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Table of Contents
1. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND................................................2
1.1 The Turning Point...................................................................................2
1.2 Internal Management..............................................................................2
1 . 3 V i s i o n ............................................................................................2
1.4 Mission................................................................................................ 2
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND
1.1 The Turning Point
The Turning Point (TTP) is the Christian halfway house which is specifically takes care
of girls or women. It is founded on 1990 and dominantly offers a refuge of recovery for
woman from the drug addiction in Singapore. Besides, TTP also offer the shelter for
women who want to have a freedom from alcoholism, gambling, and domestic violence
(The Turning Point 2013). Starting in 1995, TTP involved in Community-based
Rehabilitation Scheme (CBR) which give them more support from the Singapore
government. CBR scheme allow TTP to provide activities and counseling for female
addicts in the last leg of their prison terms. Although TTP is based on Christianity, but it
is also accept females from other religions. In addition, The Turning Point has achieved
the total residence of 393 women since it was established, who most of them are 3545 years old. Furthermore, to operate successfully, TTP needs at least 7 full time staff
(Our Staff 2013).
1.2 Internal Management
1.3 Vision
To help female substance abusers and ex-offenders to recover from a lifestyle of
substance abuse and come at a halfway house that extends into after care to facilitate
social integration. Our Programme is based on Christian principles and values.
1.4 Mission
We aspire to rehabilitate female substance abusers, prisoners and ex-offenders
committed to our residential programme by providing necessary help and resources
to steer them to live addiction/crime free lives and become responsible contributing
members of society with the support of their families and the community.
1.5 Current Strategies
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The Turning Point current strategies to successfully free the drug addicts/criminal
are:
In terms of admission, The Turning Point now more selective than before. It only
takes care of people who really want to free from drugs/crimes. There are 2
types of admission:
Admission from Changi woman prison. Before entering the house, the
prisoner is asked whether they really want to free from drugs or crime
committed lifestyle.
Direct admission. This admission is usually based on the recommendation
from the family or relatives. Before entering the house, the prospective
residents must undergo the detoxification process in the institute of mental
health and also must undergo the interview session to determine the
willingness to free from drugs or crimes.
Websites, http://tturningp.com/
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Work Therapy. The resident will be taught the baking and handicraft skill.
Besides aims to equip the resident with working skill for their future, this
program is also held to raise fund.
3. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
2.1 Internal Environment (SWOT Analysis)
Strengths
The Turning Point is registered under
Institution of a public character (IPC), so
Weaknesses
The websites is not up-to-date
The use of funding is not clear since
plan
Cannot guarantee the relapses rate of
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a volunteer job.
The wide usage of social media in
Singapore can give a prospect for TTP to
have a cheap and effective
communication
Upgrade their websites, for instance, add
Threats
Increasing inflation cause the
maintenance cost increase through the
year.
Manpower competition with other
halfway houses
The increasing rate of recidisvm over the
year
Residents
Residents family or relatives
Board of director and executive council members
Full-Time staffs
Volunteer and social workers
Management team
Neighbors of residential area
Donors
Churches
Government
Media
Public interest
2.2.2 Competitor
The Turning Point does not have any direct competitor since it serve the specific
residents which is female and based on Christians teaching. Instead, The Turning
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Point will face the competitions in terms of funding, volunteer, and full time staffs
with other halfway house, namely:
Malay Halfway House
Green Haven
The Ashram
Breakthrough Mission
Teen Challenge
The Helping Hand
2.2.3 Macroevironment
2.2.3.1 Political
Singapores government system is a republic with a parliamentary
system of government based on the Westminster model (Ho 2004).in
terms of non-profit organization; the government gives their full
support. The government thought that the non-profit organization can
be a co-creator to build philanthropic society. The tangible
manifestation of this support is the creation of government bodies to
facilitate non-profit organization activities, namely, Yellow Ribbon,
Commissioner
of
Charities
(COC),
Ministry
of
Community
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the
existence
of
non-profit
organization,
the
legal
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under IPC (Bo 2012). Besides, the government also exempts the
non-profit organization from paying taxes (Janus Corporate Solutions
2013). Furthermore, the Singapore government also does not set the
minimum wage requirement. Thus, the organization can negotiate
with the staffs about the appropriate salary which is suitable with the
budget. In addition, due to very strict law and regulation, Singapore is
ranked as the top countries in Order and Security, Absence of
Corruption, and Effective Criminal Justice. This means that
Singapore has low corruption rate, so, it can be said that the staffs
and volunteer are less likely to corrupt. Moreover, Singapores is also
ranked the top in the security measure; hence, there will be less
criminal which can harm the residents, such as robbery.
