FREE:The Barefoot Guide to Working with Organisations and Social Change

The Barefoot Guide to Working with Organisations and Social Change

Publication Date
March 1, 2009
Summary

This is a free, download-able, do-it-yourself guide for leaders and facilitators working with local organisations to function and develop in more healthy, human, and effective ways. The guide, with its supporting website, includes tried and tested concepts, approaches, stories, and activities. Its purpose is to help stimulate and enrich the practice of anyone supporting organisations and social movements in their challenges of working, learning, growing, and changing to meet the needs of our complex world. Although it is aimed at leaders and facilitators of civil society organisations, it is also designed to be useful to anyone interested in fostering a healthy human organisation in any sphere.

Contents include the following:

* Chapter 1 – Shaping our World:
New ways of looking at organisations and social change
* Chapter 2 – Inside Out:
Towards understanding ourselves, other people, and how we change
* Chapter 3 – People to People:
Creating and working with relationships in organisations
* Chapter 4 – Through the Looking Glass:
Observing and understanding organisations
* Chapter 5 – Stepping into the Unknown:
Facilitating change in organisations
* Chapter 6 – Finding a Home for Change:
Supporting, grounding, and sustaining change
* Chapter 7 – Staying Alive to Change:
Learning and innovating in organisations

Click here to access this document in PDF format in chapters or the entire resource.
Publisher
Barefoot Collective
Number of Pages

171
Contact
Doug Reeler
Community Development Resource Association (CDRA)

P.O. Box 221
Woodstock
South Africa
Tel: 027 21 462 3902
Fax: 027 21 462 3918
CDRA website
doug@cdra.org.za
for direct links: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/296953/348

Peace and Collaborative Development Network (online network site!)

Free professional networking site (with over 10,030 members from around the world) fostering peaceful conflict resolution.

This is an invitation to join the Peace and Collaborative Development Network (http://internationalpeaceandconflict.org), an online initiative to bring together organizations, professionals, academics and students working in peacebuilding, social entrepreneurship, international affairs and related fields.

This is a free professional networking site with over 10,030 members from around the world.  The site is a terrific networking tool where members can find local and international partners and practitioners, share resources, read guides to careers, scholarships, internships, funding, and IT resources in the field, and exchange best practices. Discussion topics and personal blogs can be posted. The site also has a video section where members can access and view videos related to the field.

Feel free to explore the site content and features, REGISTER and create your own profile, contribute to a DISCUSSION TOPIC, start a blog, connect with colleagues, CHAT on conflict related topics, INVITE OTHERS to join, view a VIDEO, and more. You can also read the GUIDES to CAREERS, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, FUNDING, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.

Free:Funding Strategies for International Organizations (Sept 10 in San Francisco)

Funding Strategies for International Organizations
Thursday, September 10, 1:00-2:30 pm

Nonprofits with an international focus require their own strategies for financing and operating. Learn how you can attract financial and volunteer support for your global efforts. Key ideas will include online giving and corporate partnerships. In this presentation, Pamela Hawley, founder and CEO of UniversalGiving, will share strategies on how to leverage the power of the Internet for online giving, and best practices for finding and retaining corporate partnerships. Register»

Make a day of it and join us for our free classes, Grantseeking Basics for International Organizations (9:30-11:00 am) and Introduction to Foundation Directory Online
(11:00 am-12:00 pm).

TED Fellows program: International Call–Ages 18-40

Unveiling the TED Fellows program Greetings TEDsters –
It’s my pleasure to share with you the first “Great Unveiling” of TED2009: our new TED Fellows program. At TEDGlobal 2007 in Arusha, Tanzania we were struck by the remarkable conversations and collaborations inspired by the 100 fellows who attended. We saw the founding of several companies, including Black Star Line SA by speaker Herman Chenery- Hesse and TEDGlobal fellow June Arunga; the emergence of new NGOs such as Ushahidi.com, founded by Fellows Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich and Ory Okolloh; and U.S. TEDsters setting up offices and hiring a TED Fellow in Tanzania.

Scientists met with artists and designers, tech bloggers spoke with environmental activists, and filmmakers bonded with economists. Those exceptional people continue to write Africa’s “Next Chapter.” Since then we’ve been seeking a way to bring the TED Fellows’ passion, energy and the ideas worth spreading to every TED conference, with the hope that their world-changing ideas and proven potential will meld with the talent and experience of the TED community. Introducing TED Fellows, our new international program that will bring 50 eclectic, up-and-coming world-changers to our Long Beach and Oxford conferences each year.

