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Learn how to help identify partners’ project needs and conduct a Community Partner Needs Assessments

Bonner Capstone

Introducing the Capacity Building Mindset

The Bonner Capstone Series

Workshop Goals

to practice and apply skills needed to assess needs at community partners to understand the framework of capacity building to take away a plan to approach community partners regarding capstone ideas

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The purpose of this workshop is for students (especially sophomores) as they navigate their work with Bonner Partners to…

CONCLUSION

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• Goals and agenda
• Review capstone

process

• Brave Space rules

INTRODUCTION

Today’s Agenda

• Problem solve

hypothetical scenarios SCENARIOS

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• Reflection activity

REFLECTION

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• Be introduced to the

concept of and be inspired by examples

• f capacity building

INTRO TO CAPACITY BUILDING

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• Use a guided

worksheet to come up with your own questions for community partners PRACTICE

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SCENARIOS REFLECTION NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONCLUSION

• Make a plan for next

steps

“Signature Work”: A culminating educational

activity in which students integrate and apply their learning to a significant project with meaning to the student and society

A project that connects your identity, service, and academics A project created with the community A signature experience

Bonner Capstone:

Community

Though capstones integrate these three elements, today we focus on the community component of capacity building projects.

What is capacity building?

According to the Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) and National Council of Nonprofits, capacity building is “an investment in the effectiveness and future sustainability of a nonprofit.”

Why Capacity Building?

Our partners need a strong infrastructure to fully and efficiently serve the community We can provide partners with campus resources – including academic knowledge and our time – to enhance partners’ capacity to meet their missions and deliver strong programs

• Recruit and supervise volunteers
• Create a volunteer structure
• Design and implement trainings
• Create new or revamp old programs
• Design and facilitate curriculum
• Conduct community based or

public policy research

• Evaluate programs
• Develop and implement

surveys

• Research and write grants
• Raise funds creatively
• Write proposals

Volunteer Recruitment and Management Program Development and Training Research Fundraising Communications

There are five categories of capacity building…

Capacity building

• Market or advertise events or

services

• Manage social media and other
• utreach efforts
• Develop branding

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And two other kinds of projects that might fall outside these categories…

These projects are typically creative ways to address needs in the

• community. For

instance, they might involve arts. Disciplinary Projects These team-based projects take a current political issue—local, national, or international—and launch a campaign to address it. Social Action Campaigns

Category of Projects Common Products for the Partner Especially Good Fit for These Disciplines (Majors or Minors) or Types of Courses

• Volunteer

Management (also called Service Leadership) Volunteer Training Volunteer Handbook Volunteer Retention Analysis Human Resources Strategy Leadership Education Business Civic Engagement

• Program (and

Organizational) Development Curriculum Development Program Development Program Replication Business Plan Any major might apply disciplinary concepts (i.e., STEM Fields Math Education Business

• Communications

and Technology Website Social Media Computer Program Marketing Plan Communications/PR Marketing Computer Science Methods courses

• Fundraising

Grant Research Grant Writing Earned Income Strategy English Nonprofit Management Business Social Entrepreneurism Category of Projects Common Products for the Partner Especially Good Fit for These Disciplines (Majors or Minors) or Types of Courses

• Research

Applied Research Action Research Community-Based Research Public Policy Research Program Evaluation Oral Histories Needs Assessment Qualitative Study (for community defined need) Quantitative Study (for community defined need) Often great for the Social Sciences: Public Policy Political Science Sociology Psychology Anthropology Social Work Biology

• Creative/

Disciplinary Projects Theater Production Arts Production Journalism Project Community Forum Drama Arts Humanities Journalism Food Justice Communication Studies

• Social Action

Campaign Policy Recommendation Sociology Political Science Public Policy Social Justice

Examples of Projects

I am a sophomore Bonner. I just switched my major to public health and my service site to a local clinic. I’m new to the academic content of my newfound passions and the community that I’m serving at my site. I am thinking about working with the clinic and forging a role in capacity building and, eventually, a capstone that addresses

• ne of its needs while also meshing with my

academic coursework and learning. What can I do to learn more about the work of the clinic and to identify various projects that I could work on that are needed?


Capacity Building Scenarios

Practice Round

Capacity Building Scenarios

Instructions 1) Read your scenario and complete your worksheet (10 minutes) 2) Group up into your scenarios and discuss the best possible solution (10 minutes) 3) Discuss each scenario and each solution with new groups (10 minutes)

Consider:

• Your community
• Your resources
• Your skills/academics/interests
• Barriers

Reflection

• What did you learn from the activity

—either about the scenario itself or how you or other students may approach similar situations at your site?

• Why did we do this activity?
• How might you apply what you

learned moving forward?

Needs Assessment

Remembering the practice scenarios and your knowledge of capacity building projects, complete the needs assessment brainstorm worksheet

Conclusion

Capacity Building in Our Community

Takeaways:

• Practiced the skills to problem solve

possible capacity building barriers

• Learned about capacity building

and how it applies to Bonner and partners

• Began to brainstorm capacity

building projects for your own service site

• Set a tentative date to discuss

site needs and your ideas with your site supervisor or community members using the Organizational Capacity Building Opportunities worksheet