This resource page has a list of topics available from both (OCSS) Our Community Standing Strong as well as (OCU) Our Community United Projects.  Click on the link to view the PowerPoint presentation, word document, or register to listen to the webinar recording.

Introduction to OCSS

• Introduction to Projects, 2013 (Webinar Recording)
• Your State Plan (PowerPoint)
• Your State Plan (Worksheet)

Self Advocacy

Leadership

• OCSS Feb 18 2015 Oklahoma SALT (PowerPoint)
• OCSS July 26 2016 and September 29 2016 Oklahoma SALT I and SALT II (PowerPoint)

Closing Institutions

• OCSS Oct 22 Closing Institutions (PowerPoint)
• OCSS Oct 22 2015 Closing Institutions (Webinar Recording)

Membership

Strong Membership

• Strong Membership (Webinar Recording)

Including More People and Adding Diversity to Your Self Advocacy Group

• Webinar Recording
• Georgetown University Understanding and Embracing Cultural Differences

Recruiting Youth

• OCSS June, 18 2015 Strategies for Youth Membership Recruitment (PowerPoint)
• OCSS June 18, 2015 Strategies for Youth Membership Recruitment (Webinar Recording)
• OCSS Nov, 19 2015 Youth Leadership – Youth Summits and other ways to engage youth (PowerPoint)

Technology

• Self-Advocacy and Online Networking (Webinar Recording)
• How to Blog (PowerPoint)
• OCSS March, 27 2014 Vlogging (PowerPoint)
• OCSS SABE conference 2014 Social Media and Vlogging Demonstration (PowerPoint)

Funding

Funding Strategies

• Funding Strategies (PowerPoint)
• Strategies for Funding Self Advocacy Organizations (Webinar Recording)

Grants

• Grant Management (PowerPoint)
• Grant Writing (PowerPoint)

Community Partnering 

• Developing Strategies and Building Partnerships: How can our DD Partners help us? (PowerPoint)
• Building Stronger Partnerships (Webinar Recording)
• Community Focus Group (Webinar Recording)
• OCSS Sept 24, 2015 Partnerships Outside the Disability Community (PowerPoint)
• OCSS March, 17 2016 How Can Our Partners Help us sustain our Peer to Peer Efforts (PowerPoint)
• OCSS March, 17 2016 How can Our Partners Help to Sustain Our Peer to Peer Efforts (Webinar Recording)

Planning and Organizing

• Work with a Purpose (Webinar Recording)
• Follow, Follow up, Follow Through: A guide to plan for activities and finding the strength of your members (Webinar Recording)
• Planning for the Future (Webinar Recording)
• OCSS April 22 2014 How to Develop Your Plan (PowerPoint)
• OCSS April, 23 2015 Strategies for Building an Effective Team (PowerPoint)
• OCSS July 23, 2015 How to Organize Around and Issue (PowerPoint)
• SCOTT – SWOT (PowerPoint)
• OCSS Jan 21, 2016 Long Road Home and Olmstead: How do we Expand our Efforts Beyond Institutions and Nursing Homes? (Webinar Recording)
• OCSS Jan 21, 2016 Long Road Home How Do we Expand our Efforts Beyond Institutions and Nursing Homes (PowerPoint)

Self Advocacy Technical Assistance Center Resources

• ASAN Pacific Alliance: Pacific Alliance Resource Guide
• Southwest Institute for Families and Children (Southwest Alliance supports self advocates in AZ, CO, NM, OH, TX, and UT)
• GMSA North East Advocates Together (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont)