Sil Lead Inc

SIL LEAD continued to provide capacity building and other direct services to SIL International and its operating units. Specific FY24 areas of service follow. 1) Proposal development services: SIL LEAD assisted SIL in identifying relevant business opportunities and developing proposals to secure grants with a particular focus on government funding, both for SIL-specific projects and joint projects. 2) Capacity building services: SIL LEAD continued to work on proposals for new areas of business that could expand areas of service for both organizations. 3) Consultant development and management: SIL LEAD's senior multilingual education and literacy consultant continued working on a series of documents that will be leveraged to develop the capacity of current and future SIL Global consultants. These materials may also be drawn on to provide training to client staff and in the field. 4) SIL LEAD provided technical assistance to SIL Global's GRO unit that focused on identifying new service opportunities and improving policies and protocols related to project budgeting.

Supporting SIL International with its Bloom book creation software continues to be one of SIL LEAD's service areas. SIL LEAD also serves other organizations by providing training in the usage of Bloom software. In FY24 SIL LEAD: 1) continued to support SIL International's Bloom maintenance and development efforts; 2) issued and maintained Bloom Enterprise subscriptions serving communities in Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan; 3) provided online basic Bloom training to sixteen Central American staff of The Salvation Army on the use of Bloom to create materials and books for their programs. This was followed by in-person advanced Bloom training for five staff and then virtual training for three staff seeking Bloom Trainer Certification. Two staff members completed the process and were certified.