2013 Federal Funding Task Force

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47th Annual Conference Week:
2013 Federal Funding Taskforce
November 4-7, 2013
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

Registration is now open and is on a first come, first served basis. Once all 60 slots are filled, we will establish a wait list. Please check your schedule and plan accordingly. If your plans change and you cannot stay on the team, please contact CRD as soon as possible. Please make sure you answer all the questions during the registration process.

Click here for the Preliminary Schedule

Work closely with your fellow CRD Members from across the country on the FFTF and make the most of your travel dollars by extending your stay—and your experience—in Washington this November! The FFTF gives new and seasoned members alike the chance to visit with federal representatives and advocate for the essential role our institutions can play as drivers of their evolving priorities in challenging economic times. As you work hard to update CRD's annual Federal Funding to Two-Year Colleges report (now a live WIKI) you will also get invaluable insights into federal operations, the new funding outlook, and benefit from amazing strengths and knowledge of your fellow teammates!

FFTF Participants have the opportunity to:

Advocate for funding for community colleges
Network with colleagues
Build relationships with agency program officers

Participation is limited to sixty members and is based on first come, first served. Registrants who register after 60 volunteers have been confirmed will be placed on a waiting list, and will be contacted to participate should an opening occur. As a Task Force member, you will be assigned to two or three teams. Debriefing sessions will be held at the end of each day for FFTF members only.

Maximize your travel dollars and attend both the Federal Funding Task Force and the Annual Conference together. The annual conference dates are November 7-9, 2013.

We look forward to seeing many of you in November!

Ellen Noguera Hill, 2013 FFTF Chair
Heather Layton, 2013 FFTF Co-chair

For more information on the 2013 CRD Federal Funding Task Force please contact:

Ellen Noguera Hill, Dean, Special Programs
Louisiana Delta Community College
609 Vocational Parkway
West Monroe, LA 71292
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318-362-4287

Thanks for participating in the conference call last week. The attached document is a stripped down version of what we submitted for the 2011 board report. I’m not sure if the board has an actual template for 2012 goals, so started drafting this for our own use. For now, let’s feel free to modify and make as user friendly to us as possible. Basically comes down to:

1) Financial goal is to bring in $20,000 in revenue

2) How many webinars are we aiming to offer? 18-20?

3) How many registered participants? 267-300?

4) How many sponsored webinars/revenue from Sponsors? 3-5 sponsors at $1000?

5) And Stretch goal of testing innovative use of webinar tools- more on this later on. – Stephenie’s comment on Tech Soup and seeing about discounted use of Goto Webmeeting

Highlights from our call: (Please add to this as my notes have temporarily escaped my desk)

· We identified a number of potential webinars, topics, and presenters as a result of the national conference. We’re also waiting for the session evaluations, specifically on sessions that attendees indicated would make good webinars.

o Alumni, Planned Giving, Giving from Diverse Populations, Grants, Federal Funding programs,

o Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced (humor- this Webinar is rated M for mature audiences only type of thing)

o Specifics from the conf:

§ Prospect Research with Maria Kellet and Wealth Engine Rep

§ Alumni research- Lisa Skari- tie into promoting summer program?

§ Alumni- Toby Brun, Bucks County Community College

§ Grant evaluation- Mike Gaudette and Becky?

§ Grant Subrecipient Monitoring- Mary Brumbach or Judith Cawhorn

§ Compression Planning

§ Additional topics: Federal- OMB Time and Effort Reporting, OMB translate the legalese, Federal Officer from Title III, V, and TRIO, A21 A110 A133 A122

· We want to encourage more people to volunteer as moderators as webinars

· We want to continue to use social media- Facebook, Linked In, etc to promote Webinars

· In identifying sponsors, we need an updated wifm sheet- what do the sponsors get in return.

Keep discussion going via email. Does Thursday, January 5^th at 1 pm Eastern/10 AM Pacific work for our next call?

As a newcomer in the field of Alumni Relations, CRD has been a wonderful resource that has provided me an opportunity to benchmark against some of the best Alumni Relations Offices.

Erin Cisler
Alumni Relations Manager
Grand Rapids Community College, MI