Agenda
Thursday, April 11, 2013
8:30 a.m.
Registration
Foyer DE
Continental Breakfast Provided
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Steve Coen, president and CEO, Kansas Health Foundation
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
Overview
Chan Brown, program officer, Kansas Health Foundation
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
9:15 a.m.
Social Media: Moving From Scarcity to Abundance in a Networked World
Allison Fine, MPA, Author
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
Allison Fine will discuss social media as a vehicle for catalyzing networks,
encouraging collaborative work, facilitating change and strengthening
the health of our communities. She will talk about how nonprofit
organizations are trying to do too much alone and not working as
networks. She will illustrate key points with stories and leave participants
with resources for becoming more comfortable with and skilled in using
social media to help them meet their goals.
10:00 a.m.
Keynote Facilitation
Greg Meissen, Ph.D., Wichita State University Department of Psychology;
and Tom Wolff, Ph.D., Tom Wolff & Associates
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
This session will feature a facilitated dialogue with Allison Fine to help us
think about ways to utilize social media in our own organizations to help
encourage and strengthen collaborative work.
10:45 a.m.
Active Break
Claudia Hohnbaum, MA, RD, LD, Healthy Kids Challenge
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
11:00 a.m.
Civic Leadership for Social Change
Ed O’Malley, Kansas Leadership Center
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons D-H
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Healthy places yield healthy people. Widespread, effective civic
leadership in communities is one of the main ingredients of a healthy
place because it connects people to each other in positive ways and
leads to constructive problem-solving. We believe a key strategy in
making Kansas a healthier place to live is by strengthening the influence
and effectiveness of leaders in the state. This session will describe efforts to
cultivate civic leadership across Kansas in order to make Kansas a
healthier place to live.
12:00 p.m.
Plated Lunch
Redbud 210 B-C
12:45 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
TRACK #1 The Standards for Excellence Institute’s Pass to Excellence:
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations by Embracing Best Practices
(two-day Mini-Institute)
Amy Coates Madsen, Standards for Excellence Institute, Maryland
Nonprofits
Osage 207
Nonprofit leaders are fiercely committed to their organization’s missions
and the people they serve. They have high expectations for their own
personal performance and even higher expectations for their
organization’s ability to impact outcomes in their communities. Faced with
many competing priorities, nonprofit professionals find themselves seeking
ways to strengthen their organization’s management, governance, and
operations – without re-inventing the wheel. It serves nonprofits well to not
only know the best strategies and practices of nonprofit governance, but
to also be able to apply them to their own organizations so that they can
work toward greater effectiveness and sustainability. Nonprofit
professionals can set their organizations apart by embracing and living by
the “Standards of Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the
Nonprofit Sector.” This two-day interactive training program provides
organizations with an opportunity to: engage with a set of best practices
for nonprofit management and governance as outlined in the Standards
of Excellence code and learn about how embracing and living by them
can improve effectiveness and sustainability; assess themselves against
the benchmarks of the Standards of Excellence code; arm themselves
with concrete ways to strengthen the management, governance, and
operations of their organizations; and develop a work plan for
improvement in the key areas of the Standards of Excellence code.
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TRACK #2 Skill-building Workshops
A. Leadership Opportunities and Challenges (four-hour workshop)
Ed O’Malley, Kansas Leadership Center
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons B-C
Leadership is essential to fostering social change. This highly participatory
and energetic breakout session will use a real-life case study to illustrate
several leadership dilemmas faced by nonprofits and how they might be
addressed. Participants will leave with concrete ideas for handling
leadership challenges.
B. Appreciative Leadership: From Innovation to Action
Greg Meissen, Ph.D., Wichita State University, and Kevin Bomhoff, MA,
LMSW, Wichita State University Center for Community Support and
Research
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon D
The traditional approach to change is to diagnose problems and find
solutions. When we look for problems we generally find and amplify them.
Our diagnosis usually involves blaming others and solutions are limited by
this narrow focus. The appreciative leader looks instead for what is
working well and seeks to build on success. Beyond placing value on this
approach, this requires that leaders learn the art of crafting and using
powerful questions. This session will introduce the concepts and tools of
appreciative inquiry and help participants apply this knowledge to their
experience as leaders. Participants will learn basic concepts of
appreciative inquiry; understand the “architecture” of building powerful
questions; design questions which focus attention, lead to greater insights
and create forward movement; link appreciative inquiry to the concept
of facilitative leadership; and apply related knowledge and skills to
current leadership experiences.
