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Registration Deadline is October 8, 2010!
Conference Overview*
OCTOBER 25, 2010
7:00—8:30 am Registration
8:30—12:30 pm Workshops—Session 1
12:30—1:45 pm Lunch
1:45—4:45 pm Workshops—Session 2
5:30 pm—7:00 pm Dinner
OCTOBER 26, 2010
7:00—8:00 am Breakfast
8:00—12:00 pm Workshops—Session 3
12:00—12:45 pm Lunch
12:45— 3:45 pm Workshops—Session 4
* Since workshops are half-day sessions breaks will be during workshop sessions.
CONFERNCE WORKSHOPS
DAY ONE
Bridges Out of Poverty (October 25, 2010 - Workshop Session 1 and 2) – In this 2 part workshop, participants will learn a basic structure for understanding poverty, a description of the differences between generational and situational poverty, and of the hidden social norms that govern behavior & decision-making. Participants will learn about the “hidden rules” that govern many aspects all classes or groups of people. They will come to understand that people in poverty are often in survival mode, where the future holds limited promise, and support systems taken for granted in middle class and wealth are nonexistent. Concepts in this training is based in part on Dr. Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Bridges training contains case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and exercises, and specific solutions you can implement right now to redesign programs to better serve people in poverty and to build understanding and tools for staff working with low-income families, including receptionists, case workers, and program managers and administrative staff. Participants will be given a copy of the Bridges out of Poverty book and workbook for participation in this full-day of training. Recommended for: Caseworkers and front line staff.
Certified Community Action Professional (October 25, 2010 - Workshop Session 1 and 2) – This two part workshop will serve as the first of several meetings that will be held to prepare Community Action professional for the 2011 Certified Community Action Professional Process. During this first meeting, CAA staff will learn:1. Rational for CCAP Program. 2. Benefits of CCAP Program to individual and to agency. 3. Brief introduction of process. 4. Questions and Answers. 5. Introduction of Community Action Body of Knowledge. 6. Identification of Melville’s guides for understanding difficult material. 7. Review of CCAP Application Packet. 8. Understanding Community Action: What is it all about? 9. Ethics Check: Making the first line of the Second Ethic real. 10. Introduction of Candidate Data Form. 11. Questions and Answers. 12. Schedule for Year. 13. Assignment of Homework. 14. Adjourn. Recommended for: Career CAA professionals and those CAA staff wanting to advance in the CAA field.
Financial You™ (October 25, 2010 - Workshop Session 1 and 2 and October 26, 2010 Workshop Session 3 and 4) - This four part workshop will examine a new course for financial education that creates opportunities for consumers to be more motivated to be financially mobile and secure.The recent financial crisis has revealed that Americans at all income levels exhibit difficulty in managing their finances and are ill prepared to weather economic stresses. Against this financial services background, the Center for Consumer Financial Capability - CeFCAP has charted a new course for financial education. With more information and tools to recover financially and steward their financial resources ‘Financial You™’ focuses on enhancing consumer financial capability. The four core/critical elements of financial capability: Financial Knowledge and Understanding; Financial Skills and Competence; Financial Responsibility; and Financial Decision Making, emphasize behavior change in addition to knowledge gains. Complementing the education is an advice component called the Financial Security Action Plan™– FSAP™, – where a financial advisor works one on one to create a family/individual plan of action to address the family’s economic insecurity. This training is for program managers and executive directors as they consider next steps, best practices and innovation for moving their constituents to financial security. Recommended for: IDA providers, Housing Counselors, Foreclosure Intervention Specialists Counselors, and other front line staff who work with clients on financial literacy and economic self-sufficiency.
How to Become a Strategically Focused Organization (October 25, 2010 - Workshop Session 1 and 2) - It is highly recommended that those who attend this session attend the Moving Beyond Strategic Plans session on day 2. This session will focus on the roles and responsibilities of a strategic thinking board – A Board of Excellence with “Power to the Max” verses the roles and responsibilities of a more traditional board of directors. In this tough economic environment we are forced to change our paradigm of business as usual and adopt a stronger return on investment strategy. In the future we will likely find ourselves competing for dollars that were previously “ours to have”. In order to serve our constituencies – clients, donors, volunteers, and stakeholders efficiently and effectively we must become partners driven by focus, strategy, and collaboration. More importantly, we need strategic thinkers and strategic managers for successful outcomes. We will review the differences between strategic thinking and strategic planning. Do you spend valuable volunteer time developing strategies or reporting on last month’s activities? Your leadership team will assess the current board of directors and develop a plan for becoming strategic thinkers.
