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Building the Organization

Building the Organization. Circa 2000 to 2003. Fundamental change. More number and diverse project proposals were coming in. Should we focus just on literacy? More ideas of raising funds needed. How to better evaluate these projects? Increase awareness and visibility of the organization

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Building the Organization

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  1. Building the Organization Circa 2000 to 2003

  2. Fundamental change • More number and diverse project proposals were coming in. • Should we focus just on literacy? • More ideas of raising funds needed. • How to better evaluate these projects? • Increase awareness and visibility of the organization • Structure the organization formally

  3. Should it be just Literacy?

  4. Should it be just Literacy? • Kuthambakkam (August 2002) Our first potentially sustainable project. Livelihood generation for the rural community. But, not related to literacy? Truly moving from the name- India Literacy Focus Group!

  5. More $Money$ • Only fundraising activity till then: Coin and Can Collection! • More projects- more good projects raise more funds for these projects! • How?

  6. Football volunteering for ISU (August 2001)

  7. What’s a good project? • Project evaluation process set-up (Fall 2001) • Important criteria identified and quantified • No way; its not THE perfect system…it does help, though!

  8. Increase visibility • More people see Sankalp, more can we ask them to participate in the activities! • Helps in breaking the myth that we are “oh-so-serious” people! • Visibility translates into $$.

  9. FACES (October 2001)

  10. Mehendi- the crowd puller

  11. We can act too! Sankalp volunteers performing a skit.

  12. Visible enthusiasm! See, working for Sankalp is fun!!!

  13. Biggest Passion for us Indians! Sankalp-ISU Cricket Club organized Cricket Tournament (April 2003)

  14. Sankalp, who? • Visibility amongst other organizations like Sankalp, helps us in getting their co-operation. • During the Serve India Forum (SIF) 2001 conference, we helped in the organization of the event.

  15. Organizational matters • Because, organization matters! • Continue efforts to get more people not only to volunteer for events, but to lead the organization.

  16. Transparency • Since we expect transparency from our partner NGOs, our patrons should also know about us: including details of accounts.

  17. Newsletter (June 2001) • Dual purpose Reporting activities, etc. to patrons Creative outlet for the budding writers!

  18. Leading from the top Dr. Balmurli Natarajan • Our faculty advisor since 2001 • Helped us become aware of many social issues; Encouraged debates, discussions on relevant topics.

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