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Family Engagement for High School Success Any parent of teenagers knows that keeping teens in school and ensuring that they graduate prepared for the future is a unique challenge. Recognizing the vital role that family engagement plays in the process, United Way Worldwide, in partnership with the Harvard Family Research Project, set out to learn how communities can support families to ensure that at-risk students stay on track to graduate from high school. AT&T is sponsoring a two-part United Way webinar series on December 7 & 8, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. each day, designed to introduce the main themes of the recently released Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit and to explore the central components of planning and implementing family engagement strategies for at-risk high school students. Topics will include:
- Creating a strong community of partners
- Using data to identify the students and families most in need of services
- Building strong partnerships with schools
- Identifying obstacles to effective family engagement
- Developing strategies to promote family engagement
- Reaching out to families and building trusting relationships
- Tracking student performance and family participation
- Collecting data for evaluation and continuous improvement
Register for both webinars today! Webinar 1: Family Engagement for High School Success: Creating a Plan of ActionWednesday, December 7, 2011, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST. NOTE: This webinar was rescheduled from Nov. 29 and your confirmation email may reflect the old date.Webinar 2: Family Engagement for High School Success: Implementation Successes and ChallengesThursday, December 8, 2011, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST You will be prompted to create a login (your email) and a password of your choice. Upon registering you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the webinar. Please note: the content of the second webinar assumes you have already viewed the first. Interested, but can't make it? Register anyway, and a link to an archive of both webinars will be sent after the event.
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Mobilizing your Community - A Virtual Training
 United Way staff are invited to check out a new virtual primer from United Way Worldwide called Mobilization Jumpstart. The site is designed to assist staff and key volunteers in better understanding how United Ways can operate to achieve our mission of advancing the common good through mobilizing our communities. This essential guide to United Way's business model is an interactive online tool that offers countless resources and the opportunity to listen to mobilizing United Ways share their stores, progress and learnings. Whether you are a United Way veteran or a brand new staff member, this tool is worth review. The site provides a foundational look at 6 inter-connected business practices:
- Engaging and aligning with the community
- Creating and deepening relationships with individuals and institutions
- Developing strategies and focusing actions
- Mobilizing resources
- Aligning and executing on plans and strategies
- Measuring, evaluating and communicating results
When United Ways integrate these business practices effectively, they advance their community's education, income and health goals by serving as a mobilizing force for social change. This work will help drive revenue and resources to insure long-term growth and sustainability.
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 Putting your organization through the "smell test"
The Chronicle of Philanthropy posted a brief article on Monday spotlighting ways to tell if your organization is vibrant and healthy, or headed toward decay. The article asks questions such as:
- Is the organization alert to changes in the environment it operates in?
- Is it aware of the adaptations it might need in the slow economy?
- Does it embrace social media and other emerging technologies?
- Are processes out-of-date?
- Are leaders visible and present to the community?
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Giving thanks - rethinking gratitude Last week, the National Council of Nonprofits released an article entitled "Gratitude with Attitude", highlighting the importance of saying thanks, while recognizing that, as giving changes, our efforts to thank our donors and volunteers must change as well. While the annual average household donation ($2,000) hasn't changed in the past decade, there are many more ways for donors to give to a nonprofit today than just a few years ago. Donors are giving online and in smaller doses. They like being engaged, and demand both performance and transparency. The article offers available research and resources, along with suggestions on how to keep our "thank yous" up to date. Check it out. Want more? Check out this article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy on creating great thank-you videos.
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2011 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book is now available
Earlier this week, Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 21st annual Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book. The 2011 County Data book takes an in-depth look into the oral health landscape in Kentucky, and provides key state and county-level measures of children's health, including: adequate prenatal care, preterm births, low birthweight births, mothers smoking during pregnancy, breastfeeding rates, births to teenagers, public health insurance usage, childhood obesity, hospitalizations due to asthma, and availability of recreational facilities. Available resources: an electronic copy of the County Data Book, the State Fact Sheet, and the KYA press release. The book will be formally launched on December 7th at the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky's Annual Meeting in room 169 of the Capitol Annex Building in Frankfort, KY from 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend this free event and pick up a copy. View the agenda and register for the event here, or click here to request a physical copy.
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