Ultimately, we will be forced to focus on our community’s need and develop strategies to secure funding rather than allow activities to distract the organization from accomplishing its strategic directions. Your team will review its strategic initiatives and determine if you have the appropriate strategies in place to achieve success.
As a follow-up to the discussion from the morning session. Now that you have strategic thinkers and strategic initiatives how will you achieve those goals and objectives? This session will focus on measuring and tracking tools for both the board of directors and the staff. Do you have focused and clearly defined job descriptions for both staff and volunteer board positions? As a board do you have a strategic recruitment plan for securing board talent based on your strategic initiatives? Do you have term limits in place to allow for “new blood” and appropriate turnover? It is equally important to have a solid performance management system for staff in place to support the goals and objectives of the organization. Do you measure only what you set goals for? Do you include competency reviews for staff development as well as measureable objectives for each individual based on the job responsibilities? Does your performance management system include a performance improvement plan for under-performing individuals? Do you include ways to reward employees for outstanding performance? Each leadership team will assess the tools and methods in place against the tools and methods needed for effective management and tracking of the organization’s goals and objectives. After identifying the gap we will create a strategy to eliminate it. Recommended for: CAA Board Members, CAA Executive Staff, Middle Management, and any CAA staff involved in agency planning and development.
DAY TWO
Financial Indicators, Benchmarks, and Red Flags (October 26, 2010 - Workshop Session 3 and 4) – Workshop description coming soon! Recommended for: CAA Board Members, CAA fiscal staff, CAA Executive Staff, Middle Management, and CAA staff involved with agency/program budgeting and grant writing.
Moving Beyond the Strategic Plans: Developing Action Plans (October 26, 2010 - Workshop Session 3 and 4) - It is highly recommended that those who attend this session attend How to Become a Strategically Focused Agency session on day 1. The sessions today will focus on making the most of your most valuable resource – staff and volunteers. The foundation of our work will be based on the fact that no one, staff or volunteer takes a job to fail. It is incumbent upon us as the organization’s leaders to provide the necessary coaching, training, and direction each direct report and individual board member requires.
We will learn how to effectively manage the objectives of our strategic initiatives by providing the appropriate level of direction and communication to our people. The morning session will focus on development levels and leadership styles and marrying the two for optimum success. Each leader will identify their most comfortable style(s) and their most challenging style. Executive directors and board chairs will assess and identify the development levels of the senior management team and board members. By the end of the session you will have a development grid with staff and volunteers appropriately identified and strategies developed to upgrade the skills and development levels of your people. You will have an understanding that will enable you to be a better leader to the people you depend on to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization.
The last session of the day will allow you to take strategic thinking, strategic planning, and effective coaching to the ultimate level of excellence. Rarely do we understand how the culture of our organization drives our results. You have culture by design or culture by default. Culture did not develop overnight nor will it change overnight. However, creating expectations of culture design at the top of the organization will drive all the processes and ultimately the activities of an organization. Becoming a culture of accountability is really about becoming a culture of empowerment! We will learn how to empower board members and staff to become not only strategic thinkers and strategic implementers but a culture of excellence. You leadership team will identify the culture you have and the culture you need to thrive rather than survive in this challenging environment. WE will generate a next steps plan for moving our individual cultures up the ladder of excellence. Recommended for: CAA Board Members, CAA Executive Staff, Middle Management, and any CAA staff involved in agency planning and development.
Addictions Training (October 26, 2010 - Workshop Session 3 and 4) – This two part workshop will focus on the signs and symptoms of Drug and Alcohol addiction as well as other addictions (Gambling, over eating, Internet, etc.), four stages of addiction, and resources available statewide. This workshop will also cover how they deal with aggressive behaviors in regards to addiction if they don't get the help when it is suggested and safety issues. Recommended for caseworks and front line staff.
