December intensive workshop on Fundraising.

Introduction to NGO Fundraising: Practical Hints (PWW 102)
Basic Description/Course Objective/ Prerequisite(s):

This workshop introduces the various ways NGOs raise funds and key fundraising issues. The workshop will concentrate on diverse funding sources and strategies. We will also look at particular case studies highlighting innovative fundraising techniques. The workshop will include a combination of lecture, discussion and group exercises with the expectation that each person will come out with some new ideas and plans. Participants will work in groups to create fundraising plans. Participants with diverse experience are welcome to join, but this workshop is not aimed at fundraising professionals as it is an introductory course.

SIGN up @ TUJ for this workshop . More info.

Workshop Outline Issues/themes
PART ONE: Intro to the workshop & each other
Introduction
Funding sources, background information, doing research

PART TWO: Introduction to foundations
Grants & Proposal writing
Matching organization needs
How to make your cause sound appealing

PART THREE: Ways people give, What works/ why fails
Individual giving & Events
Developing a base of supporters
Diversity in form and results

PART FOUR: Trends and issues in developing partnerships
Corporate Partnerships
Why necessary, Why they work and difficulties

PART FIVE: Fee for services/goods
Other key areas
Social business

PART SIX: Final group work
Putting it call together
Outline a fundraising strategy including all diverse sources

Info listings:
TVAC ttp://www.tvac.or.jp
Yahoo! Volunteer http://volunteer.yahoo.co.jp
NGO/NPO Walker http://www.npo.info/
NPO Linkletter http://homepage3.nifty.com/npolink/
NGO Network Japan http://www.ngo.ne.jp
Development Executives www.devex.co.jp
NHK volunteer http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkvnet/top.html
Charity platform: http://www.charity-platform.com/

B1G1 (English only, Japanese in progress)

Useful toolkits for volunter mgt:
Volunteer Mgt . Resource Kit - Volunteering Queensland
www.volunteeringqueensland.org.au/forms/vol%20man%20resource%20web%20kit.PDF

Volunteer Management Capacity in America’s Charities and Congregations, The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/410963_VolunteerManagment.pdf

Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers, The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411005_VolunteerManagement.pdf

Volunteer Mgt Audit The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/can-code/can-code.php

Resources: Useful websites
Energize – online volunteer mag
http://www.energizeinc.com/hot.html

Speech on volunteerism
http://www.maq.org.au/programs/conf01/proceedings/dimorg04.htm

Nonprofit mgt. help article
http://www.managementhelp.org/staffing/outsrcng/volnteer/volnteer.htm

Action without borders
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?categoryid=54&item=1&section=4&sid=58344449-92-vbAPh

Volunteer mgt workshop Aug 1, 2009

sign up with TUJ for the workshop

Volunteer mgt workshop Aug 1, 2009

In this workshop we will review the whole cycle of volunteer management – needs assessment organizational policy, job description design, recruitment/input, orientation and training, monitoring, motivation and retention as well as the challenges we face. This workshop will include a combination of lecture, discussion and group exercises with the expectation that each person will come out of the workshop with some concrete ideas for how to better recruit, motivate and work with volunteers. Participants with diverse experience and field of work are welcome to join this workshop.


Workshop Outline
PART ONE: Introduction
Self introductions
What is a volunteer?
Review of Volunteer mgt. cycle
Volunteer mgt. policy

PART TWO: Roles in the org
Board members / Staff / Volunteers and Interns
Who is responsible for what and why
Needs assessment
Developing job descriptions for volunteers and interns

PART THREE: Recruitment and selection
Finding the people you need
Orienting and training volunteers
Matching needs and interests

PART FOUR: Challenges and successes
Motivating & Keeping volunteers!
Valuing processes

PART FIVE: Monitoring and Evaluation
Ongoing supervision
Output & evaluation methods

Putting it call together in a Final role-play:
Outline a volunteer management strategy including all aspects

Action plan writing

Here is an overview of the workshops I am doing this July for one of the JICA training programs.

Depending on the group i have i vary this a bit but in the end the goal is to help prepare a proposal to submit to JICA.

They each vary a bit and are any where from 2 hours to 2.5 days long:

Time and contents:

10:00 Introduction to the day
10:15 Intro to action plan
10:30 GW Group work and Discussion Project ideas

10:45 Background & Needs statement
11:00 GW Background

11:15 Goals & objectives
11:30 GW Goals & objectives
11:45 Target and impact
12:00 GW Target and impact
12:10 Morning wrap up

12:20-13:20 LUNCH

1:20-1:30 Planning for your project
1:30 Discussion on what needs to be done
1:50 Methods of achieving goals, Planning details, scheduling, pr
2:10 GW outline your own plan
2:30 Monitoring & eval
2:45 GW monitoring & eval
3:10 Resourcing and Budgets
3:25 GW Make your budget

3:40 Impact of the JICA training on your ability ot do this project

3:50-4:00 Wrap up/Final Q & A

GW = Group work/discussion following by writing time

* first talk about ideas for that section (5-10min) then write out (10-15)

Grant proposal writing

April 11, 2009 => 1- day intensive workshop @ TUJ

Course overview: This workshop will focus on how to write and submit a proposal to an international grant making foundation for a specific nonprofit NGO project. First we focus on doing research and getting information on foundations and the actual process. Then we focus exclusively on the step-by-step writing of the grant proposal. Each participant will come out of the workshop with a completed proposal outline. This will be an interactive workshop aimed at people with little or no experience writing project or funding proposals. Participants will be divided into project groups in order to create complete proposals.

Participants may write proposals for their own real projects or nonprofit organizations but are not limited to this. This class is open to anyone with an interest in grant proposal writing and is not limited to nonprofit-NGO staff and volunteers.

To sign up: contact TUJ directly

Useful links for Vol mgt

Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations, The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/410963_VolunteerManagment.pdf

Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers,
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411005_VolunteerManagement.pdf

Volunteer Mgt . Resource Kit - Volunteering Queensland
www.volunteeringqueensland.org.au/forms/vol%20man%20resource%20web%20kit.PDF

Volunteer Mgt Audit The Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement
http://www.volunteer.ca/volcan/eng/content/can-code/can-code.php

Energize – online volunteer mag http://www.energizeinc.com/hot.html

Speech on volunteerism http://www.maq.org.au/programs/conf01/proceedings/dimorg04.htm

Nonprofit mgt. help article: http://www.managementhelp.org/staffing/outsrcng/volnteer/volnteer.htm

Action without borders http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?categoryid=54&item=1&section=4&sid=58344449-92-vbAPh