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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:THE BASIC GOODS FROM

KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM HOLDERS PROVEN STRATEGIES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES FROM EXPERIENCED NON-PROFIT LEADERS

WORKSHOP DATES: JANUARY 29TH - FEBRUARY 26TH, 2015

CONTINUING EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMSSchool for Professional Studies and Research

City University Canada

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OVERVIEW

NEW! NEW! NEW! INTRODUCING AN EXCITING NEW MODULE!

City U’s Executive Leadership Program is pleased to continue to offer executives and managers in the non-profit sector a unique educational experience that will challenge their thinking, strengthen their skills and connect them to their peers. The first 3 Executive Leadership sessions (held in May-June 2013, October-November 2013, and February-April 2014) were met with tremendous enthusiasm and satisfaction from more than 50 participants who attended.

Consistent with CityU’s educational philosophy, a team of experienced, pre-eminent leaders instruct this dynamic and highly interactive Executive Leadership Program. This program is intended to engage CEOs, Executive Directors and senior management team members who are already working in community non-profit organizations and in the NGO environment.

Convened by senior consultant and community leader, Gerry Zipursky in collaboration with CityU Principal of Canadian Programs, Dr. Arden Henley, the program is designed to suit the schedules of today’s busy leaders.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:THE BASIC GOODS FROM

KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM HOLDERS PROVEN STRATEGIES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES FROM EXPERIENCED NON-PROFIT LEADERS


FINE DETAILS

WHEN

Five weekday mornings: January 29 – February 26, 2015

Module # Date Time Presenter - Module

1 Jan. 29, 2015 9:00am – 2:00pm Paula Carr - “The diversity advantage: Intercultural approaches”

2 Feb. 5, 2015 9:00am – 2:00pm Paul Sullivan - “Communications and media in the non-profit sector”

3 Feb. 12, 2015 9:00am – 2:00pm Arden Henley - “Professional development and succession building”

4 Feb. 19, 2015 9:00am – 2:00pm NEW! David Van Seters - “Advancing sustainability in the non-profit sector”

5 Feb. 26, 2015 9:00am – 2:00pm Gerry Zipursky - “Fund development and building strong corporate/non-profit relationships”

WHERE

CityU’s downtown Vancouver location at 789 West Pender at Howe (3rd floor). Accessible by bus, Skytrain and West Coast Express.

COST

$975.00 for all 5 modules – includes a working lunch; Registration is limited. CityU alumni receive 25% off the module fee.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The Program is designed for:• Non-profit CEOs and Executive Directors & Senior Managers

• Senior Management who intend to become an E.D. of a non-profit organization

• Board of Directors Leadership of a non-profit organization

WHO TO CONTACT

For program questions contact Gerry Zipursky:Email: [email protected]: 778-588-5018

For registration contact CityU:Email: [email protected]: 604-689-2489A registration form and payment options will be emailed to you.

CERTIFICATION & FOLLOW-UP

CertificationParticipants will receive a completion certificate in Executive Leadership issued by the City University of Seattle in Canada upon completion of at least 4 of the 5 sessions.

Elective Mentorship ServiceRecognizing the importance of support and follow-up, the Executive Leadership Program offers an elective mentorship service with faculty members. For a period of six months after the conclusion of the program presentation two hour sessions can be booked at a discounted rate.

Elective RoundtableSix months after the conclusion of the program convener and faculty member, Gerry Zipursky will host roundtables at the university featuring discussion of program outcomes and practical application with a maximum of 6 participants.


WORKSHOP MODULES

JA N UA RY 29, 20 15

THE DIVERSITY ADVANTAGE: INTERCULTURAL APPROACHES

Paula Carr

Our communities have always been diverse in ages, abilities, gender and perspectives. However, they are changing dramatically, in both our rural and urban centers, primarily as a result of increased immigration and globalization. Responding to this changing environment, at times of fiscal restraint, requires new thinking, new approaches and new relationships. Based on the growing body of evidence and practice based knowledge on inter-culturalism emerging around the world, this module will explore the co-creation of ideas and actions that are happening between people, sectors and disciplines that are different from one another, to broaden leadership capabilities, and to bridge social capital and relations.

