Webinars

Webinars to Support Your Project or Program Success

We’re invested in your success! Join us online for monthly webinars that provide insights, ideas, and feedback sessions geared toward making your program or project a success for native communities.

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Instructional Webinars Archive

This is an archive of instructional webinars conducted by the Western Region TTA Center, ANA and ACF.

Project Planning and Development 6: Key Informant Interviews and Evaluation

January 27, 2021

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about Key Informant Interviews and how to engage with your community one-on-one as well as how this insight can be used to develop an evaluation plan. This is video 6 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 7: Organizational Capacity, Contingencies and Sustainability

January 27, 2021

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn how to leverage your asset mapping to identify your organizational capacity, contingencies, and sustainability plan. This is video 7 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 5: Focus Groups and Approach

January 8, 2021

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about Focus Groups, how they can help you pick important topics apart and design a community-based project Approach. This is video 5 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 4: Steering Committees and Objectives, Outputs and Outcomes

January 8, 2021

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about steering committees, their importance throughout the life of project planning and implementation, as well as how they can help design the building blocks of a project. This is video 4 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 3: Community Surveys, Conditions and Project Goal

December 15, 2020

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about the second of several community-based planning techniques: Community Surveys. You’ll also learn about the next Products of project design: Current Community Condition and Project Goal. Using community surveys can help to identify the conditions and goals of the community, which is the next step of a community-based project plan. This is video 3 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 2: Community Meetings and Long-Term Community Goals

December 11, 2020

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about the first of several community-based planning techniques: Community Meetings. You’ll also learn about the first of several Products of project design: Long-term Community Goals. Using community meetings to produce a long-term community goal is the beginning of a solid community-based project plan. This is video 2 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Project Planning and Development 1: Facilitation

December 10, 2020

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In this short, PPD Training vignette, you will learn about community-based planning, its importance, and how to get started as a facilitator. This is video 1 in our PPD Training Series. We encourage you to access our Training Materials for this here. We also offer a descriptive transcript for this video, if needed.

Food for Thought: Eating your way to mental health

May 10, 2018

Diagnosable mental illness affects over 21% of the American Indian/Alaska Native population (SAMHSA). And while there is a general decline in rates of violence and drug abuse, rates of suicide, marijuana use and depression diagnosis are on the rise. Many factors play a role in mental illness, and in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we explored just one: Food. Healthy choices in food, improved food security and increased subsistence farming may play a role in improving mental health

Community Planning and Preparedness

April 26, 2018

The key to a well-developed project as well as a competitive grant application is to have a firm foundation in community-based planning. Community planning and preparedness will enable you to easily move forward on projects and funding opportunities that align with your community’s long-term goals.

Effective Community-Wide Native Language Strategies

February 15, 2017

For many years, native language projects have been making strides in increasing the fluency of their students with the assistance of ANA funding. But how do we go about increasing language use within the entire community? In this webinar, we showcase Native Language projects that have been successful in affecting change in language awareness and use within their communities.

Are You Ready to Apply for Federal Funding?

December 12, 2016

Obtaining a DUNS number and registering with SAM.gov AND Grants.gov are all required steps in the process of applying for federal funding. In this webinar, we break down what can seem a long and lengthy process into simple steps.

Indigenous Evaluation

October 5, 2016

Evaluation is key to successful project management and is usually a requirement when seeking funding. In this webinar, we discuss how indigenous ways of knowing can be woven into your evaluation plan.

Logic Models: A Framework for a Project

September 7, 2016

A logic model is a roadmap connecting the need for a project to its desired results. Join us as we go over the steps and the terminology used in creating logic models, and discover how they can be a valuable tool for your project planning

Language Teacher Certification and Retention

October 15, 2015

Language teachers are vital to the strength of language projects. Listen to language grantees from around the country give their best advice on teachers and their importance to the longevity of your project.

Sustaining a Language Program: Other Funding Sources

April 17, 2015

Grantees from two different language programs share what resources they use and strategies they follow to ensure the sustainability of their projects.