Grant writing
Cape Breton University invites employers to collaborate with students from the Comparative Development course. Partnering with our learners offers companies and organizations a unique opportunity to gain fresh insights and innovative solutions tailored to their needs. Our learners are experienced in developing grant proposals. They are adept at articulating a theory of change, linking activities to intended outcomes in a structured and evidence-based way. Additionally, they can create results matrices that include measurable indicators for monitoring progress. With research skills, our learners can conduct desk reviews of international best practices, ensuring that the recommended strategies are consistent with global standards and applicable to your organization's context. As part of the Comparative Development course, students will collaborate with non-profits and/or social enterprises worldwide to help them develop community development grant proposals. These proposals may be for specific grant calls or general funding needs. Working in groups, students will take on the challenge of conceptualizing and drafting a comprehensive Development Initiative Proposal that is tailored to the needs of their partnered organizations. This proposal will begin with a clearly defined problem statement, identifying the core issues the organization aims to address. Students will then elaborate a detailed project description, outlining the goals and objectives of the proposed initiative. To ensure the proposal's effectiveness, students will develop a Theory of Change to articulate how the proposed activities are expected to lead to the desired outcomes. They will also create a Results Matrix to track progress and measure success, alongside a Sustainability and Action Plan outlining steps to ensure the project's long-term impact.
Grant Proposal Writing and Fundraising Strategy Development for Benessere North
Benessere North, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving community well-being, seeks assistance in securing funding through grant proposals and developing a comprehensive fundraising strategy. The organization faces challenges in identifying potential grant opportunities and crafting compelling proposals that align with its mission. Additionally, Benessere North aims to diversify its funding sources and enhance its fundraising efforts to ensure long-term sustainability. The project will involve researching suitable grant opportunities, writing tailored grant proposals, and formulating a strategic fundraising plan that includes various fundraising methods and donor engagement tactics. This project provides an excellent opportunity for learners to apply their knowledge of nonprofit management, grant writing, and fundraising strategies in a real-world context.
Healthy Eating Tracker Website
Benessere North, a not-for-profit organization, seeks to develop a mobile-optimized website that allows Users to track their daily food and drink intake for feedback by experts with a view to helping them reverse chronic diseases. The primary goal is to enable Users to log in, submit photos of everything they consume throughout the day, and receive feedback from designated Reviewers. Users should be able to add comments or notes to their submissions, providing additional context for their dietary choices. Reviewers will have access to view each User's photos, organized by time of day and date, and will provide feedback on the user's dietary habits. This project aims to create a user-friendly platform that encourages healthy eating habits through personalized feedback. It should ideally be compatible with deployment on Cloudflare using Github - because my website is currently on Cloudflare and uses Github for the storage of the source code for the site. Other types of tech we would like the students to use include Sveltekit, Tailwind, and Daisy UI. These are what we are currently using for my website, so it will make it easier for my tech people to maintain the software the students develop.
Expansion Strategy for Benessere North
The main goal for the project is to help Benessere North define and develop an expansion strategy for their not-for-profit organization. This will involve researching and analyzing potential markets for their health and wellness services, particularly those emphasizing plant-based diets. The project will also involve assessing cultural attitudes towards plant-based nutrition and health, as well as the regulatory environment in target countries. The ultimate aim is to provide recommendations for the client's business growth plans.
Business Strategy and Branding for a Nonprofit
The main goal for the project is to help Benessere North, a not-for-profit organization, with the launch of a women's community membership and to strengthen their brand through a SWOT analysis. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Conducting a SWOT analysis to identify the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. - Developing a branding strategy to enhance the organization's image and appeal to the target audience. - Creating a launch plan for the women's community membership, including marketing and outreach strategies. - Providing support for website design, video editing, and other technical assistance as needed. (optional - may not be in the students' area of interest or expertise, which is fine)
New Product Launch for Women to Transform their Health with Plant-Based Nutrition
The main goal for the project is to assist Benessere North (a new Canadian nonprofit corp) to help the physician founder launch a membership service for women with chronic diseases wanting to reverse disease with plant-based nutrition. Some specific goals for this project are to help with branding, design, social media content, growing the audience and email list, assisting with marketing, including ideally social media content creation and video/ reel editing.
