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Registration and Continental Breakfast: 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. |
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Session 1: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. |
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Take the Work out of Networking
Most of us think networking is something additional we must add to our already full list of “things to do”. Learn how to change your perspective about networking and effortlessly incorporate it into your day-to-day, active life. |
Mindy Price |
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Crisis Communication Plan and Compliance Standards
For any organization to function effectively and efficiently, sticking to a crisis communication standards and compliance is essential. Want to learn to focus on the important of establishing strong organizations standards? Then this is the session for you! Ryan will show us how to develop standard and how to use them effectively. |
Ryan Wilkins |
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Session 2: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon |
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Leadership and Influence: Using Your Personal Style to Influence Others
Leadership is the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. Learn how your personal style can persuade or discourage others from working with you to meet your goals. |
Mindy Price |
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Developing Risk Management Policies: A Practical Approach
Why buy them when you can borrow policies, ask many volunteer program leaders. If you think the borrowed policy approach is “good enough,” join us for this session. We will take a look at downside or “sins” of excessive borrowing in the policy world. Learn about an alternative to borrowing that won’t bust your budget or create additional exposures for your volunteer program. Find out how to develop practical, custom policies and cultivate the support you need before you implement your new policies.
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Melanie Herman |
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Keynote Lunch: 12 noon – 2:00 p.m. |
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What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You
This presentation is guaranteed to change the way you look at risk volunteers and the many ways they intersect. You will feel inspired to take a second (and third) look at the risk in your program, and create a list of practical things to improve the risk issues in your program. Coming out of this session you will have a list of helpful, free or affordable resources on risk management. As a bonus, the speaker is providing each attendee with a copy of her book, No Surprises: Harmonizing risk and Reward in Volunteer Management, 5th Edition. |
Melanie Herman |
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Session 3: 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. |
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Dealing with Difficult People and Situations
Whether they're employees, customers, colleagues, friends or even the boss there's no way to avoid interacting with difficult people. But you can avoid falling victim to their dysfunctions. This workshop will be facilitated by Jeff King and include an understanding of common types of difficult people, identification of personal leadership competencies needed to deal with difficult people, and learn strategies to effectively deal with the difficult people in our work. |
Jeff King |
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Background Checking: What, How and Why
Did you know there was a “down” side to background checking? Along with the upside, Melanie will share her thoughts about the downside as well. Now that many organizations are using background checks, this presentation will cover a comprehensive approach to volunteer screening, including new laws that may impact background checks. Melanie will take a fresh look at how to improve your background policies and procedures in this comprehensive workshop. |
Melanie Herman |
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Session 4: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. General Session |
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I Need to Learn Twitter and Facebook!
This workshop targets leaders that are interested in using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media. This introductory program will help participants:
learn how to use Facebook and Twitter;
determine if they are right for you; and
discuss the positives and negatives of social media. |
Jerry Thomas |
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