Summary
"Making Your Case within the Political Landscape" was the topic of this particular roundtable, and Magnani, the keynote speaker, stressed the need for nonprofits not only to build relationships with lawmakers, but to involve their constituents in grass-roots appeals if they want access to state funds. Passion and Ego State Sen. Gale Candaras (D-1st District) told the breakfast attendees that, while most nonprofits would love their own recurring line item in the state budget, most would be happy with in earmark carved out of an agency's budget, directing a certain amount of money their way. It matters deeply that we provide services, and it matters even more deeply how we provide those services, said Carolyn Ford, executive director of the Human Service Forum, which advocates for human-services organizations in the Pioneer Valley: And we think constituents and clients of the organization can make this easier.
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Opening the Coffers
As David Magnani stood before about 200 key players within Western Mass. nonprofit organizations, he had one overriding message: legislators, believe it or not, are human.
"The first lesson is that legislators are people," said Magnani, a former state law-maker and now executive director of the Mass. Nonprofit Network, which builds awareness of the Commonwealth's non-profit sector. "They have lives. They have likes, dislikes, relatives, friends, hobbies - or they used to have hobb...See the full content of this document
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