Financial You™ (October 25, 2010 - Workshop Session 1 and 2 and October 26, 2010 Workshop Session 3 and 4)
PRESENTERS
Jeff Bryant - Jeffrey T. Bryant, Director of the Phylis Lan Lin Program in Social Work University of Indianapolis, full time since 2003. Mr. Bryant teaches mostly the macro social work courses, Macro Human Behavior and Social Environment, Social Welfare Policy, Practice with Macro Systems, Foundations in Social Work Practice and the Social Work Capstone Seminar. He brings a wealth of experience from the field of social work into the classroom. Mr. Bryant has been working out in the field for the last 25 years with adults, youth and families in social service, residential and hospital settings. He has experience in program development, supervision, program evaluation, and budgeting, hiring, and training staff. He has presented numerous workshops dealing with adolescents, their families and drug and alcohol addiction since 1985 to school systems, social service agencies and churches He has a Masters of Social Work from Indiana University and has been a licensed clinical social worker since 1993.
Sondra Forester – Sondra Forester has more than 23 years experience in not-for-profit management. Ms. Forester works with for-profit and not-for-profit clients alike to create cultures that support an organization’s strategic goals. Ms. Forester has a knack for building relationships and developing people. Ms. Forester is skilled in the “Top Grading” process of hiring and developing the “A” team. Getting the right person, in the right position, at the right time is talent management at its best. Through the situational analysis model she moves both the coach and the player to achieve maximum outcomes. The platform of her consulting business is built on years of leading and training individuals in fund raising best practices, organizational and board development, strategic planning and analysis.
Charles McCann – Charles McCann has over 43 years of experience in Community Action. Mr. McCann has experience at local, state, and national levels, and has mentored over 250 successful CCAP candidates. Mr. McCann is one of nine Commissioners that form the Partnership's CCAP Commission.
Linda Patton – Linda Patton is the Circles Coach for the Monroe County Circles Initiative, South Central Community Action Program in Bloomington, Indiana. She holds a Master’s degree in Human Development & Family Studies, is former adjunct faculty at Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University. She is a certified Bridges Out of Poverty trainer. Linda’s experience includes child abuse investigation and prevention, family education, jail programming and working with individuals and families who are living in poverty, including those experiencing homelessness.
Claudette Spence - Claudette J. Spence, MSc., embodies the experiences of a line worker in corporate America, a journalist, executive director of faith-based social and economic justice advocacy and housing/community development agencies, educator, lay leader in church and judicatories, organizational growth consultant, author, and a woman of faith. Spence serves as President of CSolutions, specializing in new business and non-profit management development, coaching and writing. She has been recognized by New York City Council and New York State Senate for her contributions to community.
CONFERENCE AND LODGING INFORMATION
The conference workshops and events will be held at the Clifty Inn and the Falls Restaurant at the Clifty Falls State Park located on State Route 56 in Madison, Indiana. Lodging will be provided on-site at the Inn with overflow lodging at a nearby hotel. When you register for the conference you will request lodging accommodations at that time. Registration fees for the conference will be based on single versus double occupancy. We encourage people to share a room to reduce costs.
REGISTATION INFORMATION
The registration fee is $350 per conference participant for individual rooms and $200 per conference participant for double occupancy rooms. Agencies will be invoiced for their registration fees. The registration fee will cover lodging, meals listed in the conference overview, break refreshments, and conference materials.
To register, visit the IN-CAA’s web site, www.incap.org and click on the Indiana Training Institute, then Training Schedule and select the 2010 Statewide Conference. This year you will be required to register for workshop sessions as some are space limited. The registration deadline is October 8, 2010!
CONFERENCE SPONSOR OR EXHIBITOR
Thank you in your interest in being a conference exhibitor or sponsor for the 2010 Statewide Conference for Indiana’s Community Action Agencies. Click here to see exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities. Please review and if you would like to be either an exhibitor or sponsor, please fill out the one page exhibitor or sponsorship application. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Travis at ltravis@incap.org or 317-638-4232.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Travis, Program Manager at ltravis@incap.org.
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