BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Social Current X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211111T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211022T014752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T000619Z UID:10000138-1636628400-1636632000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:How to Be an Inclusive Leader through rEvolutionary and Adaptive Leadership DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n To be a successful leader in today’s operating environment of rapid and unpredictable change\, it’s important to strengthen personal and professional competencies. Using Social Current’s rEvolutionary™ Leadership model enables senior and executive leaders to go beyond the everyday management of programs and services to address adaptive and systems challenges for lasting change. \nWhat makes rEvolutionary Leadership unique from other leadership development models? \nrEvolutionary™ Leadership provides a deep dive into four individual capacities that are then applied to integrated and inclusive strategies that can transform organizations into high-impact innovators: \n\nCognitive Capacity. The conscious\, intellectual ability to anticipate\, perceive\, understand\, and analyze environmental factors that drive the need for change.\nEmotional Capacity. The ability to emotionally process environmental factors that might lead to change and to experience the resulting empathy\, passion\, courage\, and resolve that motivate the leader to work for change.\nSpiritual Capacity. The ability to clearly envision a better future that can be brought about through change\, as well as the will to believe that achieving that future state is not only attainable but a moral obligation; it is the response to a higher calling or purpose.\nBehavioral Capacity. The ability to foresee and implement the tangible\, observable\, and measurable actions that will set change in motion; it is the action and management portion of leadership.\n\nAs leaders continuously invest in these capacities\, they are further enabled to manage and lead meaningful change\, which flows through the self\, team\, organization\, and communities and into the larger ecosystem of leaders\, teams\, organizations\, and communities. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n What You’ll Take Away\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n What You'll Take Away \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nIncrease understanding of the rEvolutionary Leadership Model\nHow to be an inclusive leader\nIncrease knowledge of adaptive leadership skillset\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Presenters \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Undraye Howard\n \n Senior Director and Special Advisor to the CEO for Equity\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Engagement\, Social Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Undraye Howard\n Senior Director and Special Advisor to the CEO for Equity\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Engagement\, Social Current \n \n Dr. Undraye Howard currently serves as the senior director and special advisor to the CEO for equity\, diversity\, inclusion\, and engagement at Social Current. In his high-impact roles with Social Current and its predecessor organization\, the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities\, he has provided invaluable consultation to community-based organizations (CBOs). In his current role\, he leads Social Current’s efforts in providing strategy\, solutions\, and support for the development of leaders in the social sector\, with an emphasis on equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI). Through his strategic leadership and direction\, he and a team of network leaders have co-created helpful resources\, consultative services\, and practices that uplift and disseminate best practices to help CBOs advance their impact on the EDI Journey. \nIn addition\, Howard was instrumental in developing the Social Current’s leadership model\, rEvolutionary Leadership\, enabling the development of change leaders driving for system and population-level results. Other endeavors in which Howard has led include the annual Executive Leadership Institute. This transformational experience equips leaders with the adaptive leadership knowledge and skill set needed to create greater systems change. \nHoward holds a doctorate in business from Bellevue University. He received his master’s in communication and bachelor’s business administration from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Tom Woll\n \n Facilitator\, Strategic Change Initiative \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tom Woll\n Facilitator\, Strategic Change Initiative \n \n Tom Woll is the facilitator of the Strategic Change Initiative. He has assisted organizations in 21 states over the last several years to identify and respond to the strategic challenges they are facing. Woll previously worked closely with the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities to help design and implement a project on residential transformation. This project worked with 36 organizations from 18 states to help them to become more family-focused\, more community-based and more results-oriented. \nWoll conducts 400 interviews every year with public and private sector leaders\, with practitioners in the field\, with families and youth receiving services\, and with elected public officials. He asks them to offer their thoughts on the future of human services and he shares those thoughts with the organizations he consults with. Woll has conducted over 2\,600 interviews since January 2010. