Materials from Past Workshops:
Information from various ealier workshops is available in the Resource Library. Information from certain specific past workshops is available below.
Recruiting Your Best Board of Directors
Held: Wednesday, April 27 (via Zoom)
Video Recording of the Workshop
Rhode Island Land Trust Council Annual Meeting
Held: Wednesday, April 20 (via Zoom)
Video Recording of the Meeting
Be Ready for Ticks
Held: Saturday, March 12
For More Information: URI TickEncounter website
Video Recording of Workshop
Identifying RI Land Conservation Priorities for Coastal Wetland Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
Held: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Workshop Material:
- Powerpoint Slides (PDF)
Video Recording of Workshop
Using an App & Computerized Mapping Programs to Help Monitor Your Land Trust's Properties
Held: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Workshop Materials:
- Powerpoint slides (PDF)
Video Recording of Workshop
Monitoring Your Land Trust's Protected Properties
Held: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Workshop Materials:
- Powerpoint slides (PDF)
- Annual Monitoring Checklist Protocol (PDF)
- Annual Monitoring Checklist Template (Long Form) (Word) (PDF)
- Annual Monitoring Checklist Template (Short Form) (Word) (PDF)
Video Recording of Workshop
Land Trust Standards & Practices: Best Practices for Land Conservation and Stewardship
Held: Thursday, October 12, 2017
Keepers & Chuckers: Organizing Land Records to Assure Permanent Protection for Your Land
Held: Saturday, November 7, 2015
- PowerPoint (pdf)
- Handouts (pdf)
Preparing Baseline Documentation for Your Protected Lands
Held: Saturday, December 7, 2013
Video of Workshop & Workshop Materials
RI Conservation Easement Amendments: Protecting Land Forever & Recent Legislative Changes
Held: Thursday, November 14, 2013
- Agenda
- Speaker Bios
- Code of RI Chapters 34-39-3 & 34-39-5
- Amendment Principles
- LTA Standards & Practices Excerpt on Amendments
- Chart – Excerpt from Amendment Report
- Amendment Triage and Range of Amendments
- Amendment Evaluation Checklist
- Excerpt from Form 990 Schedule D Instructions
- What is Public Benefit under IRS Code
- Private Benefit Cheat Sheet
- Aquidneck LT Easement Amendment Clause
- Aquidneck LT Easement Amendment Policy
- Pidot Article Excerpts
- Amending Conservation Easements Final Report
- Resource List on Conservation Easement Amendments
Fundraising for Stewardship & Conservation Defense:
PowerPoint and Videos
Does your land trust need to raise funds for stewardship and legal defense of land that you’re protecting? These workshop videos are that professional consult you need! The workshop is funny, direct, and compelling. Fundraising consultant Sharon Danosky moves at a clip and makes sense out of every step and reasoning of a successful campaign. You will not get lost. The PowerPoint (Adobe Acrobat format) is your map; Danosky is your expert guide.
PowerPoint for workshop (in Adobe Acrobat format)
Part 1: Leads you from fundraising fundamentals to developing a case for support, creating a fundraising pyramid, and conducting feasibility studies.
Part 2: Continuation of Part 1.
Part 3: Presentations of case statements that groups developed during the workshop
Getting the Most From Your Annual Appeal
This workshop by Gayle Gifford and Jon Howard of Cause & Effect, Inc. took place on October 8, 2009 at the Audubon Society of RI Headquarters and covered fundraising do's and don'ts, including how to create a powerful and effective appeal package that attracts attention and drives response, ways to increase the size of gifts and how to build donor loyalty by acknowledging gifts.
After the workshop, Cause & Effect, Inc. worked one-on-one with the Barrington Land Conservation Trust and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council on their annual appeal letters. The review process and final letters used for the 2009 Annual Appeal are posted below.
P.O. Box 633
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