Coming in 2012-13 - Power Class in Volunteer Management
If you’re looking for a different approach to learning, try out our two “Power Classes.” Each is a three-part immersion, totaling nine hours, that progressively build your skills and results in a tangible product.
They differ from our full-day classes on these subjects by incorporating assignments into the period between classes. Participants complete specified activities and then return to class for review by both the instructor and their peers. The result is a thoroughly engaging, dynamic clinic-style learning experience.
If you are enrolled in either the Certificate in Nonprofit Management or the Certificate in Fundraising, you may elect to substitute the appropriate Power Class below for the full-day evaluation class or grantwriting class. You are required to pay the additional cost of the Power Class but will earn three additional CEU credits.
Building a Framework for Advanced Evaluation and Outcome Measurement of Your Organization: A Three-Part Immersion
The pressure to demonstrate your organization’s effectiveness and document your program outcomes continues to grow and often presents a daunting challenge. Foundations, government entities, and other funders expect evaluation and performance measurement data, even as most nonprofit organizations struggle to achieve the capacity to implement meaningful evaluation and outcomes measurement.
This Power Class, presented in three progressive l/2 day sessions, will walk you through the steps that will result in each participant having honed a clear and specific evaluation map for at least one program, as well as an enhanced ability to formulate and guide additional evaluations.
Session I: Participants will work through a time-tested, six-step model for developing a comprehensive evaluation plan. Numerous examples from real evaluations as well as an authentic case study will punctuate each of the 6 steps. Logic modeling will also be reviewed and several variations shared. During the two weeks before the next session, participants will sharpen their logic models and draft a brief evaluation plan following the 6 step model, including such tools and techniques such as developing measurable outcomes, evaluation designs and data collection methods.
Session II: This session features sharing and refining of logic models and evaluation plans with participants raising and resolving questions and challenges. A collaborative peer environment will encourage discussion on topics raised by participants such as designing survey items, evaluation costs and the role of consultants.
Session III: The discussion of individual projects will continue, and several selected interventions/techniques will also be addressed, in particular focus groups, cost-benefit analysis and sensitivity tables.
With a focus on leadership knowledge and skills essential to guiding evaluation design and managing implementation, rather than instruction in statistics and computers, participants will gain a new ability and confidence that ensures that your organization’s evaluation and outcome measurement processes accurately reflect your organization’s achievements. You will leave with a comprehensive evaluation plan for at least one program and tools for applying it to others.
Instructor: John Kelley, Ph.D.
When: 2/15, 2/29 and 3/14/12. Attendance at all three sessions is required to ensure a logical, effective continuum of learning
Tuition: Members: $225 for all three sessions;Non-Members: $275 for all three sessions
The Grantwriter’s Three-Part Writing Clinic
This progressive series of three l/2 day sessions, is designed for the grant-writer who wants a clinic format that results in the creation of an actual grant request that will undergo peer review. The goal is to take the grantwriter from a focus on writing grants to a focus on getting grants. Assignments after each session will provide a continuum of skills development and an opportunity to build upon this new expertise. You will walk away with a carefully crafted and analyzed grant request that you can begin tailoring to submit.
Session I: How grantsmanship really works (i.e. relationship building, etc); foundations, corporations, and government grants (similarities, differences, pros and cons); figuring out your program priorities so you can conduct effective research for grant prospects; how to research and find which grants are right for you. This session sets people up to actually get the grants they apply for by being well-prepared to present themselves and choose their prospects wisely. The homework would be to research at least three grant prospects; participants would come to session II with questions about that process.
Session II: Quality grantwriting: how to define the need, how to set objectives, understanding your evaluation options, describing your program activities well. A take-home assignment will require participants to either select one of the grants they researched or complete the narrative of the DVG common application. You will come to the third session with a grant draft for peer review.
Session III: Peer review of drafts and time for questions about challenges encountered while writing; how to write good executive summaries; how to build your budget; how to craft grant reports and nurture relationships with funders in the long-term.
Instructor: Allison Trimarco.
When: 1/19,2/2,2/16/12. Attendance at all three sessions is required to ensure a logical, effective continuum of learning
Tuition: Members: $225 for all three sessions; Non-Members: $275 for all three sessions
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