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/how-to-be-an-inclusive-leader-through-revolutionary-and-adaptive-leadership/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Catalog-Image-rEvolutionary-Leadership.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211109T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T194535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211105T235210Z UID:10000134-1636459200-1636473600@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Advancing Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion for a More Perfect Union DESCRIPTION:Register Online \n \n Register: IDI® \n \n Programming is offered each day from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CT with two short breaks. \nParticipation Rates\n\nWorkshop: $650\nIntercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®): $288\n\nGiven the continued emergence of an interconnected society\, a global pandemic\, and protests and unrest calling for racial justice\, building organizational capacity for advancing equity\, diversity\, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders within social sector organizations to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all. \nThis journey begins by ensuring all people feel valued at work. It mandates the co-creation of an inclusive workforce that can foster the development of a healthy\, productive\, and peaceful society in which all people can participate and reach their full potential. \nDuring this virtual workshop presented by Social Current\, participants will explore their relationships with equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations. \nBecause advancing EDI requires more than just basic knowledge and the will to improve\, presenters will help participants understand their own biases as well as the role of historical discrimination\, non-inclusive behavioral actions\, and culture in creating an unjust society. \nThe workshop will include presentations of valuable information\, facilitated discussions\, reflection opportunities\, and dedicated planning time. In addition to learning about core concepts\, participants will put ideas into action with facilitated planning time. Everyone will have the opportunity to begin developing action plans for advancing their organizations’ EDI journeys. As such\, organizations are encouraged to send multiple employees that together can develop or work on current EDI plans for advancement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)\nTo be equipped to advance equity within your community\, organization\, and beyond\, it is essential to also understand and advance your personal journey. Enhance your participation in this workshop with the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)\, which provides valuable and actionable information about your own mindset/skillset toward cultural difference and commonality. The IDI®\, a 50-item online questionnaire\, has been developed and tested using rigorous cross-culturally validated psychometric protocols with over 220\,000 respondents from a wide range of cultural groups and countries. \nAdd this assessment to your workshop registration to receive practical and in-depth information. Individuals will receive a customized IDI® Individual Profile Report and participate in a 60-minute one-on-one debrief session with Alliance-COA Director of Evaluation and Research Phyllis Richards to discuss their results and develop a plan to meet their personal intercultural development goals. Richards is a qualified administrator of the IDI® and has more than a decade of experience in working collaboratively to address systemic racism and improve cultural competency. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Workshop Goals \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Who Should Attend\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Workshop Goals \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nHow EDI has changed over time within the U.S. as a result of legislation\nUnderstand the skills needed to advance your EDI personal journey\nHow biases\, racism\, and incivility are barriers to building an EDI-enriched workplace culture\nUnderstand their organization’s phase of EDI maturity\, and how to move to the next phase\nA multi-faceted approach for co-creating an organizational culture that fosters EDI\nOptions for addressing critical current issues\nHow to structure an organizational plan to advance EDI using results-based strategies\nCreate the skeleton plan with facilitator support\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Who Should Attend \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nStaff responsible for diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\nHuman resources professionals\nOrganizational development professionals\nExecutives\nBoard members\nExecutive search firms\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Presenters \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Undraye Howard\, PhD\n \n Senior Director of Equity\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Engagement\, Alliance-COA \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sheryl White\, PhD\n \n Vice President of Training and Organizational Development\, Neighborhood House Association \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jerica Broeckling\, M.A.\n \n Engagement Partner \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Phyllis Richards\, M.A.\, M.S.