BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY TOWARD INCLUSION

When:              Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th 

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) established a framework for the development, implementation and enforcement of accessibility standards that may apply to public, private and non-profit sectors across Ontario. As part of this process non-profit organizations will eventually have to comply with certain standards related to customer service, transportation, information and communications, the built environment and employment. This interactive workshop will provide participants and organizations with some practical information about the accessibility standards and help organizations move beyond the standards towards the development of fully inclusive environments for those with disabilities.

Facilitator Joe Henry, is Manager of Accessible Learning and Student Development at Sheridan College where he oversees supports to 1600 students with disabilities as well as manages the leadership development and volunteer programming. A believer in life-long learning, he completed his M.Ed in adult Education and Community Development at OISE/UT and is presently completing his Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) at Northeastern University in Boston in Educational Leadership..

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CREATING THE BOARD TEAM - GENERATING LEADERSHIP FROM DIVERSITY

When:              Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm 

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville 

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th       

The whole point of a Board is that it is not a one-woman or a one-man show. Your board's diversity ideally means that a wide variety of viewpoints are enriching the decisions that are shaping your organization's future. Yet these different viewpoints can easily confuse rather than clarify if they are not ultimately expressed in one-voice leadership. In this practical workshop, working with three-time governance author Caroline Oliver and fellow participants, you will examine and find answers to the following questions:

• How diverse is our board really?
• How can we get full value from our diversity?
• What does it take to translate diversity into one-voice leadership?

Using cases provided by participants and from Caroline's fifteen years of international consulting experience, this workshop is a real opportunity to take a fresh look at how the dynamics of board teams can be developed and improved in order to deliver organizational success.

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TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH MINDFULNESS

When:              Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th    

Back due to popular demand! In today's demanding and complex workplace, more and more leaders are turning to mindfulness to strengthen their leadership performance. Mindful Leadership Practice helps leaders transform themselves and their organizations resulting in greater self-awareness, focus, creativity, well-being and ultimately, better results. This interactive and hands-on workshop will introduce you to the foundational concepts and the benefits of mindfulness. It will teach you techniques and tools that you can begin to use and develop to meet the needs of your particular leadership role, regardless of where your role fits within your organization. At the end of the workshop, you'll understand how to transform your leadership work, respond to some specific work situations and improve your impact and performance.

Facilitator Vince Brewerton, former Executive Director of the Centre for Spirituality and the Workplace at Saint Mary's University is a consultant who works with organizations and individuals to help them thrive and grow by understanding their meaning and purpose. He facilitates individual and team mindful leadership training sessions, drawing on his own experience with mindfulness practice and work, and the teachings of international business and spiritual leaders.

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WHY DO WE DESERVE SUPPORT?

When:              Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th  

Building a Campaign that donors can't resist!

Year by year it's getting harder to standout in the crowd, and at the same time retain the loyalty of a growing donor base. Let's work together to find out how to make a Case that inspires, reach responsive audiences through multi-channel media, and share our values - helping the donors to feel that they belong.

Facilitator David Cuthbert, CFRE, FSAIF has over 30 years experience in non-profit fundraising consultation and fundraising training. He has authored various books as well as a series of 24 booklets on fundraising.

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PERSONAL BRANDING - THE UNIQUE YOU

When:              Friday, March 23, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th  

How would you like to be described? How do you think that people describe you?

Seldom do we take time to consider our own personal brand. This session will enable you to do so. You will walk away with some insights as to how others perceive you and perhaps some thoughts as to how you would like this to change.

After all in the words of George Eliot "It is never to late too be what you could have been".

Facilitator Hilary Lochhead is the founder of TransitionMatters, a business focusing on change management. Hilary is passionate about inspiring people and organizations to minimize the downside and maximize on the opportunities of change. In addition to the development and delivery of transition-related workshops, her practice incorporates internal consulting and executive coaching for people and organizations in transition.

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OUR PEOPLE DO MATTER - USING FEEDBACK AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AS A MOTIVATOR

When:              Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:             Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:                $40 per person OR $35 if you register prior to January 27th  

There is always a whole range of reasons why it seems that employees and fellow colleagues are not receiving regular feedback on their performance - whether it's competing priorities, lack of time, or simply putting it off because you don't want to deal with the hassle of hurt feelings or defensiveness. This workshop will share leading practices from other corporate and not-for-profit organizations on how feedback is leveraged as a motivator. The goal is to provide you with a framework to plan and execute performance reviews, including a key tools to use when providing critical feedback on an ongoing basis.

Facilitator Mari Iromoto provides expertise in areas such as leadership development, project management, strategic planning, change management and adult learning to facilitate individual, team and organizational performance improvement.

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LEAN PROJECTS

When:             Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

Where:           Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:               $40 per person OR $35 is you register prior to January 27th

The principles, skills and techniques of "Lean" have shown great potential for making operational processes (client intake, service provision, program delivery) faster, more efficient less error-prone and more client-driven.

The principles, skills and techniques of project management have shown great potential for creating new capabilities (systems, improved methods etc) on time, on-budget and that meet stakeholder requirements.

These two disciplines have now grown to be widespread practices in many organizations in the public sector, especially within larger organizations in the health and community care sector. This very success is raising important questions for managers, project managers, project sponsors and project teams about how to optimally manage the interface between these two disciplines. These questions include:

• How can we best organize projects to achieve the opportunities identified from analyzing our end-to-end process (or value stream) at lowest risk? (Project Scoping)
• How can we gain the benefits of lean thinking in our project delivery? (so called "Agile" techniques)
• How do we know whether a project, which looked good on paper, is actually delivering what is most needed to improve the operational process? (quality metrics and acceptance criteria)
• What are the implications in terms of skill and knowledge levels needed for individuals, teams and organizations seeking to exploit both lean and project management? (threshold competencies)

Facilitator Tom Barker is a principal at Process Design Consultants; a Toronto firm committed to helping organizations improve performance by setting clearer intentions, structuring initiatives and sustaining stakeholder commitment. Tom has worked with several local organizations, both corporate and non-profit. He is the author of Leadership For Results: Removing Barriers to Success for People, Projects, and Processes.

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BOARD BASICS - GOVERNANCE 101, LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR ANY BOARD

When:             Tuesday, April 24, 2012 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Where:           Quality Suites, 754 Bronte Road, Oakville

Cost:               $40 per person OR $35 is you register prior to January 27th

This highly interactive and engaging workshop will leave you with a solid understanding of the role of boards in our communities. Ensure that your board is fulfilling its legal obligations while being mission-focused and good stewards in the community. Learn about the four jobs of boards based on Catherine Raso's R.O.L.E.S Governance System. This workshop is designed for beginners, but suitable for all levels of governance experience.

Catherine Raso MBA is President of CMR Governance consulting and is an internationally recognized practitioner, consultant, author and speaker on board governance. Catherine has more than 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector - as a CEO, as a board member and as a highly skilled facilitator consulting with boards around the world.

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