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The nonprofit sector is integral to the delivery of public services but funds to support these services do not simply flow to the sector from the government. We have to ask for them. 

This raises a lot of questions. How do you prepare and position your ask? Which kinds of government funds are good matches for your organization? What are the best government prospects? How do you support your ask during review? How do you manage your government contract reward?

Workshop participants, along with Marilyn Hoyt and a panel of local experts, will map a process for the best approach to identifying and raising government funding at the city, county, state and federal levels. Types of funding discussed will include government grants, contracts and discretionary funding.

Participants will:

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  Identify policies needed prior to winning government funds,


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  Identify which of their assets are of interest to government funders,


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  Learn how to research prior to meetings and proposals,


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  Identify resources to strengthen their approach,


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  How to craft a proposal/approach, and


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  Learn about keys to the award/post-award period.

A light breakfast and lunch will be served. 

Presenter:

The day’s event will be led by internationally renowned expert, consultant and trainer, Marilyn Hoyt. Participants will also engage with panel of local experts on key elements of their own work and trends they are seeing in government fundraising.

Speaker bio

Marilyn Hoyt is active nationally in teaching, consulting, and advisory work. She speaks frequently at conferences and fund raisers, and serves as a member of the Young Audiences Program Certification Team and a reviewer for two foundations.

Her past work includes 12 years as a grantmaker for the Westchester Arts Council in New York and the Washington State Arts Commission; fundraising consulting with various nonprofits for J.C. Geever, Inc.; and 20 years at the New York Hall of Science first as head of advancement and government affairs, ultimately as President and CEO. There she raised nearly $200 million including a successful $92 million expansion campaign including $64 million in government funding doubling the Hall's budget and attendance.

Marilyn is one of the authors of the Foundation Center book, After the Grant. She also authored the fundraising chapter for the Handbook for Small Science Centers, and an article on outsourcing during tough economic times for the Association of Science-Technology Centers. Her e-newsletter is circulated to a dedicated list and reproduced on New York's Oram Matters.

Marilyn is an advisory board member of Columbia University's Masters in Fund Raising program, and an advisor to New York's Latimer House and Chicago's Public Housing Museum. She is deeply interested in nonprofits led by and serving minority communities. Her recognitions include the 2007 Latin American Women's Council Fanny Calderon de la Barca Award.

Panelists:

Nicole Dennis

Nicole Dennis is the manager of grant management at the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), where she has been tasked with creating a centralized grant section.  Prior to joining DHS, Nicole worked for over five years with the federal government as a grant program specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she was responsible for developing policy and programs, training, providing technical assistance on grant administration, and managing and monitoring over $20 million in federal grants made to states, tribes and non-profits. Her specialty areas included grants to address the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), tribal affairs, children exposed to violence, police and law enforcement training, procedural justice, juvenile justice, and public and private partnership development.  She also worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Interior, where she provided budget recommendations, guidance and advice to key authorizing officials for federally funded programs.  Nicole’s expertise includes grant application and budget development, post-award monitoring and fiscal review, and training and curricula development.  Prior to her work with the federal government, Nicole earned a Master of Arts in Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver.

Miles Wilson

Miles Wilson is the director of Philanthropic and Nonprofit Services at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is responsible for the Johnson Center's national work to provide training and support to foundation professionals and their organizations, and its regional work providing training, technical assistance, and management support to Michigan based nonprofit organizations.

Wilson joined the Johnson Center in 2009 as director of The Grantmaking School and then led the merger of nonprofit programming with an expanded line of grantmaker products to form the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Services unit. Previously Wilson served as vice president of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, program director of the Omidyar Foundation/Network, and senior program officer at the Corporation for National and Community Service. He has also held roles in higher education; community based nonprofits and has led or participated in the launch of several local and national nonprofit organizations.

Wilson serves on the Council on Foundations/Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers, Learn Philanthropy committee, the allocation and evaluation committees at the Heart of West Michigan United Way, and is a board member of the Nokomis Foundation for Women and Girls, among other local and national volunteer roles. Wilson holds a bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, and a master's degree in Educational Policy and Leadership from Ohio State University.

