SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INSTITUTE (SOS INSTITUTE)
March 9, 10, 11, 2016 in San Francisco, CA
Course Details:
The SOS Institute is an interactive 2.5 days training with six months follow up support on action plans to enhance organizational infrastructure and provide institutional sustainability support for community based organizations working with underrepresented and underserved populations.
Learning Objectives
As a result of the 2.5 days training participants will be better able to:
1. Connect your mission and core values with your organizational culture and organizational policies or practices.
2. Describe the importance of planning for an organization’s growth and sustainability.
3. Identify key areas to prepare for transitions and change based on mission, core values and resiliency.
4. Clarify roles and responsibilities of staff, board of directors, and advisory board and tribal councils.
5. Develop funding strategies based on core values, mission, and local realities.
6. Explore and develop practices to support staff strengths, growth, and sustainability.
7. Identify organizational communication practices that enhance clarity and reduce conflict.
8. Clarify your organization’s values on collaborations.
9. Create an action plan with concrete next steps to integrate training results into your organization’s structure and functions.
Who may attend this training:
· Community-based organizations (CBOs) that work with specific underrepresented and underserved populations. The communities may include, but not limited to: tribal communities, LGBT communities, newly arrived communities, rural communities, and other underrepresented communities.
· OVW grantees and their OVW grant partners can participate and use their OVW travel funds to send grant funded staff and partners to this training, with prior approval from their OVW Program Manager.
· Participants must attend in teams of 2-3 individuals. Team members may include, but are not limited to: executive director, board member, and program staff, to obtain the maximum benefit of the SOS Institute.
For more information, please see the attached flyer or contact Mónica Arenas at E-mail: marenas@