Training & Outreach
Completed Training
Fundraising & Local Match
Oct. 18, 2006 and Nov. 9, 2006 - Raising money for transit operations is always a challenge. This session will walk you through a variety of operational and fundraising options to help you solve this challenge.
Human Resource Management
May 9, 2006 - Managing people can be a challenging task. Helpful suggestions will make you more effective. Tips on interviewing, employee documentation, and related laws will be offered.
How to Develop a Business Plan for Your Small Transit System
Oct. 18, 2005 - A business plan can help your agency set priorities, meet service needs, plan budgets, determine staffing and equipment needs and organize cash flow. This workshop will provide outlines and resources to help you develop your plan. You'll learn what information you need, how to clarify goals and priorities and how to construct operating and capital budget projections.
Designing Your Own Website
May 4, 2005 - Websites are becoming increasingly effective ways to reach clients and others with critical information. But the complexities of creating and maintaining a website can be daunting. This workshop will help you learn how to create your own website using the website design program Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Marketing on a Shoe String Budget
Sept. 16, 2004 - Most transportation providers, large or small, don't have the resources to work with an advertising agency to promote their service or help with their fund raising efforts. This workshop will help you create professional looking marketing pieces on a shoe-string budget by showing you some of the "inside" tricks.
Managing by the Numbers: An Intro. to Performance Evaluation and Costing for Small Transit Systems
Apr. 23, 2004 - The purpose of this workshop is to provide managers, policy board members and other system personnel with practical ways to design and implement a performance tracking system for their operation. Such an evaluation system can be used to help manage the system and to report on performance to customers, policymakers and funding agencies.
