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Training Descriptions
Please check the United Way of King County training calendar for dates and locations.
How to Recruit Volunteers On-line
Learn how to use United Way's online tool "Volunteer Solutions" to more
effectively recruit volunteers. In addition to saving recruitment time, this
tool can help you track volunteer hours, track referral information, link to
corporate internal websites, and more. Come and learn more about how you can
be more effective in your use of Volunteer Solutions
Effective Volunteer Program Management
101: A Course for Volunteer Management
Professionals
This 14.5-hour series is offered to meet the special needs of Volunteer Program Managers with less than two years experience. More
experienced coordinators seeking "refresher" training are also welcome. The seminar provides an overview of the components of successful volunteer programs, identifies resources for future development and provides great networking opportunities. The session is offered as
two full-day sessions. Topics will include:
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Roles of the Volunteer Program Manager
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Job Descriptions
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Recruitment and marketing your program
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Strategies for matching jobs and volunteers
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Volunteer orientation and training
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Supervisory skills
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Recognition
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Evaluation techniques
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Network with other coordinators
Getting Your Board Members to Raise Money Joyfully*
Non-profit board members have good intentions, but get paralyzed when put to
the test. This class will offer practical, easy, no-cost steps that will help
your board members engage in successful fundraising in ways that fit within
their skillset, style, time and comfort zone. By the end of the workshop
participants will be able to:
- Understand who your hottest prospects are
- Articulate several cultivation tactics for warming up prospects
- Name involvement opportunities for potential donors
- Know how to initiate a conversation or solicitation with a donor
Trainer: Susan Howlett has been raising money for
non-profits for 25 years, as board, staff, volunteer and consultant. She
teaches in UW's Fundraising Certificate Program and Bellevue Community College's Non Profit Management Program, and speaks, trains and consults
nationally. Her trainings incorporate humor, use-today practical tips and
helpful examples from hundreds of successful clients.
United Way of King County Day of Caring! Group Project
Management Training:
Group Project Management is a training designed for organizations hosting
volunteer groups for “Day of Caring”. The training includes:
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United Way of King
County Day of Caring event information
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Suggestions and
timeline for planning and implementing a volunteer group project for Day
of Caring
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Crafting an effective
title and project description.
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Best practices of
hosting group volunteer for the Day of Caring event
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“Do’s and Don’ts” of
managing volunteer groups
The training also provides
an opportunity to connect with United Way of King County Volunteer Center
staff who will work with you to make this one day volunteer event a success!
The Leadership of Letting Go: How to Strengthen Your Organization and Depart
with Grace*
We all hear the nonprofit trend
reports that executive transitions will be an increasingly common aspect of
organizational life in the next several years. The nonprofit sector has only
just begun to anticipate the generational shift of leadership in its directors,
boards, and staff members. For executives and boards that don't plan ahead, this
can be a rocky - even perilous time - for a nonprofit.
In this session you'll learn how to prepare for executive transitions as a
regular part of organizational planning, and how to be intentional about
your organization's leadership needs. This session will give board members and
seasoned executive directors useful tips and guidelines for emergency and
long-term succession planning, growing leadership from within, and how to lead
today as if you were leaving tomorrow.
Trainer: Amanda Madorno, Principal of Roam
Consulting, specializes in developing nonprofit leaders at the board and
executive level. As an executive coach, she works with executives and
senior-level staff to develop their leadership potential and achieve optimal
performance. Sought after by agencies in transition, Amanda also serves
regularly as an interim executive. In this role she works with boards to
master the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities presented by a
leadership change.
Avoiding Decision Traps: How to Set Up Effective Decision-Making
Processes*
Explore
decision making approaches and decision traps - ways our brains work that
complicate decision-making. An example is the "recency effect:" We remember what
happened last week better than what happened last year. Another is "confirmation
bias," the tendency to look for evidence which supports pre-existing beliefs,
and to discount evidence which does not. This workshop will explore ways to
help nonprofit boards and leaders avoid these traps when making critical decisions and set
up processes that support effective decision making. Particularly useful for
board chairs, chairs of board committees, and executive directors.
Trainers: Nancy Long & Jim Pullen
Nancy Long is executive director of Executive Service Corps.
Nancy has expertise in strategic planning, organizational development, public
policy, marketing to underserved populations, and process design for effective
decision-making. She was the Vice-president of Strategy and Organizational
Development at Group Health Cooperative and the Director of Quality for the
Washington State Hospital Association and Washington Health Foundation. Her
experience with nonprofit organizations includes being the Director of Planning,
Marketing, and Community Services for Pac-Med, a founder of the Cross-Cultural
Health Care Program, and various roles with community health clinics. She has a
Masters degree from the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of
Washington. She has led nonprofit boards and organized coalitions of community
organizations and was chair of the Seattle Planning Commission.
Jim Pullen has served as Vice-President at
Frank Russell Company, the world's largest pension consulting company, led acquisitions for a
private cable company and later held senior positions in Internet start-ups in
areas as various as freight optimization, patent processing, mortgage banking
and supply chain management. For a few years he owned an import business
specializing in art goods from Mexico. As a former corporate executive,
independent business owner, and franchisee, Jim has a unique perspective on
realizing possibilities. Further, he believes that people can accomplish a
great deal more than they often allow themselves to hope if they take Lincoln's
advice to heart: Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is
more important than any other thing.
Your Strategic Plan: Compass, May &
Fuel for the Journey*
Nonprofits operate in an
increasingly complex and challenging environment. The pace of change has
increased, and we are asked to do more with less, in less time. A solid
strategic planning process can bring your organization together behind a
shared vision and course of action, while strengthening relationships with
stakeholders and making you smarter about meeting your mission. We will
explore the basic components and techniques of strategic planning, and learn
about alternative models that offer a more streamlined approach to strategic
planning efforts.
Participants will learn:
- What strategic planning is and what it can do for your
organization
- The best practices to implement and pitfalls to avoid in the
strategic planning process
- How to make use of a strategic plan for maximum mission impact
Trainers: Jill Sheldon & Angela Powell
Jill Sheldon has
been helping Puget Sound area nonprofits reach greater levels of impact and
service for 18 years. For the past five years, Jill has offered the
nonprofit and philanthropic communities executive coaching and
results-focused consulting through her company Open Road Coaching and
Consulting. She has facilitated numerous strategic planning efforts and
board retreats, helped a number of organizations create effective long-term
fundraising plans and worked as a leadership coach with many executive
directors in the foundation and nonprofit communities.
Angela Powell
has been organizing effective change efforts since the 3rd
grade, when she instigated a school-wide anti-smoking campaign. After a
substantive career working in nonprofit organizations, foundations, and
community organizing, she launched Imago Organizational Design in 2002.
Angela has had the honor of working with many amazing leaders and
organizations over the past six years through Imago, with activities ranging
from executive coaching and board and staff development, to strategic
planning and research design. She has particular interest and expertise in
supporting people and organizations to navigate the nuances of cultural
difference well and in the service of their essential work.
Meeting Management Strategies that
Work*
The workshop will integrate useful
information from Alice Collier Cochran's 2004 book, Roberta's Rules of
Order, Who is Robert and Why Do We Still Follow His Rules Anyway? and from
Governance as Leadership written by Chait, Holland and Ryan. Both books
emphasize the importance of doing our work differently to meet the needs of
busy people who care, but require a shift in the way business is carried
out.
This session is designed for those who are
responsible for planning and facilitating meetings, and for those who want
to bring ideas back to their organizations to improve their (disorganized,
boring, fill in the blank) meetings.
This three hour workshop will cover:
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New approaches to hold effective and
engaging meetings
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A range of decision making and problem
solving strategies
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Specific tools and approaches used to
engage board, staff and volunteers at meetings emphasizing 'Governance as Leadership' strategies.
Trainer: Since 1988 Janet
Boguch, MA, has been Principal Consultant and Owner, Non-Profit Works, a
nonprofit management-consulting firm whose mission is to assist individuals
and organizations to reach their highest potential and to ensure the
stability and health of the nonprofit and the public sectors. For
twenty-five years Janet has assisted nonprofit organizations of all sizes
and types with strategic planning, governance and leadership development,
fundraising and organization development. In addition to her consulting,
facilitation and leadership coaching, she has served the nonprofit sector
in many capacities-- as a senior administrator, trustee, direct service
volunteer, and community leader. Janet has been faculty at the University of
Washington for 20 years where she received the Faculty Excellence Award in
2008 and for Seattle University's Master of Nonprofit Leadership graduate
program. Janet is a Senior Governance Consultant for BoardSource
(Washington DC) and facilitates TableTalks Seminars for Nonprofit
Professionals and Board Talks Seminars personalized peer learning groups.