Grant Writing Project for Benessere North (a not-for-profit)
The main goal for the project is to research and apply for grants to support the non-profit organization, Benessere North, in its mission to help women struggling with high blood pressure, weight issues, and chronic health concerns. The project will involve the following tasks for the learners: - Researching available grants and funding opportunities for non-profit organizations focused on women's health and chronic disease prevention. - Developing grant proposals and applications tailored to the specific needs and goals of Benessere North. - Collaborating with Dr. Vivian Polak to understand the organization's vision and effectively communicate it in grant applications. - Assisting in the preparation of necessary documentation and materials required for grant submissions. - Tracking and managing the grant application process, including deadlines and requirements for each funding opportunity.
Email Marketing Project to Help Women Switch to Plant-Based eating for Best Health
The main goal for the project for this not-for-profit organisation is to build automated email marketing - using high-value emails that then lead the women with high blood pressure and weight issues (and other chronic diseases) to the paid Women's Health Hub Community membership. This will involve editing an already-existing free educational email course (which currently has no pitch but is just a helpful course), creating or suggesting the creation of other free offerings, and possibly also editing a digital 5-module course to help women get started eating this way. The students will be required to add/edit a "non-salesy", highly ethical pitch that will lead those appropriate for it to purchase the membership for on-going expert guidance and support in a community of women worldwide.
Social Media for Benessere North
The main goal for the project is to develop and implement a social media strategy to continue to build an audience and email list for Benessere North, a nonprofit that helps women with chronic health conditions to optimize their health and often reverse chronic diseases through transitioning their nutrition. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Developing a content calendar and strategy for social media platforms - especially building a YouTube presence. - Creating engaging and informative content related to plant-based nutrition and chronic health conditions. - Editing videos I create - some on my own and others stemming from scripts the students develop - to post as reels on IT and FB, and shorts on YouTube etc. - Analyzing the effectiveness of the social media strategy and making adjustments as needed.
Email Marketing for Benessere North
The main goal for the project is to create an effective email marketing strategy to generate more sales from the leads for Benessere North, a non-profit that helps women transform their health and well-being by transitioning their nutrition to whole plant foods. This will involve creating regular emails to be sent to the company's email list.
Prepare the legal documents needed for a plant-based non-profit for women's health
The main goal for the project is to create a Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy documents for Benessere North that are in line with industry standards and best practices. This will involve several different steps for the learners, including: - Researching industry standards and best practices for terms and conditions and privacy policies. - Analyzing the specific needs and requirements of Benessere North. - Drafting the terms and conditions and privacy policy documents. - Reviewing and revising the documents based on feedback from stakeholders. - Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Marketing Recommendations for Benessere North (Nonprofit)
The main goal for the project is to provide marketing recommendations for Benessere North, a non-profit organization that helps women with chronic diseases to optimize their nutrition and lifestyle with the aim of suspending progression of and, where possible, reversing the chronic diseases and optimising the women's well-being.
Success Journey Infographic and Social Media Content
The main goal for the project is to create a visual depiction of the "success journey" for the Benessere North membership, providing a visual of the path to success for women with high blood pressure, weight issues, and other chronic health concerns to heal naturally with whole plant foods. The project also aims to create social media content - reels and posts for Instagram and shorts for YouTube.
Membership Site Development for Benessere North
The main goal for the project is to build a membership site on the Wylo platform for Benessere North, a not-for-profit organization that helps women with high blood pressure, weight issues, and other chronic health concerns to optimize their health and well-being primarily through transitioning to a whole food plant-based diet. The site will serve as a platform to guide and support these women in their health journey. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: - Learning about the mission and goals of Benessere North from Dr. Vivian Polak, the founder. - Researching and understanding the specific needs of the target audience, including surveying the current members. - Developing the membership site on the Wylo platform, including scripts for Dr. Polak to create onboarding content. - Creating a user-friendly interface for the members. - Implementing features for coaching and support for the members. - Integrating resources and information related to whole food plant-based nutrition.