C. Building Healthy Communities Through Collaborative Solutions:
Introductory
Tom Wolff, Ph.D., Tom Wolff & Associates
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon E
This workshop is aimed for those in the early years of a coalition or just
starting up a new one. We will explore the importance of collaboration
and how we can successfully achieve it. Six key principles on what works
in seeking collaborative solutions will be presented. Participants will
explore their own experiences in coalitions to see what works and what
doesn’t. We will focus on core issues for startup, including who to engage,
how to engage the grassroots community, and how to retain members.
Topics like barriers to a successful startup, coalition structure and designing
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coalition meetings for success will be explored. The workshop will include
hands-on tools.
D. Cultural Diversity and Inclusion – Why Now?
Tangie Newborn, Immense Business Solutions
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons F-H
Nonprofits today are taking on many and more challenges facing our
communities like poverty, education, economic survival, and health
issues. For years, nonprofits have been trying to find ways to address
diversity and inclusion (D&I). True D&I success would mean focusing on
changing our attitudes and behavior while embracing the ever-changing
society in which we live. So how do we begin to measure the way we
think, speak, and feel? How can we really embrace diversity and be more
inclusive? How do we measure our success? Participants will learn how
other nonprofit leaders have approached these questions and increased
their measure of success with their programs, community participation,
and fundraising efforts. This session will discuss the importance of
embracing diversity and inclusion and why it is still relevant in today’s
workplace and governance; getting beyond the numbers, diversity
statements and focusing on changing attitudes and behavior;
overcoming challenges with diversity and inclusion programs; and,
measuring success and growing that success through fundraising,
stakeholder support, and more.
E. Social Enterprise
Jean Block, Jean Block Consulting, Inc.
Chisholm-Stimson Trail Rooms
It’s no secret that many nonprofits are struggling with reductions in
revenue from traditional funding sources. Many savvy organizations across
the country are learning to diversify their revenue through social
enterprise, or earned income. This fast paced workshop will explain what
social enterprise is and what it isn’t, dispel common myths about social
enterprise and ‘walk’ participants through the seven key steps required to
develop a successful social enterprise. The workshop is taught by a
nonprofit consultant with more than 45 years of nonprofit leadership
experience, including 10 years specializing in leading nonprofits in the
process of social enterprise.
F. Advocacy for Nonprofits
Nayantara Mehta, MA, JD, Alliance for Justice
Birch Room 203
This workshop will explain the laws governing 501(c)(3) lobbying including
discussions of the 501(h) election, the lobbying limits under 501(h) and
under the Insubstantial Part Test, definitions of direct and grassroots
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lobbying, and the application of these ballot measure activities. The
session will also include an explanation of the exceptions to the definition
of lobbying and a review of various lobbying examples.
G. How to Raise $50,000 in Six Weeks
Kim Klein, Klein and Roth Consulting
Cypress Ballroom 209A
Many organizations find that short intensive campaigns focused on a
specific goal are the best way to mobilize volunteers and board
members, and least likely to burn out your most reliable fundraising
volunteers. In this fast paced workshop, Kim Klein will discuss the steps
involved in doing a campaign like this and provide some examples of
organizations that have done these campaigns successfully. The
workshop is very practical and down to earth. Any organization, even
ones with little or no staff, can do these campaigns and may find they
replace their annual fund with a series of intensive bursts.
H. Manage Conflict so it Doesn’t Manage You - Innovative Strategies for
Increased Effectiveness and Improved Quality of Work Life
Ben Adkins, Adkins & Associates
Cypress Ballroom 209B
A healthy organization is one in which individuals experience mental and
social well-being. When conflicts go unmanaged the health of your
organization is always less than optimal. Morale, motivation and quality of
work-life are adversely affected. Unmanaged organizational conflicts
have a high cost. These costs include time wasted dealing with conflict,
decreased quality of decision making, loss of cooperation and teamwork,
losing employees and volunteers, poor customer service, and increased
complaints, grievances and lawsuits. The good news is there is a solution.