Decreasing and Managing Conflict in the Board Room*
Details soon.
Board Recruitment*
One of the most important responsibilities of nonprofit boards is board
development: renewing and strengthening the board through skills
development and recruitment of talented new members. In this workshop,
participants will focus on the recruitment side, learning::
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The three life stages of nonprofit boards and what
type of board members are needed at each stage of development
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A six step process for board recruitment
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How to identify board members with the skills and
experience your organization needs
Trainer: Laura Pierce founded Laura Pierce Consulting in 1998. She assists nonprofit clients with
strategic planning, board development and capacity building. In addition, she
has served as Interim Executive Director for seven area nonprofits. Over the
past ten years, LPC has providing consulting services for more than 100
nonprofits, including social justice, human service, advocacy and arts
organizations. Laura also teaches nonprofit management at the UW Evans School
and is the lead instructor for the UW Certificate Program in Nonprofit
Management. She earned her Masters in Public Administration from University of
Washington in 1996.
Boards and Fundraising: What Every
Board Member Needs to Know*
A critical governance responsibility of the board as a whole is to ensure
that the organization has a realistic strategy for raising funds. As
individuals, board members usually help implement that plan in various
ways. In this workshop participants will further understand the role of
the board as a whole as well as the role of individual board members. We
will focus on:
- The importance of board giving
- The board's role in fund development activities, planning, and
monitoring
- Fundraising methods and philanthropic resources.
Trainers:
Ruby Love is the Director of the Gates Challenge with United Way of King
County. Prior to joining United Way Ruby worked for more than 15
years as a consultant to not-for-profit organizations.
She is an active lecturer and trainer on topics of board governance,
leadership development, diversity and racial justice in the non-profit community
and philanthropy.
Adrienne Caver-Hall is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Seattle
Parks and Recreation Department. Prior experiences include serving as Managing Director of Langston Hughes Performing Arts
Center, consulting for the African American Elders Project, and serving for
three years as the Director of Festival Sundiata. Ms. Caver-Hall has sixteen
years of experience in fundraising, event management and organizational
development through her work and membership in various political and civic
organizations in the community.
It's Your Turn: The Role of the Board Chair*
Participants will learn about the role and responsibility of the board chair
in strengthening and improving the leadership work of the board as a whole. This session is particularly designed for executive directors and new chairs or chair-elects.
If you have a lot of
experience as a Chair, this may not be for you. Please note: We have designed this session to focus specifically on the role of the Board Chair. This session will not cover overall board roles and responsibilities, board development, recruiting, orientation, and other
board-related
issues.
This
session will provide participants with the information they need to:
- Understand their role as board chair
- Run effective meetings
- Manage conflict and group process
Trainer: Amanda Madorno, Principal of Roam
Consulting, specializes in developing nonprofit leaders at the board and
executive level. As an executive coach, she works with executives and
senior-level staff to develop their leadership potential and achieve optimal
performance. Sought after by agencies in transition, Amanda also serves
regularly as an interim executive. In this role she works with boards to
master the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities presented by a
leadership change.
Board Roles and Responsibilities*
Are you considering board service, or desiring to be more effective in your
current role as a board member? This workshop will help new and prospective
board members gain an appreciation for the roles and responsibilities of
nonprofit boards, individual board members, board officers, and board
committees. Other topics will include: legal issues for nonprofit boards,
organizational life cycles, leadership transitions, and effective meeting
tactics.
The workshop will be engaging and interactive, and will include opportunities
for participants to apply the concepts and models to their own organizations.
Trainer: Cory Sbarbaro is founder and principal of Turnpoint
Consulting, an independent firm dedicated to guiding nonprofit organizations
through change and transition. His areas of expertise include interim
leadership, organizational assessment, planning and strategy formation,
executive coaching, and board development. In addition to his work as a
consultant, Cory is a Senior Advisor at the Nancy Bell Evans Center on
Nonprofits & Philanthropy, a trainer for United Way of King County and the
Nonprofit Center of South Puget Sound, and an instructor for the Nonprofit
Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington. He was also
co-creator of the Pacific Northwest Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute,
and currently serves as lead instructor for the program. Cory holds an MPA from
the Evans School of Public Affairs. He has served on several nonprofit boards,
and is currently Board President of Solid Ground.
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