The document outlines 4 outcomes of a Next Steps program and the activities, outputs, and short, mid, and long term outcomes for each. The 4 outcomes are: 1) High-quality, comprehensive and coordinated services are provided. 2) Next Steps families have sufficient resources to support themselves. 3) Parents and children have optimal physical, developmental, and emotional health. 4) Families are better able to raise children in stable and nurturing environments free of abuse and maltreatment.
20 sep 2011 digital green partner meeting - Digital GreenCSISA
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Digital Green strengthens extension systems by linking farmers, extension workers, and researchers so that farmers have access to reliable information leading to impact. It has three key attributes: 1) Generating knowledge from technical experts. 2) Transferring knowledge through community organizations and intermediaries. 3) Utilizing knowledge among farmers through group learning and recommendations adopted from trusted intermediaries. Digital Green serves as an agency to develop and replicate this model as partner extension systems expand.
The document discusses evaluating the implementation of a reading program for 5-7 year old children. Key implementation questions include whether volunteers and coordinators implement the program as designed, whether volunteers receive needed training and support, and whether the discussion group model is meeting resident expectations. Evaluating implementation helps determine what actually happens in the program, its characteristics, who participates, what works and doesn't work, and why the program was or wasn't effective. It allows improvements to be made while the program is developing.
The document provides information about service placements through the Bonner Program. It discusses establishing community partnerships, identifying placement opportunities, and managing student placements. The process involves students selecting a placement, completing agreements and logs, and evaluating the experience. Partners are encouraged to act as co-educators by providing training and guidance. Proper management of placements includes orientation, communication, and recognizing partner contributions.
The document provides information about service placements through the Bonner Program. It discusses establishing community partnerships, identifying placement opportunities, and managing student placements. The process involves students selecting a placement, completing agreements and logs, and evaluating the experience. Partners are encouraged to act as co-educators by providing training and guidance. Proper management of placements includes orientation, communication, and recognizing partner contributions.
This document outlines consultation resources provided by Regional Quality Managers and state trauma experts to support effective use of the CANS tool and implementation of trauma-informed practices. It describes:
1) Case consultation topics on CANS implementation, trauma-specific treatment, and agency/program needs. Providers can sign up for consultations.
2) Services provided by two state trauma experts - assistance using CANS effectively, assessing training needs, and enhancing trauma-informed practices.
3) National trauma consultation services - 12 clinical case consultations and ongoing support through group teleconferences, meetings, and a quarterly newsletter. The aim is to improve quality of care and outcomes for trauma-affected youth.
Effectiveness: Improve It Framework - Ben Jackson, BondNIDOS
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The document introduces the Improve It Framework, which aims to help UK NGOs better measure, manage, and demonstrate their social impact through common outcome indicators, data collection tools, and quality standards. It describes key elements of the framework, including the Organizational Health Check tool and NGO Evidence Principles. The framework is intended to support greater consistency and harmonization in effectiveness measurement while allowing for context-specific approaches. It also discusses how the different strands of the Consortium Effectiveness Programme fit together and provides timelines for upcoming initiatives related to the framework.
The document provides suggestions for organizations implementing outcome monitoring for prisoner re-entry programs, including an outcome sequence chart and candidate outcome indicators. The outcome sequence chart maps how intermediate outcomes like developing a service plan lead to end outcomes like reduced recidivism and improved public safety. The candidate outcome indicators section lists potential outcomes and metrics for tracking things like housing attainment, employment, health, and recidivism. Program managers can use these tools to identify key outcomes and develop a process for measuring progress.
The document discusses the importance of evaluating outcomes in service delivery. It notes that while services often focus on outputs like clients served, evaluating outcomes is important to determine if a service is making a meaningful difference. Evaluating outcomes can improve services by providing insights into who benefits most and which program elements are most effective. Both monitoring data and evaluations are important, with evaluations helping to assess effectiveness, processes, and cost-effectiveness. The document outlines different evaluation methodologies and challenges in measuring outcomes.
20 sep 2011 digital green partner meeting - Digital GreenCSISA
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Digital Green strengthens extension systems by linking farmers, extension workers, and researchers so that farmers have access to reliable information leading to impact. It has three key attributes: 1) Generating knowledge from technical experts. 2) Transferring knowledge through community organizations and intermediaries. 3) Utilizing knowledge among farmers through group learning and recommendations adopted from trusted intermediaries. Digital Green serves as an agency to develop and replicate this model as partner extension systems expand.
