Individually Unique Collectively Strong 
will offer the following educational workshop tracks:

Leadership Development (LD)
Resource Development (RD)
Workforce Development (WD)
Agency Development (AD)
Thought Leadership Super Sessions (TLS)
VISTA Development (VD)

Use the abbreviations as a guide to determine which workshops will best fit your interest and educational needs. Workshop titles, presenters and descriptions are subject to change. 

Workshops run on the following time schedule:

Wednesday, April 18
Session A: 10:20 to 11:50 a.m.
Thought Leadership Super Session: 1:45 to 3:45 p.m.

Thursday, April 19
Session B: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Session C: 1:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Session D: 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Friday, April 20
Session E: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Download the workshop by track schedule (PDF)

Download the full descriptions of all educational offerings (PDF)

Workshop by track
Leadership Development track

A1: Which bus is your board on? Driving good governance (LD)
Elizabeth Vibber, Catalyst Center for Nonprofit Management

B7: Executive Director’s roundtable (LD)
Susan Moore & Tay Waltenbaugh, Community Action Association of Pennsylvania

C12: Enhancing economic development through material reuse (LD)
Ted Reiff, The Reuse People of America, Inc.

D17: Improving performance through lean thinking (LD)
Tania Bogatov, KeyStone Research Corporation

E21: Decade to doorways: A plan to prevent and end homelessness (AD)
Adrienne Nash, Dolores Colligan, Jeremiah Kauffman, Dan Orr, Chester County Department of Community Development

Resource Development track     Sponsored by

A2: Ensuring knowledgeable, commited leadership: CAAP focus group (RD)
Barbara Mooney, Community Action Association of Pennsylvania

B8: Social enterprise: How to make money and protect your charitable status (RD)
Laura Solomon, Laura Solomon and Associates

C13: The new reality: Community development with diminishing resources (RD)
Christopher Gulotta, The Gulotta Group, LLC

D18: Sponsor it now! Cause marketing trends (RD)
Laura Solomon, Laura Solomon and Associates & Valerie M. Jones, Valerie M. Jones Associates

E22: Excellence in reporting: Creating collective statewide reporting (RD)
Dan Leppo, Kenneth Straub, Deborah Hennon & Rodney Rhodes, CAAP Excellence in Reporting Subcommittee

Workforce Development track

A3: Career pathways to career ladders (WD)
Barbara Kroh, G. Jean Burrell & Lori Zampogna, Greater Erie Community Action Committee

B9: Impact on the centralized worksite (WD)
Joan Wojdak, Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency

C14: Framework for empowering economic success (WD)
Holly Chase, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency

D19: Bridges Out Of Poverty: Part 1 (WD)
Myka Piatt, Community Action Association of Pennsylvania

E23: Bridges Out of Poverty: Part 2 (WD)
Myka Piatt, Community Action Association of Pennsylvania

Agency Development track

A4: Mobilizing your agency for political action (WD)
Dave Coplan, Executive Director, Human Services Center Corporation

B10: Don’t reinvent the wheel: Let’s share (AD)
Debby Hennon, Lawrence County Community Action Partnership, John Litz, Allegheny County Department of Human Services & Tammy Knouse, Fayette County Community Action Agency

C15: Why your emails don’t get opened (AD)
Dave Yunghans, Constant Contact

D20: Social media made easy (AD)
Dave Yunghans, Constant Contact

E24: Having difficult conversations with employees (WD)
Kimberly Nash, Alpha Benefits Group

Thought Leadership Super Sessions

TL5: Building the non-profit profile
Robert Egger

TL6: Unleash your inner tyrant
Jeff Havens

VISTA Development track