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Kim Peters, Prevention Coordinator
December 14, 2011
Key stakeholder
o Who & Why?
• Resources and relationships
• Credibility to your efforts
• Foster ownership
Champion
o Who & Why?
• Enthusiastic supporter of program implementation
• Creates buy in
Trained staff
Identify key champions and stakeholders from diverse
sectors:
o Businesses
o Faith-based institutions
o Government
Schools
o Law enforcement…
o
Provide consistent speaking points
Share a story of a gift’s impact
In-kind Resources
Foundations
Government
Corporations
Businesses
United Way
Community-Service Organizations
Faith-based Organizations
Individuals
Schools/PTOs
Collaborative Boards
Purpose
and Impact
Share your vision
Appeal to them:
o logically
o emotionally
List
selling points for PATHS:
o Benefits to the participants
o Benefits to the community
o Demonstrate need
o Credibility
o Costs
o Connect the dots
1) Evidence of deterrent effects through
scientifically rigorous methods
strong
research design
prevents or reduces
violence, delinquency, and/or substance use
2) Sustained effects
impacts endure beyond
treatment and from one developmental period to the
next (at least 1 year post intervention/no evidence
that effect is lost)
3) Multiple site replication
greater confidence
that it can be transferred to new settings/populations
*Models programs meet all three criteria; Promising programs must meet #1
Identify targets with a vested interest.
Identify ways to build relationships.
Identify staff and others who will make the approach.
Consider who is best-suited to approach potential funders
(communication skills, knowledge of the program, has
connections/established relationships, etc…).
Determine when and how.
Create a timeline for any approaches you decide to make
Program Fact Sheet
Effective Elevator Speech/Speaking Points
Brochure – Highlight various funding opportunities and
levels
PowerPoint
Outcomes Report
Email and mailing list
For more information including materials from this presentation:
EPISCenter
206 Towers Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-2568
Fax: (814) 865-3936
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.episcenter.psu.edu
The EPISCenter is a project of the Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development,
Penn State University, and is supported by funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare as a component of the Resource Center for
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.