todayʼs competitive world, Smiling is a great way to stand out and distinguish yourself as confident, attractive, and successful whilst helping your body to function better. Smiling has no known negative side effects on the body, is a universal form of communication and is the most contagious phenomenon on the planet.

The Aquarian Centers for Smile and Life Mastery provides access to Oral Care, Wellness Education, and helps to identify and overcome some of the other barriers to Smile Mastery, important yet often underestimated roadblocks in the pursuit of happiness and total well being. Educational and Coaching topics include ʻSmoking Cessationʼ, ʻStress and Anxiety Managementʼ, ʻOvercoming Fearʼ, and ʻLife Skills Coachingʼ. In addition, ACSLM services employ alternative modalities such as Reiki and Neurolinguistic Programming(NLP). Learn more about ACSLM and how you can benefit from and support this powerful and worthwhile cause by going to http://ACSLM.org.

Contact: Esi A. Quaidoo DDS
Phone: 800-979-4189
DrQ@ACSLM.org

Antioch’s Center for Continuing Education is launching a series of short, interactive courses on a variety of fundraising topics and techniques for leaders and staff of non-profit organizations. Discounted course tuition is available for groups of three or more participants from the same organization.  To explore this option further, please contact the Center for Continuing Education at 206-268-4118.

Upcoming courses for non-profit professionals and leaders:

• Corporate Gifts: How to Obtain In-Kind and Financial Support for Your Non-Profit Organization
• Grassroots Fundraising for Non-Profits: How to Make and Sell Merchandise to Support Your Organization
• Social Media Networking for Non-Profits: Tools and Techniques to Raise Awareness and Money for Your Organization
• Fundamentals of Fundraising: Donor Relationships 101
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
• Learn to Serve workshop series

Have any questions or wish to register? Please feel free to call our office at 206-268-4118 or you can visit our website and register online at: http://www.antiochsea.edu/ce/courses-nonprofits.html

On Wednesday, August 18th, Founder Carol Tran will host her fourth Chic Meets Geek™ event in Seattle, Washington. Based in San Francisco, Chic Meets Geek™ is designed to bridge the social gap between the cultural chic and intellectual geeks. It is similar to a conference, but with a social atmosphere. The purpose is to gather two different groups in one room to inspire, share, and connect through a panel of geek and chic celebrity speakers to talk about their inspirational background. A nonprofit beneficiary is highlighted at every Chic Meets Geek™ event and themed around the speaker panelists’ expertise to bridge the gap. It’s where tech conference meets red carpet meets charity fundraiser.

The event on Wednesday, August 18th will highlight and connect the flourishing Seattle community of extraordinary chic and geek leaders, businesses, performance artists, and non-profits. Jolkona Foundation and Washington Cash are the non-profit beneficiaries of the event.

Chic Meets Geek™ is teaming up with Gnomedex to be the “Opening Celebration Event” to honor humble, but extraordinary, geek and chic leaders, businesses, and non-profits. On August 18th, Chic Meets Geek™ will challenge attendees with thought-provoking ideas and situations. There will be speakers, performance artists, tech/chic demos, all-you-can-eat and drink, and a unique networking opportunity for all guests. It’s a power networking event for the extroverts to the wallflowers. The event will be hosted at the ultra-chic Hotel 1000 in Seattle, WA and tickets can be purchased on the website, http://chicmeetsgeek.com.

For more information visit the website or contact Steven Paul Matsumoto, at sm@stigmare.com or call 206.818.9648.

The Center for Nonprofit Success is hosting their fourth annual Seattle Fundraising Summit. If you are looking for ways to raise more money for your organization, this conference is not to be missed.

It features an outstanding lineup of speakers, which you can view here: http://www.cfnps.org/Seattle_10.aspx?target=speakers

If you are interested in speaking at the upcoming Seattle Summit, there are still a few speaking slots available. You can see which sessions we still need speakers by going to: http://cfnps.org/spinv_interested.aspx?S=88

Sign up for the entire conference, or take advantage of our unique a la carte registration system.

Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to learn from the experts in your community!

The Seattle Fundraising Summit Event Information:

Date: July 27-28, 2010
Location: Seattle University, Student Center Building, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Cost: There are two early bird registration options:

1. Full two day Pass – $475. This includes two free 30 minute mentoring sessions valued at $50 each.
2. A la Carte registration – $55 per seminar and $50 for each mentoring session.
   [Early bird registration ends on June 18]

More information about the Fundrasing Summit can be found at: http://www.cfnps.org/Seattle_10.aspx

In addition to the Fundraising Summit, the Center for Nonprofit Success conducts the monthly Seattle Nonprofit Leadership Series. For a list of upcoming sessions, please go follow this link for more information: http://www.cfnps.org/SeattleLS10.aspx

Learn how the Puget Sound Business Journal can help your Nonprofit grow in 2010. By more clearly targeting your donors and a stronger branding presence you will see success in the coming year.

To Register: Click here for more information or call Elizabeth Case at (206) 876-5500 or e-mail us

Is the competitive spirit alive in you and your organization?  Do you consider yourself a better bowler than your global development counterparts?  Well, now is the chance to prove it!  For one night, Global Washington has decided to set aside our day job so that our members can ‘duke it out’ in the bowling alley.  Join us to network and bowl with members from small and large non-profits, educational institutions, philanthropy and businesses who all share something in common: our passion for development issues on the local, national and global level.

We are pleased to partner with GARAGE on First Hill to bring you 2010’s first Global Social.  Come out to connect and form bowling teams around YOUR shared region or YOUR shared issue while thinking of ways you can collaborate to overcome common challenges.  Please extend this invitation to those in your organization and with others who have a desire to learn more.

WHO: Global Washington Members: only 21+ with valid ID
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17th 2010, 4:00pm – 7:00pm
WHERE: GARAGE: 1130 Broadway Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
WHAT TO BRING: Business cards, brochures, newsletters and a fun bowling spirit
COST: FREE-lanes, shoes and light fare will be provided.  Drinks are not included.
RSVP to: peter@globalwa.org or call 206.652.8725-.  Please RSVP so we know how many lanes to reserve.