This year’s conference offers the opportunity to recharge through professionally-led institutes. Institutes are offered both days of the conference for 5-hours each day. These intimate sessions will include embedded breaks, participant engagement and live-video streaming. Full conference or one day registration is required to participate.
Full conference registration includes access to the full 2-day conference experience including the opening plenary session, the live Reconnect & Recharge meet-ups, and all learning session recordings. One day conference registration is for the day of your institute, and includes access to the opening plenary session (Day 1 registrants-only), live Reconnect & Recharge meetups, and learning session recordings for that day. Please note: if you select two institutes and the one-day conference option, your conference registration will be applied to Day 1 of the conference.
Leading with Authenticity in a Time of Crisis
October 20, October 21 (one-day institute, offered twice)
We have an enormous capacity for adapting to change and bouncing back from hardship and adversity. Research shows people require authentic inspiration from others whom we can trust to guide us, who know us, empathize with us, and keep our best interests at heart. We begin losing faith and commitment when leaders leave us feeling invisible and devalued. As human beings, we crave access and genuine connection with the people who matter most to us—particularly when the going gets tough. Attendees will learn to develop your own capability to be authentic, even during a crisis, build and support trust during times of change and uncertainty and practice and apply authentic leadership capabilities to your leadership challenges.
Capacity: 28 attendees
Talent Conversations: Engage. Empower. Achieve.
October 20, October 21 (one-day institute, offered twice)
Equip your leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively deliver talent conversations that engage both leaders and employees. This module provides tools to prepare for and facilitate effective talent conversations by using CCL’s development frameworks. Attendees will follow the Assessment, Challenge, Support (ACS) Model as a strategy to prepare to have a talent conversation, leverage the ACS Model to demonstrate behaviors necessary to effectively conduct a talent conversation, and discover strengths and areas for opportunities in their coaching style.
Capacity: 28 attendees
Strategic Storytelling for Social Impact
October 20
Strategic storytelling has the power to foster human connection, build trust with key stakeholders and drive action. Discover how to use stories to demonstrate the enormous social impact that CASA/GAL has on the lives of the children we serve. Topics include: creating strategic stories that align with organizational goals for target audiences, the brain science of effective storytelling, and building a strategic storytelling framework and become a story change maker.
Capacity: 50 attendees
October 21
The Executive Session in Strategic Management will equip participants with key concepts, tools and templates for managing strategically, including planning, tactics, execution, and performance monitoring. Topics to be covered include environmental scanning, strategic goals and objectives, strategic initiatives, performance measurement and evaluation, and internal and external communications of the strategy in the context of non-profit organizations. These topics are of significant importance when defining and measuring strategic outcomes to demonstrate successful stewardship of resources.
Capacity: 24 attendees
Groundwater Analysis: Understanding Racial Inequality
October 20
This training is an interactive, hosted by The Racial Equity Institute (REI) presentation on the nature and impact of structural racism and what it looks like across institutions. We examine narratives around racial disproportionality and make use of compelling research data to illustrate the systemic nature of racism and the fallacy of typical explanations like poverty, education, social class, individual behavior, or cultural attributes that often get associated with particular racial groups. Before addressing racial inequity or perceived acts of discrimination or oppression it is critical to understand what institutional racism looks like and the devastating impact it wields on our nation’s people, economy and social institutions. The Groundwater Approach teaches how to use data to measure the systemic impact of racism and to track institutional change.
Capacity: 50 attendees
Setting Yourself Up for Success: Keys to Retaining Volunteers
October 20
This session will explore the social, generational, and cultural trends affecting volunteer engagement – including the impacts of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This institute will explore key practices that lead to successful retention including setting clear expectations, onboarding and training, checking progress, and providing ongoing feedback. Learn tips for handling sticky situations and navigating.
Capacity: 100 attendees