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Arkansas Workforce Investment Supplemental Training Resources
Recommended Books Arkansas Workforce Investment Board Note from Margaret: Please feel free to call or email me to discuss which books might be best to meet your needs. Grant Writing Miner, Lynn E., and Griffith, Jerry, Proposal Planning and Writing. Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona, 1993. (Although an older publication, this book is excellent and has useful examples of different types of proposals.) Nichols, Judith, Demystifying Grant Seeking. Jossey-Bass, 2001. (Excellent text-book for grant writing including agency readiness, planning, idea generation, and writing strategies.) Quick, James Aaron and New, Cheryl Carter, Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit. John Wiley and Sons, 2001. (This book includes tools and strategies for building grant budgets. It includes a CD-ROM with templates and formats for budget development.) Quick, James Aaron and New, Cheryl Carter, Grant Winner's Toolkit, Project Management and Evaluation. John Wiley and Sons, 2000. (This book includes a diskette with tools and strategies for documenting grants implementation. It is a useful tool in grant writing as we ”begin with the end in mind.“) Successful Images, Inc. The Grantwriter's Start-up Kit, A Beginner's Guide to Grant Proposals., Jossey-Bass, 2000. (This book was recommended as a "best buy" for a grant writer's library.) Successful Images, Inc. Video: The Grantwriter's Start-up Kit, A Beginner's Guide to Grant Proposals., Jossey-Bass, 2000. (Video shown during the training. Out of print, but still may be available in used book sections.) Strategic Planning (Reference Sumption & Wyland Three Strategic Planning Models) Amherst Wilder Foundation. Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations. Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, New York, NY, 1987. Bryson, John, and Alston, Farnum K. Creating and Implementing Your Strategic Plan, A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Jossey-Bass, 1996. The Drucker Foundation. The Five Most Important Questions - Self-Assessment Tool, Process, and Participant Workbook for Non-profit Organizations, Jossey-Bass, 1999. Evaluation/Performance Measures Barnow, Burt, S. and King, Christopher T., Improving the Odds, Increasing the Effectiveness of Publicly Funded Training., The Urban Institute Press, Washington, DC, 2000. (This book was referenced during the discussion on evaluation design.) Mervin, Sandra, Evaluation, 10 Significant Ways for Measuring and Improving Training Impact. Jossey-Bass, 1992. (This book was referenced in discussion of methods to develop evaluation sections of a grant proposal.) Decision-Making and Functioning as a Team Bens, Ingrid, Facilitating with Ease! A Step-by-Step Guidebook with Customizable Worksheets on CD-ROM. Jossey-Bass, 2000. (This book was referenced during the discussion of strategies to generate grant ideas in community and work groups.) Chang, Richard, and Kelly, P. Keith. Step-by-Step Problem Solving., Jossey-Bass, 1993. (This book has the Five Ys and the 6-step decision-making model) Chrislip, Charles. The Community Collaboration Fieldbook. Jossey-Bass, 2004. (Strategies from this book were used in the problem-solving and idea generations sections of the training. This book includes the 6-step decision-making process) Lencioni, Patrick. Death by Meeting, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2004. (This book was referenced in discussion regarding three distinct kinds of meetings and how to develop a more effective communication strategy among teams) Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002. (This book provides the pyramid framework presented in the class)
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