The document discusses evaluating the implementation of a reading program for 5-7 year old children. Key implementation questions include whether volunteers and coordinators implement the program as designed, whether volunteers receive needed training and support, and whether the discussion group model is meeting resident expectations. Evaluating implementation helps determine what actually happens in the program, its characteristics, who participates, what works and doesn't work, and why the program was or wasn't effective. It allows improvements to be made while the program is developing.
The document provides information about service placements through the Bonner Program. It discusses establishing community partnerships, identifying placement opportunities, and managing student placements. The process involves students selecting a placement, completing agreements and logs, and evaluating the experience. Partners are encouraged to act as co-educators by providing training and guidance. Proper management of placements includes orientation, communication, and recognizing partner contributions.
The document provides information about service placements through the Bonner Program. It discusses establishing community partnerships, identifying placement opportunities, and managing student placements. The process involves students selecting a placement, completing agreements and logs, and evaluating the experience. Partners are encouraged to act as co-educators by providing training and guidance. Proper management of placements includes orientation, communication, and recognizing partner contributions.
This document outlines consultation resources provided by Regional Quality Managers and state trauma experts to support effective use of the CANS tool and implementation of trauma-informed practices. It describes:
1) Case consultation topics on CANS implementation, trauma-specific treatment, and agency/program needs. Providers can sign up for consultations.
2) Services provided by two state trauma experts - assistance using CANS effectively, assessing training needs, and enhancing trauma-informed practices.
3) National trauma consultation services - 12 clinical case consultations and ongoing support through group teleconferences, meetings, and a quarterly newsletter. The aim is to improve quality of care and outcomes for trauma-affected youth.
Effectiveness: Improve It Framework - Ben Jackson, BondNIDOS
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The document introduces the Improve It Framework, which aims to help UK NGOs better measure, manage, and demonstrate their social impact through common outcome indicators, data collection tools, and quality standards. It describes key elements of the framework, including the Organizational Health Check tool and NGO Evidence Principles. The framework is intended to support greater consistency and harmonization in effectiveness measurement while allowing for context-specific approaches. It also discusses how the different strands of the Consortium Effectiveness Programme fit together and provides timelines for upcoming initiatives related to the framework.
The document provides suggestions for organizations implementing outcome monitoring for prisoner re-entry programs, including an outcome sequence chart and candidate outcome indicators. The outcome sequence chart maps how intermediate outcomes like developing a service plan lead to end outcomes like reduced recidivism and improved public safety. The candidate outcome indicators section lists potential outcomes and metrics for tracking things like housing attainment, employment, health, and recidivism. Program managers can use these tools to identify key outcomes and develop a process for measuring progress.
The document discusses the importance of evaluating outcomes in service delivery. It notes that while services often focus on outputs like clients served, evaluating outcomes is important to determine if a service is making a meaningful difference. Evaluating outcomes can improve services by providing insights into who benefits most and which program elements are most effective. Both monitoring data and evaluations are important, with evaluations helping to assess effectiveness, processes, and cost-effectiveness. The document outlines different evaluation methodologies and challenges in measuring outcomes.
Portfolio management and agile: a look at risk and valueJohn Goodpasture
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The document is a presentation about portfolio management and agile given to the PMI Central Florida Chapter. It discusses how portfolio value and risk trade-offs can be compatible with agile practices like dynamic backlogs and incremental plans. While portfolio value is planned, agile allows for emergent outcomes. The presentation addresses tensions between portfolio planning and agile emergence, and how portfolios and agile both address value and risk through diversification and frequent deliveries.
Strengthening and Measuring Community Capacity for Sustained Health Impact_Sn...CORE Group
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The document discusses measuring community capacity and its relationship to social and health outcomes. It provides definitions of community capacity that emphasize assets, abilities, and strengths. Measuring capacity is important because strengthening capacity is predicted to improve health outcomes and sustain positive change. The document reviews the limited state of measuring capacity globally and the lack of agreed frameworks. It presents models of how capacity interventions can lead to social change, health competence, and improved health status. Community mobilization approaches are meant to strengthen capacity and drive sustained behavior and social change.
