Welcome to the ENTF Events page!
Below you will find our monthly committee meetings in our different systems areas highlighted by color, as well as any additional ENTF events and events added by our partners (i.e. “Community Events”).
If you have an event to share, please use the “Add an Event” link at the bottom of the calendar, and follow the prompts. Thank you!
Show Me the Money Day is a FREE, interactive financial resource fair meant to help you reach your money goals. Join Home Repair Services to: * Access vendors, including banks, credit unions, and community organizations * Attend financial workshops * Learn how to build credit, save for the future, become a homeowner and more! Register […]
Please join Disability Advocates for our Annual Disability Awareness Day on Friday, March 11, from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center, 2500 Division Ave. South! Please feel free to share the invitation with friends and colleagues. Tickets are $25. Visit https://www.dakc.us/events/#upcoming to register. Scholarships are available – email michael.w@dakc.us to […]
Have you ever wondered what information is available from the Census? This workshop will provide an overview of this public resource. We will walk through the Census' data explorer and discuss how the data can be used. There will also be time to explore the data on your own and in small groups so you […]
A common area of struggle for nonprofits when it comes to data is how to show your impact. Want to learn what data to collect (and more importantly, what you can stop collecting)? This three-part workshop series will help you define how your organization or program helps create change, the outcomes associated with that change, […]
Planning and conducting qualitative research can be intimidating. The interviewer has to meet real people face-to-face and figure out how to elicit answers of interest. We have to do so without being heavy-handed and without signaling disinterest in the whole person or their whole story. We will discuss how to adopt a genuinely empathetic posture […]
Join Jeff Williams, Director of Community Data and Research Lab at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, for a presentation on the 2020 Census, immediately followed by a panel discussion of West Michigan researchers moderated by Neil Carlson, Director of DataWise Consulting. This program will break down the 2020 Census results and discuss the […]
Are you responsible for a survey at your organization? Want to learn the fundamentals of developing and using surveys to collect data? Whether you have a survey to revise or need to create one from scratch, this training will help you with wording questions and response options, formatting print and electronic versions, and addressing issues […]
So, you have a spreadsheet of data. Now what? Join us to learn the basics of data preparation using Microsoft Excel. During this series, you will learn to clean, transform, and start analyzing data using formulas and pivot tables. These skills may not sound glamorous, but they are essential to the process of moving from […]
Wondering which chart is going to get your point across to your audience? Stop wasting time with graphs that fail to make sense of your data, and join us to learn the basics of quality data visualization. We believe anyone can leverage the power of data visualizations, regardless of background! We will discuss storytelling with […]
This action team meets on the first Friday of the month from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Action Team Leads: Gratia Lee, Access of West Michigan Ja'Keem Badger, SECOM Please contact Gratia at gratia@accessofwestmichigan.org for more information.
