Program Resources

Do you feel the need for more information on providing leadership to your organization? How about how to reach politicians to support MGV programs? How about more resources for youth education? The following are a selection of the thousands of internet sites related to program resources to help answer these questions. They are organized into categories, arranged in alphabetical order. Click on a category name to expand the selection to show the links. Inclusion in this listing is for your convenience and is not an endorsement of their views, products or services over similar, unlisted sites. The relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the information on these sites is not guaranteed. Note: These links open the external site in a new browser window.

Education

http://www.joe.org – Journal of Extension expands and updates the research and knowledge base for U.S. Extension professionals and other outreach educators to improve their effectiveness

http://www.joe.org/joe/2006december/rb5.php – Continuing Education of Master Gardener Volunteers: Beyond Basic Training abstract contains great survey information to find out what interests your MGVs

Finance

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p557/ch03.html – IRS Publication 557, Tax Exempt Status

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1023.pdf – Instructions for Form 1023, application for recognition of exemption under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code

http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=130101,00.html – Frequently Asked questions about Form 1023

http://www.cpcwnc.org/resources/toolbox/filling-out-the-irs-forms-for-nonprofit-status – Filling out the IRS forms for Nonprofit Status

http://form1023.org/ – Guide to complete form 1023 for 501(c) (3) organizations

http://www.revenue.wi.gov/salesanduse – WI state site for sales and use tax forms and information.

http://www.revenue.wi.gov/pubs/pb206.pdf – WI Sales Tax Exemptions for nonprofit organizations information

Grant Writing

http://grants.library.wisc.edu/index.html – UW-Madison Grants Information Collection, a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center library Network

http://grants.library.wisc.edu/seminars.html – UW-Madison Workshops and Seminars on Grant Writing

http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/online/writing_grants.htm – UW- Madison Continuing Studies Introduction to Researching and Writing Grants

Basic Elements of Grant Writing – from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Grants and Grant Writing – A series of articles from ScienceCareers.org

GrantProposal.com – Free resources to assist nonprofits

Non-profit Guides – Free grant-writing tools to assist established non-profits through the grant writing process

Helpful Hints for Technical Writing – from Weed Science Society of America

How to Write Winning Proposals – from the Sustainable Agriculture Network

Proposal Preparation Checklist – from proposalwriter.com

Proposal Writing Short Course – from the Foundation Center. A systematic outline of the elements of a proposal and how to address them; includes good approaches to evaluation plan and sustainability.

School Grants Grant Writing Tips – K-12 funding opportunities and many sample proposals

Show Me the Money – from Education World. Grant writing tips and resources

Websites for Proposal Writers – from the Foundation Center. Links to several helpful online grant writing sources

Writing a Successful Grant Proposal – from the Minnesota Council on Foundations

Leadership

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/nonprofits/management/library.cfm – The Nonprofit Management Education Center library contains links from Governance to Grant Writing to Volunteer Job Description template and many more valuable links.

http://wisconsinnonprofits.org – Wisconsin Nonprofits connects nonprofit managers to a world of resources.

http://www.snpo.org/lino/index.php – Society for Nonprofit Organizations: The learning Institute for nonprofit organizations.

http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/FreeResources/QuestionsaboutLeadership/OrganizationalSkills.aspx – Toastmasters International: Learning Leadership

http://www.hesselbeininstitute.org/knowledgecenter/journal.aspx – Leader to Leader, the Institute's award-winning quarterly journal, offers cutting-edge thinking on leadership, management, and strategy written by today's top thought leaders from the private, public and social sectors.

Lobbying

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml – contact links

http://www.ehow.com/how_5935194_write-letters-local-government.html – How to Write a Letter to Your Local Government

http://www.joe.org/joe/1988spring/a1.php – What’s Their Perception? A survey of legislatures in Florida

http://www.joe.org/joe/2007april/a1.php – The Extension Hedgehog is a discussion on how to justify programs.

Nonprofit

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=3.1014 – Building effective nonprofit boards

http://www.boardsource.org/Knowledge.asp?ID=3.389 – Conflict of interest Q & A

http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Building%20Strong%20Ethical%20Foundations/DraftConfInterest.pdf – Drafting a Conflict of interest Policy: A Guide to key provisions

http://managementhelp.org/boards/index.htm – All about Board of Directors is large collection of helpful tools maintained by Dr. Carter McNamara at the Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits, St. Paul, MN.

http://www.snpo.org/lino/index.php – Society for Nonprofit Organizations Learning Institute

Public Speaking & Presentations

http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/FreeResources/NeedHelpGivingaSpeech.aspx – Toastmasters: Need Help Giving a Speech? Includes addressing “fear factor” among other tips

http://www.public-speaking.org/public-speaking-articles.htm – Advanced Public Speaking Institute articles covering audio-visual to humor techniques to word choices and much more.

http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/21cp/syllabus/powerpoint_tips2.htm – Ten Thoughts on using PowerPoint Effectively

http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/skills/presentations.aspx – Twelve Tips for Crating Better PowerPoint Presentations by Microsoft.

http://www.lrc.centennialcollege.ca/tutorserv/Presentations/Presentation%20Skills.htm – How to give a GOOD presentation: Tips & Suggestions

Working with Volunteers

http://www.fws.gov/policy/volunteer_guidebook.pdf – US. Fish & Wildlife Service: A Guide for Working with Volunteers

http://www.idealist.org/info/VolunteerMgmt – Volunteer Management Resource Center has a wealth of information

http://www.serviceleader.org/leaders – Volunteer resource management: What it is and how is it done?

Youth

http://blogs.cornell.edu/garden/grow-your-program/ – Cornell University Youth Education containing links for training, continuing education, benefits of garden based learning, and much more.

http://www.4-h.org/ – Find your local group.

http://www.jmgkids.us/ – Great information and resource.

http://mastergardener.osu.edu/pdf/youth.pdf – OSU Extension Gardening with Children and Youth: Ohio Master Gardener’s Resource Guide

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