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SUMMARY:This Could Have Been an Email...But It's Not: The Art to Effective Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nAre you tired of meetings that drain your time and leave you feeling like nothing got done?\nMeetings are essential for organizational growth\, but they can also be a huge time robber. This Could Have Been An Email workshop teaches the essentials for creating effective agendas – and how to stick to them – to maximize meeting productivity. \nWhat you’ll learn: \n\nCreating effective agendas\nSticking to agendas\nFostering better collaboration and communication\nMaking every meeting count\n\nFacilitator:\n \nMelissa Shillingford is the visionary founder of Make Ideas Work\, a boutique consulting company dedicated to empowering organizations committed to positive social change through human-centered management training and capacity-building services. With over a decade designing\, managing\, and facilitating cohort-based programs\, Melissa has an acute ability to inspire and elevate teams. Her passion lies in supporting organizations with ambitious goals and helping staff reach them work smarter\, not harder. As a certified Wiley DiSC Authorized Partner\, Melissa deeply understands team dynamics and communication strategies. Her academic background includes a Project Management Certificate from CUNY Baruch\, a joint Masters in Human and Community Development and Urban Planning for Social Justice from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and studies in Deviant Behavior and Social Control at CUNY John Jay College\, where she also earned a certificate in Dispute Resolution. Melissa’s dedication to social change\, combined with her vast experience and expertise\, makes her a powerful ally for organizations looking to make a lasting impact. \nEmail wo*******@*****************ne.org with any questions!  \n\n\nWe request that organizations limit their registrations to 5 participants per workshop. Please only register other people when you can provide the requested information for each participant; additional registrations under the same name will be removed. If you would like more than 5 employees from your organization to participate in this workshop\, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org.\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\nRegistration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event\, unless we hear from you otherwise\, we will include you as part of our regular electronic mailing list. Please also be advised that the event may be recorded or photographed by Support Center for Nonprofit Management (Support Center). By enrolling for this event\, you hereby: (1) give consent for Support Center or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print\, online and video publications; (2) release Support Center\, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect\, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications\, including photographs\, videotapes\, website images or written materials\, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver\, please email Operations Associate\, Gabriela Barria\, at gb*****@*****************ne.org.
URL:https://supportcenteronline.org/event/this-could-have-been-an-email-but-its-not-the-art-to-effective-meetings/
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CATEGORIES:Professional and Leadership Development,Webinar,Workshops & Events
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SUMMARY:Project Management Skills for Managers\, Supervisors and Project Leaders
DESCRIPTION:Description:\nThe universal definitions and methodologies of project management offer sharp focus\, invigorating synergy and decisive planning tools to pilot new ideas\, programs\, and outcomes. This workshop will focus on project management tools and strategies that can be used to complete a project or achieve a performance improvement goal with greater efficiency and effectiveness. Participants will also explore how to develop contingency plans\, communications plans\, and to identify key roles and areas of accountability for project team members. \nIn this workshop\, participants will: \n\nLearn how to define project scope\, need and feasibility\, major deliverables\, and milestones.\nLearn how to define and sequence project activities within specific project phases.\nLearn how to create a motivational project team environment with a clear purpose\, goals\, and working approach utilizing the unique talents of each member.\n\nThis workshop is best suited for: \nAnyone who manages projects as part of an entire organization\, a department\, a unit\, or a committee. \nFacilitator:\nMelissa Shillingford is the Founder and Chief Project Management Consultant of Make Ideas Work\, where she delivers trainings on Project Management and on Asset Based Community Development to social change agents. Melissa is a Board Member for Evaluate for Change\, a non-profit that teaches leaders from nonprofits to use data and evaluation in their practice. Melissa is also the Training and Logistics Coordinator at JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) where she organizes leadership development trainings across the country for formerly incarcerated leaders and advocates through the Leading with Conviction and the Emerging Leaders programs. Prior to joining JLUSA\, Melissa was the Director of Fellowships at the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. There\, she was responsible for developing and managing several fellowship programs for students passionate about youth justice\, advocacy\, and philanthropy. Before PRI\, she served in AmeriCorps at the Center for Civic Engagement at Northwestern University where one of her main projects was to develop and manage music mentorship programs for incarcerated young men at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. Melissa earned a Project Management Certificate from Baruch College\, CUNY\, a joint Master’s degree in Human and Community Development and Urban and Planning with concentrations in Community Studies and Outreach & Community Development for Social Justice from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and earned her B.S from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. \nEmail wo*******@*****************ne.org with any questions!  \n\n\nWe request that organizations limit their registrations to 5 participants per workshop. Please only register other people when you can provide the requested information for each participant; additional registrations under the same name will be removed. If you would like more than 5 employees from your organization to participate in this workshop\, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\nRegistration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event\, unless we hear from you otherwise\, we will include you as part of our regular electronic mailing list. Please also be advised that the event may be recorded or photographed by Support Center for Nonprofit Management (Support Center). By enrolling for this event\, you hereby: (1) give consent for Support Center or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print\, online and video publications; (2) release Support Center\, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect\, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications\, including photographs\, videotapes\, website images or written materials\, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver\, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org.
