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Mel King Institute: NeighborCircles

March 2, 2010
9:30 am	to	4:00 pm

“Good Food, Good Conversation and Good Connections”

March 2, 2010; 9:30am-4:00pm
97 Edgell Road, Framingham, MA 01701
Plymouth Church Meeting Center

The Mel King Institute is partnering with Lawrence Community Works to host a NeighborCircles training session that will discuss the NeighborCircles community organizing and leadership strategy that LCW has succesfully developed and promoted amongst Lawrence community residents.

The full day training will address the critical elements of the NeighborCircles Community Organizing Model including:

The importance of neighbor to neighbor connections
Promoting community trust, equality and opportunity through strong communication
Creating safe and welcoming environments that encourage positive commnuity based change
Continuing leadership development and support

Registration Fees (Click to Register)
AmeriCorps Members/Students: $25.00
MACDC Members: $50.00
Non-MACDC Members: $100.00

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May 13, 2010
10:00 am	to	4:00 pm
July 8, 2010
10:00 am	to	4:00 pm
September 16, 2010
10:00 am	to	4:00 pm
November 18, 2010
10:00 am	to	4:00 pm

An Advanced Training Program for Technical Assistance

Date: March 1-2, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Time: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Babson College (231 Forest Street, Wellesley, MA 02482)

The Mel King Institute for Community Building will offer an advanced training program for Business Technical Assistance providers in Massachusetts beginning in late March 2010. The program is targeted toward seasoned practitioners along with executive directors. The primary objective of this program is to raise the standard of business assistance by providing knowledge, tools and resources that will translate into measurable skills improvements. The program is particularly designed for community based nonprofit organizations that focus on supporting businesses with less than 20 employees, self employed persons, underserved communities (including rural and urban), and/or entrepreneurs who are immigrants, people of color, lower income, linguistic minorities or otherwise not well served by traditional providers. The 9 month program will consist of 6 full day training models including:

Success Measures for TA Providers
Consulting/Client Relationship Management
Business Plan Fundamentals for Start-ups
Existing Business Strategic Planning and Diagnostic Tools
Financial Sustainability/Asset Management
Strategic Management of small business programs

The TA Training Program will be consist of intensive, hands-on sessions, that incorporate a mix of one-on-one consulting sessions, online TA provider and instructor collaboration, and the development of Program Delivery Guides.

Raising the Standard for Small Business Technical Assistance sessions will be led by Jason Friedman and Marian Doub of Friedman Associates as well as Elizabeth Thornton and Donna Stoddard of Entrepreneurship Advantage, Inc.

Advanced TA Participant Application (Application Deadline: February 5, 2010)

Advanced TA Training Program Description

Presentation Documents for Modules 1 & 2

Completed Applications may be mailed to:
The Mel King Institute
c/o MACDC
15 Court Square, Suite 600
Boston, MA 02108

For more information, please e-mail MelKingInstitute@macdc.org
or contact Jay Rosa:
jayr@macdc.org
617-426-0303

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Developing Successful Community Organizing Strategies and Campaigns

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Location: Madison Park Development Corporation, Smith House
(757 Shawmut Ave. Roxbury, MA 02119)

“Developing Successful Organizing Strategies and Campaigns” will build on the success of our previous workshop “Basics of Community Organizing,” by providing organizers and other Community Organization staff and leaders with practical tools that they need to carry out effective community organizing campaigns that will promote positive change in their neighborhoods.

The agenda will include:

Choosing Issues to Organize Around
- Understanding the difference between problems and issues

Engaging leaders and the larger community in the campaign planning process
- Achieving and maintaining buy-in from Community based organization leaders and staff

Developing a Campaign
- Understanding elements of a campaign: Assessing Goals, Resources Needed, Allies/Opponents, Decision-makers, Tactics

Role of the Organizer

Action Steps: Developing a campaign within your organization

The training will be hands-on and intensive, with a mix of brief presentations followed by discussion of each topic. There will be several role plays and opportunities for participants to share their experiences with peers. We will break into smaller groups for some of the topics. Participants will take away from the session concrete ideas for how to develop more effective organizing initiatives in their own CDCs.

