Minneapolis NRP Neighborhoods Conference
Saturday, May 17, 2003
Track 1 Workshops: Better
Organizations
Organization Building (Session I): How do you energize and motivate
people to take action and get involved? Learn proven and effective organizing
strategies that will help build and improve your volunteer and donor base, and
build new leaders for your organization. Presented by Jay Clark, Val Barnes and
Robert
Thompson.
Get The Most From Your Board,
Volunteers And Staff (Session II):
The most valuable asset of any organization is its people. With scarce resources
growing scarcer, it is even more vital for neighborhoods to get the most from
volunteers and paid staff. Learn about how to delegate responsibility and
assign tasks to get the most from your most important resource! This workshop
will be presented by Jennifer Valley of Americorp, Doug Kress, recent Executive
Director of Stevens Square Community Organization, and Cara Letofsky of Lyndale
Neighborhood Association.
Partnering For The Future (Session
III): Sooner or later, most neighborhoods will need to enlist the
help of another organization. Still, working together is rarely easy, and
philosophical and organizational differences can threaten collaborative
efforts. In this workshop, Barb Lickness and Rita Ulrich will lead a discussion
on sustaining successful partnerships.