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December Financial Leader Call: Proper Substantiation of Charitable Contributions

Learn from network peers who have transformed their organization's historic Culture of Philanthropy practices, grounding their approach in community-centric fundraising principles that center equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

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Decolonizing Wealth, A Conversation on Social Justice Philanthropy with Edgar Villanueva

A conversation with Edgar Villanueva, award-winning author, activist and expert on issues of race, wealth, and philanthropy. Villanueva is the Principal of Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital and author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth (2018, 2021). The session is moderated by Michael Guerra, Chief Resource Officer at San Antonio Food Bank.

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Deep Dive of TEFAP - The Emergency Food Assistance Program

TEFAP is a federal nutrition program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that moves food from farms to food banks to families and individuals facing hunger in the United States. The program supports farmers by purchasing commodities and helps struggling families put food on the table. TEFAP also helps ensure the Feeding America network of 200 food banks has enough food to provide to our neighbors in need. This webinar will take a deep dive into the program’s scale and operations at a national, state, and local scale.

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Deepening and Broadening Regional Disaster Collaborations

As the frequency and severity of disaster events continue to increase across the United States, so does the need for food banks to be even more prepared to respond to support those impacted. This session will focus on how regional collaborations and partnerships strengthen the resiliency of food banks and enable more efficient delivery of services. From ‘blue-sky’ planning, training, and capacity building to communication and the coordination of resources during the response phase, food banks working in collaboration are better positioned to equability support affected communities to prevent suffering and increase the speed of recovery.

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Deepening and Broadening Regional Disaster Collaborations – Feed Nourish Connect Conference Follow-up

With the number and cost of weather related disasters increasing across the United States, it is more critical than ever for Food Banks to be prepared to respond to the needs of those impacted by disaster. Regional Disaster Collaborations strengthen Food Bank’s ability in better preparing for, responding to, and recovering from future disasters in their states and/or regions.  

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Defying the Odds, What's Your Next Move?

Hear from Network Members that have Increased Food Donations in a Challenging Environment / Food Sourcing increases. At a time where Federal Commodities and Purchased food is less available, the need for donated food has never been greater. Hear how network members have made changes in both food sourcing and operational work that have been successful in increasing donations of food.

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Demo of Agency Reservations on Service Insights on MealConnect

Service Insights on MealConnect continues to evolve and expand with new features. View this demo to see how the new agency facing reservations function inside the system.

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Demo of New Administration Tools in Service Insights on MealConnect

In order to best use our resources as a network and work toward meeting our collective needs of having more timely neighbor insights now and into the future, a no-cost Service Insights platform is now available to all network members. Join us for a demo of new administration tools in Service Insights on MealConnect.

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DEMO: Daily Inventory Accuracy

Would you like to improve your routines regarding inventory control and accuracy?  This session includes leaders in using their systems to manage their inventory using proven practices, routines, and discipline. It doesn't matter what software system you are using; the discussion in this session will be about process and not software.

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DEMO: ERP Buyers Guide

When it comes time to re-invest in your current ERP system, a new resource is available.  Learn about the recently drafted ERP Buyer’s Guide, what’s in it, and how to obtain consultative services from Feeding America when analyzing your options.  This guide is the start of a more fully developed library of guides that will assist members in comparing the leading tech solutions that you use everyday to operate your food bank. 

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DEMO: Feeding America Client Survey (FACS)

Feature what food banks have already implemented and troubleshoot common challenges.

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DEMO: MealConnect Today: Making Food Sourcing More Efficient and Effective

Learn how your food bank can leverage existing capabilities in MealConnect like managing enabled agencies, coordinating food donations in real time, and assigning volunteer drivers to deliver donations to agencies... all at no cost! Have questions answered about Primarius or Ceres integration, food bank driver mobile app, and more. 

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DEMO: Member Data Sharing

As a part of a multi-year technology plan, the Data & Analytics team has begun to create a best-in-class experience for Members to view and glean meaningful insights from their data.

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DEMO: Produce Matchmaker Training

Produce Matchmaker is an online portal open to all Feeding America members and Network produce donors to ensure equitable access to healthy, nutritious fresh produce options.  Join the demo for a comprehensive overview and tutorial along with the showcasing of new enhancements.  

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DEMO: Service Insights on MealConnect

Join this interactive demo of Service Insights on MealConnect. This time will highlight intake through the tool, tableau reporting and perspectives from current food bank users. The Service Insights Initiative is a network-wide approach to electronically collect consistent data from the people we serve at partner agencies and food banks across the country. Collecting this data electronically using cloud-based solutions, like this Service Insights on MealConnect platform, will enable Feeding America, food banks, and partner agencies to view data in real-time, providing valuable insights at a local, regional, state, and national level. This no-cost platform is the result of decades of collective experience and learning to improve, build, and implement a solution that meets the vast array of needs amongst food banks and agencies across the country.

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DEMO: Stump the Ceres Expert

Have questions about how to do something in Ceres? Ever wonder where to get more information on Ceres? This will be an information session where our Ceres experts answer your questions on how to solve your Ceres problems. We have no formal agenda and will attempt to demonstrate the answers to your most burning Ceres questions.

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DEMO: Tableau-Power of Detailed Data

Tableau is a powerful data visualization tool. Join us to see some of the recent resources Feeding America has made for use by the network. Stay for a discussion of the art of the possible – bringing data together and using a powerful data visualization tool can open exciting possibilities for our network.

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DEMO: Understanding the Choice System and Food Donation Receipting

Training on the importance of submitting accurate, timely receipts. Overview of when data is due to FA, how to resolve issues, and who to go to with questions and concerns.

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Development, Marketing & Communications: Advocacy Update, Annual Report, Cause Marketing Updates, New Grants and More

The Development, Marketing and Communications (DMC) webinar provides timely development, marketing and communications information from Feeding America all at one time. The DMC webinar is held the third Tuesday of every month. This month’s agenda included updates on: Advocacy Holiday Toolkit, Research Reports, New Story Telling Content, Holiday Cause Marketing Campaigns and more.

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Development, Marketing & Communications: Advocacy Update, Cause Marketing, and more

The Development, Marketing and Communications (DMC) webinar provides timely development, marketing and communications information from Feeding America all at one time. The DMC webinar is held the third Tuesday of every month. This month’s agenda included updates on: advocacy, cause marketing, and more.