Past Events
October 2017
The Leadership Dream Team
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
The Five Key Players You Must Have -- Every organization needs a strong leadership team - from the board to the C Suite, to the key managers and staff. What gifts and strengths are needed, especially to achieve success in fundraising? This training will provide a framework for leadership that explores five key leadership roles and their contributions to the organization. This training is best suited for board members, CEOs and executives. Objectives include: 1. Understand the definition, profile and…
December 2017
Lean for the Nonprofit
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Is your organization experiencing funding cutbacks? Is there an increased demand for your organization's services and products? The former Toyota Production Management System, now called Lean, is an answer to these challenges. This training will show how the customer-centric Lean methodology can take costly waste out of your workflows and improve the delivery speed and quality of your services. After this training, you will understand: What Lean is...and is not Where it "came from"... (And why it is not going away!)…
April 2018
Risk Management: Tricks and Traps
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
What is your nonprofit exposed to in the fiscal arena? What are you planning for? What could you have missed? During this training, you will expand your knowledge of risk management tricks and traps regarding: “What can go wrong” by examining real claims examples pertaining to employee dishonesty Internal controls Cyber security Fiduciary liability And more!
May 2018
More Good Days: Cultivating a Culture of Engagement
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
When was the last time you and your team had a good day at work? Having a good day has become increasingly difficult in a rapidly complex and changing environment. Juggling new regulations, technology and imperatives is causing record rates of burnout and change fatigue. In fact, you may be exhausted just reading this...but there's good news! Individuals and organizations can thrive by adopting new skills and mindsets for rediscovering professional passion, tackling priorities, and sustaining higher levels of performance,…
NAO’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Framework
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Presenter Cliff Jones, Senior Consultant, Nonprofit Association of Oregon Over the last 20 years, the centrality of diversity, equity and inclusion as part of the nonprofit business model and value proposition has become evident. Living out these practices and principles can be challenging; from serving customers, clients and program participants – ensuring the management structure is inclusive and equitably engages a multicultural workforce – to ensuring boards and stakeholders include constituents and represent the diversity of the community. One effective strategy in…
June 2018
Executive Director-Board Relations: How to Make it Work
In-person
Regional Victim Assistance Training
Deep, personal ED-Board relationships are essential for shared leadership that fully utilizes the commitment and expertise of the Board and the staff to steward high-performing nonprofits of any size. During this panel session we will tap the experiences of two ED-Board Chair teams and the audience to discover how successful ED-Board relationships are fostered and sustained. Join us for this engaging session to see what might lie beyond simply respecting the traditionally delineated roles and responsibilities. MODERATOR Barbara Gibbs, Consultant PANELISTS Mary Ann…