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Thursday February 2, 2012
AASCF News
Big Thanks to all our delegates, sponsors, presenters, speakers, entertainers, committee members, special guests, event planner, donators and volunteers!! Our 4th Annual Conference was a big success and we couldn't do it without you!
It was great to see so many of you and a pleasure to meet those of you I hadn't before. I was very happy to hear the positive feedback regarding the ease of use and available resources on the AASCF Website. This website is member driven so don't hesitate to share your feedback, suggestions or submission with me - email sdurrant@aascf.com
One thing I discovered is that many frontline employees and in some cases program managers were unaware of the resources available to them on our website so please take a minute and let your staff/directors/volunteers/students and others know that these resources are available to them at www.aascf.com or they can scroll down the right column of this newsletter and click directly on any topics of interest.
New AASCF is pleased to welcome Dr. Bill Madsen back to Alberta and invite you to attend!
Developing Practice Frameworks / Tools Supporting Implementation of Outcome Based Service Delivery (OBSD) Including examples from “Signs of Safety” and Other Strength Based Approaches Presented by: Dr. Bill Madsen
Edmonton February 24, 2011, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.|
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Registration
New Outcomes Training - Registration Now Open
The Ecology of Inter Agency Collaboration (AASCF & Services For Children and Families)
This workshop is a follow-up/continuation of the ideas presented at the very popular and well-attended Learning Our Way Symposium session, Collaborative Practice.
Live or via Webcast – Edmonton February 8, 2012 1:00 – 4:30 pm.
Lessons We Are Learning from OBSD Implementation
AASCF's Sandra Maygard and someone from the Ministry, will be presenting at the Alberta College of Social Workers Annual Conference, March 22 - 24, 2012 the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton on the topic: Lessons We Are Learning from OBSD Implementation
New AASCF Governance Resources January 2012
Advocacy for Boards of Human Service Organizations – Helpful Hints
Advocacy for Boards of Human Service Organizations – Questions and Answers
New - Video’s from AASCF Pre Conference Session Strengthening Our Networks – Boards Meeting Boards Dinner Meeting January 25, 2012 Edmonton
Board Cafe Video 1
Board Cafe Video 2
Board Cafe Video 3
Group Source
Peter Dudding
Additional Recent Governance Posting
The Inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom: Leveraging the Transformative Potential of Diversity Patricia Bradshaw, PhD, and Christopher Fredette, PhD May 06, 2011 Nonprofit Quarterly
9 Ways Board Members Can Raise Money Without Fundraising Social Velocity January 2012
Thirty-Minute Presentation - Good Governance: Legal and Ethical Compliance for Charity Boards Capacity Builders
Rethinking the Annual Report for Video Ever considered replacing your annual report with a video instead? Maybe you should! CommunityOrganizer2.0
Sector News
Charities Connection No. 11 - January 2012
Canada Summer Jobs 2012
Application accepted February 1 to February 29, 2012
CBC Radio Interview with CEO Bruce Uditsky, Executive Director of AACL January 31, 2012 comments on the Alberta government's response to the scalding death of a 35-year-old vulnerable man in a group home
Call for Paper Deadline Extended to February 29, 2012
International Child and Youth Care Conference Oct 9-12, 2012 Canmore
Open Call For Proposals Youth Homelessness: Promising Practices for Prevention and Reduction Deadline: February 29, 2012 (23:59 Pacific Time).
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Homelessness Knowledge Development Funding
Provides funding to stakeholders, including not-for-profit organizations, researchers and academics, to develop knowledge on homelessness issues. HKD funds projects that focus on data development; research and analysis; identification and sharing of best practices; and knowledge dissemination.
Under the renewed Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS), measures to strengthen the relevance of research funded by the HPS are being introduced to meet communities’ knowledge needs concerning homelessness. In addition, emphasis is being placed on ensuring that findings are widely disseminated so that communities are able to identify problems and develop effective solutions.
