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Saturday,
Feb. 23, 2008
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3–5 p.m.
Registration/Information Desk
3:30–5:30 p.m.
Circle of Community: A Unique Networking Opportunity
for SLC First-Timers
This is one session not to be missed! The SLC offers
new and seasoned leaders the opportunity to build a
circle of community. First-time conference attendees
will join the Senior Leadership Steering Committee
to explore the issues facing senior leaders across
the country, begin to establish valuable
professional contacts and become oriented to the
unique opportunity that this conference offers.
6–8 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Kick off the conference at this networking event
while enjoying light hors d’oeuvres. Catch up with
your colleagues and make new connections.
Dinner on your own
9 p.m.
Hospitality Suite
Sunday,
Feb. 24, 2008
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7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Registration/Information Desk
7:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Exhibits
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m.
Opening Plenary: Moving Public Opinion for Children
and Their Families
What does it take to move public opinion on behalf
of children and families? How can we go beyond
research and programs to find the heart of America?
Political scientist Raphael J. Sonenshein shows how
we can borrow from the techniques of political
leaders to create waves of public opinion for
children and families. Using humorous and at times
inspiring examples from the world of politics, his
10-point list of practical approaches will show how
we can become the kind of advocates who move people.
Sonenshein has written extensively on the politics
and governance of Los Angeles, particularly the
relationships among racial and ethnic groups.
Dr. Raphael Sonenshein, professor of political
science, California State University, Fullerton
Keynote handout
10–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Session A Workshops
A1 Harvesting Stories from the Vineyard for
Philanthropic Gain (OP)
Learn how purposeful partnerships between program
and communications/ development staff make the
agency mission real and compelling while increasing
community awareness, donor participation, and
fundraising efficacy. Encompassing the unique
perspective of a seasoned clinical services
executive, the interactive presentation addresses
how to move toward an integrated culture of
philanthropy wherein service and support staff
appreciate one another’s roles, coordinate, and
cooperate. The workshop provides examples from a
number of agencies on how to get started, lessons
learned, what helped, resistance and challenges, and
how success evolved from these efforts.
Vicki Cederburg, vice president of family support
services and quality assurance, The Family
Conservancy, Kansas City, Kan.
Harvesting Stories from the Vineyard
presentation
A2 A Struggle to Juggle (L)
Many of us today are faced with balancing our jobs
and families in a purposeful way. This presentation
will answer questions such as, “Do I have an
effective life/work balance?” and “How do I create
the most ideal balance for me?” Participants will
learn from real-life experiences to look at the big
picture and focus on what really matters. For those
interested in employee retention and creating a more
ideal work environment, this is a must.
Donna L. Johnson, professional speaker,
Pflugerville, Texas
A Struggle to Juggle presentation
A3 Leadership and Leadership Styles: What it
Takes to Move from a Group to a Team
(L)
This workshop will explore the question, “What is
Leadership Anyway?” Participants will be introduced
to the skills needed for purposeful, productive
leadership through a look at the “12 Skills of
Supervision.” Participants will identify their
leadership style and how it can be used in the
workplace.
Iris Crawford-Long, high school administrator,
Biondi Learning Center, Yonkers, N.Y.; and Winston
Long, coordinator of professional staff development,
Abbott House, Irvington, N.Y.
Noon–1:15 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30–3 p.m.
Session B Workshops
B1 Leadership with the Brain in Mind: Connecting
Brain Research and the Art of Transformational
Leadership, Part 1 (L)
What’s new in leadership? Technology. Incredible
advances in neuroscience now allow researchers to
look inside the brain while it is active. This
breakthrough knowledge provides fascinating insights
into how and why the brain responds to leadership.
These insights can be transformed into practical
strategies for improving the effectiveness, impact,
and scope of leadership, strategies that can be
purposefully implemented in your organization. Hear
the exciting results of these innovations and learn
how to enhance your own leadership toolbox by
capturing the power of applied neuroscience.
Frank J. Kros, executive vice president, The
Children’s Guild, Baltimore
Leadership with the Brain in Mind handout
B2 Multi-Generational Workforce: Differences that
Matter, Part 1 (OP)
For the first time in history, four distinct
generations are working side by side in
organizations. Each generation brings diverse
perspectives, values, needs, and expectations to the
workplace. As the existing labor pool ages,
nonprofit human service agencies need to embrace
innovative strategies that attract, engage, and
retain all elements of a multi-generational
workforce. This workshop reviews the unique
generational differences in today’s workforce as
well as strategies for the effective recruitment,
retention, and motivation of each group.
