Coffin Corner

Dear Bill,

I am writing to provide some high quality training and free online nonprofit capacity building resources, along with companion Training and TA plans, to your organization.

The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF), administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provided capacity building grants to expand and strengthen the role of nonprofit organizations in their ability to provide social services to low-income individuals. Between 2002 and 2009, CCF awarded 1,277 grants, and the CCF National Resource Center provided training and technical assistance to all CCF grantees. Strengthening Nonprofits: A Capacity Builder’s Resource Library, a free set of 38 eLearning modules and 18 guidebooks that you may adapt and use in your nonprofit training and consulting work, is born out of the expansive set of resources created by the National Resource Center during that time period, to be shared and to continue the legacy of CCF’s capacity building work.

To make the most of these resources, we invite you to participate in a few online events and spaces that will bring them to life:

·         Webinar: Train the Trainer Roll Out of free, high quality, capacity building eLearning modules and guidebooks --www.strengtheningnonprofits.org. Learn about training plans developed to support your organization in blending the 38 eLearning modules and 19 guidebooks found on www.strengtheningnonprofits.org into your ongoing training and consulting services.  Learn more about blended learning and how to develop blended training and TA plans. Wednesday, Sept 14. 3pm EST. Register now!

·         Webinar: Unleashing Teams: A New Approach to Performance Management. This webinar presents a new vision - putting the nonprofit manager and staff in the driver's seat of the data discussion. We will present a new approach to performance management that applies the principles of change management to team-based, data-driven infusion of data into day to day team and management decisions. The result: staff at all organizational levels are engaged in improving outcomes for the organization’s clients. A guidebook with the same name will be published as part of the www.strengtheningnonprofits resource library. Tuesday, September 27. 3pm EST. Register Now!

·         Do you have resources you’d like to share with the nonprofit capacity building field?  We are accepting guest bloggers to tell u s about great resources. Please see our new blog , follow it, and email strengtheningnonprofits@gmail.com if you’d like to contribute a resource, training or event to the blog. You may also share resources via the facebook group: strengtheningnonprofits.org and follow the nonprofit capacity building field on twitter @strongnonprofit.

We look forward to engaging with you and these great resources over the next few weeks. In the meantime,  if you have any questions about the resources available on strengtheningnonprofits.org and how to incorporate them into the work of your organization, do not hesitate to be in touch.

Very best regards,

Jennifer Waper Roberts

Compassion Capital Fund & Strengthening Communities Fund National Resource Centers

strengtheningnonprofits@gmail.com