In this session you will learn: How to strategically manage conflict rather
than blindly react to it; How to create win/win/win outcomes from
conflicts; and how to develop a healthy organizational culture of trust and
cooperation.
I.
Creating and Sharing Social Media Content – An Effective, Efficient and
Intelligent Approach
Ben Smith, Social IRL
Redbud Ballroom 210A
A key goal for many organizations in using the social web is to share
content. Whether to promote brand awareness or drive direct action, the
right content shared in the right way, can have a powerful impact. But
many organizations struggle in getting results - their content simply doesn't
gain traction online. During this two hour workshop session, attendees will
learn about key trends affecting how content is being shared via social
networks, and how to adapt their content to take advantage of those
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trends and maximize potential reach. Attendees will also learn techniques
for developing an effective, efficient and intelligence-based approach to
content sharing, and identifying potential brand advocates who can help
serve as online ambassadors.
2:50 p.m.
Break
3:10 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
TRACK #1 The Standards for Excellence Institute’s Pass to Excellence:
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations by Embracing Best Practices
(two-day Mini-Institute continued)
Amy Coates Madsen, Standards for Excellence Institute, Maryland
Nonprofits
Osage 207
Nonprofit leaders are fiercely committed to their organization’s missions
and the people they serve. They have high expectations for their own
personal performance and even higher expectations for their
organization’s ability to impact outcomes in their communities. Faced with
many competing priorities, nonprofit professionals find themselves seeking
ways to strengthen their organization’s management, governance, and
operations – without re-inventing the wheel. It serves nonprofits well to not
only know the best strategies and practices of nonprofit governance, but
to also be able to apply them to their own organizations so that they can
work toward greater effectiveness and sustainability. Nonprofit
professionals can set their organizations apart by embracing and living by
the “Standards of Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the
Nonprofit Sector.” This two-day interactive training program provides
organizations with an opportunity to: engage with a set of best practices
for nonprofit management and governance as outlined in the Standards
of Excellence code and learn about how embracing and living by them
can improve effectiveness and sustainability; assess themselves against
the benchmarks of the Standards of Excellence code; arm themselves
with concrete ways to strengthen the management, governance, and
operations of their organizations; and develop a work plan for
improvement in the key areas of the Standards of Excellence code.
TRACK #2 Skill-building Workshops
A. Leadership Opportunities and Challenges (four-hour workshop continued)
Ed O’Malley, Kansas Leadership Center
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons B-C
Leadership is essential to fostering social change. This highly participatory
and energetic breakout session will use a real-life case study to illustrate
several leadership dilemmas faced by nonprofits and how they might be
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addressed. Participants will leave with concrete ideas for handling
leadership challenges.
B. Appreciative Leadership: From Innovation to Action
Greg Meissen, Ph.D., Wichita State University, and Kevin Bomhoff, MA,
LMSW, Wichita State University Center for Community Support and
Research
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon D
The traditional approach to change is to diagnose problems and find
solutions. When we look for problems we generally find and amplify them.
Our diagnosis usually involves blaming others and solutions are limited by
this narrow focus. The appreciative leader looks instead for what is
working well and seeks to build on success. Beyond placing value on this
approach, this requires that leaders learn the art of crafting and using
powerful questions. This session will introduce the concepts and tools of
appreciative inquiry and help participants apply this knowledge to their
experience as leaders. Participants will learn basic concepts of
appreciative inquiry; understand the “architecture” of building powerful
questions; design questions which focus attention, lead to greater insights
and create forward movement; link appreciative inquiry to the concept
of facilitative leadership; and apply related knowledge and skills to
current leadership experiences.
C. Building Healthy Communities Through Collaborative Solutions: Advanced
Tom Wolff, Ph.D., Tom Wolff & Associates
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon E
The workshop is aimed at those who have been involved in coalition
building for a few years and no longer feel they are beginners. We will
explore the six key principles that affect a coalition’s capacity to create
change through collaborative solutions. Participants will explore their own
experiences in coalitions to see what works and what doesn’t. We will
focus on member retention, managing coalition meetings for success,
handling conflict, and barriers to success will be discussed. Finally we will
explore how to keep collaborative efforts community-based and
sustainable. Workshop will include hands on tools.