This document summarizes a service user engagement project run by the Stronger Communities Programme. The project aims to develop a model for meaningful engagement of hard to reach groups in planning and delivering services. In year 1, it monitored 3 pilot projects involving hard to reach groups and produced research. In year 2, it developed a policy for user involvement and a toolkit. In year 3 it provided training on user involvement. The document discusses methods for involvement, evaluation, and making engagement accessible. It aims to empower users to shape and monitor public services through engagement training.
The document discusses Humana's Perfect Service Experience program which aims to bring Disney's approach to customer service to Humana. It involves sending Humana employees to Disney for training, creating action plans to implement lessons learned, and ongoing support through biweekly meetings. The program will be evaluated over time at four levels - reaction, learning, behavior change, and business impact - to determine its effectiveness and ways to improve. The goals are to increase employee satisfaction, retention, performance and ultimately customer loyalty, revenue growth and shareholder value through a superior customer experience.
The document summarizes a collaborative program between the Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies to increase effectiveness and efficiency. It discusses how the program aimed to collaborate on business support functions and custody, representing 50% of staff and savings of ÂŁ43 million. However, implementing the collaboration posed challenges including different organizational ambitions, communication issues, and differing pay and conditions policies pulling teams apart. The reality was that collaboration threatened some stakeholders' influence while rapidly changing environments. Successfully managing the transition required building strong joint teams while existing dividing policies and procedures remained.
This document summarizes the inaugural meeting of the Sacramento/Central Valley Regional Network of the California Community College Basic Skills Initiative. The meeting aimed to build connections among participants, familiarize them with the goals and activities of the statewide network, and discuss strategies for adding components and sharing successes and challenges. Key topics included the history and goals of the Basic Skills Initiative, grant funding opportunities, the vision for a virtual networking platform, and potential future activities for the regional network.
The document discusses the need for digital learning for all students to prepare them for the 21st century. It argues that the world has become flat, digital, and constantly changing, requiring new skills. It proposes providing every student with a device and open digital materials to achieve digital learning for all. The implementation would occur over three phases: decision making, planning, and execution. The goal is to change systems, culture and leadership to support digital learning and close equity gaps.
MapAsia2010 Transforming the Business with LIGary Maguire
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The document discusses how location intelligence can help transform service delivery for the Department for Families and Communities (DFC) in South Australia. Location intelligence enables streamlined delivery of services, provides evidence for policy decisions, and helps optimize limited resources. However, not all frontline staff currently have access to this capability. The document outlines how location intelligence aligns with DFC's strategic objectives and connects to its business functions. It argues that location intelligence can improve outcomes for clients, inform both strategic and operational decision making, and help manage organizational risk.
This document discusses an online education company that provides independent supervision. It highlights that the company was the first to link students globally, be self-funded, and offer independent and accredited supervision. It also discusses the company's leadership team and their experience. The document outlines the company's approach across content, process, and context and how it addresses supervision, finance, networking, and resources. Finally, it presents the company's plans to refine existing tools, expand into new markets, and scale up over the next few years.
The document outlines a draft sports development plan for schools in the DLP collaborative from 2011-2012. It includes 5 steps: 1) Considering feedback from an area review on shared development priorities. 2) Looking at other data to indicate improvement needs. 3) Preparing an action plan with aims and actions. 4) Identifying the impact on individual school improvement plans. 5) Preparing and managing a budget for the sports action plan. The plan is designed to improve collaborative sports provision across the schools based on their self-evaluation frameworks and development priorities.
The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was created to address the need to raise math and English requirements at community colleges in California. [1] It receives $31.5 million annually to fund 110 community colleges. [2] Some goals of the 2009 BSI are to create a statewide network connecting all 110 colleges, hold annual leadership institutes, and establish a virtual network. [3] The network aims to address the professional development needs of over 93,000 community college faculty, staff and administrators. [4] It will create regional infrastructure through ongoing training and the sharing of best practices. [5]
ForeCee is a professional organization that provides psychiatric counseling, consulting, coaching, and social contributions to bring smarter solutions to individuals, groups, and society. Its vision is to be the best people development organization through best-in-class psychiatric services and social work. Key services include counseling for issues like child problems, stress, and relationships, as well as consulting, coaching, and contributing to forums for positive parenting, team management, and institutional programs. The organization aims to create a better world with smarter, more understanding people through behavioral interventions and guidance.
