News from the National Alliance for Children and Youth:
NACY NEWS
NACY’s on the road again … next stop, Vancouver!
NACY has been conducting a series of Think Tank sessions across Canada, with our forth one to be held in Vancouver, BC on February 16 (see highlights from Ottawa Think Tank & Atlantic Canada Think Tank). The theme – Inform, Inspire, Innovate – aims to assist the sector in developing a series of strategies and best practices for dealing with and overcoming organizational and sectoral challenges. This will be a unique opportunity for child and youth leaders in to gather and to take stock of the sector in Canada, to share their knowledge and experience, and to provide guidance and advice that will be shared nationally on how to survice and grow during challenging times. If you are interested, please email us at: takingstock@nacy.ca.
Call for Case Studies – Due: January 30, 2012
Within the Taking Stock project, one activity is to provide child and youth sector colleagues with information on best practices, innovation and sector solutions to challenges by means of Case Studies. NACY is in the process of documenting Case Studies of initiatives (success stories) across organizations, focused on the range of issues addressed above (capacity building, knowledge acquisition/mentorship and sustainability).
We want to ensure that we hear from our colleagues across the county and are sending out this call for Case Studies. Sharing your learnings will be of great value to not only NACY but other child and youth sector colleagues. Please don’t hesitate to spread the word! (find out more here)
Join NACY’s SuperSearch Network
Within our Taking Stock project, one activity is to provide sector colleagues with a more robust NACY website to: share project and sector solutions; provide a central access site for the child and youth sector; and profile a catalogue of child and youth sector nonprofit agency best practices. The NACY website has been updated and enhanced with additional features, such as the SuperSearch engine.
NACY’s SuperSearch feature enables users to search through child and youth sector and other relevant websites using just one central search engine. It is a one-stop solution to search for useful information and resources on issues that impact (or are relevant to) the sector specifically and the nonprofit world in general.
NACY is asking organizations to join our SuperSearch network. For more information about NACY’s SuperSearch we invite you to read the factsheet. If you are interested in joining our SuperSearch network please fill out the form.
Call for NACY e-Digest Contribution
A vital part of NACY’s mandate is its unique ability to bring together a wide variety of child and family serving organizations. This monthly e-Digest presents an excellent opportunity for NACY’s members to communication with one another and to keep fellow activits updated on their organization’s activities.
Whether you are preparing a press release, applying for governmetn grant, or planning a workshop or conference, NACY wants to hear about i! This e-Digest is here to profile the invaluable work of NACY’s members. Please send your contributions to info@nacy.ca.
(Source: http://www.nacy.ca/)