These FREE web/audio conferences are designed to give participants
an opportunity to share and discuss of-the-moment issues affecting
the nonprofit and charitable sector. For more information on
sessions and dates, and to register online, visit
ecvosectorcastseries.eventbrite.com.
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Welcoming Newcomers to Canada in the Workplace
Workshop
6 Fridays (September 24, October 1, October 8,
October 15, October 22 and October 29)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Support Network (#400, 10025-106 Street, Edmonton)
Nonprofit/voluntary sector
executive directors, board members, volunteer managers and
nonprofit/voluntary staff members will benefit from attending this
6-session workshop series that explores how to create an inclusive,
equitable and respectful work environment in which the skills and
knowledge of all volunteers are recognized and valued.
Participants will have an
understanding of the different categories under which
immigrants/refugees enter Canada, and ways in which newcomers can be
welcomed and provided with ongoing support in the workplace.
Participants will evaluate their current workplace/volunteer
policies and practices to determine how effectively they currently
support newcomers and discuss how their policies and practices can
be modified to be more inclusive.
Cost is $300/person which
includes all six sessions, materials and refreshments. For more
information and to register online visit
2010newcomersworkshop.eventbrite.com.
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How to
Connect with Immigrant and Refugee Communities: the Multicultural
Coalition Experience
Tuesday, August 17,
2010
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
First Christian Reformed Church
10956 - 96 Street, Edmonton (free parking on the street)
This workshop will include:
- Cultural Competency Workshop in context of
the realities of Edmonton’s own ethnocultural communities
- Understand who the emerging immigrant and
refugee cultural communities are in Edmonton and how to connect
with them
- Coordinated opportunity to meet and build
relationships with immigrant and refugee community leaders in
attendance
- Research results from the Coalition’s
“Community Research on the Experience of Ethnocultural
Communities in Supporting Newcomers” (see the report
here)
Cost for the workshop (a fundraiser for community projects) is $120
per person. Please RSVP by August 6, 2010 to Humza at 780-423-1973
or
makhdoom.coalition@gmail.com.
Download the
invitation.
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Celebrating Diversity: New Opportunities
for the Future series
First session
of the series:
The Case for Building an Inclusive Workplace: What's in it for you?
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Santa Maria Goretti Community Centre
11050 - 90 Street, Edmonton
How can you
make your organization more welcoming and inclusive? How can this
improve your programs and services? Learn from a panel of HR experts
from the nonprofit and private sectors as they discuss how your
organization can benefit from a more diverse workforce and welcoming
workplace. Discover employee recruitment and retention practices
that will put your organization ‘ahead of the curve' and help you
attract terrific staff from a broader labour pool.
For more
details, contact Mandie Abrams, Workforce Strategy Program Manager
at
workforcestrategy@ecvo.ca.
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Fund Raising Success: Where to Start and How to
Build it
(Video Conference)
Speaker: Tim Haak
August 6, 13, 20 and 27 (Fridays), 2010
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, each day
Jasper, AB and Red Deer, AB
This series of four sessions is offered via video
conference in Jasper and Red Deer, Alberta.
This primer will help you understand how to ensure
that your organization is ready to raise funds, select the right
prospects (those you hope will give) and the right method(s) for
raising those funds. There will be a strong focus on the
basics--the steps to building a fund development program that will
allow your organization to successfully address its mission.
Most of all, you will come to appreciate that
fundraising is not just about raising money. It is about inviting
others to join you in support of making your community better by
adding their time, talent and money to the effort and making a
difference in the lives of others.
The registration fee for all four sessions is $60 per
person. Online registration is available at
eventbrite.com. Download the workshop poster
here.
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Executive Leadership in the Non-profit Sector
Grant MacEwan University
Now
accepting applications for
September 2010
The Executive Leadership in the Non-profit Sector program was
developed in response to the need for leadership development for
current and future executive-director-level employees of non-profit
organizations. It has been designed for those who are already
working in the non-profit arena, or who are looking to move into the
sector. The program will provide the learner with skills unique to
the non-profit sector, teaching leadership competencies as defined
by the
National Learning Initiative for
the Voluntary Sector.
Delivered
in a hybrid model, with most of the coursework completed through
distance, on-line delivery, the program will take twenty months to
complete. Assignments and projects will be tailored for completion
within your current work environment or with the assistance of a
non-profit organization.
For more program details visit
Executive Leadership in the Non-profit Sector or email
executiveleadership@macewan.ca. For
further information on registration or to arrange an in-person
information session, please contact Kirsten Milner, Program Advisor,
at 780-497-5268.
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