\n \n Director of Evaluation and Research Services\, Alliance-COA URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/advancing-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-for-a-more-perfect-union-2021-11-09/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EDI-Prefect-Union-Catalog-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211021T212350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T153536Z UID:10000137-1636034400-1636038000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Lost in Translation: Bridging the Gap Between Development and Finance DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Does it sometimes feel like there’s a rift between the priorities of the finance team and the goals of the development team? Is your organization at a crossroads in effective internal collaboration? \nJoin the experts from Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC) in an engaging and interactive discussion that will focus on strategies for overcoming the most common barriers to collaborative relationships between development and finance teams. Identify solutions and learn how to implement them based on real-world success stories. Participants will walk away with the tools—and confidence—to build a collaborative relationship between these departments\, no matter the size of the organization and number of staff. With newfound trust and accountability\, financial goals and program outcomes can be accomplished more efficiently and equitably. \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n What You’ll Take Away\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Who Should Join\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n What You'll Take Away \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nDiscuss common barriers that can cause the breakdown of collaborative relationships between development and finance staff\nShare common reporting differences between development and finance departments\nIdentify solutions that support collaboration between departments\nProvide tips for building collaborative relationships between development and finance staff\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Who Should Join \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nCFOs\nChief development officers\nFinance managers and staff\nFund development managers and staff\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Presenters \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Justine Townsend\, CPA\n \n Manager\, Your Part-Time Controller \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Justine Townsend\, CPA\n Manager\, Your Part-Time Controller \n \n As a manager and leader of the Arts & Culture Specialty Group at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC)\, Justine Townsend\, knows that your mission only succeeds when it’s delivered by a fiscally sound organization. She is a CPA\, alumna of the University of Houston\, and holds a Nonprofit Finance Certification from Rice University’s Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership. She is an adjunct professor of financial management for arts organizations for the University of Houston’s Master of Arts Leadership. She has worked with nonprofits for over 14 years. She has previously worked in financial leadership roles with the Houston Symphony\, the United Way\, and Galveston Bay Foundation. Additionally\, she served as a nonprofit auditor and managed over 35 nonprofit clients. Townsend uses her in-depth knowledge of nonprofit accounting practices and passion for the arts and service to the community\, to assist nonprofit organizations achieve their missions. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Haley Willis\n \n Staff Accountant\, Your Part-Time Controller \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Haley Willis\n Staff Accountant\, Your Part-Time Controller \n \n Haley Willis is passionate about supporting the missions of nonprofits and has diverse experience in a variety of roles within the nonprofit industry. As a staff accountant at Your Part-Time Controller (YPTC)\, she has helped countless nonprofits improve efficiency and streamline processes. She has a master’s in business administration from Sam Houston State University\, is an alum of the University of Texas at Austin\, and holds an Arts Management Certificate from McCombs School of Business Texas Executive Education. She has over 12 years’ experience working in nonprofits with a combined nine years in development and accounting. She is an avid supporter and volunteer of her local community nonprofits and a prior member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Her experience as a professional fundraiser has provided her valuable insight into the needs and goals of nonprofit fundraising and the collaborative relationship necessary for effective and accurate nonprofit accounting. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/lost-in-translation-bridging-the-gap-between-development-and-finance/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Catalog-Image-Bridge-the-Gaps.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211102T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211102T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T194535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T171730Z UID:10000133-1635850800-1635865200@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Advancing Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion for a More Perfect Union DESCRIPTION:Register Online \n \n Register: IDI® \n \n Programming is offered each day from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CT with two short breaks. \nParticipation Rates\n\nWorkshop: $650\nIntercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®): $288\n\nGiven the continued emergence of an interconnected society\, a global pandemic\, and protests and unrest calling for racial justice\, building organizational capacity for advancing equity\, diversity\, and inclusion is more critical than ever. The need for leaders within social