Register On Site August 16 – 21!
City streets, international culture, arts and entertainment — the 2009 Chicago NeighborWorks Training Institute offers you a world of knowledge, skills, networking and sharing in a city with a legacy of community revitalization.
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Whether it's with your peers or with the latest skills and information, stay connected to the pulse of neighborhood and community revitalization at the Chicago Training Institute. Learn the latest in staying connected at the special symposium on Wednesday — Social Media and Web 2.0: Engaging Community and Achieving Mission — which will explore the ways
people interact, communicate and share knowledge with the latest technology. Dive into the emerging social networking on Twitter,
Flickr, Facebook and Digg, and join in discussions of the pros and cons, the dos and don'ts and the successes of your peers and web experts. |
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Community Engagement Certificate Program Released in Chicago
Learn more in Chicago — Be there for the release of the Community Engagement Certificate Program and take part in two NEW forums — CB720 and NR720 — taking place before and after the social media symposium. Make the most of your week with five days of insightful, engaging programs that will energize and inform you as you head back to tackle the challenges of your own communities! |
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NEW! CB720 — Community Engagement Forum and
Mobile Workshop: Maximizing the Power of
Volunteers and Service
Join us for this very special peer-to-peer learning exchange
with practical applications for your organization. We’ll be
discussing and sharing tools and techniques to maximize the
power of volunteers and service through successful community
engagement.
NEW! NR720 — Neighborhood Revitalization Forum and
Mobile Workshop: New and Exciting Ways Local Governments Can Connect to Community
We are now seeing much experimentation
with new ways of engaging the affected constituency in
local government for public support and decision-making — traditional public hearings no longer suffice. Proactive
approaches, network based recruitment, deliberative
discussions and online constituency-building are but a few
of the emerging ways to promote participation. These new
ideas and the successful “tried and true” ideas — plus others
you bring — will be addressed in this innovative two-day
forum.
Check out some of the other great training opportunities available at the Chicago Training Institute . . . .
In partnership with the Community Land Trust
Academy, NeighborWorks® America is presenting a
series of courses on CLTs, starting with:
• AH254 — The City-CLT Partnership:
Municipal Support for Community Land Trusts
• AH262 — Resale Formulas and Financing
for Community Land Trust Home
The land trust model is a creative and proven model
for long-term affordable housing — both in the country
and in the city! These engaging and interactive
courses will provide you with the basics of land
trust development, walk you through the process
of designing a land trust program and give you the
opportunity to see existing, successful communities.
Limited scholarship funds for these courses are
available to members of the National CLT Network.
Please contact the Network office for more
information: info@cltnetwork.org.
REO properties continue to be a hot issue with three popular courses:
AH291 — REO Solutions: Property Assessment,
Acquisition and Financing
This course discusses how nonprofit housing developers can
assess the feasibility of rehabbing and selling or leasing a
foreclosed and abandoned property, acquire it from the bank
or other owner and how to arrange financing for carrying
the property and funding the rehab work.
AH292 — REO Solutions: Approaches to
Efficiently Rehabbing REO Properties
This course will highlight some of the key
issues to watch for in your inspection and spec writing of the
property. This course is strongly recommended for all those
who will be conducting inspections of REO and abandoned
properties as well as those overseeing these rehab efforts.
AH293 — REO Solutions: Strategies for
Selling or Leasing REO Rehabbed Properties
Learn how to
determine if the market is adequate for reasonable return on
the property, and what marketing and sales strategies are best.
The alternative of lease-purchase arrangements will also be
presented, along with strategies for administering that process.
Innovation and your needs drive the courses at NeighborWorks Training Institutes:
ED210 — Position Your Programs for Success:
Connecting Program Design to Community
Economic Impact
This course uses the Logic
Model framework to help you plan with the end in mind.
You’ll improve your ability to design, market, monitor and
evaluate your organization’s programs using long-term,
measurable outcomes.
AM101 — Successful On-Site Property
Management (IREM RES201)
The Accredited Residential Manager (ARM) certification
is the most widely esteemed credential for residential
property managers. Improve your property’s
bottom line, increase productivity and secure a reputation as
a manager who knows what it takes to achieve the owner’s
objectives.
NEW! CP249 — Green in Action — Chicago!
For affordable housing practitioners who are ready to
implement green and healthy housing methods and materials,
here is an exciting one-day field-based experience you can’t
miss. After brief introductions in the classroom we will spend the day “on tour” visiting local outstanding sites that showcase
green building in action.
NEW! CP312 — Advanced Construction
Management Strategies
With the introduction of web-based project management,
field input hardware and GPS tracking of tagged
construction parts, construction and production
management has become a much more sophisticated
field.
Participation in this course will equip you to match
leadership and team coordination styles with new tools
for scheduling and contract administration through
commissioning.
NEW! HO260 — Counseling Borrowers to Purchase Real Estate Owned (REO) Properties
These properties may
offer attractive pricing, but also present hidden challenges and pitfalls to potential buyers. Learn who is selling these properties, how to assist your client, how to engage home inspectors and more in this counselor-focused REO course.
ML125 — Developing a Winning Business Plan
Both new organizations and those adding new programs need
good business plans in order to succeed. Learn a practical
approach to developing a sound business plan and instituting
a planning process for your organization.
NEW! RD260 — Rural Forum:
Capitalizing the Rural Recovery
Explore
sources for capitalization and opportunities for supporting
rural homeownership and economic development with
representatives of the CDFI Fund, USDA Rural Development
and other programs under the new administration.
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT
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Register Online for Chicago — If this is your first time using this online tool, you will be required to create a New User Profile before registering for courses. Online registration has closed for Chicago. |
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS |
| Scholarships available for HUD-Approved housing counseling agencies to attend Homeownership and Community Lending courses. Find out more at www.nw.org/scholarships. |
| Apply for National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling (NFMC) training scholarships. To learn more about scholarship opportunities, visit www.nw.org/nfmc. |
