Short version of slides from Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2012 outlining upcoming Performance Institute Eligibility and important dates and deadlines.

1. VERMONT NONPROFIT
CONFERENCE 2012
WELCOME!

2. THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS!
Corporation for National & Community Service
Marlboro College Graduate School
United Way of Chittenden County
United Ways of Vermont
(Addison, Lamoille & Windham Counties)
SerVermont
Vermont Community Foundation

3. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
Cope & Associates, Inc.
National Life Group Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Fair Point Communications
Key Bank Foundation
SoverNet Communciations
A.D. Henderson Foundation

4. The Results-Based Accountability™
concepts utilized in this program
are derived from the book Trying
Hard is Not Good Enough
by Mark Friedman

5. TODAY’S AGENDA
10 AM – Welcome, Agenda, Sponsor Promo
10:15 AM – BBVT Overview, CCAT &
Performance Institute Eligibility & Dates
Anne Lezak, BBVT Program Coordinator
and Kate Jellema, BBVT Director

6. TODAY’S AGENDA
10:35 AM – Results-Based Accountability™
(Part 1) - Amy Carmola, Director of
Community Impact & Engagement,
United Way of Chittenden County
12 PM – Networking Lunch

7. TODAY’S AGENDA
12:45 PM– Results-Based Accountability ™
(Part 2) - Amy Carmola
2:45 PM – BREAK

8. TODAY’S AGENDA
2:55 PM – Core Capacity Assessment Tool
Briefing (CCAT) – Lizanne Peyton,
Organizational Development Consultant
3:05 PM - Performance Institute
Application Process – Anne Lezak, BBVT

9. TODAY’S AGENDA
3:15 PM - Wrap Up: Recap, Resources &
Thank You’s – Lauren-Glenn Davitian,
Common Good VT
3:20 PM - Evaluation - Please be sure you
complete the Evaluation before you
depart!

10. QUESTIONS?
bbvt@marlboro.edu
http://bbvt.marlboro.edu/

11. WHO CAN TAKE CCAT? – At No Cost
• Vermont nonprofits with annual operating
budget under $2.5 million
• Budget of at least $100,000 and one or more
full-time staff
• Participate in March 20 Vermont Nonprofit
Conference
• Sign up at bbvt.marlboro.edu beginning Wed.,
March 21, 9 AM
• First come, first served - limit of 75

12. WHO CAN TAKE CCAT? – For $200
• Any Vermont nonprofit, regardless of size
• Do not have to attend March 20 Vermont
Nonprofit Conference
• Sign up at bbvt.marlboro.edu, under “$200
CCAT” category by May 1

13. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
• Vermont nonprofit with annual operating
budget under $2.5 million (some spaces
reserved for those with budgets under $1
million) - organizations with a fiscal agent
qualify if they have their own budget and board
• Community and statewide coalitions are eligible
to apply

14. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
• Participation in the March 20 Vermont
Nonprofit Conference 2012
• Submission of Performance Institute
Application
• Organizational readiness, as determined by
CCAT scores (score of 190 or above on three of
the four capacity areas), Performance Institute
application responses, and interview for finalists

15. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
• Commitment of 2-3 organizational leaders to
fully participate in Performance Institute
activities (board members encouraged to
participate)

16. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
Organizational focus on one or more of the
following:
– Healthy futures - Services such as access
to health care, disease prevention and
health promotion initiatives, and health
literacy.

17. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
Organizational focus on one or more of the
following:
– Education - Services that help children
and youth achieve success in school and
increase high school graduation rates.

18. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
SELECTION CRITERIA
Organizational focus on one or more of the
following:
– Economic opportunity - Services for
economically disadvantaged individuals
within communities including financial
literacy, housing assistance, job training,
and nutritional assistance.

19. UPCOMING DEADLINES
• Wednesday 3/21, 9 AM - CCAT Sign-Up
Begins
• Wednesday 3/28 - Performance Institute
Application Available at bbvt.marlboro.edu
• Wednesday 4/18 - Final Day to Complete
CCAT to Qualify for Performance Institute
• Tuesday, 5/1 – Final Day for ALL CCAT’s

20. UPCOMING DEADLINES
• Friday 4/27 - Performance Institute
Application due 5 p.m.
• Wednesday 5/2 - Friday 5/11 - Interviews
with Finalists
• Wednesday 5/16 - Announcement of
Performance Institute Participants

21. PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE
OVERVIEW
• Conferences - Kick-off Conference June 12-13
1-day Conference - January 2013
Final Conference - Summer 2013
• Cohort-level networks - 25 hours of trainer-
facilitated community learning and peers
support, both face-to-face and online
• Individual TA to organization teams - 20 hours
of in-house, telephone and email TA
• PLUS: Additional organizational team work
throughout the Performance Institute.

22. UPCOMING COMMON GOOD VT
EVENTS
• Thursday, April 12th – 10 a.m. – Noon
Your Community by the Numbers! Make
U.S. Census Data Work for You!
• Thursday, April 19th – Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Media Maven Lunch & Webcast: Develop
Rich & Lasting Corporate Relationships
• Tuesday, April 24th - 8:30 – 4:30 p.m.
You Get What You Measure

23. UPCOMING COMMON GOOD VT
EVENTS
• Thursday, May 17th – Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Media Maven: Finding Your Tree in the
We Forest: SEO for NPO’s
• April, May & June 2012
Leadership Circles Montpelier (and other
locations)
• September 20th – Noon
Media Maven: 7th Annual NPO Luncheon

24. QUESTIONS?
bbvt@marlboro.edu
http://bbvt.marlboro.edu/