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APRIL 2013                                                                     VOLUME 7 NO. 4  

In This Issue
April Workshop: Organizational Assessments and Systems
April Webinar: Storytelling for Sustainability
May Workshop: Practical Tools and Methods for Change Agents
Self-Paced Workshop: Sustainability 101
2013-2014 Certificate Workshops
Sustainability Conferences and Events
 
 

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The Run-Up to ISSP Conference 2013 
There are just a few weeks left until ISSP Conference 2013 gets underway. Join us May 8-10 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago. Here's the latest ...

  

Don't Be Left Out! 

Final Conference Preparations Being Made Now 

Great speakers.  A new round of inductees being installed into the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame (TM). An opportunity to help advance the dialogue on the ISSP Sustainability Lexicon Project(TM). A vendor expo showcasing the latest in tools, training and services for sustainability professionals. Don't miss out. Reserve your place today by clicking here.

  

Top Flight Speakers

We have lined up some outstanding conference speakers. Karen Weigert, Chief Sustainability Officer of The City of Chicago, will welcome attendees to help kick off the event. Bob Massie, the President and CEO of the New Economics Institute, will also be on hand to keynote. Rob Dietz, co-author of Enough Is Enough, will lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of more - an economy where the goal is enough. Check out the full two-day line-up of speakers and presentations here.

  

ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame (TM)

A new round of inductees into the ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame(TM) will be honored at our event in Chicago. Attend and be inspired by the work of Alan AtKisson, president and CEO of AtKisson Group; John Elkington, founding partner and executive chairman of Volans; Hazel Henderson, founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC, and Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions.

  

Come to Chicago Early for A Great Line-up

of Pre-Conference Workshops

Conference attendees who arrive on May 8 can take advantage of some great pre-conference workshops being offered by ISSP at the Millennium Knickerbocker, the headquarters hotel for ISSP Conference 2013. Workshop descriptions and a corresponding article about each topic appear below.

 

Leadership Skills for Change Agents

Wednesday, May 8, 8:30am to 5:30pm   

Taught by ISSP Hall of Fame founding member Bob Willard. Take advantage of this opportunity to work with Bob face-to-face and fulfill a requirement for the ISSP Sustainability Professional Certificate program. Learn more about the workshop here.

 
Consultants Cohort Program 2013 

Wednesday, May 8, 9:00am to 12:00pm  

Embark on a six-month intensive program program designed to help sustainability consultants launch successful practices with Jennifer Woofter, President of Strategic Sustainability Consulting.  Learn more about the Consultants Cohort Program here.

 

Accounting for A Sustainable Future 

Wednesday, May 8, 2:00pm to 5:00pm  

  

Marisa Mackey, Associate Director of Education for the Sustainability Standards Accounting Board (SASB), will lead a workshop about sustainability accounting standards that enable companies to describe material sustainability issues affecting performance and long term value creation.
Learn more about the workshop
 here .

   

Bob Willard: Leading the Change to a Sustainability Culture, from the Middle

An expert on leadership, culture change, and organizational development, Bob distills lessons learned about cultural transformation that are described in his book, The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook. He provides practical guidance on how to embed sustainability into corporate culture, even if you are not the CEO. He outlines a seven-step sustainability change process, including how to frame the business case for the culture change; seven leadership practices to use throughout the change process; seven paradoxes that enable successful change strategies; and seven derailers to avoid. By connecting the dots between timeless leadership practices and sustainability strategies, Bob shows how sustainability champions at any level in a company can lead a transformation to a smarter and more sustainable enterprise that will thrive in the new economy.

 

Jennifer Woofter On How To Thrive in Today's Rapidly Changing Consulting Industry 

Six-month intensive program offered by the International Society of Society Professionals and led by consulting veteran Jennifer Woofter is designed to help sustainability consultants launch new practices and take existing businesses to next level.  

  

The following article is a summary of Jennifer Woofter's Q & A on the Consultants Cohort Program as recorded March 5, 2013.  

  

"The Sustainability Consulting industry is rapidly changing and challenging industry.  What worked 10 years ago doesn't always work now. Especially over the last 2 to 3 years we have se

 seen a consolidation of the sustainability consulting industry. A lot of the big consulting firms went on a buying spree and bought up a 

lot of the boutique sustainability consulting companies.  This left a bifurcation of the industry with some really big consultancies (Deloitte and KPMG) and some of the really small ones, 10 and under.  Most of the sustainability consulting companies are two people or less.  And a lot of people are out there as 'solopreneurers'.