This document describes a proposed project to address unmet need for family planning in Mali by leveraging social networks. The project would use a 5-year, $5.75 million implementation science approach guided by the ExpandNet model to design, test, and potentially expand interventions targeting key social influencers. The goal is to better understand social factors influencing fertility preferences and contraceptive use, and to activate social networks to reduce barriers and strengthen support for smaller, healthier families. Research questions focus on how social groups impact reproductive decisions and how addressing these social determinants through couple-focused and other network-based interventions could increase modern contraceptive use.
Pre-admission Screening of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Considerat...wef
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Presentation made by Elizabeth Kirkland and Amy S. Powell on the 17th of May 2012 (event supported by the Virginia Center on Aging's GTE Initiative). All rights reserved.
This document outlines a study that aims to investigate whether the process of obtaining an individual budget could lead to empowerment for disabled people. It will examine if any collective mobilization results in a power shift between disabled people and welfare professionals, and any changes to practices, policies, and procedures. The study will use participatory action research methodology, with disabled people as active stakeholders throughout the process. Qualitative methods like line-by-line analysis of focus group minutes, narrative analysis of interviews, and descriptive analysis of participant journals will be used to analyze how the individual budget process impacts empowerment. Ethical considerations for working with vulnerable adults are also discussed.
The document summarizes the opening conference for Northwestern Michigan College in August 2012. It includes welcome remarks from the Board of Trustees vice chair and recognition of the college's accomplishments from the previous year in areas like learner success, financial stability, international competence, workforce development, and lifelong relationships. Updates are provided on changes at the state, national, and competitive levels. The presentation emphasizes focusing on learner success and establishing lifelong relationships as priorities for the coming year.
This document discusses best practices for corporate social investment (CSI) and measuring the impact and return of CSI programs. It defines key aspects of best practice CSI, including formal strategies, management involvement, stakeholder engagement, and impact assessment. The document notes common reasons why CSI programs fail, such as a lack of professionalism and understanding of local contexts. It emphasizes the importance of viewing CSI as an investment rather than just giving, and measuring the impact and return through frameworks like a program logic model and impact value chain. The goal is to demonstrate CSI program effectiveness, value, and contribution to community sustainability and business benefits like reputation and talent recruitment.
An ecological approach to Free and Open Source Software for Governments and O...Derek Keats
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This document discusses open source solutions for achieving development goals. It outlines Dr. Derek Keats' work with dKeats Innovation and Kenga Pty Ltd, which focus on leveraging new technologies through ecological thinking and open source software. The document then discusses key aspects of building successful open source ecosystems, including aligning vision, people, processes, technology, and finance. It also analyzes the layers and strength of open source strategies for organizations.
The document discusses the history and goals of the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) in California community colleges. It provides details on BSI grants that fund professional development and regional networks. The BSI aims to create a statewide learning network to address the needs of over 93,000 community college faculty and staff through regional workshops, a leadership institute, and an online platform. The leadership institute will focus on institutional transformation, program design, evaluation, and networking to build the capacity and sustainability of regional networks in supporting underprepared students.
The document outlines the CSSP Child and Family Well-Being Framework. The framework aims to clearly link CSSP's work to achieving improved well-being for children, families, and communities. It defines well-being broadly and identifies population-level results and indicators in six areas: children's health; school readiness; youth success; family support, safety and economic security; and community resources. The framework also outlines factors that influence well-being like opportunities, risks and protections, and the capacities needed across communities, systems and policies to improve results.
1) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools partnered with PCG Education to implement systems for Medicaid recovery, special education management, and Response to Intervention (RtI) programs.
2) PCG Education helped CMS recover over $19 million through a Medicaid recovery system and over $24 million total. They also implemented electronic special education and RtI management systems.
3) The systems allowed CMS to more efficiently manage documents, improve compliance, and provide access to student data to support decision making.
Portfolio management and agile: a look at risk and valueJohn Goodpasture
Â
The document is a presentation about portfolio management and agile given to the PMI Central Florida Chapter. It discusses how portfolio value and risk trade-offs can be compatible with agile practices like dynamic backlogs and incremental plans. While portfolio value is planned, agile allows for emergent outcomes. The presentation addresses tensions between portfolio planning and agile emergence, and how portfolios and agile both address value and risk through diversification and frequent deliveries.