D. Cultural Diversity and Inclusion
Tangie Newborn, Immense Business Solutions
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons F-H
Nonprofits today are taking on many and more challenges facing our
communities like poverty, education, economic survival, and health
issues. For years, nonprofits have been trying to find ways to address
diversity and inclusion (D&I). True D&I success would mean focusing on
changing our attitudes and behavior while embracing the ever-changing
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society in which we live. So how do we begin to measure the way we
think, speak, and feel? How can we really embrace diversity and be more
inclusive? How do we measure our success? Participants will learn how
other nonprofit leaders have approached these questions and increased
their measure of success with their programs, community participation,
and fundraising efforts. This session will discuss the importance of
embracing diversity and inclusion and why it is still relevant in today’s
workplace and governance; getting beyond the numbers, diversity
statements and focusing on changing attitudes and behavior;
overcoming challenges with diversity and inclusion programs; and,
measuring success and growing that success through fundraising,
stakeholder support, and more.
E. Social Enterprise
Jean Block, Jean Block Consulting, Inc.
Chisholm-Stimson Trail Rooms
It’s no secret that many nonprofits are struggling with reductions in
revenue from traditional funding sources. Many savvy organizations across
the country are learning to diversify their revenue through social
enterprise, or earned income. This fast paced workshop will explain what
social enterprise is and what it isn’t, dispel common myths about social
enterprise and ‘walk’ participants through the seven key steps required to
develop a successful social enterprise. The workshop is taught by a
nonprofit consultant with more than 45 years of nonprofit leadership
experience, including 10 years specializing in leading nonprofits in the
process of social enterprise.
F. Advocacy for Nonprofits
Nayantara Mehta, MA, JD, Alliance for Justice
Birch Room 203
This workshop will explain the laws governing 501(c)(3) lobbying including
discussions of the 501(h) election, the lobbying limits under 501(h) and
under the Insubstantial Part Test, definitions of direct and grassroots
lobbying, and the application of these ballot measure activities. The
session will also include an explanation of the exceptions to the definition
of lobbying and a review of various lobbying examples.
G. How Small Groups Raise Big Money: Capital Campaigns for Grassroots
Organizations
Kim Klein, Klein and Roth Consulting
Cypress Ballroom 209A
Have you ever thought, "If only we could buy a building." or "If only we
could get a van?" or, "If only we could set aside some money in an
endowment?" In this workshop, you will learn how even small organizations
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can plan and implement capital campaigns, and look at some examples
of grassroots organizations which raised $1 million or more.
H. Manage Conflict so it Doesn’t Manage You - Innovative Strategies for
Increased Effectiveness and Improved Quality of Work Life
Ben Adkins, Adkins & Associates
Cypress Ballroom 209B
A healthy organization is one in which individuals experience mental and
social well-being. When conflicts go unmanaged the health of your
organization is always less than optimal. Morale, motivation and quality of
work-life are adversely affected. Unmanaged organizational conflicts
have a high cost. These costs include time wasted dealing with conflict,
decreased quality of decision making, loss of cooperation and teamwork,
losing employees and volunteers, poor customer service, and increased
complaints, grievances and lawsuits. The good news is there is a solution.
In this session you will learn: How to strategically manage conflict rather
than blindly react to it; How to create win/win/win outcomes from
conflicts; and how to develop a healthy organizational culture of trust and
cooperation.
I.
Creating and Sharing Social Media Content – An Effective, Efficient and
Intelligent Approach
Ben Smith, Social IRL
Redbud Ballroom 210A
A key goal for many organizations in using the social web is to share
content. Whether to promote brand awareness or drive direct action, the
right content shared in the right way, can have a powerful impact. But
many organizations struggle in getting results - their content simply doesn't
gain traction online. During this two hour workshop session, attendees will
learn about key trends affecting how content is being shared via social
networks, and how to adapt their content to take advantage of those
trends and maximize potential reach. Attendees will also learn techniques
for developing an effective, efficient and intelligence-based approach to
content sharing, and identifying potential brand advocates who can help
serve as online ambassadors.
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
5:30 p.m.