  

The ISSP Consultants Cohort Program is really designed for the 'new' sustainability consultant who is thinking of launching their own practice. Or for the boutique, very small sustainability consulting company, that struggle to find their place in the market or are trying to understand how to take their business to the next level.  Over the course of the 6 month Consultants Cohort Program we will be going over all the aspects that go into running a successful sustainability company."  Read more HERE  

  

Join Jennifer Friday April 5 for a free Q & A Session.  

Register for the online meeting HERE.  

  

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board: 

Establishing Standards for Formal Accounting
of Sustainability Impacts 
Thanks to broadly accepted standards for financial reporting, investors are able to intelligently compare the performance of publicly traded businesses and make informed investment decisions. Investors have come to recognize, however, that decisions regarding how an organization manages its finances are important but insufficient to assess its risk and vulnerability. We live in a different world now, one that has greater uncertainty, a broader range of risks and opportunities, and significant resource constraints beyond access to and management of capital.

  

For this reason a new, standardized language is needed to help investors assess the material, non-financial risks and opportunities facing companies today. These standards are what we need to help us formally recognize and account for an organization's environmental and social impacts.  

  

Pre-conference workshop about SASB
SASB's efforts will have huge impacts on all organizations as these standards become widely adopted and perhaps even legislated. ISSP is pleased to include a workshop on this project as part of our
pre-conference events in May in Chicago.
 

For more information about the workshop,click here to visit the ISSP registration webpage.  

 

Sponsor and Vendor Showcase:

Meet These Organizations At The Expo in Chicago

 

A great group of organizations and individuals have signed up as sponsors of our conference, where they'll be a part of our vendor exposition. Our event could not happen without them! Stop by when in Chicago to thank them for their support.  Meanwhile, you can get to know a bit more about them by clicking on the links below. 

  

A Big Thank You To Our 

ISSP Conference 2013 Sponsors and Exposition Vendors

  

 

Speaker Sponsor:

Ernst & Young

 

Meal and Break-Out Sponsors

 Bainbridge Graduate Institute

Bard MBA In Sustainability

Chatham University

eco-officiency, LLC

Emissions Information, Inc

ISOS Group, LLC

Presidio Graduate School

Rick Woodward, ISSP Board Member

 

Exhibition Vendors

Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals - Chicago Chapter

PalletWrapz

Preton

S-CORE

Sustainable Plant

Vathier Ferguson

viz*spark

  

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Upcoming Events
 
APRIL WORKSHOP 
Sustaining Sustainability Organizational Assessments  
& Systems 
with Dorothy Atwood 

 

This workshop meets on-line on Tuesdays April 9 & 23 @ 10:00am Pacific Time-USA and April 16 & 30 @ 4:00pm Pacific Time-USA. Webinars are for 60-90 minutes.,  Time Zone Converter 

 

Management systems are the key to ongoing progress. A SMS (sustainability management system) allows for systematic internal review, monitoring and corrective actions for continual improvement.

 

ISSP's workshop will walk you through the creation of such a system to fit your needs.  You don't need a third-party certified ISO 14001 management system to benefit from the Plan-Do-Check-Act framework. You will learn what level of sophistication works best for you and what elements to add as your system matures. You will complete the workshop having learned practical methods to solidify and advance sustainability efforts by applying proven management system tools, practices and competencies:

  • Build and maintain sustainability management systems
  • Develop sustainability metrics
  • Create/maintain sustainability reporting
  • Describe continuous improvement (CIP): - Kaizen, ISO 14000, Lean Six Sigma, TQM, etc. 
INSTRUCTOR
Dorothy Atwood has over 25 years of environmental consulting experience with the last ten years focused management systems implementation for private and public organizations. She is the Management Systems program manager for Zero Waste Alliance (ZWA), a Portland-based non-profit.

Price: $450
Member Price: $325

 

 

              

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APRIL WEBINAR   
Storytelling for Sustainability 
with Dr. Jeff Leinaweaver     
  • April 26, 2013 at 11am Pacific Time
  • 2pm Eastern Time-USA for 60 minutes
  • Not located in US/Pacific time zone?
  • See what time it is in your local time zone.

