Prepared for the Bonner Fall Directors Meeting by Bonner Foundation staff. This session will include a deeper overview of what his happening with partners and capacity building this year. We invite staff to share their ideas and tips that are working with integrating capacity building projects as well as barriers, so that we may solve them together. We’ll also walk through the new capstone 8-part series so that campuses can discuss how much they will implement and how.

1. Capacity
Building
and Capstones

2. Format
2/3 Digging into what is
happening with partners
& projects
1/3 Leveraging what has
been happening to
advance capstones

3. Please Share
Examples
Processes
Challenges
Solutions

4. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Service Leadership
*

5. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Capacity-Building Projects
*

6. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Student Solo vs Teams
Service
Leadership
Capacity-
Building
Total Students 436 411
1 Student 53% 76%
2 Student Team 14% 13%
3+ Student 33% 11%

7. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Capacity-Building Projects
Communications
17%
Fundraising
18%
Research
27%
Program Development
& Training
34%
Volunteer Recruitment &
Management
4%

8. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Program Development & Training
Develop or
implement new
program
51%
Develop operations
manual
2%
Develop new training
modules
12%
Develop curriculum
35%

9. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Program Development & Training

10. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Research
Evidence-based practices/
model programs
27%
Data collection for tracking/
reporting
24%
Program assessments or
evaluations
17%

11. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Research

12. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Fundraising
Write grants
56%
Organize/support
Fundraising event
44%

13. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Fundraising

14. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Communications
Meeting logistics
& Support
2%
Website &
social media
development
40% Brochures,
newsletter,
marketing
materials
57%
35%

15. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Communications

16. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Volunteer Recruitment & Training
Volunteer
Training
Workshops
11%
Coordinating/
managing service
program
35%
Volunteer
Recruitment
11%

17. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Volunteer Recruitment & Training

18. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Service Leadership
Coordinating/
managing service
program
100%

19. 2017-18 Bonner Network
Service Leadership

20. School Name
Name of
the Project
One
Sentence
Description
Name of
the Partner
Name(s) of
Student(s)
Number of
Students
Project
Type (i.e.,
Service
Leadership,
Volunteer
Manageme
nt; etc.)
Who/How
Project
Initiated
Linked to
Academic
Capstone?
(include
Department
/Major)
2018-19 Capacity-Building Survey

21. Designed to support
your Bonner Program
Can be implemented
by student leaders
Builds in activities
and structures
The 8-Part
Capstone
Series

22. Tangible Supports
2
3
4
How to find the academics and partners
that fit your interests
How to identify capacity building
projects and seek out advisors
How to identify and secure funding,
advising, and write a proposal
How to share your project with various
audiences, like community, grad
schools & employers

23. Structured Activities

24. Structured Activities

25. Structured Activities

26. Stay on Track
Capstone Expectation for Freshmen
(Class of 2022) - in 2018-2019:
•Implement workshops #1 and #2 with
freshmen, ideally during fall and spring.
•Support students to explore and align their
personal identities (i.e., values, career
interests, etc.), academic choices (i.e.,
major, minor, etc.), and Bonner service
positions.