Walk About: Explore How Environments Support Healthy and Unhealthy
Behaviors
Mim McKenzie, Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH, Sonja Armbruster, & Kim
Neufeld
Get moving in an approximately one mile walk audit to examine how
community environments impact health. Consider how sidewalks,
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marketing, and the location of retail stores, restaurants, and businesses
influence our ability to engage in healthy behaviors such as eating
healthy foods, being active and not smoking. Engage in an active
participatory process and learn strategies you can use in your community
to identify environments that support healthy behaviors and those that
need to be improved to help make healthier choices easier in your
community. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.
One of the two routes will be wheelchair accessible for those with limited
mobility. This activity is limited to 25 people for each of the two routes.
Meet at the registration desk (first floor of the conference center).
Friday, April 12, 2013
7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Provided
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
8:00 a.m.
Smart Moves
Claudia Hohnbaum, MA, RD, LD, Healthy Kids Challenge
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
8:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
TRACK #1 The Standards for Excellence Institute’s Pass to Excellence:
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations by Embracing Best Practices
(two-day Mini-Institute continued)
Amy Coates Madsen, Standards for Excellence Institute, Maryland
Nonprofits
Osage 207
Nonprofit leaders are fiercely committed to their organization’s missions
and the people they serve. They have high expectations for their own
personal performance and even higher expectations for their
organization’s ability to impact outcomes in their communities. Faced with
many competing priorities, nonprofit professionals find themselves seeking
ways to strengthen their organization’s management, governance, and
operations – without re-inventing the wheel. It serves nonprofits well to not
only know the best strategies and practices of nonprofit governance, but
to also be able to apply them to their own organizations so that they can
work toward greater effectiveness and sustainability. Nonprofit
professionals can set their organizations apart by embracing and living by
the “Standards of Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the
Nonprofit Sector.” This two-day interactive training program provides
organizations with an opportunity to: engage with a set of best practices
for nonprofit management and governance as outlined in the Standards
of Excellence code and learn about how embracing and living by them
can improve effectiveness and sustainability; assess themselves against
the benchmarks of the Standards of Excellence code; arm themselves
10
with concrete ways to strengthen the management, governance, and
operations of their organizations; and develop a work plan for
improvement in the key areas of the Standards of Excellence code.
TRACK #2 Skill-building Workshops
A. Top 10 Risks Facing Nonprofit Organizations
Melanie Lockwood Herman, JD, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons B-C
This workshop begins with a “tour” of top risks facing nonprofit
organizations. The program continues with practical suggestions for
uncovering risks in your nonprofit and managing what you find. Learn how
to think broadly about risk, consider filters and other influences that shape
your perspective on risk, and identify cost–effective, practical steps to
protect the safety of your agency’s mission, “brand,” programs, financial
assets and personnel.
B. Building a Better Board
Dierdre Maloney, MPA, Momentum LLC
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon D
Want a better board experience? One that builds and sustains energy,
serves the organization’s goals and is a fulfilling and meaningful endeavor
for all involved? It’s possible – but it doesn’t happen by accident.
Successful boards need to be developed and sustained over time,
requiring strategic thought and ongoing, focused commitment. This
session presents ideas, strategies and tips on creating a better future for
both the organization and the board members through a solid, intentional
and integrated board plan. Topics include board recruitment and
succession, orientation, education, evaluation and appreciation.
C. Leveraging Volunteer Talent for Organizational Change
Beth Steinhorn, JFFixler & Associates
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon E
According to ancient philosophers, “Change is the only constant.”
Certainly, during the past five years, organizations have faced new and
changing economics, demographics, and service demands that are
challenging organizations to be different in order to survive and thrive. In
this workshop, explore how today’s volunteers can be engaged as
leaders and partners in change initiatives. Discover how to leverage the
entrepreneurial spirit of today’s volunteers to help you pilot new initiatives
and measure success. You will receive tools to help you develop new roles
for volunteers, select projects, develop work plans, support volunteer/staff
teams, and measure progress and success. In these challenging times,
volunteer talent is one of your greatest assets. Through this workshop, you
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will learn strategies to harness that asset more fully.
D. Three Essential Questions: Strategic Communications for Non-Profits
Vera Bothner, Bothner & Bradley, Inc.
