Community
Organization
Leadership Training Program
Community
Organization Leadership (COL)
In the COL
Training Program, COL participants engage in
rigorous training courses and fundamental
applications exercises designed to fortify their
efforts to effectively launch or revitalize their
charitable organizations.
COL participants receive a minimum of one year in
nurturing support to develop organizational
documents, create planning and marketing materials,
and establish an accounting system for their
organizations. This program consists of 12
formal training classes and ongoing individualized
technical support and assistance in establishing and
developing successful
nonprofit organizations.
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12 Basic
Training Classes
Conceptualizing the NonProfit Community Service
Organization
1) An overview of the Community Service industry at
the beginning of the 21st century;
what public
and private funding arenas looks like today;
politics and policies that affect various funding
streams and special realities of the current
environment.
2) Development/ refinement
of your mission, position and vision statements,
your program implementation structure and other
basic program documentation.
Board
Development
1) Strategies for choosing good board members; 2)
Review of the legal and leadership issues involved
in establishing the board of directors; and 3)
Instruments & methods which promote effective
governance of community service organizations.
Compliance
Issues & Ethical Standards
1) Annual reporting & other
requirements under 501(c)(3) & the Georgia
Non-Profit Corporations Code; 2) Developing by laws;
and 3) Incorporation of professional ethics &
standards.
Long Range
and Strategic Planning
1) Identifying elements of
the plans; 2) Organizing, establishing and
facilitating the planning process and 3)
Establishing the environment for program and
organization evaluations.
Fundraising
Basics
1) An historical overview of philanthropy; 2)
Developing a diversified fundraising program; and
3) Identifying funding
sources
Financial
Management/Accountability
1) Requirements & Uses of
Adequate Record Keeping; 2) Establishing financial
and program accountability systems and 3) Preparing
financial reports and cash flow assessments.
Marketing
Issues
1) The marketing process;
2) Development of the marketing plan; and 3)
Development and strategic distribution of marketing
materials.
Building
Technological Capacity
1) Fundraising on the Internet; 2) Using Internet
capacity to achieve exposure for your organization;
and 3) Software specially designed or particularly
customizable for the nonprofit.
Advanced
Fundraising
1) Individual donor development; and 2) Corporate
and community fundraising; and 3) Project management
for successful fundraising events.
Proposal
Writing Basics
1) The fundamentals of
getting it written; 2) Review of various formats and
practice lessons;
and 3) Development and management of the internal
case and the external case statements;
Proposals &
Grant Applications -- Part I
1) Identifying and
understanding the language of grant applications;
and 2) Understanding programs in the context of
grant application priorities.
Proposals &
Grant Applications -- Part II
1) Record keeping and
documentation to prepare for the grant application
development experience; 2) Hands on experience in
the development of grant application packages; and
3) Assembling State and Federal Grant Application
Packages.
Community Organization
Leadership trainees will be assisted in developing a
Strategic Funding Development dossier for their
individual organizations.
The following documents are currently
included in the Strategic Development Package:
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1. Mission
Statement
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13. Boiler
Plate Grant Proposal
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2. Position
Statement
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14. Federal
Grant Application
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3. Concept
Paper
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15.
Internal Case
Statement
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4.
Statement of
Expectations
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16.
Organization Budget
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5.
Prospective Board M
ember Information
Package
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17.
Projected Revenue
Statement
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6. Bylaws
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18. Cash
Flow Statement
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7. Vision
Statement
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19.
Marketing Plan
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8. Long
Range Plan
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20.
Organization
Brochure & Press Kit
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9.
Strategic Plan
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21.
External Case
Statement (Oral
Presentation)
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10.
Organization
Evaluation
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22.
Statistical
Information Binder
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11. Program
Evaluations
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23. Grant
Preparation Schedule
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12.
Fundraising Plan
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