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To keep reminding the donors about TTP and make TTP a top of mind
Strategies:
Send TTP Online Digest in the form of email to the donors. This
digest will give the latest information about TTP while keep reminding
them about TTP. For the corporate sector, highlight the 25% tax
deduction.
TTP can do partnering with some of the Singapore bank to provide
automatic deduction of donors account regularly. Thus, the
donors will not be bothered to transfer/give money regularly (also,
reduce the forgetfulness factor) and TTP can have a stable income.
Budget:
The email digest blast surely will not cost anything to TTP since email is free.
Automatic deduction could be free if TTP can ask the bank to do a good
cause for them in return for a promotion (Put the logo in the website
Evaluation:
The effectiveness of Online Digest can be seen by the number of current
donors who still donating after a given period of time, for instance one year.
Furthermore, the Automatic deductions potency can be measured by the
number of people who use this feature.
7.2 Increase The Digital Presence and Public Awareness of TTP
7.2.1 Tactic 1: Enhance TTPs Website and Social Media Experience
Target Market: General Public (include local communities, current donors,
students, corporate)
The use of internet and social media can provide an effective and cheaper
way of communication for a non-profit organization. There has been a
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steady increase of social media users in the world (Kang, Ki, and Ye 2012,
279). With easy and widespread internet access, Singaporeans are
included as a heavy internet and social media users. According to Tan
(2012), around 68.1% of Singapores total population has used internet.
This situation is enhanced by the rapid growth of smart phone industry in
Singapore. Based on the chart below, 70% percent of internet users are
using internet through their mobile phone. It means that Singaporeans
access internet anywhere and anytime.
Strategies:
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For the creation and maintaining social media it is free. On the other hand,
increasing TTPs website features and maintaining it, would yield a cost for
TTP. The estimated budget for regular maintenance for one year is $2,400
(Host Heaven 2011). Conversely, TTP can ask a volunteer from Technology
Information university student to do a website maintenance and it could be
free.
Evaluation:
The effectiveness of TTP website can be seen from the number of visitors.
Furthermore, the potential of direct fundraiser and online volunteer
recruitment can be measured from the actual number of people who use
this features. In addition, to measure the effectiveness of social media, TTP
can do a regular check of comments and like in particular social media.
7.2.2 Tactic 2: Cause Related Marketing with H&M
Target Market: General public, especially the younger crowd
Cause related marketing can be defined as the process of formulating and
implementing marketing activities that are characterized by an offer from the
firm to contribute a specified amount to a designated cause when
customers
engage
in
revenue-providing
exchanges
that
satisfy
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Strategies:
the drug addict or ex-criminal can come back to their normal life.
Alternatively, TTP can propose H&M to allocate some proportion of
their overall sales without any special fashion collection
Budget:
There is no budget allocation for this project.
Evaluation:
The success of cause related marketing can be measures by the number of
people who actually buy H&Ms clothes and the amount of fund that H&M
gives to TTP.
7.3 Maintain Current & Attract New Volunteer
7.3.1 Tactic 1: Award Ceremony
Target: Current volunteers
Objectives:
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etc.)
