Events & Training
To find out more about upcoming MainStreet institutes and workshops, click here.
January 2010 |
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| January 8 | Fundraising Training Making Fundraising Easy and Productive for Board Members and Staff Albuquerque A one day training focusing on making fundraising do-able and painless for volunteers and staff of your organization. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
February 2010 |
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| February 19 | Promotions Institute Fishing for Tourists: How to hook and reel them in! Clovis Understand types of travelers and the needs and benefits of each. Learn how to analyze and quantify tourism trends for your district and how they impact your community. Learn how to identify if heritage tourism is right for your community. Plus… tips on how to use the Internet as a promotional tool for tourism. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
March 2010 |
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| March 10 | Project Management Workshop Managing your Capital Outlay Projects Santa Fe This workshop is designed as a road map for MainStreet staff and volunteers and municipalities to manage capital outlay money and successfully implement projects. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
| March 24-26 | Grant Writing Workshop Santa Fe A 2 ½ day training focusing on the Economic Stimulus Package. Learn how to find and compete for these funds. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
April 2010 |
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| April 23 | Business Recruitment Workshop - Ready, Set, Recruit! Real Strategies for Cultivating Place, Investment and Entrepreneurs Las Cruces This day-long workshop gathers national and local experts who’ll share their proven techniques. You’ll be equipped with all the key ingredients to launch your own successful business recruitment program. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
May 2010 |
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| May 21 | Design and Urban Planning Institute Truth or Consequences Morning Session: Earth, Wind and Fire – Historic Building Maintenance on MainStreet. An overview of historic building maintenance and preservation. Afternoon Session: Making your Master Plan Work for You Learn how your Master Plan should work for you and your MainStreet organization and how you can use it to pursue funding and as a financing tool. See Flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
June 2010 |
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| June 11 | Volunteer Development Trends and Techniques Belen These days, good volunteers don't just sprout up. They're carefully cultivated by master volunteer "gardeners" - people who can select the right variety of volunteer, plant the seeds of volunteerism, cultivate a variety of volunteers, and "fertilize" the garden by providing volunteers with what they want and need to be most productive for the organization. Learn how to be a volunteer gardener and harvest a bumper crop of volunteers to support your Main Street organization - regardless of weather conditions. See flyer for complete details. Registration available online. |
August 2010 |
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| August 14 | New Mexico MainStreet 25th Anniversary Celebration - Save the Date! Hotel Albuquerque, Historic Old Town Albuquerque Symposium, Awards Dinner and Legacy Projects. Bring your board, elected officials and volunteers for the biggest celebration in the history of New Mexico MainStreet. More information on the symposium is available here. |