Wilson speaks regularly at regional and national conferences and other convenings on the issues of grantmaker and nonprofit impact. Currently he is working with a colleague to help foundations and nonprofits prepare for the potential impacts of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on communities nationwide.

             John Bracey

John Bracey became Executive Director of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs in June of 2006, after having served as Director of Programs from 1998. He was recently elected to the Board of Directors… the Founding Board, of the Cultural Data Project, recently spun-off from the Pew Charitable Trusts as a private 501(c)3 and elected by the Board to serve as the new organization’s “Compliance Officer”.

John is currently serving his second three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and was elected by the NASAA Board to serve as the Secretary of the Board. He is also serving the second year of a three-year term to the Board of Directors for Arts Midwest.

John has served on a programmatic task force for the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and as a grant reviewer for the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Kentucky and Arkansas as well as the Kresge Foundation. He is also currently a lecturer at the University of Michigan in Flint for the Rackham Graduate School in Arts Administration.

Prior to his tenure at MCACA, Mr. Bracey headed up the Communications and Educational programs for the State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission. In that capacity he worked on statewide as well as national campaigns, including the Detroit Challenge with the California based Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving and the Education Committee of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association. He also served as legislative contact for the agency and was appointed Ombudsman for the Commission during the privatization of its warehousing operations.

The Healthy Matters Film and Book Club welcomes conversation about issues related to our food: How it’s grown, who grows it, and how we can make our food system better and fairer for producers, consumers, and the environment. Participants are welcome to attend all viewings and read the selected book or pick and choose a combination of movies and/or reading.  Participants in the selected book reading will receive reader’s guides and the opportunity to attend weekly facilitated discussions.

Film Screenings: Tuesdays 12:00-1:30pm Kirkhof Center/Thursdays 12:00-1:30 Pew Campus DeVos

Weight of the Nation-June 18/20

Farmageddon-July 9/11

Fresh-July 23/25

Featured Read:

Food Politics by Marion Nestle. (Optional read: What to Eat by Marion Nestle)

Food Politics discussion group- Kirkhof Wednesdays 12:15-1pm/ Pew Campus DeVos Thursdays 4:15-5pm

Register online at www.gvsu.edu/seminar

Healthy Choices Wellness Program

Eligible Activity

"Through this workshop, my integrative statement became not only a strong supporting document in my portfolio, but also a powerful reflection on my career as a teacher and scholar." 

These two workshops are for faculty who are preparing for pre-tenure and tenure reviews, or for promotion. Working closely with faculty mentors, participants will compose their Integrative/Reflective Statement and prepare other supporting materials for the portfolio in accordance with their college and unit personnel policies. Workshop mentors recommend that participants do not teach at the same time that they participate in this workshop. Participants usually devote at least 12-15 hours during the week to work on their portfolios. 

Audience

This workshop is for you if you've been interested in any of the following:

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  Learning ways to (better) teach the four main topics of AP Statistics (descriptive statistics, experimental design, probability, and inference)


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  Preparing a course syllabus and selecting an appropriate textbook


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  Finding ways to better prepare students for taking the AP Statistics examination, including the preparation of practice exams


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  Applying AP Statistics examination scoring rubrics to model student responses


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  Being more efficient with course management (including student recruitment and course pacing)


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  Discovering AP Statistics best practices through the sharing of ideas with fellow teachers

Presenters

Christine Franklin and Neal Rogness (with involvement of multiple GVSU statistics faculty)

Christine Franklin

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  MA, University of NC - Greensboro, Mathematics and Statistics, 1980


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  Senior lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator in Statistics at the University of Georgia (UGA), Athens


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  33 years of teaching experience as a university statistics faculty member


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  Honored as ASA Fellow for contributions to statistics education


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  Recognized as the UGA outstanding Honors Professor for five different years


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  Author of approximately 50 journal statistics-based articles and resource materials for statistics textbooks


