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Fostering Emerging Institutes Project
The 2008 FEIP Conference Workshop: Applying Entrepreneurial Leadership
This year’s FEIP Grantee Workshop focused on expanding the possibilities for thinking and acting entrepreneurially. The workshop was held May 14th 2008 at the NNPHI Annual Conference
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Keys to Success: Public Health Institute Assessment Tool
NNPHI invities all emerging institutes to complete the Public Health Institute Assessment Tool. Please visit the eCatalog section on this page for the Description of Successful Public Helath Institutes and the PHI Assessment Tool. Contact Erin Bertschy(ebertschy@nnphi.org or 504-301-9823) to schedule an assessment with your organization!
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About FEIP
NNPHI’s Fostering Emerging Institutes Project is designed to help emerging public health institutes operate with heightened efficiency and direction, benefiting from lessons learned by the existing members of NNPHI. NNPHI provides technical assistance and offers a mentoring network to staff and boards of emerging public health institutes so that they are able to carry out their roles with greater skills and confidence.
Primary areas of work include:
- strategic planning
- board development
- the 501©3 application process
- resource development and budgets
- program development
NNPHI provides technical assistance to emerging public health institutes through a number of venues, including:
- comprehensive needs assessments conducted via telephone interviews
- educational sessions at the NNPHI annual conference
- educational group teleconferences
- individual consulting and referrals
- Guide for Emerging Public Health Institutes (published in Fall, 2004)
- pairing with mentors from established public health institutes
- facilitating site visits to established public health institutes
This project is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Please contact Erin Bertschy (ebertschy@nnphi.org or 504-301-9823) for more information.