Expressly for Executive Directors and Board Leaders
(Please share these dates with your board members now)
Now more than ever, nonprofits need strong boards and management, realistic and flexible plans,solid financial systems and up-to-date technology. Organizations with a strong organizational foundation will be best positioned to survive these times. This spring we are pleased to continue our popular workshop series for nonprofit executive directors and board leaders.
We're sending you this workshop information so that you can plan ahead. Please don't RSVP at this time. Invitations will be sent to executive directors five to six weeks prior to each session. Remember that locations and times vary. Come join your colleagues in Greater Hartford for useful information, networking and a free meal!
Working with Consultants:
How to Make it a "Win/Win"
Friday, March 25, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
The right consultant can provide you with expertise, knowledge, objectivity and people management skills. The wrong consultant can cost your nonprofit time, money and morale. How can you make it work for your nonprofit and for the consultant? This interactive workshop emphasizes the client's role in managing this relationship and the process. Topics include:
· Defining your needs clearly
· Selecting the right consultant for your nonprofit
· Negotiating with the consultant before and during the consultancy, and
· Avoiding typical traps clients and consultants fall into.
Presenter: Gordon Gottlieb, human resources and organizational development consultant, Technical Development Corporation (TDC)
For executive directors and board members
Courageous Leadership for Complex Times:
An Exploration
Thursday, May 12, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
Explore the skills and approaches necessary for effective executive leadership in our complex, turbulent times. Utilizing dialogue techniques to surface everyone's ideas, we will look at ways to foster adaptation, embrace disequilibrium, re-engage staff and mobilize leadership from throughout the organization, as well as take care of yourself to ensure continued success.
Presenter: Susan Kohler-Gray, Kohler-Gray Management Consultants
For executive directors only
Special Board Member Fundraising Forum
(evening event)
Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 5:00 to 9:00 P.M.
All board members know that their organizations need to raise more money, and most are aware that they have some responsibility in making this happen. But what does this mean, really? In this interactive workshop, Kim Klein will clarify what your responsibilities for fundraising are (and are not) and help you find some strategies that are a fit for your unique personality, skills and time. She will help you improve your ability to ask for money and also to know when it's okay to say, "No, I don't want to do that." Meet board members from other Hartford area nonprofits, compare notes with them, and learn how to create a culture of accountability on your board. Get excited about how you can help your organization become stronger and more effective.
Presenter: Kim Klein, Klein and Roth Consulting
For board members only
