Institutes

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

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

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

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