sector organizations to understand and engage the current environment is essential in building an equitable society for all. \nThis journey begins by ensuring all people feel valued at work. It mandates the co-creation of an inclusive workforce that can foster the development of a healthy\, productive\, and peaceful society in which all people can participate and reach their full potential. \nDuring this virtual workshop presented by Social Current\, participants will explore their relationships with equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI) in a safe environment and make progress on developing an EDI action plan for their organizations. \nBecause advancing EDI requires more than just basic knowledge and the will to improve\, presenters will help participants understand their own biases as well as the role of historical discrimination\, non-inclusive behavioral actions\, and culture in creating an unjust society. \nThe workshop will include presentations of valuable information\, facilitated discussions\, reflection opportunities\, and dedicated planning time. In addition to learning about core concepts\, participants will put ideas into action with facilitated planning time. Everyone will have the opportunity to begin developing action plans for advancing their organizations’ EDI journeys. As such\, organizations are encouraged to send multiple employees that together can develop or work on current EDI plans for advancement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)\nTo be equipped to advance equity within your community\, organization\, and beyond\, it is essential to also understand and advance your personal journey. Enhance your participation in this workshop with the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)\, which provides valuable and actionable information about your own mindset/skillset toward cultural difference and commonality. The IDI®\, a 50-item online questionnaire\, has been developed and tested using rigorous cross-culturally validated psychometric protocols with over 220\,000 respondents from a wide range of cultural groups and countries. \nAdd this assessment to your workshop registration to receive practical and in-depth information. Individuals will receive a customized IDI® Individual Profile Report and participate in a 60-minute one-on-one debrief session with Alliance-COA Director of Evaluation and Research Phyllis Richards to discuss their results and develop a plan to meet their personal intercultural development goals. Richards is a qualified administrator of the IDI® and has more than a decade of experience in working collaboratively to address systemic racism and improve cultural competency. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n Workshop Goals \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Who Should Attend\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Workshop Goals \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nHow EDI has changed over time within the U.S. as a result of legislation\nUnderstand the skills needed to advance your EDI personal journey\nHow biases\, racism\, and incivility are barriers to building an EDI-enriched workplace culture\nUnderstand their organization’s phase of EDI maturity\, and how to move to the next phase\nA multi-faceted approach for co-creating an organizational culture that fosters EDI\nOptions for addressing critical current issues\nHow to structure an organizational plan to advance EDI using results-based strategies\nCreate the skeleton plan with facilitator support\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Who Should Attend \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nStaff responsible for diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\nHuman resources professionals\nOrganizational development professionals\nExecutives\nBoard members\nExecutive search firms\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Presenters \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Undraye Howard\, PhD\n \n Senior Director of Equity\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Engagement\, Alliance-COA \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sheryl White\, PhD\n \n Vice President of Training and Organizational Development\, Neighborhood House Association \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jerica Broeckling\, M.A.\n \n Engagement Partner \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Phyllis Richards\, M.A.\, M.S.\n \n Director of Evaluation and Research Services\, Alliance-COA URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/advancing-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-for-a-more-perfect-union/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EDI-Prefect-Union-Catalog-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211106 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T181900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211103T153605Z UID:10000131-1635724800-1636156799@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:2021 Executive Leadership Institute DESCRIPTION:Register Online \n \n In Chicago \nRegister on or before Sept. 17 to receive the early bird rate. The deadline to register is Oct. 17. \nSocial Current Network Organizations\nEarly Bird Registration: $3850\nRegular Registration $4350 \nAll Other Organizations\nEarly Bird Registration: $4850\nRegular Registration: $5350 \n \n\n \n Register Online \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n About the Institute\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Schedule\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n About the Institute \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \nThe Executive Leadership Institute (ELI)\, offered