Elizabeth Skidmore, executive director, Child
Welfare Institute, Chicago
B3 Capitalizing on Your Fears to Become a More
Effective Supervisor (OP)
You’ve worked hard to earn the opportunity to
supervise. You’re excited, yet you have feelings of
self-doubt. New supervisees, as well as supervisors,
often have feelings of insecurity and confusion as
well as fears of failure and of making costly
mistakes. This interactive presentation will
introduce you to purposeful models and methods of
supervision that capitalize on imperfection and
self-awareness. These strategies to prevent common
pitfalls will start you on a journey to becoming a
more effective supervisor.
John Jordan, director, counseling and education,
United Family Services, Charlotte, N.C.
Capitalizing on Your Fears presentation
3–3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30–5 p.m.
Session C Workshops
C1 Leadership with
the Brain in Mind: Connecting Brain Research and the
Art of Transformational Leadership, Part 2
(L)
Please see Session B
Workshops for the description and materials.
Frank J. Kros, executive vice president, The
Children’s Guild, Baltimore
C2 Multi-Generational Workforce: Differences that
Matter, Part 2 (OP)
Please see Session B
Workshops for the description and materials.
Elizabeth Skidmore, executive director, Child
Welfare Institute, Chicago
C3 HIPAA: What’s New? (OR)
Confused about HIPAA? Inquiring minds want to know
the latest news regarding HIPAA compliance. Attend
this informative workshop to ensure your agency is
up to date and succeeding with HIPAA during 2008.
This session encourages interactive questions and
answers, so come prepared to participate.
Stephen Christian-Michaels, chief operating officer,
Family Services of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
HIPAA: What's New?
presentation
6:30 p.m.
Dine Around
Dine around town with old friends and
new! See the registration desk on-site for details.
9 p.m.
Hospitality Suite
Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
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7:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Registration/Information Desk
7:30 a.m.–Noon
Exhibits
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m.
Plenary: Great Balls of Fire
One of the greatest challenges we all face is
keeping ourselves motivated. This is particularly
difficult and extremely important with our
fast-paced, high-responsibility jobs today. It's
easy to lose enthusiasm and get burned out, stressed
out, and ultimately—checked out. This high-energy
session gives attendees six steps for getting the
fire back in their lives professionally and
personally. It’s not just a motivational speech;
it’s a method attendees can apply long after the
presentation.
Denise Ryan, FireStar, Raleigh, N.C.
10–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Session D Workshops
D1 Effective
Financial Management for Non-Financial Leaders
(OP)
Learn to speak the language of your finance
department. Program directors and managers often
must learn the critical, required skills of
budgeting, financial management, and program
monitoring on the job. This workshop is ideal for
young or rising leaders seeking to expand their
skill set to more effectively manage the financial
side of their programs and services by bridging the
communication gap between program services and
finance. Attendees will focus on six critical areas
of nonprofit finance: budgeting and planning,
monitoring, analysis and follow up, adequate
internal controls, identifying trained qualified
staff, adequate board involvement, and
responsiveness to changing environments.
Serena Barnes, chief financial officer, and Rhonda
Miller Sheared, vice president,
programs/development, Family Service Centers
D2 Funding Child and Family Organizations: New
Trends (OR)
Based on an article in the Alliance for Children and
Families’ scenario planning book, Scanning The
Horizon, this presentation will examine trends from
various nonprofit funding sources during the past 20
years as well as current trends and funding
forecasts for the future. The presentation
investigates the best strategies for purposeful
nonprofit growth in the current funding climate by
providing findings from nationwide studies on
nonprofits. Learn how to apply funding trend
information and best growth practices to your
organization and strategic planning.
Shunney Nair, senior vice president, communications
and development, and Elizabeth Shaver, coordinator
of grants development, Family Services of Greater
Houston.
Funded Child & Family Organizations presentation
D3 Looking Within: Who Are Your Leaders? (L)
This workshop will focus on identifying and
developing leaders within your agency. The
interactive program can help you unveil leadership
opportunities within the organization and explains
how to identify and develop purposeful leaders.
Participants will discuss the five leadership
pillars as described in the work of Chuck Schwann
and William Spady: authentic leadership, visionary
leadership, cultural leadership, quality leadership
and service leadership.
Gregg Dowty, executive director, and Anita Jo
Paukovits, executive vice president, Children's Home
of Easton, Pa.
Looking Within presentation
12:15–1:30 p.m.
Luncheon and Alliance Update
Peter Goldberg, president and CEO,
Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee
1:45–5 p.m.