Twenty of those fifty will be invited back, starting the next year, as TED Senior Fellows, joining the community for a three-year term including six conferences. All TED Fellows will receive special benefits including pre-conference programs, training from world-class communications professionals, the opportunity to give short TEDTalks at TED University, the opportunity to spread their ideas on TED.com, a private social network and more. Of course, TED will cover their conference fees, travel and lodging.

We’re targeting individuals aged 21-40 from all of TED’s many disciplines, including of course, technology, entertainment and design but also science, humanities and the arts, entrepreneurs, NGOs and political and community leaders. We’re focusing on candidates from five regions of the world: Africa, Asia/Pacific, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East.

However, anyone 18 and over is welcome to apply. The first application cycle begins February 23rd, 2009. Meet our first 40 fellows here. The complete list is also at the bottom of this email. If you’d like to read more about them, you can download a PDF of the TED Fellows Program Guide. These men and women were selected for their achievement but especially for their promise. Each of them shows real potential to create positive change in their field — whether it’s technology, entertainment, design, music, art, science, business or the NGO community — in their country, and even around the world. I would like to thank the Bezos family, the Harnisch Foundation and Nokia for their visionary inaugural support of the program, with in-kind participation from TED friends Kodak, Livescribe, Lynda.com, ONE.org and SubscriberMail. There are many opportunities for TEDsters to get involved and contribute. If you’re interested in participating, have questions or comments or would just like to learn more about the program, please email fellows@ted.com. Find more information at www.ted.com/fellows Warmly,
 Tom Rielly
 TED Community Director

One Free Website for a US Nonprofit (built on WordPress)

Apply now to have a website developed for your nonprofit for free. Open to US 501c3 nonprofits. Application deadline: March 1, 2009.

DevelopDaily presents “Free Website 2009″ a competition for one free website for a US nonprofit. Non-profits may apply for a free, high quality, highly search engine optimized website by March 1, 2009. One winner will be selected and notified the following week. What’s better than a free, high quality website?! Possibly some things, BUT a free website is still awesome! Not everyone deserves a free website though. I’d like to offer this service to any non-profit out there. Non-profits offer the world a lot and I’d love to be part of their success. So, if you’re a non-profit apply now.

Who Qualifies for a Free Website? Non-profits. More specifically, US-based organization with 501(c) proof. Oh, and a desperate need for a website!

Why Are You Doing This? I really want to help non-profits, especially in an area that they seem particularly un-helped in — the Internet!

What Do You Mean by FREE? Free. I’ll design and build a high quality website. I’ll even host the site for one year…all at no cost. After one year I will either continue to host the site for a very reasonable fee or hand the site over to the owners. Take a look at my portfolio to see other work I’ve done. What About Support? I will offer free support for one month following the launch of the website. After this time there will be a fee for updates. Technical Stuff The site must be hosted on a Linux server. If you don’t currently have a Linux server (or aren’t hosted on one) then I will host your site for one year for free. The site will be built on WordPress — a powerful Content Management System. Develop Daly, started in 2006, is a freelance web design company started by web designer, Search Engine Optimizer (SEO), and WordPress fanatic Patrick Daly.

Sustainable Community Immersion Programs: Center of Conscious Oneness Koa’e Ahupua’a, Kapoho , Hawaii Island

 

@ the C.O.C.O.  Center of Conscious Oneness Koa’e Ahupua’a, Kapoho , Hawaii Island

 

Join us as we dive deeply into practical sustainability with an emphasis on personal and cultural skills in community living at the C.O.C.O. (www.thehawaiiancoco .com) this Winter and Spring.

 

Tropical Permaculture at the C.O.C.O. – Daily Workshops with Robert Silber (M.S. Permaculture) and other Big Island teachers Observation/ Planning/ Design/Mapping, Biointensive Gardening, Orchards, Built systems, Nursery skills, Social/Legal/ Financial systems, Individual projects, and Perennial plant propagation with Wade Bauer.

 

Local Food Harvesting and Preparation – focus on harvesting and preparing healthy foods that grow abundantly at the C.O.C.O. and on the island.  Daily community meals with raw, vegan/vegetarian, fish options.  Traditional Hawaiian/Polynesian foods. Abundant fruit!