in partnership with Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business\, equips senior-level managers and executives with the knowledge and skills to oversee day-to-day operations\, and prepare for the future and greater systems change. Transactional meets transformational for this influential experience. ELI assembles a wide variety of faculty from the nonprofit and for-profit sectors\, as well as academia. The Social Current’s partnership with Quinlan means access to first-class faculty and specialized expertise\, as well as the flexibility to create a program to transform students’ leadership skills. The curriculum will not only challenge\, but offers a rare opportunity to focus on excellence\, impact\, and systems change. \nELI features 70 hours of content delivered over two concentrated sessions in consecutive years. The second half of the program culminates in the presentation of projects completed between the first and second sessions. The presentations are given before the assembly of participants and faculty. View an overview of the schedule. \nWho Should Attend\n\nExecutives\nManagers\nDirectors\n\nLocation & Lodging\nWe look forward to holding the 2021 Executive Leadership Institute in person at the University of Loyola Chicago. Upon request\, accommodations can be made for students to participate virtually. \nLocation\nLoyola University Chicago\n820 N. Michigan Ave.\nChicago\, IL \nLodging\nLoyola offers discounts for several hotels. Note\, the Executive Leadership Institute will take place on the Water Tower Campus. \nCancellation Policy\nAll cancellation requests must be made in writing and are subject to a $500 processing fee. Cancellations received after Oct. 27 will not be refunded. Credit toward future events is not currently possible. Notice of written cancellation must be emailed directly to the Meetings Department. \nDirect questions to the Meetings Department.  \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Schedule \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Monday\, Nov. 1\nNoon-1 p.m. CT \nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nOrientation\nInvesting in yourself and mission\nCommitments of High-Impact Nonprofit Organizations Overview\n\n1-2 p.m. CT \nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nVirtual welcome from Jody Levison-Johnson\, CEO of Social Current\n\n2-4 p.m. CT \nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nDISC Style\nWhat is your executive presence?\nCarol Fitzgibbons from Loyola\nMeet with cohort and debrief on the DISC style\n\nEvening \n\nNetworking dinner featuring roundtables focused on second-year students’ presentations\nChicago Themed Dinner – Location TBD\n\nTuesday\, Nov. 2\n8:30-10 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nDriving Mission\, Vision\, Strategy\, and Measurement across the Enterprise\n\n10-11:15 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nPanel Discussion – Managing for Mission from the C Suite\n\n11:15 a.m.-Noon CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nGroup activity/discussion on executive leadership\n\nNoon-1 p.m. CT \n\nLunch provided\n\n1:30-3 p.m. CT \n\nCompany visit off-campus – Cara Collective (transportation provided)\n\n3-4 p.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nDebrief about company visit at Loyola\n\n4-5 p.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nGroup activity/discussion on Mission/Vision/Strategy\n\nEvening \n\nDinner on your own\n\nWednesday\, Nov. 3\n8-10 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nFinding Your Funding Model\n\n10-11:15 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nPanel Discussion: Fundraising for Good\n\n11 a.m.-Noon CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nGroup activity/discussion around funding\n\nNoon-1 p.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nLunch provided at Loyola\nVirtual Lunch with ELI Alumni Board and Mentors\n\n1-4 p.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nEquity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion\n\nEvening \n\nDinner off campus – Location TBD\n\nThursday\, Nov. 4\n8:30-10:15 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nPanel: Building High-Performing Board\, Staff\, and Volunteer Teams\n\n10:30 a.m.-Noon CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nEmpowering Your Team through Strengths-based Approaches\nDr. Philip Hong\, Loyola University\n\nNoon-1 p.m. CT \n\nLunch provided by Loyola\n\nAfternoon \n\nCompany visit off campus – Gary Comer Youth Campus\nTransportation provided\n\nEvening \n\nDinner on your own\n\nFriday\, Nov. 5\n8:30-10 a.m. CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nOverview of projects\nInitial peer conversation within the cohort on proposed projects\n\n10 a.m.-Noon CT\nAvailable for Remote Participants \n\nProject presentations\nDebrief in context of year one projects: Lessons learned\, advice\n\nNoon-1 p.m. CT \n\nGraduation and certificate award ceremony\n\n  URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/2021-executive-leadership-institute/ LOCATION:Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business\, 16 E. Pearson St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60611\, United States CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ELI-web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T100000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211019T180513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T043450Z UID:10000136-1635415200-1635415200@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Federal Recovery Funds for Community Health: Advancing Equity and Resilience through Public-Private Partnerships DESCRIPTION:Trillions of dollars are flowing