Due to popular demand, Houston–One Giant Leap for
SLC is sold out. If you would like to be placed on a
priority wait list, please contact
Hillary
Hanson.
Houston—One Giant Leap for SLC:
SOLD OUT!
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience space from
its dramatic history and exciting present to its
compelling future. Space Center Houston (SCH) is the
only place on Earth that gives guests an
out-of-this-world journey through human adventures
into space. The center’s unparalleled exhibits,
attractions, special presentations, and hands-on
activities tell the story of NASA's manned space
flight program. SCH is the only place in the world
where visitors can see astronauts train for
missions, touch a real moon rock, land a shuttle,
and take a behind-the-scenes tour of NASA. Design
your own self-guided tour. Choose your favorite
elements by visiting
www.spacecenter.org.
Dinner on your own
9 p.m.
Hospitality Suite
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
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7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Registration/Information Desk
7:30–8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30–10 a.m.
Session E Workshops
E1 Bridging the
Gap: Delivering an Internal Leadership Development
Program (L)
Surveys and trends predict a daunting reality for
the nonprofit sector. The impending retirement of
baby boomers, transitions of current nonprofit
leaders into positions outside the sector, and fewer
up-and-coming leaders stepping forward are just a
few of the factors contributing to a projected
leadership gap. Learn how Lutheran Services in Iowa
is building organizational capacity through its
leadership development programs. Explore ways to
invest in the personal, purposeful, and professional
development of your agency’s next generation of
leaders.
Angie Chaplin, director, Center for Learning and
Leading, Lutheran Services in Iowa, Waverly
Bridging the Gap presentation
E2 Tips and Tools for Public Speaking
(OP)
Taking a senior leadership role in an organization
usually means speaking in front of groups. This
presentation will provide tips for both planned and
unplanned public speaking. Practice simple voice
exercises, discuss elements of a good speech, and
learn how to purposefully regain control when things
go awry.
Simon Bisson, chief development officer, and
Stephanie Schechter, senior counsel, presidential
initiatives and institutional advancement, Starr
Commonwealth, Albion, Mich.
Tips and Tools presentation
E3 Strategic Collaborating
(OR)
Organizations are continually searching for
opportunities to differentiate their services and
expand their ability to serve their client groups
while meeting their budgetary constraints. One of
the many benefits of your Alliance membership is the
ability to leverage your organizational expertise
with the national reach of FEI Behavioral Health,
one of the nation’s oldest employee assistance
program providers. During this session, you will
discuss case studies of previously successful
partnerships as well as explore creative strategies
for the future.
Sean B. Jones, director, network operations, Josh
Van den Berg, director, business development, and
Drew von Glahn, president & CEO, FEI Behavioral
Health, Milwaukee
10–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Session F Workshops
F1 Funding: It’s a
Whole New Day (OR)
Historically, human services have relied on
traditional funding sources with little risk to
service providers. Recent changes in public funding
resulted in increased reliance on federal Medicaid
dollars, but this comes with new rules requiring
providers to adapt to a fee-for-service environment.
Learn how one agency purposefully coped with the
challenges.
Colleen M. Jones, executive vice president and chief
operating officer, Metropolitan Family Services,
Chicago
Funding: It's a Whole New Day presentation
F2 Transforming Human Services to Older Adults
(OP)
The Alliance for Children and Families has been
awarded a $2.6 million grant by Atlantic
Philanthropies to improve the readiness of the
nation’s nonprofit human and social services
workforce to successfully address the dramatic
increase in the number of older adults as the baby
boom generation ages. During the 2006 planning
process that prepared the Alliance for this grant,
researchers uncovered surprising information about
the human service workers and agencies who relate to
aging adults and, more specifically, about the
Alliance membership. This workshop details these
discoveries and reviews the changing future of
aging, critical workforce issues, and a revised
continuum of care. It also familiarizes participants
with the goals and benefits of the New Age of Aging
initiative, training and education implications,
future dynamics of aging services, new models of
care, and the possibilities for radical change in
the field of aging.
Jonette Arms, project director, New Age of Aging,
Alliance for Children and Families, Milwaukee; and
Edward jj Olson, president, E jj Olson and
Associates, Milwaukee.
NAA Project Overview handout
NAA Transformations handout
Transforming Human Services to Older Adults
presentation
F3 Setting the Bar High: Perils of a Young Leader
(L/OR)
How do you deal with being promoted from within when
your staff is older than you? This presentation will
focus on unique challenges faced by supervisors
succeeding long-term predecessors. Participants will
learn how to set benchmarks that clarify new
expectations, five challenges faced by managers, and
how to achieve success in your new position.
