Negotiation Skills for Natural Resource Professionals: Building a Foundation

This online course will  help build knowledge and skills required to engage in negotiation processes with a diverse set of stakeholders. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Identify and characterize a natural resource negotiation and compare natural resource negotiation with other types of negotiation. Identify and characterize the different mechanisms available […]

Fostering Public-Private Partnerships in Conservation

Part One: Introduction to 21 Partnership Success Factors and Historic Buildings as Capital Projects Part Two: Infrastructure and Utility Service Providers Capital Projects Part Three: Land and Easement Acquisitions as Capital Projects Part Four: Trust for the National Mall Volunteer and Corporate Partnerships   Presenter: Paul Batlan, Financial Analyst, Conservation Partnerships Office of Financial Management, U.S. Department […]

Business Plan

Consider the uses of a business plan to guide day to day and long-term decision making. Discover how a business plan might support strategic conversations with funders and partner organizations. Learn more about the twelve questions funders ask that can be answered by a business plan. Discussion Questions: What are the benefits of the development […]

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) National Network

CESU Background What if federal agencies who manage natural and cultural resources could tap into a network of scientists, who represent a full spectrum of natural, social, educational and cultural disciplines, to find information in a timely manner that informs management decisions?  What if the universities, state and local agencies, nonprofits and businesses had access […]

Service First Agreements: Interagency Agreement Process

 Learn the applications of a Service First Interagency MOU, Master Agreement and 7600B Interagency Agreement. Discover the difference in the roles and responsibilities between a Requesting Agency and a Servicing Agency. Familiarize yourself and your colleagues with commonly used terms for completing a Master Agreement, such as: Indirect Cost Rate/Overhead Assisted Acquisition Treasury Account […]

Philanthropic Foundations

Listen to this video as a podcast. Private foundations contribute to the public good through their time, talent and treasure.  But what exactly is a foundation, and how can a government agency work with them? Discussion Questions: What are the three kinds of nonprofits, as designated under the IRS tax code? What distinguishes a private […]