Strengthening and Measuring Community Capacity for Sustained Health Impact_Sn...CORE Group
Â
The document discusses measuring community capacity and its relationship to social and health outcomes. It provides definitions of community capacity that emphasize assets, abilities, and strengths. Measuring capacity is important because strengthening capacity is predicted to improve health outcomes and sustain positive change. The document reviews the limited state of measuring capacity globally and the lack of agreed frameworks. It presents models of how capacity interventions can lead to social change, health competence, and improved health status. Community mobilization approaches are meant to strengthen capacity and drive sustained behavior and social change.
This document summarizes a service user engagement project run by the Stronger Communities Programme. The project aims to develop a model for meaningful engagement of hard to reach groups in planning and delivering services. In year 1, it monitored 3 pilot projects involving hard to reach groups and produced research. In year 2, it developed a policy for user involvement and a toolkit. In year 3 it provided training on user involvement. The document discusses methods for involvement, evaluation, and making engagement accessible. It aims to empower users to shape and monitor public services through engagement training.
The document discusses Humana's Perfect Service Experience program which aims to bring Disney's approach to customer service to Humana. It involves sending Humana employees to Disney for training, creating action plans to implement lessons learned, and ongoing support through biweekly meetings. The program will be evaluated over time at four levels - reaction, learning, behavior change, and business impact - to determine its effectiveness and ways to improve. The goals are to increase employee satisfaction, retention, performance and ultimately customer loyalty, revenue growth and shareholder value through a superior customer experience.
The document summarizes a collaborative program between the Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies to increase effectiveness and efficiency. It discusses how the program aimed to collaborate on business support functions and custody, representing 50% of staff and savings of ÂŁ43 million. However, implementing the collaboration posed challenges including different organizational ambitions, communication issues, and differing pay and conditions policies pulling teams apart. The reality was that collaboration threatened some stakeholders' influence while rapidly changing environments. Successfully managing the transition required building strong joint teams while existing dividing policies and procedures remained.
This document summarizes the inaugural meeting of the Sacramento/Central Valley Regional Network of the California Community College Basic Skills Initiative. The meeting aimed to build connections among participants, familiarize them with the goals and activities of the statewide network, and discuss strategies for adding components and sharing successes and challenges. Key topics included the history and goals of the Basic Skills Initiative, grant funding opportunities, the vision for a virtual networking platform, and potential future activities for the regional network.
The document discusses the need for digital learning for all students to prepare them for the 21st century. It argues that the world has become flat, digital, and constantly changing, requiring new skills. It proposes providing every student with a device and open digital materials to achieve digital learning for all. The implementation would occur over three phases: decision making, planning, and execution. The goal is to change systems, culture and leadership to support digital learning and close equity gaps.
MapAsia2010 Transforming the Business with LIGary Maguire
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The document discusses how location intelligence can help transform service delivery for the Department for Families and Communities (DFC) in South Australia. Location intelligence enables streamlined delivery of services, provides evidence for policy decisions, and helps optimize limited resources. However, not all frontline staff currently have access to this capability. The document outlines how location intelligence aligns with DFC's strategic objectives and connects to its business functions. It argues that location intelligence can improve outcomes for clients, inform both strategic and operational decision making, and help manage organizational risk.
This document discusses an online education company that provides independent supervision. It highlights that the company was the first to link students globally, be self-funded, and offer independent and accredited supervision. It also discusses the company's leadership team and their experience. The document outlines the company's approach across content, process, and context and how it addresses supervision, finance, networking, and resources. Finally, it presents the company's plans to refine existing tools, expand into new markets, and scale up over the next few years.
The document outlines a draft sports development plan for schools in the DLP collaborative from 2011-2012. It includes 5 steps: 1) Considering feedback from an area review on shared development priorities. 2) Looking at other data to indicate improvement needs. 3) Preparing an action plan with aims and actions. 4) Identifying the impact on individual school improvement plans. 5) Preparing and managing a budget for the sports action plan. The plan is designed to improve collaborative sports provision across the schools based on their self-evaluation frameworks and development priorities.
