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This Week @ UNA: March 4, 2025

Spring into Marketing 🌷

Joke of the Week

Q: When is it impossible to plant spring flowers?
A: Scroll down to see the answer!

Refresh, Renew, and Ramp Up Your Marketing

As the season shifts, it’s time to focus on your marketing game! Now more than ever, your community needs to hear your nonprofit’s story—because the work you do is essential. This spring, we’re bringing you must-attend events designed to help you amplify your message and grow your reach. 🌷✨ 

📣 The Journalist’s Lens: Inside Media Strategy | Wednesday, March 5
Want to land media coverage that shines a spotlight on your mission? Whether you're new to media outreach or refining your approach, this session will help you plan impactful media campaigns that get noticed. 

📢 2025 Nonprofit Credential in Marketing & Communication | Wednesday & Thursday, March 26-27
Your audience is listening—are you telling the right story? In this deep-dive credential course, you’ll learn how to craft compelling messages, engage your supporters, and make sure your marketing efforts drive real impact. 

📱 Beyond the Feed: Messaging Across Platforms | Thursday, April 3
Join social media strategist Josi Garfield for a hands-on workshop that will transform the way you communicate across platforms. From social media to email and beyond, learn how to craft messages that resonate—no matter where your audience is. 

Now Accepting Breakout Session Proposals!

This year's conference theme, Hope in Action, embodies our collective belief that a better future is possible and within reach. It’s a call to realize a shared vision of progress and possibility, fueled by the power of unity and purpose. Through stories of resilience, tools for empowerment, and strategies for impactful change, we aim to inspire and equip nonprofit leaders to turn hope into tangible outcomes. Together, we will transform aspiration into motivation, vision into action, and momentum into meaningful social change. 

 Submit a Breakout Session proposal that empowers Utah's nonprofit community with promising practices, bold ideas, or fresh perspectives. Submissions are open through Friday, May 2. 

Training and Events

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Nonprofit Credential Courses
Get knowledge, skills, and resources to build capacity, achieve outcomes, and grow your organization.

 

Upcoming Training
Deepen your knowledge and enhance your skillset.

FREE: Unpacking Complex Workforce Realities | Thursday, March 13 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Navigating layoffs or the possibility of closing your nonprofit is one of the hardest challenges you'll encounter as a leader—but you don’t have to go through it alone. This training will equip you with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to handle difficult transitions with confidence, clarity, and compassion. Learn more.

Salt Lake City Reception and IMA Open House | March 20 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Catch up with friends, make new connections, and enjoy a relaxed lunch with IMA, our gracious host and lead broker for the UNA Health Care Plan. Register here.

Member Benefits

Does Your Team Have Health Insurance? 

It's open enrollment season! Do need an employee health insurance plan or looking to change your coverage?

Learn more about the UNA Group Health Insurance plan.   

Plant Your College Savings This Spring

Are your investments on track to meet your goals to pay for higher education? 

The my529 College Savings Estimator is a free and easy tool to customize your savings scenario to predict and compare costs among various higher education options.  

With the my529 College Savings Estimator you can explore: 

  • Where can your hard-earned dollars go the farthest in higher education? 
  • Are your contributions on track with your higher education plans? 
  • How do financial costs compare among your favorite schools?  

After calculating, you can decide how best to meet your goals. my529 offers an interactive Investment Options page to explore which selections could work with your higher education plans. 

This year, spring ahead by evaluating your finances to help your savings keep up with your higher education goals.

Important Legal Notice 

Investing is an important decision. The investments in your account may vary with market conditions and could lose value. Carefully read the Program Description in its entirety for more information and consider all investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For a copy of the Program Description, call 800.418.2551 or visit my529.org. 

New Membership Benefit: MyBoardPacket

Announcing your newest Member Benefit, FREE access to MyBoardPacket—a $2500 savings!

MyBoardPacket is a practical, secure online board management system that allows nonprofits of all sizes to safely organize and distribute essential information. Create and manage subcommittees, grant custom levels of access, store minutes and important policy documents, conduct votes, and so much more—all on an encrypted, secure platform.

To create your custom board portal, visit the UNA Member Info Hub and navigate to Member Benefits and Discounts. Click on MyBoardPacket and complete the short form to share setup information for your organization. We'll forward to the MyBoardPacket team who will get you up and running in a few business days. It's that simple. 

Please do not reach out to MyBoardPacket directly as they will be unable to honor any UNA associated discounts. Complete the form linked in the UNA Member Info Hub to get your organization set up! 

Resources to Keep on Your Radar

Need affordable health coverage for your team? Explore UNA's Group Health Insurance Plan. 

Looking for professional expertise or guidance? Check out the Business Affiliate Directory for the solutions you need. 

Sign up for UNA’s Slack Community and join the UNA Advocacy and Civic Engagement channel to share your advocacy priorities, questions, and calls to action.

Curious about UNA member benefits? See the complete list. 

Community

Nonprofit Community Calendar

Share your upcoming events on the Nonprofit Community Calendar and reach a bigger audience. Submit your event.

Advocacy

Updated Resources from the National Council of Nonprofits

Judge Blocks DEI Orders

On Friday, February 21, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking two executive orders (EOs) (EO 14151, and EO 14173) attempting to terminate or change federal grants and contracts for programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The judge ruled that the policies and term “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as used in the EOs were potentially vague, discriminating, and unconstitutional by penalizing private organizations, including charitable nonprofits. However, agencies are permitted to proceed with reviewing various programs related to these EOs and to issue any reports as required under the EOs. The ruling applies nationwide.

In Case You Missed It

4,500+ Nonprofit Signers on Letter to Congress

More than 4,500 charitable organizations from all 50 states shared an Open Letter to asking Congress to keep front of mind the reality that charitable nonprofits are essential to the U.S. economy and society in many ways, including as significant employers, taxpayers, and partners with government at all levels. The sign on letter was sent to every House and Senate office this afternoon. Learn m

2025 UNA Nonprofit Sector Report

Searching for the latest sector insights? The 2025 UNA Nonprofit Sector Report is here! Inside, you’ll find a full breakdown of Utah’s nonprofit landscape—who’s making an impact, what challenges we’re up against, and how our state’s unmatched generosity keeps the sector going strong. Whether you’re after key stats or the big picture, this report delivers. 👉 Read the report now.

Joke of the Week

Q: When is it impossible to plant spring flowers?
A: When you haven't botany!

Have a joke that’ll make us laugh out loud? We’re all ears (and ready to chuckle)! Email us at info@utahnonprofits.org and share your humor with us—it might even make it into a future Rapid Read.