Participants in this module will: 1. Examine the diversity emerging in our

communities and the impact on our work around community well-being.

2. Understand the reasons why intercultural approaches are emerging.

3. Map out the approaches to integration.4. Explore the space “in between” our

differences through our experiences of engaging different people, sectors, and disciplines.

FEBRUA RY 5 , 20 15

COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR

Paul Sullivan

With media fragmenting into a multitude of channels and so many voices clamouring to be heard, it is becoming increasingly challenging for non-profits to get their messages out to their key audiences. So much depends on a successful communications program – sponsorship and fund-raising, program participation, partnerships, advocacy, government and community relations not to mention internal goals, such as employee and program effectiveness. Organizations need coherent, comprehensive communications strategies that rise above the noise and allow them to pursue their objectives with the resources they have at hand, plans that work, and can be measured against concrete goals.

Participants in this module will:1. Learn how a clearly articulated and

integrated internal and external communications plan is critical to organizational success.

2. Identify the principles and components of a successful communications strategy that embraces internal and external objectives.

3. Understand how both social and traditional media work and learn to leverage media to promote organizational objectives.

4. Go through media and presentation training to acquire a working knowledge of techniques that allow for the effective communication of key messages – including how to deal with a communications crisis.

FEBRUA RY 12 , 20 15

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING

Arden Henley

Like all organizations successful non-profits need to attract and keep the right people ‘on the bus’. This module will address key issues in the professional development of leaders, how leaders learn to lead and the critical and often overlooked area of succession planning. Taking the approach that leadership can be learned by individuals and cultivated by organizations, specific organizational strategies, pathways to professional development and scenarios are discussed.

Participants in this module will:1. Explore the ways in which leaders

learn to lead and the key factors in the development of successful leaders.

2. Map out ways in which leadership knowledge and skills can be consciously enhanced by leaders.

3. Identify organization strategies to recruit, educate, empower and retain leaders.

4. Examine succession practices and develop a professional development and succession plan.


FEBRUA RY 19, 20 15

ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR

David Van Seters NEW

In an increasingly globalized world in which environmental resources are being rapidly depleted; pollution, waste and carbon dioxide are rapidly building up; and income disparities and many other social ills have reached record levels, it is imperative that every organization be aware of actively contributing to sustainability. Non-profit organizations play an especially important role in fostering a sustainable future because their core mandate often involves directly addressing social and/or environmental issues. In this high interactive module, David Van Seters will present an overview of key sustainability concepts and then engage the participants in a discussion about how they can contribute to sustainability in their organizations and their personal lives.

Participants in this module will:1. Learn basic sustainability concepts

and identify the root cause of our sustainability challenges.

2. Discuss how to integrate sustainability into non-profit enterprise operations.

3. Identify ideas for new sustainability-inspired enterprising non-profits.

4. Discuss opportunities to collaborate with other organizations to maximize their sustainability impact.

FEBRUA RY 26 , 20 15

FUND DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING STRONG CORPORATE/

NON-PROFIT RELATIONSHIPS

Gerry Zipursky

Competition to secure sustainable Funding Dollars for non-profits from the government and corporate sectors has never been so challenging. What should be the role of the Executive Leadership in Fund Development? How can special gala events and other fundraising activities continue to enlist the support of the private and corporate sectors? Is it possible to depend on sustainable funding from the corporate sector?

Participants in this module will:1. Review different roles for the Executive

Leadership in Fund Development.2. Explore and examine different means

to secure, increase and sustain development funding from the public and corporate sector.

3. Examine ways of building stronger and more engaging relationships with the Corporate Sector.

4. Examine ways of engaging your board leadership to support and participate in your fundraising and development needs.


FACULTY TEAM MEMBERS

PAULA CARR

Paula Carr has worked in the community sector and with municipal and provincial departments, supporting intercultural leadership for over 40 years in Canada. She has delivered training, coaching, mentoring and inspirational presentations

in over 50 different learning venues, reaching hundreds of organizations, public bodies and academic institutions throughout Canada and internationally in the areas of intercultural leadership and neighbourhood development.