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons F-H
Before you tweet or blog again; before you hit send on your
organization’s latest newsletter or drop your annual report off at the post
office, and certainly before you gather a group of volunteers or
advocates, have you asked yourself and your team three essential
questions? These questions will serve as your organization’s navigation
system guiding how your organization interacts with audiences and
stakeholders. It’s strategic communication planning for busy non-profits
because the fewer the resources, the more communications has to count.
E. Claim Success! Evaluating Small Scale for Realistic Outcomes
Jarod Raynor, MS, TCC Group
Chisholm-Stimson Trail Rooms
This interactive workshop will cover the basics of evaluation, grounded in
real-life practicality. The session will lay out the basic steps in any
evaluation and help participants think through how to articulate their
program in evaluable ways that allow for realistic outcomes reporting.
Topics will include program articulation using logic models, use of
literature reviews to make the long-term outcome leap, and basic metrics
development to identify what works, for whom and under what
conditions.
F. Leadership Transitions
Scott Wituk, Wichita State University Center for Community Support and
Research and Judy Frick, Wichita State University Center for Community
Support
Birch Room 203
Many would argue that leadership is the most critical factor that
distinguishes successful nonprofit organizations from those that are not
successful. Nonprofit organizations, and their funders, have a tremendous
investment in developing the leadership and management skills of key
organizational staff. Unfortunately, often these investments are directed
solely toward CURRENT key organizational staff and not in preparing for
the organizations’ NEXT generation of leadership. While transitions in key
leadership positions will literally happen in every organization, many are illprepared. These leadership transitions can put the nonprofit organization
at serious risk. Investments made can be lost as organizations struggle
after leadership transitions. Leadership transitions are also likely to occur at
a higher frequency in the coming years as baby-boomers plan for
retirement. Fortunately, there are a number of organizational tools and
procedures that nonprofit organizations can use to prepare for any
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leadership transition – from a few months to permanent. Facilitated by
staff from the Center for Community Support & Research at Wichita State
University, the current workshop will introduce several topics, including: (a)
exploring why nonprofit organizations need to prepare for leadership
transitions, (b) reviewing a template emergency leadership transition plan,
and (c) discussing steps nonprofit organizations can take to more fully
prepare for leadership transitions.
G. Bridging the Generation Gap
DeAnn Sullivan, PMP, Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Oak Room 206
There is a serious new problem in the workplace, and it has nothing to do
with downsizing, global competition, pointy-haired bosses, stress or greed.
Instead, it is the problem of distinct generations – the Veterans, the Baby
Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y – working together and often colliding as their
paths cross. Individuals with different values, different ideas, different ways
of getting things done and different ways of communicating in the
workplace have always existed. So, why is this becoming a problem now?
This session will discuss: how and why the generations are so different;
dealing with the challenges and capturing benefits; hiring, motivating and
managing; and why one size doesn’t fit all.
H. Leading Teams to High Performance
Don Hackett, Ph.D., Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Cypress Ballroom 210A
This session is designed to give you tools to improve the effectiveness of
team-based work environments. You will gain skills that will enhance your
understanding of team dynamics and equip you with useful methods to
improve the performance of your team. We will discuss team dynamics,
benefits and limitations of teams and barriers to effective team
development.
I.
Emotional Intelligence
Dotty Harpool, MBA, Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Cypress Ballroom 210B
Building strong, cohesive working relationships is an important part to
maintaining an efficient and productive workplace. Building,
strengthening and managing your emotions is an important component in
developing better interaction and success on the job. This presentation
will give you tools to enhance the way you work, communicate and build
cooperative networks in the workplace.
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J. The Essentials of Grantwriting
K. James Kallail, Ph.D., KU School of Medicine-Wichita Dept. of Internal
Medicine
Redbud Ballroom 210A
This session describes the essential tasks of writing successful grants. Two
basic components are involved: the essentials of granting and the
essentials of writing. The essentials of granting focus on meeting the needs
of the grant makers. It includes finding appropriate grant makers,
understanding application guidelines, and building relationships with
funders. The essentials of writing focus on the technical skills of putting
together a successful grant. It includes strategies to highlight proposed
projects, budgeting, and technical writing skills.
