Organizational Development Training Notebook Now Available from POWR

POWR has produced (with funding from the William Penn Foundation and the PA Department of Environmental Protection) an Organizational Development Training Notebook. The Notebook can be used as a resource for individuals wanting to start or just starting a watershed organization, as well as previously incorporated groups that face sustainability challenges. The valuable information on watershed organization management issues contained within the Notebook is compiled by POWR and based on workshops by the LaSalle University Nonprofit Center and Robert Morris University.

Table of Contents:

Click here to download the entire document (1.29MB pdf file), or click on the section heading to download that specific section of the notebook.

Section I: Creating The Watershed Organization

Part A: Creating a Watershed Organization: Steps to Becoming a Nonprofit
Organization (Contributed by the Passing Go Steering Committee)

Part B: FAQs for Watershed Associations (Contributed by the Passing Go Steering Committee)

Part C: Strategic Planning (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Part D: Developing and Maintaining Program Budgets (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Part E: Financial Management

Section II: Developing The Watershed Organization

Part A: Board Member Recruitment and Management (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Part B: Fundraising Basics (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Part C: Grant Writing (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Part D: Marketing and Communication Strategies for the Nonprofit (Contributed by the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University)

Section III: Legal Issues Relating to The Watershed Association

Part A: Liability Issues for Watershed Associations

Part B: Restructuring the Watershed Association (Contributed by Penina Kessler Lieber, Esq.)

Part C: Contacts and References for the Watershed Association

 

This Organizational Development Notebook is intended to serve as a reference for watershed organization personnel. The Notebook is a collection of best practices, innovative ideas, and informational models compiled by practitioners and consultants in the nonprofit sector and is designed to cover the stages of operation, from “cradle to grave.”

 

Printed copies of the Notebook are available to be mailed out upon request.  POWR members are each able to purchase one copy of the Notebook for a $5 shipping and handling charge. POWR membership form(at $30 per year) are available at http://www.pawatersheds.org/membershipform.pdf, or by calling 717-234-7910 for a paper brochure. Non-members can purchase a copy of the Notebook for $40 (includes shipping and handling).

To get your copy contact POWR at:

POWR
130 Locust Street, Suite 200
Harrisburg, PA  17101

by phone: 717-230-8044
or email: info@pawatersheds.org