Amanda Wilson, coordinator, domestic violence victim
assistance, United Family Services, Charlotte, N.C.
Setting the Bar High presentation
Noon–1:15 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30–3 p.m.
Session G Workshops
G1 My Staff’s
Driving Me Crazy: Tales of a New Supervisor
(L)
Senior leadership may lead you to become a CEO.
Becoming a CEO may fill your spirit, or you may find
yourself wanting to go back to the “good ol’ days”
of senior leadership—or both. Hear from three of our
own CEOs and ex-CEOs who got their start attending
the Senior Leadership Conference. What did they need
to know before they started their purposeful
journey? What was surprising in their transitions?
What would they do differently? What decisions will
you make?
Facilitator: Timothy Giacchetta, executive vice
president and chief operating officer, Northeast
Parent & Child Society, Schenectady, N.Y.
Faye Hegburg, deputy for programs, Charlotte L.
McConnell, executive director, Family and Child
Services of Washington, D.C., Inc.; and Gayle O.
Ricks, president and CEO, Growing Home Southeast
Inc., Cayce, N.C.
Special thanks to the
presenters for sponsoring this session.
G2 Becoming an Authentic Leader
(L)
Participants will learn how to use their own life
story to define the principles and values that
underscore the essential dimension of their own
authentic leadership. It is not learning or
discovering one’s style, but truly defining the
characteristics that make us purposeful leaders in
our own right. This workshop includes presentation
of the authentic leadership model and participant
activities with twelve core questions designed to
facilitate the definition and practices of authentic
leadership.
Claudia Arthrell, director of professional services,
Family & Children’s Services, Tulsa, OK.
Authentic Leader presentation
3–3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30–5 p.m.
Closing Plenary: Celebrating the Changing Role of
Nonprofit Leadership
Changes in nonprofits today affect CEOs and their
senior leaders in a myriad of ways. Changes in the
CEO role affect changes in senior leader positions
regardless of your title. Generation- al differences
in the workforce, changing demographics and
immigration, the federal deficit, and funding issues
all impact how we do our jobs. Laugh and learn how
to keep your sanity while running an agency.
Molly Greenman, president and CEO, Family &
Children's Service, Minneapolis; and Mary Jo
Monahan, president and CEO, Family Service Centers
Inc., Clearwater, Fla.
Special thanks to the
presenters for sponsoring this session.
6:30–11 p.m.
Celebration of Community
Not to be missed. Come celebrate our unique
community and this outstanding national peer
network. This banquet dinner is already included in
your conference registration fee.
Special thanks to Mutual
America for sponsoring this banquet.
11 p.m.
Hospitality Suite
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008
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Both Value-Added Workshops below have been canceled
due to lack of interest. Anyone who registered for
those workshops will have their $30 registration fee
refunded.
8:30–9 a.m.
Continental Breakfast -
For value-added
workshop participants only.
9 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Value-Added Workshops -
Cinema Ethics
-
Therapists and therapy are often portrayed in films.
As with most professionals, these depictions are
sometimes negative, sometimes positive, and
frequently inaccurate. Nevertheless, real therapists
and helping professionals can learn a great deal
about themselves from “reel” therapists. Film clips
are an entertaining, powerful, and effective means
for elaboration and discussion. This workshop will
provide a forum for therapists and helping
professionals to discuss ethical questions and
related professional issues. Objectives include
identifying appropriate levels of self-disclosure,
defining therapeutic relationships (gifts, touch,
out-of-office contact, and more), reasons for
setting limits and boundaries, and appropriately
addressing counter-transference issues. Limited to
the first 25 attendees.
Additional $30 fee.
John Jordan, director, counseling and education,
United Family Services, Charlotte, N.C.
Supervising for Success -
Working with youthful clients can be a tremendous
challenge, sometimes presenting overwhelming
physical and psychological challenges. As staff, we
would not hesitate to take on the challenge and
fight tooth and nail to be successful. However, when
those same staff members graduate into supervisory
roles, an often-heard comment among new supervisors
is, “The clients are no problem at all; it is the
staff that drive me nuts.” If that sounds like you,
then this workshop is for you. We will discuss tips
on creating successful supervisory relationships and
dealing effectively with staff members that makes
your life miserable. Come join in the fun and take
home some valuable insights and tools. Limited to
the first 25 attendees.
Additional $30 fee.
Gino DeSalvatore, director of residential treatment;
Beth Hail, director of school-based mental health
services; and John Page, senior vice president of
children, adolescent, and family services division;
Centerstone, Nashville
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