Transcript Making Friends ad Influencing People…Priceless!: Building

Making Friends and
Influencing People…Priceless!:
Building Support and Funding
for Your Organization
M. Dolores Cimini, Ph.D.
University at Albany, SUNY
The 2007 National Conference for
Advisors of Peer Education Groups
The BACCHUS Network
June 17-20, 2007
Marriott City Center – Denver, Colorado
Learning Objectives
• Familiarize participants with the effective
program components of the Middle Earth Peer
Assistance Program, particularly the alliances
which have been developed with the student
government, divisions of academic affairs and
student affairs, university media and development
offices, and other areas
• Teach participants how to seek out and build
alliances and funding sources on their campuses
• Assist participants in identifying sources of
external funding through foundations and
corporations to support their peer education
programs.
Our Mission
“STUDENTS
HELPING
STUDENTS”
Our Key Alliances
A Service of the
University Counseling Center,
Division of Student Affairs
and funded in part by the
Student Association
Program Components
– Hotline
–Peer Education
–Staff Training and
Staff Development
Hotline Service
• open noon-midnight, Mon.-Thurs. & 24
hours on weekends
• over 1,600 contacts per year
• serves campus and community
• only hotline of its type in Albany
Peer Education Program
• provides peer education workshops for
campus and community
• coordinates Sexuality Week and other
campus-wide theme weeks
• sponsors the Middle Earth Players, a
campus theater group
• authors Middle Earth Roots help column
and a radio talk show on WCDB 90.9FM
Staff Training Program
• trains undergraduate students in
hotline counseling, peer education, and
important campus issues
• offers academic course credit (4
courses)
• prepares students for careers in the
helping/ human services fields
Program Staff
• Director (Psychologist)
• Student Officers
• Psychology Intern
• Graduate Assistants
• 85 Hotline Counselors
• 16 Peer Educators
• 40 Trainees
Importance of Building Alliances
• What is an ally?
• The concept of networking
• Building a “safety net” for your organization
• The role of leadership in building alliances and
networks
• Maintaining respect for others
• “One for all, and all for one”: Cooperation and
collaboration builds strength
Types of Alliances and Networks
• Other students and student
organizations
• Student government
• Student Affairs staff
• Academic departments
• Community organizations
• University development office and
private/corporate foundations
• University and local media
• Other colleges and universities
• National and regional peer education
organizations
Having Alliances When the Going
Gets Tough
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Peer program crises
Campus crises
Staffing issues
Funding issues
Other group resource issues (e.g.-office
space, etc.)
• Controversial issues
• National issues/crises affecting the peer
group
How to Recruit Allies
for Your Program
Advertising avenues
Postcards
Fleering
Pestering
Radio
Television
News Paper
Cool gifts to remind others
Free tickets to come
Talking to RA’s
Email
Tell professors
Announce in Class
Alliances are Priceless:
Where to Get Funding
Ask college or university
Get grants
Ask student government
Private stores for possible donations for
prizes or food
Bake sales
Candy Sales
Car wash
Dance marathons
What About A Grant?
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Good idea
Significant
Need based
Can be institutionalized
Focused
Content-holistic and inclusive to
achieve the goals
• Manageable and structured
• Feasible
Planning
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Network, particularly w/in SUNY
Meet with OSP
Share successful grant applications
Familiarize yourself with current
literature
• Establish priorities-strategic planning
• Gather pilot data
• Call sponsors
Types of Sponsors
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Federal
State
Foundation
Corporate
Non profit
Gifts
Local government
Other
On-line Databases
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SPIN www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp
IRIS www.library.uiuc.edu/iris
COS www.cos.com
Bigonline Database www.bigdatabase.com
Foundation Center www.fdncenter.org
Grants.gov www.grants.gov
Automatic Email
Notifications
• Campus listserv from any databases
above
• Notifications by sponsor
– ED, EdInfo send email to:
[email protected]
– NSF, E-Bulletin: www.nsf.gov/cgibin/ebulletin/mailit.pl
Other Sources
• Prior awards to the institution
• Internal seed funds (ASC,
SCAP, OSP)
• Abstracts on sponsor web
pages or professional journals,
media
• Contact sponsors for funding
referrals
Contact Information
Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program
University Counseling Center
Health & Counseling Building, Second Floor
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
Program Director
M. Dolores Cimini, Ph.D.
Phone: 518-442-5800
Fax: 518-442-3096
Email Address: [email protected]
Web Address: http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/