 

Yoga/Massage/ Dance/Movement/ Music/Art – ongoing classes include:  Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Jivamuki, Partner Yoga, Lomi and Thai Massage, Nia Dance, Contact Improv, Theater Improv, Chi Kung, Speakeasy, Kirtans, Drum Making, Ecstatic Dance, Live Concerts, more!

 

Emotional Awareness, Intimacy and Communication Skills –  Speakeasy w/Essensual Evolution, Co-Counseling, Forum, Pujas, Peer Support, and more!

 

Adventures - visits to Permaculture sites, steam caves, crater lakes, black sand beaches, hidden swimming holes, hot ponds, ecstatic dance, molten lava hikes!

 

Contact us for a schedule and to Register:  robertjsilber@ yahoo.com  808 936 8540

March 1-31 $750

Partial scholarships may be available

 

Robert Silber has a passion for building communities and empowering individuals.  Over the last 20 years, Robert has designed Permaculture landscapes in Hawaii , California , Pennsylvania , Texas , Virginia and Nicaragua .  He founded Lipp Homestead and co-founded La’akea Community.  His CV includes the Sierra Club, Clean Water Action and One Taste Community.  His experience extends  to work with the Green Party and Ralph Nader groups including the Center for Science in the Public Interest as well as Network for a New Culture.  He was appointed by Robert Kennedy, Jr. as Allegheny Riverkeeper. 

 

Training Opportunities from the Communication Initiative

Training Opportunities
http://www.comminit.com/en/classifieds/training

17. Local Democracy and Governance – February 2-13 2009 – Arusha, Tanzania
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/282257/ads

18. Climate Change and Development – September 2-15 2009 – Norwich, United Kingdom
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283404/ads

19. Gender and Development (Gender & Organisational Change) April 20 – May 1 2009 – Norwich, United Kingdom
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283401/ads

20. Call for Applications: Summer Program on Media, Democratization and Development – June 29 – July 15 2009 – Budapest, Hungary
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283294/ads

21. The 2009 Summer Institute on Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Impact in Health and Social Development – July 6-25 2009 – New York, NY, United States
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/279249/ads

22. Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Activities – July 20 – August 14 2009 – Multiple Locations
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283402/ads

23. Management Information Systems for Monitoring and Evaluation – August 24 – September 5 2009 – Norwich, United Kingdom
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283403/ads

24. The Overseas Development Group (ODG) Professional Development Programme – Dates to be set by individual group’s request – Norwich, United Kingdom
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/283620/ads

See http://www.comminit.com/en/classifieds/training for the complete listing of Training events posted on the Development Classifieds website.

All posted training opportunities are freely available for review.

If you’d like to submit your training events online, please register, log in, and then visit https://www.comminit.com/en/node/add/content-events

Making the Case for Your Marketing Budget (online webcast FEB 3)

This online webcast might be useful for those of you doing marketing for nonprofits and small businesses.  It will also help you understand all the work involved in marketing and why it is key to any PR, communications, or fundraising campaigns.

February 3 2009
Online Webcast, United States

Website: https://www.academicimpressions.com/web_conferences/0209-marketing-case.php Contact name: Kevin Kientz

Learn how to develop and present an effective argument for the value of your institution’s marketing and branding initiatives.

 

 

Organized by: Academic Impressions
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: Not available.

Check the event website for latest details.

H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Program for Individuals from Developing Countries

H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Program
Awarding one year of practical, professional, and non-degree educational experiences through the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Heinz Fellowships are granted to individuals from developing countries who demonstrate potential as future leaders in the public, government, non-profit, or private sectors.
Deadline: March 2 2009
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266350

Do Something Disaster Grants fund project

Entered:	Jan 16th, 2009
Type:	Foundations
Source:	Do Something and the Dunkin Brands Community Foundation
Program:	Do Something Disaster Grants
Purpose:	Do Something Disaster Grants fund project ideas and existing projects that assist people in emergency situations – everything from disaster preparedness to first responders to those who are still working hard to rebuild months or years later. Great projects include those that do something about food insecurity, help soldiers returning from active duty, rebuild communities after natural disasters, or provide resources for those afflicted by a crisis. Need ideas? Click here Not sure if your project fits in? Email Disaster@dosomething.org and we’ll let you know!