10:20 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
TRACK #1 The Standards for Excellence Institute’s Pass to Excellence:
Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations by Embracing Best Practices
(two-day Mini-Institute continued)
Amy Coates Madsen, Standards for Excellence Institute, Maryland
Nonprofits
Osage 207
Nonprofit leaders are fiercely committed to their organization’s missions
and the people they serve. They have high expectations for their own
personal performance and even higher expectations for their
organization’s ability to impact outcomes in their communities. Faced with
many competing priorities, nonprofit professionals find themselves seeking
ways to strengthen their organization’s management, governance, and
operations – without re-inventing the wheel. It serves nonprofits well to not
only know the best strategies and practices of nonprofit governance, but
to also be able to apply them to their own organizations so that they can
work toward greater effectiveness and sustainability. Nonprofit
professionals can set their organizations apart by embracing and living by
the “Standards of Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the
Nonprofit Sector.” This two-day interactive training program provides
organizations with an opportunity to: engage with a set of best practices
for nonprofit management and governance as outlined in the Standards
of Excellence code and learn about how embracing and living by them
can improve effectiveness and sustainability; assess themselves against
the benchmarks of the Standards of Excellence code; arm themselves
with concrete ways to strengthen the management, governance, and
operations of their organizations; and develop a work plan for
improvement in the key areas of the Standards of Excellence code.
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TRACK #2 Skill-building Workshops
A. Financial Risk Management: Show Me the Money
Melanie Lockwood Herman, JD, Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons B-C
Most nonprofit leaders recognize that managing finance–related risks is an
important responsibility. And many are aware of the big risks they face,
including loss of a major funding source, penalties for non–compliance
with regulatory requirements at the like. What’s lacking in many nonprofit
board rooms and executive offices is confidence about whether the
organization has its bases “covered.” This workshop outlines an approach
to identifying key finance–related risks and practical steps to fill the gaps.
Most importantly, this program offers strategies for inspiring confidence
among the nonprofit’s top leaders that the organization’s “house” is
indeed in order.
B. Building a Better Board
Dierdre Maloney, MPA, Momentum LLC
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon D
Want a better board experience? One that builds and sustains energy,
serves the organization’s goals and is a fulfilling and meaningful endeavor
for all involved? It’s possible – but it doesn’t happen by accident.
Successful boards need to be developed and sustained over time,
requiring strategic thought and ongoing, focused commitment. This
session presents ideas, strategies and tips on creating a better future for
both the organization and the board members through a solid, intentional
and integrated board plan. Topics include board recruitment and
succession, orientation, education, evaluation and appreciation.
C. Managing Age Diversity in the Volunteer Workplace
Beth Steinhorn, JFFixler & Associates
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salon E
For the first time in American history, we have four different generations
working and volunteering side by side. While all four generations
experience the same life stages, we don’t approach them the same way.
In this workshop, discover the key characteristics of these four generations
of volunteers and explore new strategies for making the most out of age
diversity. What motivates each generation? What types of recognition
resonate with each generation? What strategies can you put in place to
avoid conflict between volunteer generations? You will leave this
workshop with tools you can begin to use immediately to help bridge the
work place generation gap and focus more on harnessing the talents of
these skilled volunteers.
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D. Three Essential Questions: Strategic Communications for Non-Profits
Vera Bothner, Bothner & Bradley, Inc.
Grand Eagle Ballroom Salons F-H
Before you tweet or blog again; before you hit send on your
organization’s latest newsletter or drop your annual report off at the post
office, and certainly before you gather a group of volunteers or
advocates, have you asked yourself and your team three essential
questions? These questions will serve as your organization’s navigation
system guiding how your organization interacts with audiences and
stakeholders. It’s strategic communication planning for busy non-profits
because the fewer the resources, the more communications has to count.
E. Claim Success! Evaluating Small Scale for Realistic Outcomes
Jarod Raynor, MS, TCC Group
Chisholm-Stimson Trail Rooms
This interactive workshop will cover the basics of evaluation, grounded in
real-life practicality. The session will lay out the basic steps in any
evaluation and help participants think through how to articulate their
program in evaluable ways that allow for realistic outcomes reporting.
Topics will include program articulation using logic models, use of
literature reviews to make the long-term outcome leap, and basic metrics
development to identify what works, for whom and under what
conditions.
