Creating an effective annual report will engage your donors, increase the potential for new partnerships and can attract more volunteers for your organization. During the live audio conference you will learn why creating an annual report is important for your organization and how to ensure you create a report that engages all your target audiences. Plus, you will hear how to simplify your information gathering for what to include in your repor...

The federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (HTC) has grown into a key financing tool for economic development, historic preservation, and neighborhood revitalization. Combined in many areas with available state historic rehabilitation tax credits, HTCs have been used to rehabilitate historic city centers, theatres, warehouses and other historic buildings across the country. This live audio conference will start with the basic tax and regul...

Since 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act has been the cornerstone for environmental protection in the United States. To implement NEPA, federal agencies must prepare environmental impact statements or environmental assessments to study the impacts of their proposed actions. Unfortunately, some federal agencies, their consultants and affected citizens do not fully understand the regulations, legal interpretations and practices for prop...

Most nonprofit organizations are aware of their responsibility to retain important documents, but document retention obligations go beyond board minutes, resolutions, and governance documents. Federal laws, regulations, and ethics rules impose obligations on organizations and counsel to retain documents in certain instances, and prevent them from being destroyed or altered in others. Failure to comply with some of these rules can result in cri...

Many individuals associated with underground construction do not know information on the accuracy of existing underground utilities and structures. This live audio conference helps the persons responsible for paying, financing, designing and building a project that involves underground construction cost effectively manage the risk. This live audio conference also explains the methodology required for finding and analyzing underground infrastru...

The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program is a powerful source of financing to help bridge funding gaps for development projects and operating businesses in low-income and rural communities. Come learn the nuts and bolts of the program from both the business and legal perspectives. We will give you an overview of the program and practical steps on how to reach out to the various parties to put a deal together. In the second part of the program...

Despite over 50 years of emergency management experience, many jurisdictions are still unsure if their plans are adequate to deal with disaster. This is largely a result of focusing on the development of plans that address various phases of response rather building overall organizational resilience. This live audio conference considers emergency response in the context of a jurisdiction-wide emergency management program and demonstrates the li...

The wireless industry has built more than 250,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as iPhones®, iPads®, Droids and the like strain existing network capacity. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed to meet the government's goal of using wireless to increase broadband speeds and coverage. At the same time, 'tower management' companie...

Nonprofit employers are presented with compliance requirements keyed to their tax exempt status. This is notably true with respect to executive compensation and perks and volunteers and interns. Nonprofit employers also must parse out whether they are covered by new statutes, such as the Affordable Care Act, or affected by trends and new rulings, such as the explosion of use of social media. In this live audio conference, you will learn how to...

Any proposed project involving wetlands or other waters of the United States is likely to require some type of permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As the federal agency responsible for regulating impacts to wetlands, the Corps' regulations and the permit process can represent a significant part of a project's development. The identification of wetlands or other waters on a project site, determination of federal jurisdiction unde...