Registration Fees (Click to Register)
AmeriCorps/Student: $25.00
MACDC Members: $50.00
Non-MACDC Members: $100.00

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Mel King Institute: Community Development 101

December 4, 2009
12:00 pm	to	4:00 pm

Community Development 101
An Introduction to Community and Economic Development

The Mel King Institute for Community Building is sponsoring a Full-Day Introduction to Community Development Course on December 4th. This training course is intended to support new community development employees, interns, volunteers, and participants by providing a solid understanding of basic concepts and trends that have guided, and continue to guide, progression within the Community Development field. The Training will be led by Southern New Hampshire Graduate professor Christina Clamp and will address several fundamental elements of community development including; the History and Growth of Community and Economic Development, the Role of Local Community Development Corporations, the Core Values of the Current State of Community Development, and a panel discussion of Community Development Careers in Action.

This is a full day training including lunch and refreshments.

December 4, 2009; 11:00am-5:00pm
95 Berkely Street, Boston, MA
Boston LISC Conference Room B
1st Floor

MACDC Member Registration

Non-Member Registration

Please contact Jay Rosa with any questions:
jayr@macdc.org
617-426-0303 ext. 33
Mel King Institute

Community Development 101 powerpoint (PDF)

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Mel King Institute: Nuts and Bolts of Asset Management

December 11, 2009

The Mel King Institute for Community Building is sponsoring a two-day training on the Nuts and Bolts of Asset Management. This training is part of a six-course series that will award successful participants with a Certified Housing Asset Manager (CHAM) Diploma from the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management.

The Nuts and Bolts of Asset Management is an interactive training session that focuses on hands-on opportunities to explore the full range of an asset manager’s roles and responsibilities, which shift in each stage of a project’s life cycle.

The two-day training will include:

Discussion of the relationship between the various life stages of an affordable property-development, lease up, management and exit strategy, and how an owner’s actions in every stage can impact the other stages;
Tools and techniques to understand financial reports and audits, vacancy rates, debt coverage ratios and trend analysis;
Investigation of best practices of nonprofits in developing internal and external reporting systems;
Use of performance measurements and performance standards to plan for property success and strengthen property management oversight (both in-house and contracted);
Completion of a group exercise of a property “workout”

This training session will be led by Jack Geary, who has over 25 years of housing management experience, as a property and asset manager, administrator, consultant and trainer.

December 10 & 11, 2009; 9:00am-5:00pm
735 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA
Haynes House, Madison park CDC

MACDC Member Registration

Non-Member Registration

Registration fees include both training days and lunches.

Please contact Marcus Haymon with any questions:
MHaymon@lisc.org
617-338-0411 ext.231
Mel King Institute

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Community Development Innovation Forum

September 17, 2009
9:00 am

The Community Development Innovation Forum Presents

Telling Our Story: Building support for building better places
and
An update on Innovation Forum Phase 2 projects

September 17, 2009
9:00 – 1:30
Plymouth Church
85 Edgell Road
Framingham, MA 01701

Summary: This will be the first of four quarterly gatherings to be held during phase 2 of the Innovation Forum. The session will follow up on one of the key recommendations to emerge from Phase One: that the Community Development Sector needs to be much more effective about telling our story in the context of today’s economic and social environment. The session will be run in part by Action Media (www.actionmedia.org), a nationally known organization with deep expertise in values-based messaging and how to apply those tools to the housing and community development sector. Action Media’s workshop will present research and tools on how to effectively communicate about our field and our work and give attendees an opportunity to begin applying those tools to their current work.

Registration: https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/macdc/eventRegistration.jsp?event=39

Please contact Allison Staton at MACDC (allisons@macdc.org) if you have any questions about the September 17th session.

MACDC presentation Sept 17 2009 new (Powerpoint)

MACDC presentation Sept 17 2009 pdf (pdf)

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CHAPA Breakfast Forum

July 28, 2009
9:30 am	to	11:30 am
9:30 am	to	11:30 am

The Effectiveness of Smart Growth Policies: An Evaluation of Four Statewide Programs

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy recently released a study entitled “Smart Growth Policies: An Evaluation of Programs and Outcomes,” which examines the impact of smart growth policies in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and Oregon. Growth patterns in these four states are compared to growth patterns in four states that do not have smart growth legislation: Colorado, Indiana, Texas and Virginia. How have smart growth policies in these states affected housing development, affordability and transportation infrastructure? What are the environmental affects of development in states with smart growth policies compared to those without? What lessons can be learned for use in Massachusetts? The authors of the report will discuss their findings, while local experts will offer a Massachusetts perspective.

Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance

Additional information available at http://chapa.org/?q=node/1026

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