URL:https://supportcenteronline.org/event/project-management-skills-for-managers-supervisors-and-project-leaders-3/
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SUMMARY:Basics of Effective Board Membership
DESCRIPTION:The ABC of Nonprofit Boards Series: \nDescription:\nIn this session\, we’ll start by covering the basic roles and responsibilities of individual board members. This is the time and place to explore the core responsibilities of individual board membership. We’ll cover the basic duties of duty\, loyalty\, and care and highlight what is commonly expected of individuals as board members. We’ll also cover some of the generally accepted practices including attending meetings\, contributing financially\, and representing the organization.\n\n\nTopics covered: \n\nRoles and responsibilities\nRecruitment\, onboarding\, and retention\nDuties of Care and Loyalty\nOversight and accountability\n\nWho should attend: \n\nNew board members\, executives and/or senior executives who expect to be on a board or participate during board led initiatives in the near future\nExperienced board members who are in need of a “refresher”\nStaff who wish to learn about governance and board practice\n\n\n\nJoin us for the entire series: \nSession 1: Basics of effective board membership – October 30\, 2024 @1 PM to 3 PM \nSession 2: Board Governance and Fiduciary Responsibility – November 6\, 2024 @1 PM to 3 PM \nSession 3: Navigating and evaluating board impact – November 13\, 2024 @1 PM to 3 PM \n\nLearn more about our certificate programs! \nFacilitator:\n \nBJ Sung\, founder and principal of Pinnacle Social Impact Consultancy\, works with corporations\, nonprofits\, foundations\, and families/individuals to significantly impact the communities they serve. With over 20 concurrent years of experience in philanthropy\, corporate social responsibility (CSR)\, and nonprofit management\, BJ has extensive knowledge of the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors and has a keen sense of strategic opportunities for social impact.\nAs a CSR professional at Citi\, BJ built strategic partnerships\, created impact programs\, worked on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) initiatives\, trained and placed executives on nonprofit boards\, and managed employee volunteer programs. As the VP of Global Community Relations\, she worked with national nonprofits\, including LISC\, NCAPACD\, Habitat for Humanity\, Operation Hope\, Red Cross\, Enterprise Partners\, and other leading progressive nonprofits. During her tenure at a major utility company\, she developed a hallmark STEM program\, which included science festivals in the five boroughs\, visits to museums\, and scholarships to 14 CUNY colleges. BJ also funded and implemented capacity-building programs for hundreds of nonprofit partners\, including board leadership\, succession planning\, volunteer engagement\, organizational development\, and operational excellence. \n\n\nWe request that organizations limit their registrations to 5 participants per workshop. Please only register other people when you can provide the requested information for each participant; additional registrations under the same name will be removed. If you would like more than 5 employees from your organization to participate in this workshop\, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n \n\n\nRegistration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event\, unless we hear from you otherwise\, we will include you as part of our regular electronic mailing list. Please also be advised that the event may be recorded or photographed by Support Center for Nonprofit Management (Support Center). By enrolling for this event\, you hereby: (1) give consent for Support Center or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print\, online and video publications; (2) release Support Center\, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect\, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications\, including photographs\, videotapes\, website images or written materials\, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver\, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org.
URL:https://supportcenteronline.org/event/basics-of-effective-board-membership/
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