CauseConnect LLC offers training through workshops on topics to reflect specific needs and budgets, ranging in length from one hour, a half or full day, to a mini-series. Melissa Richardson Banks also accepts speaking engagements and presents at conferences.
Below is a partial list of workshops and presentations:
- Social Media Success for Small Businesses: Greenway Arts Alliance for Melrose Trading Place; Los Angeles, CA
- Creative Ways to Attract Corporate Support for Museums: Mountains-Plains Museum Association annual conference; Corpus Christi, TX
- Partnering with Corporations: Education Day for Directors of Volunteers in Agencies; Los Angeles, CA
- How to be a Magnet School for Corporate Dollars – Partnership Building for Companies & Schools: Educators Brunch, Barnes & Noble Booksellers; Los Angeles, CA
- Corporate Social Responsibility – Strategies for Results & Brand Loyalty: Hispanic Public Relations Association annual conference; Dallas, TX
- Corporate Partnerships – A Two-Way Street: National Arts Marketing Project, Center for Cultural Innovation; Los Angeles, CA
- Raising Private Dollars for Your Library: Palos Verdes Library District; Los Angeles, CA
- Deepening Relationships with Hispanic Consumers through the Arts: Strategic Research Institute’s U.S. Hispanic Boom Conference; Los Angeles, CA
- Corporate Partnerships and Your Library: Making it Work: North Suburban Library System; Chicago, IL
- Marketing for Dollars and Awareness @ Your Library: National Conference of the Public Libraries Association; Seattle, WA
- Making Plans, Making Friends: Friends Groups for Los Angeles Public Library Annual Meeting; Los Angeles, CA
- The Credibility Factor – Museums & Corporate Support: American Association of Museums; Portland, OR
- Capital Campaign Planning: Palo Alto City Library; Palo Alto, CA
- Raising Private Dollars for Public Libraries: InfoPeople statewide program series with half-day seminars in San Francisco, Orange County, San Jose, and San Diego, CA
- Public Libraries and Corporations: Making it Work for Everyone: Urban Libraries Council’s nationwide audio conference with group listening sites in 54 cities
- Corporate Fundraising Today: California Association of Nonprofits annual conference; Los Angeles, CA
- Funding Focus: Corporate Giving: Youth Service California’s annual forum; Los Angeles, CA
- Now What? Corporate Fundraising in Challenging Times: seminar for 100 regional nonprofits sponsored by The Gas Company and Charter Communications (and taped for televised broadcast); Los Angeles, CA
- Rethinking Corporate Giving: Ongoing seminar series for nonprofits; Los Angeles, CA
- Creating Strategic Media Partnerships: American Library Association, LAMA National Institute; Palm Springs, CA
- Effective Grant Writing: Los Angeles Unified School District Partnerships in Education “Bridging the Gap” conference: Los Angeles, CA
- Model Grant Programs: National Art Education Association Conference: Art Museums and the 21st Century Learner; Los Angeles, CA
- Sponsorship Professionals Association (SPA) Workshops: a quarterly series of half-day workshops that led to the establishment of CauseConnect, Southern California