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  Co-author (with Alan Agresti) of Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data, an introductory statistics textbook for college and AP Statistics – now in its 3^rd edition


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  Lead writer for the American Statistical Association Pre K-12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistical Education (GAISE) Framework


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  Over 15 years experience with AP Statistics including service as a Table Leader, a Question Leader, and the Chief Reader, Member of the test development committee (6 years total)


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  College Board certified presenter for AP Statistics workshops


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  Conducted at least one week-long AP Statistics workshop each year since 2000


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  Conducted approximately 30 professional development workshops for both AP Statistics and K-12 statistics since 2000


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  Presented over 75 invited talks on statistics education at the pre K-12 and undergraduate levels
  
   

Neal Rogness

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  Ph.D. in Applied Statistics and Research Methods, University of Northern Colorado, 1993


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  Professor of Statistics at GVSU


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  Nearly 25 years experience in teaching statistics at the undergraduate level


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  AP Statistics Reader for three years


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  Proposer of and 10-year Committee Chair for GVSU’s Student Scholarship Day, a day-long professional conference for students to showcase faculty-mentored research and other creative endeavors


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  Proposer of and inaugural chair for the Michigan Statistics Poster Competition


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  Author of journal articles and presenter/co-presenter of statistics education-focused sessions (including statistical consulting and lexical ambiguity)
  
   

When

June 24 - 27, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. June 28, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

 

Where

This workshop will take place on the GVSU Allendale Campus in Mackinac Hall.

 

Registration Information

Enrollment

The maximum enrollment in the workshop is 20 participants, filled on a first-come basis.  Register early!

EXTENDED Registration Deadline

May 24th, 2013

Fees

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  Registration: $100


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  Your registration fee includes:
  
  
  
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    instruction
  
  
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    textbook
  
  
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    instructional materials
  
  
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    on-campus parking
  
  
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    lunch, and morning/afternoon refreshments. 
  
  
  
  


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  Evening meals are at the expense of participants.  Lodging is not included, but reasonably-priced housing options are available for both on- and off-campus. 


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  Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own TI 84 or TI 84+ calculator to the workshop.


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  An application must be accompanied by either a copy of the school purchase order or a check made payable to Grand Valley State University.

Cancellation

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  Should you need to cancel, please do so via email (miedech@gvsu.edu) or fax (616-331-3412).  A cancellation received by June 3, 2013 will be refunded.  No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after June 3, 2013.  A school may substitute another teacher for a paid workshop registrant if the request is submitted in writing using the above email address or fax number.  

Fill- In Registration Form and Flyer

For More Information

Contact Neal Rogness, rognessn@gvsu.edu, or Chelsea Miedema, miedech@gvsu.edu, at the Regional Math and Science Center, 616-331-2267.

This workshop is being sponsored by a Michigan Space Consortium Grant (pending award) as well as the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans Office, the Statistics Department, and the Regional Math and Science Center at GVSU.  While this workshop is not endorsed by the College Board, Christine Franklin is College Board certified to conduct AP Statistics workshops.

AP, Advanced Placement Program, and College Board are registered trademarks of the College Board.

Grandparents, Grandkids, Grand Valley

June 25 - June 27, 2013 

Registration is now closed

G3 is for grandparents and grandchildren (ages 8-12) to share a three-day educational experience while spending time together on the GVSU campus.  Participants will enjoy the college experience of living and dining on campus and attending classes while sampling many of the great opportunities that Grand Valley State University has to offer!

Grandparents and grandkids attend hands-on classes together which will be taught by GVSU faculty in a range of disciplines.  Evening activities will include swimming, the climbing wall, volleyball, biking, and games. 

Please visit the G3 Camp website, www.gvsu.edu/g3, for complete details.

Healthy Choices Wellness Program

Eligible Activity

To enroll or for more information visit the Weight Watchers at Work webpage

Healthy Choices Wellness Program

Eligible Activity

Membership in Toastmasters is one of the greatest investments you can make in yourself. At $36 every six months, it is also one of the most cost-effective skill-building tools available anywhere.