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CORE Coffee Chat: Practical Tools to Save Lives from Overdoses // Plática con un Café: Herramientas prácticas para salvar vidas de sobredosis

Virtual Via Zoom
[Información en español a continuación] Register/Inscríbase: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-10-12-23 Join us for a special CORE Coffee Chat on Practical Tools to Save Lives from Overdoses, featuring two speakers with practical knowledge to share: Jen Hastings, MD and Ali Hayes, MPH from the Santa Cruz Safe Rx Coalition. In this Coffee Chat, we will: • Learn what we […]
Free

CORE Coffee Chat: Designing for Well-being, Part 1 | CORE Coffee Chat: Designing for Well-being, Part 1 // Plática con un Café de CORE: Diseñar para el bienestar, 1a parte

On Zoom
Register | Inscríbase: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-11-20-23 Join us as we explore the first three principles of designing for well-being: 1) Start with what matters to people: well-being; 2) Design and implement with, not for; and 3) Heal and regenerate. Together, we will: Practice answering key questions about how your agency applies these principles Discuss how to apply […]
Free

CORE Coffee Chat: Designing for Well-being, Part 2 // Diseñar para el bienestar, 2a parte

Virtual Via Zoom
Register/Inscribase: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-12-6-23 Join us as we continue exploring principles of designing for well-being. This time, we’ll discuss the next three principles: 4) Foster social connections and social capital; 5) Span boundaries; and 6) Build (on) assets and innovation. Together, we will: Practice answering key questions to reflect on how your agency applies these principles Discuss […]
Free

CORE Coffee Chat: Transformational Approaches to Creating Economic Equity

Virtual Via Zoom
Across our region, Latino working class families are essential contributors to the Central Coast’s economy, yet inequities in economic well-being and generational wealth still exist. While ending poverty may seem like an impossible dream, the team at Ventures believes it doesn’t have to be that way. Through a collection of innovative and effective programs, Ventures is […]
Free

Proposal Prep Session 1: Proposals as Projects

Virtual Via Zoom
Join us for the first in a three-part grant-writing series. In this session, we’ll focus on the preparation that can be done before an RFP is released. Even before you know the details, you can start thinking about community and organizational strengths, needs, partnerships, and capacity to be as prepared as possible for new funding […]
Free

Making Meaning of Community-level Data

Virtual Via Zoom
Attend this workshop to learn how to make meaning of community-level data on DataShare (and other sources) when you’re doing planning, evaluation, grantwriting, advocacy, or research. Participants will learn: Why community-level data are important for improving well-being and advancing equity; How to understand and make meaning of the data that are (and aren’t) available on […]
Free

Proposal Prep Session 2: Making Your Case

Virtual Via Zoom
In this second session of a spring grant-writing series, we’ll review some specific tools that help place your proposed projects in a broader context, such as a Theory of Change and Logic Model. While these are not always required as part of a proposal submission, they can be really helpful in articulating what you want […]
Free

Proposal Prep Session 3: The Magic of Metrics

Virtual Via Zoom
We’ll wrap up our grant-writing series by exploring some ways that you can “think like an evaluator.” Using tools like the CORE Continuum of Results and Evidence, we’ll consider the different ways that projects can shed light on questions about what works, how, and for whom—and how you can incorporate these ideas into your proposal […]
Free

CORE Peer Learning Circles: Program Evaluation – Data Collection & Analysis

Virtual Via Zoom
Evaluation: we all know it’s important. Programs need it; funders love it. But in practice, it can be hard to know where to begin and how to sustain an evaluation over time. If this sounds familiar, join us for the first of 3 sessions of CORE Peer Learning Circles (PLCs) as we delve into different […]
Free

A Beginners Guide to Data Literacy: Practicing with DataShare

On Zoom
Designed for people who are less familiar with data, this interactive workshop will provide an opportunity to understand population health data and learn how to apply a data lens in advocacy, policy, and program planning efforts. Participants will learn to: Identify crucial data elements in graphs and visualizations. Navigate key data sources provided on DataShare and supporting […]
Free

CORE Coffee Chat: Introduction to Power Mapping | Plática con un Café de CORE: Introducción al mapeo del poder

On Zoom
Register here // Inscríbase aquí:https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-09-24-24 Curious about power mapping and how it might apply to your organization’s goals? Whether you’re involved in community organizing, strategic or program planning, or advocacy for policy change, power mapping or power analysis has something to offer. Join us in this CORE Coffee Chat to explore this concept and review […]
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