ECVO is Looking For a Few Good Programs
ECVO has partnered with the University of Alberta to develop a series of case studies on learning centred organizations. They are looking for organizations who:
provide continuous learning opportunities
use learning to reach their goals
link individual performance with organizational performance
foster inquiry and dialogue, making it safe for people to share openly and take risks.
embrace creative tension as a source of energy and renewal
are continuously aware of, and interact with, their operating environment.
If this sounds like your organization and you are willing to dedicate a approximately two to three hours to the student researcher as well as provide relevant documentation and resources, please contact Mandie at 780-421-1660 or workforcestrategy@ecvo.ca by Feb. 3, 2012.
Volunteer Canada launched the new National Volunteer Week (April 15-21, 2012) Website Find new tools and resources to support voluntary organizations and volunteer centres in their efforts to recognize Canada’s volunteers.
The Senate Human Rights Committee is beginning a study of Cyber-bullying. They will consider how to protect the rights of children affected by cyber-bullying and how best to prevent cyber-bullying. This will be an extended study over 2012. If you have suggestions, you can send a letter or submission to the committee through the clerk: Daniel Charbonneau at charbd@sen.parl.gc.ca
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Management & Leadership
Visit
Management & Leadership on our website to view all resources.
The best leadership books of 2011 - Leadership experts from Warren Bennis to Tom Peters share their picks of the best leadership books to hit shelves this year The Washington Post on Leadership
An Executive Director’s Guide to Financial Leadership Kate Barr and Jeanne Bell December 25, 2011 The Nonprofit Quarterly
Video: Managing ‘B’ Players – the solid performers in your organization Harvard Business School
Tutorial - The case for change management Fill-in-the-blanks Change Management Learning Centre
Leadership and Emergence Claire by Reinelt Leadership Learning Community January 2012
She talks about the pattern of how change happens and she reflects on what leadership looks like in a movement for change.
How Strategic is your Recruitment? Deborah Meehan Leadership Learning Community January 2012
Deborah Meehan examines the importance of "who to recruit" when developing a leadership program
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Workshops & Conferences
As always we continue to add upcoming scheduled training to the
Workshop/Conference section of our website and are adding an average of 40 new event a week so please check regularly to see what’s new. Our website includes many online training events as well which might be of particular interest to those of you from rural areas. There are so many new training events open for registrations - so take a look at what 2012 has to offer.
The following are just a few of the latest workshops posted.
Action Learning - Maximizing its Use in Community-Based Leadership Development Programs (LLC)
Webinar April 23, 2012 11:00AM-12:00 Noon PDT (2:00PM-3:00PM EDT)
The Promise and Perils of Supporting and Evaluating Network Formation (LLC)
Webinar - February 15th 11:00AM-12 Noon PDT (2:00PM-3:00PM EDT)
Online Course Program Design and Evaluation: Measuring Impact to Strengthen Programs
Registration Deadline: Monday, March 12, 2012
Online Course Starts March 27, 2012
Building Partnerships and Collaboration Across Sectors
Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 05, 2012
Online Course Starts April 12, 2012
Prosci Webinar Schedule February - March 2012
Cost-benefit analysis for change management
Integrating change management and project management
Five levers of change management
Applying the Prosci ADKAR® Model
Effectively positioning change management
NEW - Insights from Prosci's new benchmarking study
ACDS
Free Online Foundations Training For Staff Working In PDD Funded Agencies Or Family Managed Services (FMS)
Available January 1 2012 and March 31 2012
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Funding Deadlines
Westbury Legacy Award
Nomination deadline is February 6, 2012
Mental Health Commission of National Mental Health Awards
Now Accepting Applications Deadline February 16, 2012
Provincial Child Care Award Nominations
Deadline February 17, 2012
First Calgary Savings 2010 Community Vision Award
Deadline February 22, 2012
Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL)
Nominations for all the awards must be received in the AACL office by February 28, 2011
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