New England Grassroots Environment Fund

2009 Grassroots Retreat Resources

The 2009 NEGEF & TAC Grassroots Retreat offered three specific workshops track to participants:

• The SUSTAIN track was geared towards community groups that are working on their internal processes and need some assistance on topics like recruiting volunteers, developing a leadership team, building your organization (purpose, mission & decision-making), fundraising and financial management tools.
• The GROW track was geared towards community groups that are working on their outreach (external) processes and need some assistance on topics like developing your message, developing materials, collaboration (working in coalitions, partnerships), maximizing events, social networking and working with the media.
• The LEAD track was geared towards community leaders that are seeking to develp their skills and focused on topics like P.O.P. (Purpose, Outcomes, Process), What makes a good leader?, vision & values, Communication, facilitation & leadership and _Getting at personal motivations.

Below are some of the resources used during the workshops. Click on the green bars with the name of the workshop track to see the tools. As always, please feel free to contact NEGEF staff and/or TAC staff with any questions.

To download a contact list of all of the participants of the 2009 Grassroots retreat, click here

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To see pictures of the 2009 NEGEF & TAC Grassroots Retreat, please visit NEGEF’s FaceBook page