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Strategies for Success: Keeping Your Project Alive Organized by the Ecological Society of America, sponsored by the National Science Foundation October 16-18: Fort Collins, Colorado https://esa.org/sbi/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bring a colleague, get 50% off their course fee! https://esa.org/sbi/2018-fall-sbi-application-form/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come spend three days with our expert instructors, where you will: Create an action plan to make your project more financially sustainable and successful; Learn how to secure funding from private foundations; Hone your skills in strategic planning, finances, and communication; Network with colleagues who face similar challenges. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I learned financial management and business model preparation more clearly than I thought I ever would! Every bit of the course was perfectly conducted... concise, excellent material, presented in interesting ways with interactive pieces, and designed to allow us to network with each other." "I was looking for tools and skills that I could start applying right away--- this course gave me exactly that and more!" "I feel more equipped to take an organized approach to managing my facility... the team of instructors was phenomenal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discover what you'll learn during the Strategies for Success Course: Check out the course outline: https://esa.org/sbi/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SBI-Strategies-for-Success-Course-Description-Outline-2016.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Jill Parsons, ESA Associate Director of Science Programs 202-833-8773 ext. 209 | j...@esa.org | http://esa.org/sbi/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