For 25 years, Paula was the Executive Director of Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) in Vancouver, Canada. Throughout her tenure, CNH grew a local and diverse workforce of 100 staff and 400 volunteers, developed new integrated facilities and meeting places, revitalized geographic areas and created over 200 new integrated services to serve a diverse population with over 149 different partners.

She has worked in connecting diverse service areas including health, education, social services, childcare, culture, recreation, arts, neighbourhood development, community safety, and employment. Recently Paula was awarded the Alan Thomas Fellowship to explore the developmental processes and approaches the Renfrew Collingwood neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada took to build an intercultural community and workplaces. This reflection is currently being shared to further evolve our intercultural approaches within the Renfrew Collingwood neighbourhood and elsewhere.

PAUL SULLIVAN

Paul Sullivan is the Principal of BreakThrough Communications and is an award winning journalist and communications strategist recognized by the Vancouver Sun as one of the 20 most prominent British Columbians on the Internet

in 2008. His 30 years of media experience give him keen insights into how to effectively position clients to stand out in the marketplace and manage delicate issues with diplomacy and tact.

Prior to establishing BreakThrough Communications, Paul was President and Director of Strategy for Sullivan Media. Paul has developed communications strategies, media-trained senior executives and implemented communications programs for some of Canada’s leading companies including RBC, TELUS, SFU & Canadian Mental Health Association, among others. Paul was formerly Western Editor of the Globe and Mail. He has also served as Managing Editor of The Vancouver Sun, host of the CBC Radio’s Early Edition, and was a senior news editor at the CBC-TV news program, The Journal, based in Toronto.

Still a working journalist, Paul continues to be published in his twice-weekly column in the Metro newspaper. He is a judge for both the National Magazine and National Newspaper Awards, and has taught communications and journalism at both UBC & SFU.

ARDEN HENLEY

Arden Henley is the Principal of Canadian Programs for City University of Seattle and former Advisor to the Provincial Counsellor Education Task Force and Chair of the Board of the BC College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and

Acupuncture Practitioners. Previously, Director of the White Rock Family Therapy Institute, Director of Clinical Services at Peach Arch Community Services, and the Executive Director of the South Okanagan Children’s Services Society, Arden has consulted broadly with community and government agencies about organization development issues.

His recently published book entitled Social Architecture: Notes & Essays summarizes his experience as a therapist, community leader and organization development consultant.


DAVID VAN SETERS

David is President of Sustainability Ventures, a sustainability consulting firm that uses economic and financial tools to make the business case for sustainability in government, organizations and communities.

He is also an entrepreneur who has helped launch or grow a number of triple bottom line enterprises. One of these businesses was an organic grocery home delivery company called Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD). He served as the President and CEO of this company for 12 years and grew it to become the largest organic food delivery service in North America. In July 2010, David stepped back from a management role at SPUD to pursue other sustainable business ventures. He is currently pursuing opportunities in sustainable building, sustainable transportation, sustainable food systems, and the sharing economy.

GERRY ZIPURSKY

Gerry Zipursky brings to CityU in Canada an extensive career and wide range of community development experience in the non-profit sector. His many years in the Neighbourhood House movement in Vancouver include working at Gordon

House, Mount Pleasant House as well as being the founding Executive Director of South Vancouver Neighbourhood House. Gerry was the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver for twenty two years and became the driving force of the Centre transforming what was a 45,000 sf 30 year old facility into a 135,000 sf state of the art multi-purpose recreational, educational, cultural, arts and social service organization.

Gerry’s capability includes innovative and creative programs, major international events and facility development. Prominent in the non-profit sector, Gerry’s expertise includes extensive capital and endowment fund development and community leadership relations with the corporate sector. He has been a consultant to a wide range of community organizations and Boards including most recently Building Community Society of Greater Vancouver, Aboriginal Mother Centre and the Vancouver Police Department’s Odd Squad Productions Society and Gibsons Public Market Society. Gerry has participated as a board member of numerous local, national and international non-profit organizations and institutions.

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