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Welcome to the
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
Outcome Resource Center
The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has worked closely with the Rensselaerville Institute and its president, Hal Williams, one of the nation’s leading consultants to foundations and nonprofits, to develop results-oriented grant guidelines that will ensure the Foundation’s continued investment in organizations, programs and initiatives that achieve clear human gains.
The following resources and materials are provided free of charge or at a discount to present and future Foundation grantees, compliments of the Rensselaerville Institute. It is the Foundation’s hope that these resources will help and inspire us all to work in partnership for a better quality of life in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
Please come back often, as the Institute will update these offerings at least six times yearly. To return to the Community Foundation’s website, please click here. Thanks for visiting!
February-March
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Outcome Funding: A Targeted Approach to Grantmaking
Outcome Frameworks: An Overview for Practitioners |
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“Sparkplug Leaders” The five characteristics that help predict success for project and organizational leaders and managers—and how to define and increase their presence in your staff.
“Energy in Organizations” A look at a critical element of personal and organizational life rarely considered but hugely consequential to success. Includes and “energy audit” for your use.
“Describing Work...The Job vs. the Result” Why and how result descriptions beat job descriptions and how to write and use them. |
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“Collaboration vs. The other “C” Words” The power of seeing that communication, coordination, cooperation manages differences to agreement while collaboration harnesses differences to create new solutions.
“Informing vs. Persuading” What business are you? Most non-profits want people to do something with information. Their business is persuasion and it only begins with information.
“Strategy” and “Planning” Most strategic plans are documents that bring little life or true strategy to organizations. Consider the alternative of mapping with fresh routes and vehicles
Result Descriptions How to include results in every staff's job description |
For more information on how you and your organization can better achieve results for those you serve, click here for tools and resources available through the Rensselaerville Institute. |
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