Practical Climate Action Training for People, Communities, and the Nonprofits
and Towns That Serve Them
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Local knowledge of needs and solutions
• review the pre-workshop community needs assessments
Information on Potential Nonprofit Solutions
• research solution information for addressing community need
• summarize nonprofit solution information
• complete a preliminary project outline reflecting community need and solution oriented activities
Solution: Identify Sustainable Activities
• research evidence-based project activities
• verify activity effectiveness through scientific evidence
• develop the program and activity solution list
Project: Management & Funding Tools
• develop a logical framework, detailed budget and a project schedule
• participant project presentations
• project summary: writing a compelling two page fact sheet (LOI)
• how will you organize a donor presentation?
• where will you find donors to present your project to?
Sustainability: Capacity Building
• community capacity building
• selecting the first activity for a community capacity building workshop
• two-way knowledge transfer: lesson plans
Impact: Milestones into the Future
• project monitoring and evaluation
• develop a long-term project management plan for the community