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Sustainability Planning: Creative Strategies to
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Date: Thursday, February 7 and February 28, 2008 (9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Please Note: This workshop is delivered over two half days - participants
must register for both sessions (Feb 7th and Feb 28th).
Location: Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest),
552 Mass Ave, Suite 203, Cambridge (in Central Square). For directions,
parking and MBTA information, refer to our website http://www.healthier-communities.org/info/directions.htm.
The Center is easily accessible by public transportation.
Light refreshments morning will be served.
Cost: This workshop is free, however any cancellations after February 1, 2008 will be
charged $35.00. Participants must register by January 31, 2008
- see registration details below.
Workshop Description: Sustainability is a key issue for community programs but it is
often not considered until future funding for a program is threatened. Using practical tools
and case studies from the field, this two-part workshop will provide a detailed process framework
for developing a sustainability plan. This workshop will combine the skills of the RCHC staff
with an experienced fund development consultant, Cynthia Bargar. The workshop is sure to have
you thinking of innovative steps to ensure that the efforts of your group result in continued
benefits to the community.
Participants will:
- Gain a broad definition of sustainability that includes a variety of options
such as new financial partnerships and other creative ways to continue successful programs
- Develop a deeper understanding of the factors that influence sustainability
and what factors are most pertinent in your environment
- Walk away with tools to work with your group to develop a sustainability plan
- Learn to “position and package” the passion for your program to develop
new advocates and opportunities for what you do
Trainers: Cynthia Bargar comes to the RCHC training with a great deal
of experience providing resource development and program design services to nonprofit
organizations. For over 25 years she has raised funds from foundations, corporations,
government agencies, and individual donors to support and sustain programs in domestic
violence, youth services, community organizing, substance abuse, housing, homelessness,
arts and culture, and more. Cynthia assists organizations with strategic fundraising
planning and helps them to sharpen their identity and hone their mission to position
themselves for successful fundraising. Her clients range from small grassroots groups
to larger nonprofits and university-based programs.
Stacy Carruth, Laura Cody, and Michelle Keenan from the Metrowest RCHC
work on planning, leadership development and evaluation with communities throughout the region
and are enthusiastic to share sustainability tools and approaches with participants.
To register: Participants must register by January 31, 2008. You can register
by calling Olga Edmunds at (617) 441 – 0700 x205 or e-mail your name and contact
details to oedmunds@healthier-communities.org.
In your e-mail, note that you wish to register for the February 7 and 28, Sustainability workshop.
Please Note: This workshop is delivered over two half days - participants
must register for both sessions (Feb 7th and Feb 28th).
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