The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was created to address the need to raise math and English requirements at community colleges in California. [1] It receives $31.5 million annually to fund 110 community colleges. [2] Some goals of the 2009 BSI are to create a statewide network connecting all 110 colleges, hold annual leadership institutes, and establish a virtual network. [3] The network aims to address the professional development needs of over 93,000 community college faculty, staff and administrators. [4] It will create regional infrastructure through ongoing training and the sharing of best practices. [5]
ForeCee is a professional organization that provides psychiatric counseling, consulting, coaching, and social contributions to bring smarter solutions to individuals, groups, and society. Its vision is to be the best people development organization through best-in-class psychiatric services and social work. Key services include counseling for issues like child problems, stress, and relationships, as well as consulting, coaching, and contributing to forums for positive parenting, team management, and institutional programs. The organization aims to create a better world with smarter, more understanding people through behavioral interventions and guidance.
This document describes a proposed project to address unmet need for family planning in Mali by leveraging social networks. The project would use a 5-year, $5.75 million implementation science approach guided by the ExpandNet model to design, test, and potentially expand interventions targeting key social influencers. The goal is to better understand social factors influencing fertility preferences and contraceptive use, and to activate social networks to reduce barriers and strengthen support for smaller, healthier families. Research questions focus on how social groups impact reproductive decisions and how addressing these social determinants through couple-focused and other network-based interventions could increase modern contraceptive use.
Pre-admission Screening of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Considerat...wef
Â
Presentation made by Elizabeth Kirkland and Amy S. Powell on the 17th of May 2012 (event supported by the Virginia Center on Aging's GTE Initiative). All rights reserved.
This document outlines a study that aims to investigate whether the process of obtaining an individual budget could lead to empowerment for disabled people. It will examine if any collective mobilization results in a power shift between disabled people and welfare professionals, and any changes to practices, policies, and procedures. The study will use participatory action research methodology, with disabled people as active stakeholders throughout the process. Qualitative methods like line-by-line analysis of focus group minutes, narrative analysis of interviews, and descriptive analysis of participant journals will be used to analyze how the individual budget process impacts empowerment. Ethical considerations for working with vulnerable adults are also discussed.
The document summarizes the opening conference for Northwestern Michigan College in August 2012. It includes welcome remarks from the Board of Trustees vice chair and recognition of the college's accomplishments from the previous year in areas like learner success, financial stability, international competence, workforce development, and lifelong relationships. Updates are provided on changes at the state, national, and competitive levels. The presentation emphasizes focusing on learner success and establishing lifelong relationships as priorities for the coming year.
This document discusses best practices for corporate social investment (CSI) and measuring the impact and return of CSI programs. It defines key aspects of best practice CSI, including formal strategies, management involvement, stakeholder engagement, and impact assessment. The document notes common reasons why CSI programs fail, such as a lack of professionalism and understanding of local contexts. It emphasizes the importance of viewing CSI as an investment rather than just giving, and measuring the impact and return through frameworks like a program logic model and impact value chain. The goal is to demonstrate CSI program effectiveness, value, and contribution to community sustainability and business benefits like reputation and talent recruitment.
An ecological approach to Free and Open Source Software for Governments and O...Derek Keats
Â
This document discusses open source solutions for achieving development goals. It outlines Dr. Derek Keats' work with dKeats Innovation and Kenga Pty Ltd, which focus on leveraging new technologies through ecological thinking and open source software. The document then discusses key aspects of building successful open source ecosystems, including aligning vision, people, processes, technology, and finance. It also analyzes the layers and strength of open source strategies for organizations.
The document discusses the history and goals of the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) in California community colleges. It provides details on BSI grants that fund professional development and regional networks. The BSI aims to create a statewide learning network to address the needs of over 93,000 community college faculty and staff through regional workshops, a leadership institute, and an online platform. The leadership institute will focus on institutional transformation, program design, evaluation, and networking to build the capacity and sustainability of regional networks in supporting underprepared students.
The document outlines the CSSP Child and Family Well-Being Framework. The framework aims to clearly link CSSP's work to achieving improved well-being for children, families, and communities. It defines well-being broadly and identifies population-level results and indicators in six areas: children's health; school readiness; youth success; family support, safety and economic security; and community resources. The framework also outlines factors that influence well-being like opportunities, risks and protections, and the capacities needed across communities, systems and policies to improve results.
1) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools partnered with PCG Education to implement systems for Medicaid recovery, special education management, and Response to Intervention (RtI) programs.
2) PCG Education helped CMS recover over $19 million through a Medicaid recovery system and over $24 million total. They also implemented electronic special education and RtI management systems.
3) The systems allowed CMS to more efficiently manage documents, improve compliance, and provide access to student data to support decision making.
New Mexico State University (NMSU) Employee Council in collaboration with NMSU Cooperative Extension Service is administering a survey to NMSU employees to determine the need for personal financial wellness education for NMSU employees and its ideal format. We expect NMSU to have high needs for employee financial education because New Mexico arguably has the worst personal finance education requirements for high school graduation. Available in Spanish, paper, and online versions, the survey is administered from September 19 to October 31, 2012. Based on results of 151 responses, 64% respondents considered themselves knowledgeable in personal finance topics, but 86% of them stated that they would benefit from learning more about personal finance. Areas of interests include traditional retirement plan (73%), alternative retirement plan (75%), estate planning (92%), retirement planning (91%), investment (88%), and increasing income (88%). About half of respondents (n=75) put down their e-mail address in willingness to participate in further surveys for workshop planning with eight of them reported of having expertise to present at least a personal finance topic. The survey indicates a high need for a personal finance education for NMSU employees and opportunities to get NMSU employees involved its program planning.
JWB invested in building better futures for children from 2006-2013 through three main strategies: 1) Improving early learning initiatives and focusing funding on school readiness and success. 2) Increasing efficiencies through technology, data sharing, and data-driven decision making. 3) Leveraging additional revenues through programs like targeted case management and grants collaboration. The goal was to collaboratively use data and focus on high-yield strategies to improve child outcomes.
Parent Involvement Module on Parent-Friendly IEPs
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
A presentation from the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships.
This document provides notes from a presentation on improving relationships and results through building family-school partnerships. It discusses the importance of family involvement in a child's education. The presentation focuses on best practices for strengthening these partnerships, including discussing specific strategies in four areas: approach, attitude, atmosphere, and actions. It emphasizes that the first three "A's" must be in place before effective partnership actions can occur. The presentation also notes statistics on how reading difficulties affect both individuals and society as a whole. Overall, the summary emphasizes building positive family-school relationships and environments to improve student outcomes.
This document provides information about the 2009 Youth Development & Outcomes Conference on improving youth development through positive youth program outcomes. The conference included keynote speakers and sessions on topics such as developing performance measures to improve results, leveraging partnerships, and building youth skills through training programs. It provided details on pre-conference workshops and sessions occurring on March 23-25, 2009 in Washington, DC focused on grant management, measuring program outcomes, and developing strategic plans for youth programs.
Parent Involvement Module on Behavioral Strategies
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
A presentation from the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships.
Professor Marie Connolly PVVCI PresentationCentreComms
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On 20 March 2012, Professor Marie Connolly, Chair of Social Work at the University of Melbourne, presented at a forum on the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry.
For more information, please see:
http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/news/2012/03/inquiry-forum-set-20-march
The Etafeni Trust launched their "Fit for Life, Fit for Work" programme in 2007 to empower young adults through skills development and sexual and reproductive health education. Over four weeks, participants explore self-awareness, goal-setting, and SRH topics. They then receive work skills training and 80% are successfully placed in jobs, internships, or further education. The programme addresses both economic and SRH vulnerabilities of youth. Formal documentation of Etafeni's success in reducing vulnerabilities through an integrated approach was conducted in 2009 using interviews, focus groups, and document review. Graduates and families reported increased responsibility, independence, and protection of SRH. The documentation aims to support expansion of effective programming models
Allegheny Valley School is a non-profit organization established in 1960 to care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It has since grown to serve over 900 children, adults, and seniors across 9 Pennsylvania counties. In 2008, it was acquired by NHS Human Services. The organization is committed to providing quality programs and facilities to help those with disabilities reach their full potential.
The 2009 Juvenile Reentry Conference will be held from June 24-26, 2009 in Arlington, VA. The conference will focus on reducing recidivism and reintegrating juvenile offenders back into society through workshops and sessions on topics such as grant writing, substance abuse treatment, communication strategies, and aftercare coordination. There will also be optional pre-conference and post-conference workshops held on June 24th and 26th.