In the worlds of strategic sustainability and corporate social responsibility, more and more attention is be�ing focused on the importance of storytelling as a key component in one's toolkit for change.  Yet, despite the growth of storytelling as a methodology for change, people, communities and business often struggle to have their stories heard, understood and re-told above the noise.  

 

In this presentation session, participants will learn why it's not always about telling stories that matter, but how stories are told within an ecology of narratives and mystery. Participants will learn how storytelling shows up as a systems dynamic and why cultivating their storytelling practice can become an X-Factor in their sustainability efforts.  

 

The presentation will answer the following questions:
  • What makes a good story?
  • What makes a story believable?
  • How can stories result in positive change?
  • How can I tell the kind of stories that get retold?
  • Why is storytelling an X-factor in my sustainability work?

PRESENTER

Dr. Jeff Leinaweaver is a storyteller, eco-psychologist, teacher and change practitioner within the fields of strategic global sustainability, green leadership development, corporate social responsibility, organizational development and Permaculture design. Jeff is founder and principal of Global Zen Sustainability, a strategic sustainability consultancy. He is also the executive producer and radio host for Gaialogue Radio.

 

Jeff has also been engaged in a number of collaborative partnerships including with The Natural Step USA, The Center for Ethical Leadership, and as a GRI-certified trainer for the ISOS Group.

 

Our Price: $10
Member Price: Free
Can't attend? Register anyway to be notified when the recording is available. 

 

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MAY WORKSHOP 
Practical Tools and Methods  
for Change Agents 
with Alan AtKisson  

 

This workshop meets on-line on Mondays (May 6, 13, 20, 27) 2013 12pm Pacific Time-USA (7PM GMT) for 60-90 minutes  Time Zone Converter 

 

This workshop will guide practitioners through the jungle of sustainability techniques and change processes, and help you learn when and how to apply them successfully. Using the ISIS Method (Indicators | Systems | Innovation | Strategy) as a guiding structure and sequence, you will deepen your understanding of these general methodological categories, as well as specific sustainability tools, with AtKisson's ISIS Accelerator tools in focus.  

 

Participants will:

  • Apply systems thinking
  • Use sustainability tools
  • Demonstrate communication skills written and verbal; use vocabulary of sustainability
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Apply strategic thinking
  • Change Management/Leadership

On completion of the workshop, participants will have received a thorough orientation to the art of Sustainability Change Agentry and be eligible to apply for recognition as a Certified Practitioner of the ISIS Method and ISIS Accelerator tools.

 

INSTRUCTOR
Alan AtKisson has been working at the forefront of sustainability for over twenty years; and he has helped to initiate, guide, train, or strategically develop sustainability initiatives in many different countries. As a consultant, he has worked with clients in many different sectors as well, from small businesses to global corporations, from large cities to small islands, from UN and World Bank funded programs in Africa to US military bases. He is the author of two books, Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World (Chelsea Green, 1999); and The Sustainability Transformation: How to Accelerate Positive Change in Challenging Times (Earthscan 2011) - which is the required text for this workshop.

Price: $450
Member Price: $325*
*Early Bird Discount available to ALL and ends 04/02/13 $50 off

 

 

              

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SELF-STUDY WORKSHOP:  SUSTAINABILITY 101
Instructor:
  Darcy Hitchcock, co-founder of ISSP and
co-founder of Axis Performance Advisors

   

on-line learningAre you well-versed on all the essential sustainability concepts? To be a credible sustainability professional, there are certain key concepts you should know. Use this self-study workshop to test your knowledge and fill in any gaps. The course has four modules (read more HERE).  

 

The prerecorded webinars are taught by ISSP co-founder and sustainability consultant/author, Darcy Hitchcock.  

 

Dates: Open Enrollment. Register at any time.  

Take up to 8 weeks to complete.  

 REGISTER NOW>>                        

 

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2013 - 2014  
CERTIFICATE WORKSHOPS

 Sustainability 101 + 5 CORE + 3 ELECTIVE

+ 4 WEBINARS 

= 1 ISSP Sustainability Professionals Certificate  

 

Purchase the entire certificate program for $2600 and receive the prerequisite Sustainability 101 for free, a $250 value 

More info on the ISSP Certificate program HERE

  

 

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SeptEventsSUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCES
 AND EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

 

See details about these events on the Other Sustainability Events  page of the ISSP Website.      

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