Jennifer Phillips May 22, 2014. I haven’t worked in the trenches launching or running programs...
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Jennifer Phillips May 22, 2014. I haven’t worked in the trenches launching or running programs since 1995. But the best thing about being a program officer
I havent worked in the trenches launching or running programs
since 1995. But the best thing about being a program officer is the
vantage point of seeing how design, practice, advocacy, research
and policy play out.
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Its why awareness and communication matter. Frank Luntz reminds
us: Its not what you say, its what they hear.
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Tiffany Contreras gives a presentation in a nutrition class at
Tulsa Community College. She's pursuing a degree in nursing as part
of the Career Advance program.
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Two Generation Strategies: Field Building Players
AdvocatesPractitioners Private funders Researchers Government
Supporters Media
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Donald Schon, in Beyond the Stable State, writes that ideas
traverse a natural life cycle in four stages: 1. Latency, during
which only a few far-sighted individuals are developing the idea,
and there is little widespread support. 2. Growth, often
exceedingly rapid, with larger numbers of actors paying attention
and media publicity and resources allocated for making it happen.
3. Peaking or maturation, a leveling off during which the idea
dominates discussions and attracts a disproportionate share of
resources. 4.Decline or institutionalization, during which the idea
either has not lived up to expectations or no longer requires
public attention because it has been accepted and becomes part of
public policy and nonprofit organizational life. Excerpt from Ideas
in Philanthropic Field Building, Foundation Center, March 2004
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1. What is the target behavior or practice you are trying to
change? 2. What institutions reinforce the target practice? How do
these institutions reinforce each others activities? 3. What
alternative set of institutions could reinforce the new practice or
desired behavior? How might these institutions together amplify the
success, standing or social impact of each its members? 4. What
scale does this alternative set need to reach in order to change
the target behavior? 5. What steps can you take now to bring a
representative set of such institutions together? 6. What
techniques can you use to demonstrate the synergies of the parts to
this representative set of institutions? Excerpt from Ideas in
Philanthropic Field Building, Foundation Center, March 2004
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National Fund for Workforce Solutions and all of the local
collaboratives National Skills Coalition Corporation for a Skilled
Workforce Skills for Americas Future Jobs for the Future Working
Poor Families Project Family Success Network U.S. Department of
Labor U.S. Department of Education Office of Career and Technical
Adult Education And more
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TAACCT Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career
Training $450M in US Labor Department grants available to expand
job-driven training partnerships between community colleges and
employers Grant solicitation is the final installment under four-
year, nearly $2B initiative The final round of grants will place a
priority on three additional goals by making additional funding
available to those applicants who propose to: develop partnerships
with national industry groups or employers to scale strategies
across the country; engage employers, educators, Registered
Apprenticeships and the workforce system to support the development
or expansion of state career pathways systems; or improve the
integration of state employment and education data. Career Pathways
Approaches for the Delivery of Education, Training, Employment, and
Human Services Today, the Departments of Education (ED), Labor
(DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS) are pleased to announce
the release of a Request for Information (RFI) to support the
development of high-quality career pathways systems. The RFI
solicits information and recommendations from a broad array of
stakeholders in the public and private sectors, as well as in
State, regional, tribal, and local areas. In addition, the joint
analysis will generate essential information that will inform
policy development and the next generation of investments and
technical assistance by providing us with greater clarity on the
catalysts and obstacles to career pathways systems development. We
encourage you or the organization that you represent to respond and
to forward this request to other colleagues and organizations that
have important insights to share. The RFI and instructions on how
to respond can be found using this link. The response period is
open from April 23, 2014 until June 9, 2014.