This document provides information about the 2009 Juvenile Reentry Conference taking place from June 24-26, 2009 in Washington, DC, with optional pre-conference and post-conference workshops. The conference aims to reduce recidivism and help reintegrate former juvenile offenders into society through sessions on topics like preventing recidivism, addressing substance abuse, and developing aftercare services. The target attendees are professionals working in juvenile justice, probation, parole, mental health, and social services.
This document provides information about the 2009 Juvenile Reentry Conference taking place from June 24-26, 2009 in Washington, DC, with optional pre-conference and post-conference workshops. The conference aims to reduce recidivism and help reintegrate former juvenile offenders into society through sessions on topics like preventing recidivism, addressing substance abuse, and developing aftercare services. The target attendees are professionals working in juvenile justice, probation, parole, mental health, and social services.
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The document summarizes the "Community Engagement Project" which aimed to create waves in community partnerships and sustainable e-learning. Over 1,000 learners participated across 14 pilot programs covering topics like business, youth work, and health and safety. Key factors for the project's success included shared commitment across organizations, a client-focused and expert support team, and partnership development through cultural scoping, capacity building, and collective work. The project was successful in engaging learners and the pilots' activities continued beyond initial funding. For the next cycle, regional networks and learner engagement guidelines could help attract new participants.
This document provides an agenda and overview for a workshop on evaluation. The workshop covers introductions, the current context around social impact evaluation, why evaluation is important for accountability, learning and capacity building. It discusses evaluation concepts and frameworks, the evolution of evaluation thinking to focus on learning and improvement. The workshop teaches how to develop an evaluation plan, and provides an activity for participants to apply the concepts. It aims to help participants understand how to design and implement effective evaluations.
This document provides information about the 2009 Juvenile Reentry Conference taking place from June 24-26, 2009 in Washington, DC, with optional pre-conference and post-conference workshops. The conference aims to reduce recidivism and help reintegrate former juvenile offenders into society through sessions on topics like preventing recidivism, addressing substance abuse, and developing aftercare services. Attendees will learn how to implement strategies discussed and network with other professionals working in juvenile justice, probation, parole, and related fields.
Presented during Tshikululu Social Investments' second annual Serious Social Investing workshop, which took place on 17 and 18 March 2011.
Andre Proctor (Programme director: Keystone) will share some examples of successful
Collective Impact initiatives and discuss the five conditions
of collective success that have emerged from this experience. We can do it too. Participants will apply some innovative tools to sketch out a possible Collective Impact solution to address a key social problem.
To ensure constant growth in quality and quantity of outgoing GCDP, the following steps will be taken:
1. Analyze performance over the last 3 years, identifying strengths like national partnerships, growth, and communication, and weaknesses like lack of national projects and low returnee participation.
2. Implement a segmented student market analysis to develop a diversified, tailored product offering addressing factors like academic background and location.
3. Maintain and optimize the current GCDP program with a clear value proposition focused on international opportunities, cross-cultural experience, volunteer impact, and personal development.
4. Employ a product-based marketing strategy targeting the GCDP offering to proper clients and speeding up
How Barcodes Can Be Leveraged Within Odoo 17Celine George
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In this presentation, we will explore how barcodes can be leveraged within Odoo 17 to streamline our manufacturing processes. We will cover the configuration steps, how to utilize barcodes in different manufacturing scenarios, and the overall benefits of implementing this technology.
Andreas Schleicher presents PISA 2022 Volume III - Creative Thinking - 18 Jun...EduSkills OECD
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Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills at the OECD presents at the launch of PISA 2022 Volume III - Creative Minds, Creative Schools on 18 June 2024.
A Visual Guide to 1 Samuel | A Tale of Two HeartsSteve Thomason
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These slides walk through the story of 1 Samuel. Samuel is the last judge of Israel. The people reject God and want a king. Saul is anointed as the first king, but he is not a good king. David, the shepherd boy is anointed and Saul is envious of him. David shows honor while Saul continues to self destruct.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
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In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the bodyâs response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Elevate Your Nonprofit's Online Presence_ A Guide to Effective SEO Strategies...TechSoup
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Whether you're new to SEO or looking to refine your existing strategies, this webinar will provide you with actionable insights and practical tips to elevate your nonprofit's online presence.