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Sustainable Finance for State Wetlands Programs
June 11, 2009, Annapolis MD
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A day-long interactive workshop on sustainable finance, including sessions on federal grants for wetlands, innovative state finance approaches, partnership opportunities, and program marketing. This workshop was presented to Region 3 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Thursday, June 11 2009
10:00   Introduction/Overview
10:30   Sustainable Finance Examples from States and Tribes
Glenn Barnes, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina
12:00   Lunch
12:30   Partnering with Local Governments
Christine Olsenius, Southeast Watershed Forum
1:15   Developing a Program Message (includes a short exercise)
Glenn Barnes, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina
1:45   Break
1:55   Exercise: Your Elevator Speech and Tailoring your Program Message to Partners and Funders (no link)
Megan Hughes, Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland
2:40   Working with the Media
Glenn Barnes, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina
3:10   Break
3:20   Developing a Finance Plan (includes an exercise)
Glenn Barnes, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina
4:50   Wrap-Up

 

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