F. Leadership Transitions
Scott Wituk, Wichita State University Center for Community Support and
Research and Judy Frick, Wichita State University Center for Community
Support
Birch Room 203
Many would argue that leadership is the most critical factor that
distinguishes successful nonprofit organizations from those that are not
successful. Nonprofit organizations, and their funders, have a tremendous
investment in developing the leadership and management skills of key
organizational staff. Unfortunately, often these investments are directed
solely toward CURRENT key organizational staff and not in preparing for
the organizations’ NEXT generation of leadership. While transitions in key
leadership positions will literally happen in every organization, many are illprepared. These leadership transitions can put the nonprofit organization
at serious risk. Investments made can be lost as organizations struggle
after leadership transitions. Leadership transitions are also likely to occur at
a higher frequency in the coming years as baby-boomers plan for
retirement. Fortunately, there are a number of organizational tools and
procedures that nonprofit organizations can use to prepare for any
leadership transition – from a few months to permanent. Facilitated by
staff from the Center for Community Support & Research at Wichita State
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University, the current workshop will introduce several topics, including: (a)
exploring why nonprofit organizations need to prepare for leadership
transitions, (b) reviewing a template emergency leadership transition plan,
and (c) discussing steps nonprofit organizations can take to more fully
prepare for leadership transitions.
G. Bridging the Generation Gap
DeAnn Sullivan, PMP, Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Oak Room 206
There is a serious new problem in the workplace, and it has nothing to do
with downsizing, global competition, pointy-haired bosses, stress or greed.
Instead, it is the problem of distinct generations – the Veterans, the Baby
Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y – working together and often colliding as their
paths cross. Individuals with different values, different ideas, different ways
of getting things done and different ways of communicating in the
workplace have always existed. So, why is this becoming a problem now?
This session will discuss: how and why the generations are so different;
dealing with the challenges and capturing benefits; hiring, motivating and
managing; and why one size doesn’t fit all.
H. Leading Teams to High Performance
Don Hackett, Ph.D., Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Cypress Ballroom 209A
This session is designed to give you tools to improve the effectiveness of
team-based work environments. You will gain skills that will enhance your
understanding of team dynamics and equip you with useful methods to
improve the performance of your team. We will discuss team dynamics,
benefits and limitations of teams and barriers to effective team
development.
I.
Emotional Intelligence
Dotty Harpool, MBA, Wichita State University Center for Management
Development
Cypress Ballroom 209B
Building strong, cohesive working relationships is an important part to
maintaining an efficient and productive workplace. Building,
strengthening and managing your emotions is an important component in
developing better interaction and success on the job. This presentation
will give you tools to enhance the way you work, communicate and build
cooperative networks in the workplace.
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J. The Essentials of Grantwriting
K. James Kallail, Ph.D., KU School of Medicine-Wichita Dept. of Internal
Medicine
Redbud Ballroom 210A
This session describes the essential tasks of writing successful grants. Two
basic components are involved: the essentials of granting and the
essentials of writing. The essentials of granting focus on meeting the needs
of the grant makers. It includes finding appropriate grant makers,
understanding application guidelines, and building relationships with
funders. The essentials of writing focus on the technical skills of putting
together a successful grant. It includes strategies to highlight proposed
projects, budgeting, and technical writing skills.
12:20 p.m.
Plated Lunch
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
12:45 p.m.
Walk About Debrief: Reflections on How Environments Support Healthy and
Unhealthy Behaviors
Mim McKenzie and Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
Community environments impact health. Walk About facilitators will lead
us in a short conversation about how sidewalks, marketing, and the
location of retail stores, restaurants, and businesses influence our ability to
engage in healthy behaviors such as eating healthy foods, being active
and not smoking.
1:00 p.m.
Stand up, speak out: Supporting community action towards health
Jeffrey Willett, Ph.D., vice president for programs, Kansas Health
Foundation
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
The Kansas Health Foundation’s Healthy Behaviors focus area supports
communities committed to the adoption and implementation of policies
and systems changes that support a healthy lifestyle. In addition, action
by individuals who are committed to healthy communities helps shape
public opinion and builds support for improving health. This presentation
includes an overview of actions being taken across Kansas to reduce the
tremendous social and economic impacts of tobacco use and obesity.
Strategies for individuals to “stand up and speak out” for healthier Kansas
communities will be discussed.
2:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Chan Brown, program officer, Kansas Health Foundation
Redbud Ballroom 210 B-C
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