SAVE THE DATE!
Do you want to learn how to identify and prioritize the needs of your target community? Come and join us for our Community Assessment Workshop on September 24, 2007 from 9 to 11 am. Lisa Kleiner, MSS., J.D., PHMC Senior Research Associate, will present a framework for identifying community assets and needs, and collaborative opportunities to address those needs. Please contact Esther Choe at echoe@phmc.org or (215) 731-2477 to register. The registration is free and a continental breakfast will be served!
Upcoming FREE ACE Workshops:
Community Assessment - Monday, 9/24/07
Place: 260 South Broad Street, 18th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Time: 9 – 11 AM
RSVP by 9/10/07.
Presented by: Lisa Kleiner, MSS, JD
CAREWare - Monday, 10/15/07
Place: 260 South Broad Street, 18th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 AM
RSVP by 10/1/07.
Presented by: Ethan Schofer
Excel Training - Tuesday, 12/11/07
Place: Vision for Equality
718 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
RSVP by 11/5/07.
Presented by: Zakia Ringgold
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The final year to apply for a technology grant, up to $4,000, is right around the corner!
You haven’t applied for the ACE Tech Fund yet? Fourteen CBOs have
received funds through the ACE technology grant. If your agency has not obtained computer hardware via the Technology Fund, Esther Choe, TA Program Coordinator, can assist in completing the application. Please contact her at echoe@phmc.org or (215) 731-2477 any time to learn more, or click here.
When did you last spend quality time reflecting on your agency’s strengths and weaknesses?
ACE has provided two different self-examination tools to assist you in assessing the status of your agency. Use them as you see fit.
Click here to download.
Professional Training Opportunities PHMC
offers low-cost professional trainings on a variety of topics.
If you would like to register for any, please contact Esther Choe at echoe@phmc.org or (215) 731-2477.
Click here to learn more.
September:
12 Interviewing Skills for Managers
18 Intervention Models for Immigrant Populations
20 Defining Your Messages
26 Time and Stress Management in Your Work Day
27 Attachment Issues in Clinical Work, and more |
Proposal Writing for Foundations
Are you targeting the funders that best match your mission and services? Are you making the most compelling case for your service specialty? Does your agency have a standard proposal package that can be adapted to multiple funders? The following are a few basic tips to begin establishing an effective proposal writing system at your agency:
- “Take an honest look at yourself”
Conduct an informal agency self-assessment to identify and clearly define the kinds of services and programs that differentiate your agency from others.
- “Become a policy wonk”
Keep abreast of non-profit program development trends and policy developments by reading up on the latest news (or signing up for their email lists) from organizations like Public Private Ventures, The Brookings Institution, Pew Charitable Trusts, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
- “Know your foundation environment”
Identify local, regional, and possibly national funders that are specifically interested in supporting the types of services that you offer. Subscribe to website services like http://fconline.fdncenter.org/.
- “Have a proposal Boiler Plate”
Develop a comprehensive proposal that can then be used or built on for multiple funders and which covers the following areas:
-Organizational Background
-Environment/Context for Program (data that shows need for program)
-Detailed Program Description
-Expected Program Results (measurable changes in people that participate in your program)
-Project and Agency Budget
- “Establish a publishing team”
Identify the best writers/editors in your agency that can help pull program knowledge and ideas together into narrative masterpieces.
- “Attach the right value
to your staff and programs”
Make sure that you price your services/products according to their true costs in your proposal budgets.
Liza M Rodriguez, Ph.D., Director, PHMC’s TArgeted Solutions
lrodriguez@phmc.org | 215-985-2537 | www.phmc.org/TA
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