617 Courses
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MealConnect 2.0: A Peek Around the Corner
Learn about the exciting work being done to expand MealConnect to include current Produce Matchmaker functions, enhance food bank product sharing, demand signaling, and more. See early wireframe designs and provide feedback on these efforts that are scheduled to launch in early 2021.
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MealConnect 2.0: Your New Produce Sourcing Technology
While MealConnect started out as a platform for local food rescue and retail programs, it is soon launching a new suite of produce sourcing and peer sharing features available to the whole network! Come learn from the FANO Agri-sourcing team and current PMM users about how to get the most from this free technology for your food bank, no matter what your current MealConnect engagement is.
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MealConnect Retail/Local Rescue Made Easy
While MealConnect is soon launching a new suite of produce and peer sharing features, the core retail and local rescue functions aren’t going anywhere! Come learn from your peers about how to get the most from this free technology for your food bank and agencies, no matter what ERP you are using.
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Meaningful Stewtivation that Eliminates Donor Savior Complex and Honors Neighbors’ Dignity
Although stewardship and cultivation are often considered two distinct donor engagement steps – one can argue that every stewardship touch serves the dual purpose of thanking donors for their support and cultivating further trust and investment in your organization – thus stewtivation! Thoughtful stewardship and cultivation efforts are critical to building deep and lasting relationships with donors – including individual, corporate, and foundation supporters.
Today, it is more important than ever to be mindful of how stewardship efforts impact the people we often tap to demonstrate the value of our work – neighbors who face food insecurity. Join us to hear from FANO and food bank professionals to walk through comprehensive and innovative stewardship efforts that acknowledge and honor neighbors’ dignity.
This session seeks to answer the question: How do we help donors understand their impact and importance without perpetuating stereotypes and burdening neighbors? There will be ample time reserved for small group discussion along with a Q&A session at the end.
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Meet the Data Analytics Team
The Research Team will use this webinar to introduce the Data Analytics department and what they do at FANO. The webinar gives an overview of the department, the work they do, and resources available to the network that the team provides.
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MELd Together: Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) in the Network
Food banks across the network are engaging in measurement, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities to design new programs, evaluate their impact, and identify opportunities for improvement to further their missions. Join the Feeding America Evaluation Team to learn more and dive into the many different ways food banks are engaging in MEL! This session will be highly interactive with a focus on peer learning. Participants will discuss key elements of MEL, share challenges and successes, and ask questions of their peer food bankers. Feeding America will share their updated approach to collecting local data and evaluating programs, and food bankers will contribute their insights into future MEL resources on the Learning Hub.
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Mid-Level, MAJOR results: How to Grow Your Mid-Level Giving Program
Are you looking to expand your mid-level giving program? Or are you eager to start your program, but don’t even know where to begin? We’ve all heard how important a mid-level program is, but why does it feel like there’s never enough time or bandwidth to take it on? We promise, it’s not as daunting as it sounds. Join us for a candid session on mid-level giving to build out strategy fit for your program. We will discuss key aspects that have set programs up for success, mistakes made and lessons learned, and current challenges we are enthusiastic about overcoming. And in the spirit of being Connected Together, you’ll have a chance to swap ideas with your peers in break-out groups. By the end of the session, you’ll have actionable steps for you to realize the potential for your programs to thrive from your donors who are giving in the middle!
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Midyear Network Call 2022
Get caught up with the FY22 Year-to-Date Progress Snapshot.
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Mindfulness with Music
Find a comfortable posture and be guided through a eight minute session on mindfulness.
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Morning Remarks & Celebrations
Join us for a morning filled with celebrations with Feeding America CEO Claire Babineaux-Fontenot as we pause to reflect on the work of the entire Network as well as special recognitions. We will also introduce our newest Network CEOs.
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NAR: Network Activity Report Child & Senior Programs, SNAP Sections
An in-depth review of the National Programs sections of the NAR that covers SNAP application assistance reporting and child and senior programs.
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NAR: Network Activity Report Distribution Methods, Purchased Foods, Fresh Produce Sections
This training offers a detailed explanation of the Distribution Methods, Purchased Foods, and Fresh Produce sections of the NAR and offers clarifying examples to the data requested in the section grids.
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NAR: Network Activity Report Financial Info; Private Support Sections
Content covers the Financial and Private Support sections of the NAR in detail. Learn how to report on the Sources of Revenue, Operating Expenses, Allocation of Functional Expenses, and Sources of Private Support pages within the questionnaire.
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National Purchasing: Better Together
Having gone through a recent assessment of our national purchasing program, we will review the study’s findings, including a roadmap for moving forward that is aimed at addressing key program goals: improve pricing and access for key shelf stable items, remove boundaries for lower resourced food banks, and a smoother user experience.
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 Cooking Demonstration by Chef Sean Sherman
A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman was born and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Cooking in kitchens across the United States and Mexico for over 30 years, Chef Sean is renowned nationally and internationally in the culinary movement of Indigenous foods. His primary focus is the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. In the video, Chef Sean prepares a wild rice stew at Feeding America’s offices in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2022. The cooking demonstration includes a conversation he also has with Chef Jessica Pamonicutt, the only Native American Chef and caterer in the Chicago area who is a member of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin.
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 Haudenosaunee Roots of Democracy
Learn from Dr. Webster, as she shares how the Haudenosaunee Confederacy contributed to the development of the United States Constitution! Also discover how food found a major role in the confederacy and governance.
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 Indigenous Foodways
The Diné Community Advocacy Alliance (DCAA) is composed of grassroots level community health advocates from various Diné (Navajo) Nation communities and surrounding areas to raise awareness, inform, educate, and mobilize community members to combat obesity, diabetes, and other chronic health issues. DCAA is a voice for our Diné communities. DCAA formed in 2012 as a response to the high rates of obesity, diabetes, and the complications of these health issues among children, youth, families, adults, and elders living in and around the Diné Nation. DCAA is a team of intergenerational committed tribal citizens and community members who are volunteers turning concerns into actions to help Indigenous Peoples, focusing on making the maximum positive effort for our communities with a momentum that helps us affect healthy innovative change. Visit DCAA at dineadvocacy.org or @DineAdvocacy
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 Indigenous People’s Movement
Mona will share with her experience and work in promoting Indigenous rights and elevating the voices of Indigenous people from around the world including her involvement with the United Nations. Topics covered will include environmental protection, food sovereignty, climate change, indigenous rights and health and social issues.
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Native American Heritage Month 2022 Native American Food Sovereignty Presentation by Chef Sean Sherman
A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, Chef Sean Sherman was born and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Cooking in kitchens across the United States and Mexico for over 30 years, Chef Sean is renowned nationally and internationally in the culinary movement of Indigenous foods. His primary focus is the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. In the video, Chef Sean shares with his slide show the impact of colonization on the food systems and diet of Native Americans in this country and the initiatives in Native and Tribal communities that are reintroducing ancestral foods and diets that existed prior to colonization.
