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Viewing Parenting through a Cultural Lens
January 11, 2010
from 8:30am - 12:00pm
Part I of Jungian Sandplay: Symbolic Expression of the Unconscious
January 16, 2010
from 9:30am - 12:30pm
Home Visiting: Working with Children who are Medically Fragile
January 22, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:30pm
Part II of Jungian Sandplay: Symbolic Expression of the Unconscious
January 23, 2010
from 9:00am - 12:30pm
Autism 101 for Grandparents
January 24, 2010
from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Stemming the Tide
of Supplementation: Thinking Outside of the Box
February 5, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Tuning into Music: For the Child With Special Needs
February 6, 2010
from 9:00am - 12:00pm
Nonprofit Finance Fund Customized Consulting Program Information Session
February 10, 2010
from 1:30pm - 3:30pm
2010 Leadership Institute Keeping the Lights On: Inspiring Imaginations & Strengthening Agencies
February 18-19, 2010
all day
"Goodness of Fit" in the Foster Care System: Considering the Critical Needs of Infants and Young Children in Child Welfare
February 19, 2010
all day
2010 Parent Leadership: Real Families, Real Involvement, Real Outcomes
February 26, 2010
from 8:00am - 4:00pm
Pediatric Psychological Trauma in Infants and Young Children from Illness, Injury and Medical Intervention
February 27-28, 2010
all day
Save the date: Conference for Health Professionals Toward Improving the Outcome of Pregnancy
March 1-2, 2010
all day
Interaction Guidance
March 2-3, 2010
all day
Childhood Grief and Traumatic Loss: Restoring Joy to Children and Families
March 17, 2010
7:45am - 4:45pm
Save the Date: Autism 101 Understanding Autism in Young Children
March 19, 2010
from 8:30am - 4:00pm
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Governor's Budget Proposal Endangers First 5- Funded Programs
Last Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled a state budget proposal that includes a plan to strip an estimated $550 million in voter-approved funding from California's First 5 programs. More »
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Finding and Using Consultants: First 5 LA's New Resource Directory
First 5 LA is pleased to announce the launch of our Consultant Resource Directory -- a searchable online directory to help organizations research and identify outside expertise in a range of areas. More »
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Strategic Plan: Webinars Now Available
In December, First 5 LA conducted two Webinars for community stakeholders and elected officials regarding our FY 2009-2010 Strategic Plan. Both are now available online, and we encourage you to view and listen. More »
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National Birth Defects Prevention Month
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Spotlight on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
First 5 LA spotlights Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder as part of National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Learn more about the range of afflictions that can arise from drinking while pregnant. More »
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Health Care Reform Update
This month, Congress begins the difficult task of hammering together a compromise between the Senate and House's respective health care bills. Learn more about what aspects concern children. More »
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More on 2009's Buzzwords
We featured an article last month about the word mergers as one of the most frequently used 'buzzwords' of 2009 in the nonprofit world. This was according to Lucy Bernholz, president of Blueprint Research & Design, a consulting firm for philanthropic institutions. While we did not share the rest of the words from Berholz's "top ten list" in the article, I'd like to draw attention to a few more of what she found generated buzz:
- Impact Investing: Partly a term of art, partly a new form of putting money to work for social good, and all in all the most well-orchestrated, capitalize-on-a-moment and drive it ahead movement in philanthropy/social investing. Pay attention because impact investing is here to stay.
- Taxonomy: For those of you who don't traffic in test-prep vocabulary, a taxonomy is "the practice and science of classification," or, as I like to think of it, a taxonomy is a way of organizing stuff. Some taxonomies we use all the time and don't think about them. Without taxonomies, none of the other big ideas such as measuring, aggregating, timing, ranking, diversifying, and collaborating that work to improve social action and philanthropy are possible.
- Leverage: In philanthropy the idea of leverage is about using dollars from Pot A to access dollars from Pot B. If a donor puts in $1 and, in so doing, attracts another $1 to the issue or organization, that's a good thing. Leverage is at the root of matching grants, NPR pledge drives, giving circles, pooled grant-making funds, social venture philanthropy, affinity groups, and many other things that are now common concepts for both donors and foundations.
- "Move the needle": The first buzzword of 2009 came in via twitter, from the #cof09 conference. To quote @QuixoteTilts: "'Move the needle,' official cliché of #cof09. Replaces 'sea change' after a record-breaking run." Need I say anything more? Except to note that a shift from sea change to needle moving might be read as the downsizing of expectations...or at least hyperbole.
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