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The 2006 conference will offer the following educational workshop tracks:

  • Information systems, technology & management (IT&M)
  • Board & leadership (B&L)
  • Fiscal & human resources (F&HR)
  • Employment & training (E&T)
  • Public policy & issues (PP)

Workshop titles, presenters and descriptions are subject to change.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Workshop Sessions C - 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

W8C - Planning for Successful Communities (IT&M)
Bettie Stammerjohn, Stammerjohn Consulting
An organization has to know the needs it is attempting to address. However the needs of the community may not always be reflected in the agency's plan of action. To be most effective a Community Action Agency should regularly assess the community in which they operate. Learn how planning and assessment practices and principals can help agencies focus their abilities to understand the needs of the community, enhance the mission of Community Action and ensure a successful community. A variety of technology options that compliment and aid assessments will be addressed.

W9C - Moving Boards in the Right Direction (B&L)
John Wilson, CAAP
Governing a Community Action Agency is an important and complicated job. Board members must understand a wide range of agency services and have competency in a breadth of functions. This session will provide an overview of maintaining and developing a board's skills and commitment. Board members, and staff that support board functions, will be introduced to evaluation, development and recruitment concepts beginning with a board self-evaluation exercise. Each participant will receive a resource kit that can be utilized within their own Community Action Agency.

W10C - Taking Care of Your Money (F&HR)
Douglas Byers, Graystone Bank, Todd S. Dellinger & James L. McCurdy, Dellinger, Dolan, McCurdy & Phillips Investment Advisors, Inc.
Managing assets isn’t just for the clients of a Community Action Agency. Taking care of the organizations funds and properly managing the agencies assets is an important and crucial function. Does your agency have a strategy for administering financial assets? Is their a plan of action on how to oversee and invest reserve funds? This session will provide the answer to these and other questions that Community Action Agencies need to consider in order to take care of their money.

W11C - Move to Action (E&T)
Ruth Ann Vandyke, Division of Policy & implementation, Bureau of Employment & Training, Dept. of Public Welfare
A follow up to the SE/SWP Regional Networking Roundtable, Ms. Vandyke will provide an overview and review of the role of her department and the interaction with SE/SWP vendors. She will address comments arising from the networking roundtables and how the common goals can be collectively addressed.

W12C - Extraordinary Influence & Obligations: Political Activity and the CAA (P&P)
Anita Lichtblau, CAPLAW
Political activity is a necessary and important aspect for operating a Community Action Agency. Helping to influence the system is crucial to advancing the mission of Community Action, though it needs to be done within specific guidelines. Keep yourself and your agency out of trouble by learning how the intricacies of the Hatch Act apply to Community Action Agencies.


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