MissionWise® Addresses Power of Public Policy Partnerships at Workshop in Seattle
MissionWise® will conduct a Public Policy and Advocacy workshop today in Seattle, Washington. Co-sponsored by Seattle-based Executive Alliance, the session is geared to executive staff and management of nonprofits, foundations, education, and government agencies.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 6, 2008
MissionWise®, the consulting division of Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C. H.E. F.®) that helps nonprofits, philanthropies, and other health and human service organizations become stronger and more sustainable in their efforts to eliminate health inequities, will lead a public policy workshop today at the Hannah S. Grunbaum Conference Center at the Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center in Seattle, Washington. The session, which is jointly sponsored by Seattle-based Executive Alliance, is geared to executive staff and management of nonprofits, foundations, education, and government agencies.
Presenting on the topic of Public Policy and Advocacy, MissionWise will conduct its workshop entitled "Public Policy: Powerful Partnerships for Critical Issues", led by co-presenters Larry Clark, President and CEO, Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, and Julie Peterson, Senior Director of Public Affairs, Comprehensive Health Education Foundation. The session will focus on how advocacy and other forms of public policy participation can unite organizations and give voice to the perspectives and aspirations of social enterprise now missing from public policy debates.
"There is significant interest among nonprofits, foundations, and other organizations to better understand how Public Policy and Advocacy can be applied to their own agencies, products, services, and programs," said Julie Peterson, C. H.E. F.'s Senior Director of Public Affairs. Peterson continued, "Those in attendance in Seattle will find this workshop highly informative, practical, and useful, and we look forward to helping the organizations identify untapped opportunities to achieve stronger outcomes by considering the application of Public Policy and Advocacy to their mission and programs."
Larry Clark, who oversees the MissionWise Division of Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, said, "We are delighted to be presenting once again on the topic of public policy given the significant and largely untapped need that exists for building partnerships through advocacy and public policy strategy." Clark and his team at MissionWise are uniquely qualified to address the topic of public policy because their own organization, C. H.E. F., has been helping to shape public policy in health education for more than thirty years.
About MissionWise®:
MissionWise® is the consulting division of Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C. H.E. F.®) that helps health and human service foundations, their grantees, and other nonprofits build organizational capacity and long-term sustainability through business planning. Their work is predicated on the notion that nonprofits will have a greater likelihood of achieving their mission and financial bottom lines if they have a strong business plan and diverse revenue base. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California, Its diverse roster of clients include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF), Treatment Research Institute (TRI), Denver Harbor Clinic, Collaborative to Advance Funding in Palliative Care (CAFPAC), In SHAPE Program of Monadnock Family Services, Presidio YMCA, Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, and many others. For information about MissionWise and C. H.E. F., please visit www. missionwise. org and www. chef. org or call 1.800.323.2433.
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