Hold an award ceremony in TTP residence + dinner
Budget:
For this internal award ceremony can be done in TTPs residence, so there
is no cost associated with the venue. The cost maybe needed for certificate
and dinner. Certificate will cost about $10 and dinner will cost about $200
7.3.2 Tactic 2: TTP Volunteer day out
Target: Current Volunteer
Volunteer day out is a gathering event which is hold between the current
volunteer. This event is hold to make a volunteer life in TTP is fun and
enjoyable. Providing that the current volunteer enjoy becoming TTPs
volunteer they will stay for a longer period. Volunteer day out can be group
games and ends with BBQ together in east coast.
Objectives:
To strengthen the knot between the volunteer and makes they stay
as TTPs volunteer. So, we emphasize sense of belonging and
friendship in this event.
Strategies:
Hold a fun group games
BBQ party
Budget:
Assumed that the current volunteer is 20 pax
Description
BBQ Food (@$20x20)
Hire BBQ pit
Games equipment
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Amount ($)
$400
$20
$50
Total Amount
$470
Strategies:
Budget:
The budget is only needed for printing poster. The estimated cost for
printing A3 poster is $3/poster. It is assumed that TTP will print 100 poster,
so the cost is $300.
Evaluation:
The effectiveness of this idea can be measured from the number of people
who sign up as a virtual volunteer.
7.3.4 Tactic 6: Provide Additional Benefits for Volunteer
Target: General Public
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Providing additional benefit to the volunteer not only will attract new
volunteer but also give a way of promotion for the private sector which TTP
collaborate with.
Objectives:
Attract new volunteer
Provide new incentives to become a TTPs volunteer
Strategies:
Working together with the private sector to provide additional benefits
for the volunteer, for example 10% of for KOI bubble tea, Subway,
MCDonald, etc. The volunteer just need to flash their card to the
merchant and they will get the benefit
Budget:
Budget allocation maybe needed only for making the membership card. It is
estimated that cost of making membership card is $2. Assuming that
currently TTP has 20 and maybe want to recruit additional 30 volunteer,
thus the total cost is $100.
Evaluation:
The effectiveness of this program can be done by:
launched
Research by the private sector on how many people use their TTPs
volunteer benefit in their store
8. PROMOTIONAL PLAN
8.1
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TTPs appreciation to the general public. In the advertising TTP will state all the
donors who have been contributed to TTP since the first time it stands.
Objectives:
not.
To increase public awareness of TTP
Strategies:
Distribute Flyers
Use social media (Twitter and Facebook) to show the gratitude
Media Consideration:
To achieve the proposed strategy, TTP would use some of the promotional media
that are low cost but have a wide range. According to the Nielsen Media Index
findings, there is a slight decline in consumption levels of traditional media. However,
its level still conducted as stable in reading newspapers or magazines, watching
television or cable program and listening to radio stations amongst the Singaporean.
On the other hand, the proliferation of multiple devices from which information can be
accessed has led to the rise of digital media consumption. A desirable growth has
been found in accessing through the Internet and social media websites amongst the
teenagers and adults in Singapore.
Media
Consumption
Television
Newspapers
Radio
Magazines
Online
39%
30.62%
12.5% Low usage.
66.6%
82.3% Heavy users of Internet &
Cinema
Outdoor
Direct Mail
Alternative
Media
Place-based
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Media
Evaluation:
The effectiveness of social media platform can be measured by the number of
likes and comments from the general public. Additionally, the measurement of the
potency of flyers can be done by doing the post-advertising research to know
about audience recognition and recall.
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Strategies:
Show the video about volunteer activities in social media (Youtube and
Facebook). The video must emphasize the enjoyable moment of TTPs
volunteer.
Ask the current volunteer to share they volunteer experience in TTP and
persuade their relatives to join as TTPs volunteer. Word of Mouth is also a
9. BUDGETARY PLAN
10. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
11. CONCLUSION
12. APPENDICES
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