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Campus Compact is partnering with the National Service-Learning Partnerhsip and others to highlight the impact of service-laerning during the National Learn & Serve Challenge, October 6-12, 2008. Plan now to be part of this week of community ourtreach activites designed to build support for service-learning work; and increase recognition of Learn and Serve America. For resources and other information, see http://www.learnandservechallenge.org/"

Tracks to Success
Writing Grant Proposals: Making Space - Creating Time
The number one reason people give for not applying for a particular grant is that they don't have the time. And it's probably true. In this series, I've shared with you some of the tricks of the trade to help you organize your approach to grantseeking. We've covered everything from big picture thinking and how it can drive your grantseeking efforts, to how best to use volunteers. Throughout this series, many readers emailed me their input on time-saving techniques that have worked for them. to read the final article in the series, "More Time-Saving Tips, Examples, Questions, and Comments," visit GrantStation website.

Writing a Letter of Inquiry
GrantStation CEO Cynthia Adams is offering a 90-minute webinar on how to write a powerful letter of inquiry on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at 1 p.m. CST. If you are new to grant writing, this session will help you understand the different components of a letter of inquiry and how to create a sense urgency so your LOI generates a request for a full proposal. Ms. Adams uses the GrantStation website as her training tool, so participants will also get an inside look at the GrantStation resources. Teh registration fee is $89 per person. Visit the website listed above to sign up for the webinar.

New listserv called ISEP, which stands for INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO END POVERTY. The listserv is dedicated to anyone who is dedicated to the Millennium Development Goals. Since Saturday, over 40 people from seven countries have subscribed. Collaboration is key. Subscribers pledge to share their ideas as we combine our human, financial and social capital to find solutions to end poverty.
Members include social entrepreneurs, representatives of socially-responsible corporations, government officals and policymakers, philantrhopists, private foundations, angel investors, venture capitalists, transnational social movement organizations, educators and students. To subscribe, go to https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo
Background of why this listserv was formed:
The winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Mohammed Yunus, recently authored a book entitled Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. Yunus described a hypothetical, new Center for International Initiatives for Solutions to End Poeverty (ISEP). This organization "will be a dynamic network of institutions and persons around the globe, all working toward common goals as articulated, defined and monitored by a managment and steering team (page 199). Yunus also said, "I am hoping that somewhere in the world someone reading this book will accept the challenge of launching this initiative around the world" (page 199). On May 1-2, Trish McCarty of Phoenix spearheaded a conference called the "Millennium Micro to Macro Summit." The purpose of the summit was to initiate change, indpire heroes and facilitate connections and funding for MDGs. As one of the invited guests, I witnessed some incredible people doing Herculean work in the area of social enterprise. (To learn more, go to http://www.mdg2008.org/index.php). Trish intends that this summit will become an annual event attracting dynamic, change-driven leadres, organizations and agencies from around the globe.
At the summit, I suggested that we form a listserv dedicated to social entrepreneurs working toward the MDGs. Voila-ISEP is born! Waht can we do here that cannot be accomplished with a blog, web site, videoconference, etc?
My intent here is to "push" your ideas at the rest of us, without you having to "pull" them from another source. As moderator, I will make sure that traffic on this listserv is relevant and not overly-burdensome. Once people "connect" on special project ideas, they can take their conversation off-line. Ultimately, from the archives, I intend to create a website called http://isep.org, featuring YOU, your ideas, and your partners, in order to attract more financial, human and social capital for OUR common goal: to eradicate poverty.
Example of an idea to be shared:
I recently subscribed to a journal/magazine called teh Stanford Cocial Innovatoin Review. This publication is, in one word, superb. Once such article is from Spring 2008 called: The Networked Nonprofit. The abstract:
"Management wisdom says that nonprofits must be large and in charge to do the most good. But some of the world's most successful organizations instead stay small, sharing their load with like-minded, long-term partners. The success of these networked nonprofits suggests that organizzations should focus less on growing themselves and more on cultivating their networks."
If you send me a personal email, I will send you the file.
After subscribing to ISEP, please post your first message and introduce yourself and your program to other subscribers. Structure your introduction according to:

Sincerely
Dr. Curt DeBerg, CPA
Center for Entrepreneurship
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA, 95929-0011
Founder: SAGE, http://sageglobal.org
530.898.4824 (w)
cdeberg@csuchico.edu
skype id: cdeberg

imagining America is a national (U.S.) consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. Imagining America's Tenure Team Initiative (TTI) aims to advance efforts to develop tenure, promotion, and faculty development practices that foster and honor excellence in publicity-engaged academic work in arts, humanities and design. After a year of research, the first results of the TTI's work has been published in a report entitled "Scholarship in Public: Knowledge Creation and Tenure Policy in the Engaged University," by Julie Elison and Tim Eatman. The report is available in PDF format at http://www.imaginingamerica.org/IApdfs/TTI_REPORT%20FINAL%205.2.08.pdf
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Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research by Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Published by Oxford University Press. Details at http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199226290. The book both provides a manifesto for engaged scholarship in the social sciences, and clear framework for reserach design and methodology. It will be an invaluable reference point and guide for academics, researchers and graduate students across the social sciences concerned with rigorous and relevant research in the contemporary world.

With the U.S. department of Education showing signs of tightening enforcement of Federal Work-Study (FWS) regulations, now is the time to learn as much as possible about how to meet or exceed the federally mandated requirement that 7% o fall FWS funds go toward community service positions. What constitutes community service under the regulations? Why should campuses increase community service FWS, and how can tehy do so without incurring huge administrative and other costs? How can community service/service-learning staff overcome inter-departmental barriers to create effective programs? How have campuses with successful community service FWS programs put these programs in place? What tools are available to help make this process easier? Campus Compact's new online publication, Earn, Learn, and Service: Getting the Most from Community Service Federal Work-Study, answers these questions and many more. Edited by FWS expert Erin Bowley, this valuable new resource offers a detailed discussion of the regulations guiding FWS, principles of good practice, a guide to partnering with Financial Aid, and numerous campus models that span institutional type, size, and geography. Also included are an essay from CNCS's Robert Davidson, highlights of state Campus Compact FWS work with models from New Hampshire and California, and a host of hands-on tools for managing programs, including handbooks, application and evaluation forms, time sheets, and reflection tools. Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service through a grant from Learn and Service America, this new resource is available FREE online at http://www.compact.org/fws/.

Campus compact has organized a nonpartisan website that can help you get involved in the voting process and get connected to voters in your area. This website can help you register, learn about campaign issues, and participate in get-out-the-vote efforts. Visit http://www.compact.org/vote to learn more.