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Data collected from survey research can be invaluable for programme planning, evaluation and advocacy. The challenge with survey research is that the data we collect are only as good as the questions we ask. This workshop is an advanced 'how to' designed for those interested in developing survey tools. We will explore how to avoid common pitfalls in survey research, how to design appropriate questions and tips for dealing with sensitive topics.

Participants Will Learn:

• how to figure out what it is that you really need to know and decide the best way to ask the questions
• different strategies for asking survey questions
• different kinds of response options
• approaches for administering surveys
• how to increase response-rates
• how to manage the data
• strategies for presenting survey results

Who Should Attend:

• community members & practitioners interested/involved in developing survey tools for research projects

Tired of seeing your research reports sitting on a shelf? A fundamental principle of community-based research is ensuring that action outcomes emerge as a result of research. The 'gold standard' outcome for CBR projects is to affect public policy.

So, how do I go from research to affecting public policy.....?

Participants Will Learn:

• translating completed research into social change
• strategies and tactics for the use of research as a tool for advocacy
• impacting public sector decision makers
• incorporating learning into future research design

Who Should Attend:

• funders of community-based research
• community members, researchers, practitioners and others involved in community-based research
• those involved in capacity-building and community development
• policy makers

Are you working with a group or coalition toward a common goal?

Trying to support a team to get the most out of their work together?

Not sure how to handle challenging situations in a meeting? How to encourage commitment and participation among participants?

Looking to build greater confidence in your general group management skills?

This interactive workshop is designed to take some of the mystery out of basic group management processes and help you facilitate teams toward success. Come to a workshop for program staff, volunteers and board members in the non-profit sector designed to support you and your agency to:

• Get more out of your meetings
• Work effectively with coalitions to set and achieve collective goals, and
• Decide when to lead and when to facilitate

Participants Will Learn:

Is your work in a non-profit agency draining your energy?

Do you have too much to do and not enough time to spend looking after yourself and your needs?

Do you treat every request and issue as a top priority?

Do you find it difficult to say no?

Do you need renewed energy and vitality?

This interactive workshop is designed as an introduction and refresher to self awareness and techniques for taking care of self. Come to a workshop for leaders in the non-profit sector designed to pamper you and provide the space for you to:

• Reflect - on the mixed emotions that often comes with work in the non-profit sector
• Realign - with your vision of what is important to you and why
• Rejuvenate - by connecting with yourself and others

Participants Will Learn:

Is your non-profit agency serving your community? How do you know?

Do you know why there is a purpose, vision and mission in organizations?

How do you get your Board and Staff to share in your agency's vision and future?

Do you need to improve the skills to meet the changes facing your non-profit agency?

This interactive workshop is designed as an introduction to strategic planning with hands-on experience in using techniques to meet the future. Come to a workshop for leaders in the non-profit sector that is designed to help you develop a way to envision the future while providing the space to practice strategic planning techniques:

Reflect - on the challenges and opportunities in the non-profit sector
Realign - with your vision of what is important to you and why
Realize , the future by connecting with yourself and others in learning the art of strategic planning

Participants Will Learn:

This workshop will focus on how to analyse the policy impact and implications of issues identified in community-based research, needs assessments, consultations, front-line networks and other community forums. It will show how to develop practical policy alternatives and recommendations to address pressing issues.

Participants Will Learn:

• understand what drives public policy and political decisions;
• define and frame policy issues;
• analyze policy options to address particular problems, and assess their impacts and implications;
• develop concrete and workable policy recommendations.

Who Should Attend:

• Community members, researchers, practitioners and others involved in community-based research
• Community service providers and others who need to make cases to government and other decision-makers on policy issues
• Researchers, community service providers and others interested in developing policy alternatives to address problems in their communities
• Policy makers

Are you without the financial skills to plan and oversee the financial management of a new programme or project?

• Do you need to learn how to construct a reasonable budget?
• Do you need to understand the definitions of basic financial terms?
• Can you develop a simple operating budget?
• Can you read a financial statement?
• Do you understand operating assumptions behind the lines in a budget?

In order to manage funding in an ethical and responsible manner, proper financial management systems need to be developed and maintained. Come to this interactive workshop and acquire the understanding and confidence to make full use of financial management tools.

Participants Will Learn: