United Way of Greater New Haven is inviting proposals for grant funding from any non-profit organization serving low-income school-age youth (Kindergarten-Grade 12) in Branford, East Haven, Hamden, New Haven, North Haven and West Haven. Annual grant amounts will range from $10,000-$50,000 and will provide three years of funding to programs that provide high-quality wraparound services and learning supports to help school-age youth in our region succeed in school and be prepared for…

Anthony DiLauro of Read to Grow will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of New Haven's luncheon meeting June 12th. For location info, click here

Public invited.  Full lunch $12. Beverage w/ desert $8   Meeting starts at 12:15 and scheduled to end at 1:30.

As communicated by club president, Ron Osach June, 2012 to the club members

...(Our club)qualified for the Presidential Citation, the District Governor’s Citation and the award for greatest membership growth and retention.  The first two of those awards were for the outstanding variety and quality of community, vocational and international…

Useful tool for nonprofits, still in development, feedback welcome: The Cronote Remind button lets website visitors schedule text message and email reminders about your events or services. For nonprofits, the Remind button can be placed next to information about an upcoming event. Event organizers have access to each button's analytics, which can be used to track interest over time. Remind buttons are generated using three pieces of information: name of the event, message,…

When it comes to arts education, schools and art museums are natural partners. Schools come equipped with audiences ready to learn, while museums have no shortage of artwork and arts knowledge to share.…

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The Conn. Health I-Team is hosting two week-long journalism camps this summer - July 9 at Quinnipiac University and July 16 at the University of Connecticut.  The program gives students the opportunity to spend a week on a university campus, learning the tools of journalism by participating in workshops led by award-winning journalists; sharpening research skills; and reporting and writing stories.  FREE tuition for New Haven students. Contact Lynne at lynnedelucia@yahoo.com or go to…

Posted to NHI on June 1, 2012 – N’Zinga Shäni, OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc

Paul Bunyan Acquitted - http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/paul_bunyan_acquitted_of_all_charges/

I am delighted to read this story.…

Interested in sharing your insights about your work in development (you know aka fundraising)?  Take the Haas Foundation & Compass Point National Development Director Survey.  http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1338485415-fd208e0be221eceeef559d83148a8a68-804e4b6?pa=9612370389

If you’re interested in hearing more about the research please contact Marla …

Facilitation is a powerful tool to work with groups to reach their goal. It’s largely group-driven, while the facilitator manages the process so the group can focus on content. Think of the facilitator as the oil for the machine — the oil makes it easier for the pieces of the machine to work together, but the oil doesn’t do the machine’s job.

A facilitator can guide a group from brainstorming and idea-gathering to concrete action steps and results. By managing interactions between…

How many of us KNOW the story of my whistle-blower hero Ms. Sherry Hunt?  She saved us, the US tax-payer, a lot of money by blowing the whistle about the dishonest financial practices that were going on at CitiGroup.  She is a woman of conscience, honesty and principle.  She is a woman who worked her way up from the bottom with a high school diploma; she became VP at CitiGroup.  Read about her at Bloomberg, Hunttington Post and elsewhere.  The complaint contended that senior bank personnel…

Posted by John Karavas

Board of Director's and member of the Rotary Club of New Haven

Board of Advisers Chairperson, New Haven Citadel, Salvation Army

The New Haven Corps for the Salvation Army is looking for program speakers for a New Haven senior citizen audience for the 2012 summer. Six slots are currently open.  For volunteers contact Lt. Jae Im at 203-624-9891, ext. 12.

Mediation is a consensual, self-determined process in which participants work together with the facilitation of an impartial, trained third party to address the conflict. Mediation provides an opportunity for participants to:

• clarify issues and interests
• express feelings
• explore options
• be heard
• craft a voluntary, mutually agreed-upon outcome

Fundamental principles of mediation include:

• balanced and respectful…

Conflict Coaching is one of the many conflict resolution tools used to help individuals, businesses and organizations manage conflict.   Coaching involves consultation and guidance on a specific dispute or conflict to get clear on the needs and to open up new options for strategies to meet those needs.  It can also be used to evaluate and improve personal conflict and communication skills.

Coaching is appropriate for conflicts where mediation is not possible or necessary.  Conflict…

Colin Gershon, New Haven Attorney, and Rotarian, writes about Rotary Club of New Haven's support and financial involvement with other Rotary entities to establish an eye hospital in Pali, India. In part he writes, "This project is a terrific example of our club's commitment to the International Avenue of Service.  For the entire story, click here.

For decades the Rotary Club of New Haven has supported the New Haven Middle School Youth Olympics and this year Rotarian Andrew Heatley, a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch offered up his commentary on the games which occurred during May of 2012 at Hill House High School.  In part he wrote,  "I left the Olympics wishing I had a chance to…

Volunteer service on the Board of a local nonprofit is a great way to demonstrate your leadership skills and to learn about your community; it also looks great on your resume. Here is a list of Greater New Haven nonprofits looking for volunteers.The list inclludes specific skill that each organization is looking for in…

New Haven Rotarians, Jae Im (Commander of the New Haven Salvation Army Citadel) and John Karavas (Board of Advisors Chairperson, Salvation Army) are inviting community members who may be interested in serving on the board of advisors to the next board meeting on May 30th at 450 George St., New Haven.  The monthly meetings start at noon and include lunch. Adjournment is at 1 PM. There is plenty of parking on the grounds.

The board is looking to expand its New Haven community…

The Rotary Club of Norwich is having its charity fund raising Family Carnival from May 24th thru the 28th. It is a great way to have some fun while helping the club to raise Funds for their community charity work.  If you are in the neighborhood, stop on by.Get Your Ticket(s)

We are encouraged to survey our employees as a best practice. It would be interesting to know of other organziations that have done this and the type of survey they used.