sustaining agrability services during difficult times national agrability project webinar september...
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Sustaining AgrAbility Services During Difficult Times
National AgrAbility Project WebinarSeptember 23, 2013
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Adversity Provides An Opportunity to Reassess Priorities
– A Decision Needs to be Made –
– No Decision is a Decision –
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How Important is it TO YOU:
To Continue Providing AgrAbility Services?
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• With eliminated or diminished sources of funding it becomes important to redefine the mission• You need to consider what is the
most important services to maintain• You can’t do it all
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• Do an assessment of services and identify those that best fit your resources (funding, skills, interests)• Refocus your mission statement• Summarize the most significant
accomplishments into brief impact statements
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Develop a Brief Business Plan to Present to Your:
• Department Head• Director of Extension• Dean• Key supporters and stakeholders
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Explore Potential Alternative Sources of “Bridge Funding”
• Farm organizations• Disability groups• University development office• Individuals• State agencies (VR Ag Department)• University student groups
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Communicate Your Needs to Everyone
• Past clients• Advisory committee members• Stakeholders• Participants in recent project
sponsored events
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Host a Fund Raising Event
• Dinner• Fund drive• Student activity
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Evaluate from these activities the level of concrete support to keep
AgrAbility services available
• Respond accordingly
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Discussion