June 2016 Newsletter – Arkansas Community Action Agencies Association

See newsletter for full story on each of these items

• 2016 ACAAA “CAPPY Award” Winners
  • Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role
  • Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role
  • Outstanding Production
  • Charles F. Cunningham Leadership Award
• New ACAAA Board Officers Selected
• ACAAA Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, June 15
• CAP60 Training, June 7 & 8
• Free instruction webinars about Microsoft Office Suite starting May 11 – see newsletter for monthly webinar dates from June through December, plus more info and registration
• ACAAA promo video celebrates the efforts and achievements of Community Action in Arkansas

• Community Action Partnership (June 6 deadline) Nominations for the Sargent Shriver Achievement Award and the Jayne Thomas Grassroots Volunteer Recognition Award
• National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition will be holding its Annual Conference – Building Bridges: The New Frontier! — from June 6-8 In Denver, CO
• CAPLAW – National Training Conference, June 22-24 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Community Action Partnership – Annual Convention, August 30 – September 2 in Austin, TX
• NASCSP – 2016 Annual Training Conference, September 27-30 in Omaha, NE

• Community Action Partnership – Bundling Services Resource Webinar, on Tuesday, June 7
• 4Good.org is offering a free webinar – Achieving Buy-in for Volunteers, Wednesday, June 15
• TechSoup is offering a pair of free webinars – Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners, Thursday, June 2; and Microsoft OneNote for Beginners, Thursday, June 9
• Network for Good is offering a pair of free webinars – Nonprofit 911: Record-Breaking Campaigns — Five Easy Fundraising Ideas You Can Steal from Bernie, Hillary and Trump, Tuesday, June 7 and 7 Simple Things You Can Do in the Next 30 Days to Turn Event Attendees into Loyal Donors, Thursday, June 9
• Community Action Partnership has been conducting a Community Economic Development and Community Action series of four webinars with two remaining from June through July
• NASCSP – ROMA Next Gen myth-busters
• CAPLAW – Summary of DOL’s new Overtime Rule
• Office of Community Services – CSBG contact information by region

Southwest Arkansas Development Council recognized “International MPS Awareness Day” this May by wearing purple…

Arkansas River Valley Area Council’s new video to recognize the efforts of their volunteers!

Employees of the Month

• Tiffany Caldwell, Emergency Services Coordinator, Community Action Program for Central Arkansas
• Rhonda Brown, Crowley’s Ridge Development Council

See newsletter for links to Facebook pages of each CAAs in Arkansas.