We’re starting a new series of informal gatherings to discuss topics important to nonprofits. The idea is to bring people together to talk about your ideas, successes, failures, needs, and best practices.

Our goal is to create closer community ties, connecting you with other nonprofit professionals. We want to create an atmosphere where you can feel empowered to talk openly about your challenges at work and what we, as a community, can do to address them.

CITI will be hosting these events, but we’ll be learning as much from these events as anyone there. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of exploration and sharing.

The first topic we'll be talking about is Social Media.  Many of you are likely already familiar with tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and are using them to advance the mission of your organization.  What's working well and what are some of the challenges you've faced?  Join your colleagues to share tales of your adventures in social media and gain insights and tips you can use to improve or begin.

Save the dates! The CITIzens Forums will be on the first and third Wednesday evening of every month, each one discussing a different specific topic of interest.

• Feb 3 - The Value of a CIO Perspective
• Feb 17 - Salesforce
• March 3 - Nonprofit Capital Markets
• Mar 17 - Raiser's Edge
• Apr 21 - Post NTEN Conference Wrap-up
• May 19 - Data Management, Cleansing, & Conversion

Parking/Metro: Street parking is limited.  The Thurgood Marshall Center is located approximately two blocks from the 13th St. exit of the U St. Metro Station (Green line) on 12th St. NW between S and T streets.