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Building the Dream Team: Strategies for Securing State Grant Funds through Team Development, Management, and Growth Leadership
Building the Dream Team: Strategies for Securing State Grant Funds through Team Development, Management, and Growth Leadership
Objectives
Objectives
Explore the connection between team dynamics and capacity building for securing state funds.
Share best practices for onboarding new team members and hiring individuals with skills relevant to grant acquisition.
Facilitate the development of action plans for participants to implement within their organizations.
Outcomes
Outcomes
Participants will learn how to leverage team strengths and address weaknesses to enhance their organization's grant acquisition capabilities.
Participants will understand how to recruit, onboard, and retain team members contributing to the organization's grant-seeking efforts.
Participants will create actionable plans to enhance their organization's capacity for securing state grant funds, incorporating strategies for team development, hiring, onboarding, and leadership.
Pre Session Questionnaire
Pre Session Questionnaire
Orientation
Orientation
Session 3_ Building The Dream Team_ Strategies for Securing State Grant Funds through Team Development, Management, and Growth Leadership.pptx.pdfSlidedeck
Slidedeck
05-28-2024Building The Dream Team_ Strategies for Securing State Grant Funds through Team Development, Management, and Growth Leadership_video1278549950.mp4Recording
Recording
Skills Inventory Questions to Consider
Skills Inventory Questions to Consider
Consider: from your position/role:
What are the key skills necessary to ensure your organizations success within each domain?
How many stakeholders should be invested in advancing your organization within the given domain? Who should those individuals be? What is their nature (board member, leadership, employee/staff, volunteer, etc.)?
Who else should be a part of this conversation?
Investigation
Investigation
Activity: Job Description Critique
Activity: Job Description Critique
Scenario Job Description: Program Staff Role at a Community Health Organization
Scenario Job Description: Program Staff Role at a Community Health Organization
Title: Program Staff
Organization: Community Health Organization
Job Summary:
The Program Staff will assist in various community health programs and activities. Responsibilities include coordinating events, managing program logistics, and other duties as assigned.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate community health events
Manage program logistics
Assist with administrative tasks
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent
Some experience in program coordination
Good communication skills
Basic computer skills
Questions for Critique
What key responsibilities are missing?
Are the qualifications detailed enough to attract the right candidates?
How can the job summary be made more compelling? Are there any missing details that would help a candidate understand the role better?
What skills & qualifications align with a grant-focused organization?
Application
Application
Implementation
Implementation
Below are some suggested activities you can do with your team
Below are some suggested activities you can do with your team
Strengths-Based Team Building
Strengths-Based Team Building
Activity
Team members complete a strengths-based assessment to identify their individual strengths. Mini teams are then formed with a diverse mix of strengths to engage in activities that highlight how each team member's strengths contribute to the overall success of the team's grant-seeking efforts.
Objective
Team members recognize and appreciate the unique strengths of each team member, learning how to leverage these strengths to build a high-performing grant-seeking team. Emphasis is placed on fostering a culture of collaboration, respect, and empowerment within the team.
Benefits
This activity promotes self-awareness, team cohesion, and a deeper understanding of the value of diversity in building an effective grant-seeking team.
SWOT Analysis Workshop
SWOT Analysis Workshop
Activity
Team members engage in a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis workshop focused specifically on the grant-seeking team's efforts to secure grant funds. They identify and discuss the team's internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats related to securing grant funds.
Objective
Team members collaborate to develop actionable strategies for maximizing the team's strengths, addressing weaknesses, capitalizing on opportunities, and mitigating threats in the context of securing grant funds. Emphasis is placed on strategic thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork.
Benefits
This structured workshop provides team members with a framework for analyzing and optimizing their team's performance in securing grant funds, while also fostering collaboration, communication, and innovation.
Post Session
Post Session
Workshop Evaluation
Workshop Evaluation
Would you like to give us feedback on this Capacity Strengthening Workshop? It only takes a few minutes. Responding to these questions are optional (and very valuable) and does not impact your chance of receiving funding.
Resources
Resources
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