into states and communities across the country through multiple federal investments as part of the implementation of: \n\nCoronavirus Aid\, Relief\, and Economic Security Act (CARES)\nFamilies First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)\nAdditional FY 2021 appropriations\n\nDesigned to bolster public health capacity\, stimulate economic recovery\, and reduce inequities\, these funds represent an unprecedented opportunity to invest in transformative change. Yet\, many states and communities may not have the familiarity to develop complex strategic\, cross-sector plans or capacity to distribute the large amounts of money headed their way. One way nonprofit human services organizations can leverage their experience and commitment to the communities and populations they serve is through public-private partnerships that support the distribution of resources to ensure that funds are allocated equitably\, yield meaningful improvement in community health\, and pave the way for future advancement of the ensures sustainable change and resilient communities. \nDuring this webinar\, Glenn Landers\, Director of Health Systems of the Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University\, and Jeffrey Levi\, Professor of Health Management & Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University\, will share insights on the scale\, scope\, and distribution of federal COVID-19 funding. They will explore how states are seeking to inform\, influence\, and facilitate forward-thinking investment decisions. \nDrs. Landers and Levi are collaborators on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported Aligning in Crisis initiative. This overview is intended to help community-based organizations understand the different types of funding streams that can advance opportunities and engage the four principles for resilient and equitable recovery. \nWhat You’ll Take Away\n\nCommunity capacity gaps that human services organizations can fill\nStrategies and tactics that structure support in fair and equitable ways\nTypes of relationships to consider with community sites\, such as adviser\, technical assistance\, convener\, or fiscal agent\nResources that can support capacity building for community leadership\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nExecutives\nPolicy staff\nProgram managers\nFund development/grant writers\n\nPresenters\nGlenn Landers\nDirector of Health Systems\nGeorgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University \nJeffrey Levi\nProfessor of Health Management & Policy\nMilken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/federal-recovery-funds-for-community-health-advancing-equity-and-resilience-through-public-private-partnerships/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211026T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T175339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T044610Z UID:10000130-1635260400-1635264000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Equity-Driven Fundraising and Marketing: Building an Authentic EDI Lens DESCRIPTION:Register Online \n \n As fundraisers and marketers\, we can play a powerful role in dismantling racism. Our messages influence our communities. Our language can help shape policy. Our words carry currency. How we talk about it matters. Every philanthropic and nonprofit organization has an extraordinary opportunity and responsibility to do better. Frankly\, society’s need for many of the programs and services provided by the human-serving sector stems from systemic racism. Until we name that\, we cannot create the real and lasting change with families and communities that our mission statements loftily promise. \nFor an organization to put equity at the center of its mission\, values\, and leadership\, it must look deeply into all aspects of agency operations—including fundraising and marketing. Guided by two expert fundraising and marketing professionals\, this webinar will candidly explore how the language of fundraising\, use of illustrations\, and characterizations of clients can contribute to their marginalization and oppression. We also will discuss strategies and tactics that likely reinforce negative attitudes by donors towards those in the community served. Special emphasis will be given to the problems that have been perpetuated because of the overwhelming lack of diversity among professionals in the field\, evident in the majority percentage of fundraisers who are white (79%). \nTopics for discussion will include: \n\nMoving to community-centric instead of donor-centric fundraising\nHonoring clients’ life experiences and hard work in partnering with organizations and donors\nHiring fundraising and marketing staff of color proportionate to communities served\nUsing language\, illustrations\, and photos that honor and represent our communities\nInvolving the whole organization and board members in supporting equity\, diversity\, and inclusion\nAuthentically engaging with all organizations in the community\, particularly the NAACP\, Urban League\, LGBT centers\, and other local or regional groups\nImplementing a sample list of effective steps to avoid a repeat the failures described in the 1968 Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (i.e.\, the Kerner Commission Report)\nTalking with funders about supporting equity in your community with their investment\n\nThe presenters will share the knowledge gained from their experiences in highly diverse communities. All have made strides toward greater equity\, diversity\, and inclusion in their organizations and will offer practical solutions. Both are white leaders who are committed to using their voices and their privilege to become better allies. \nParticipants will be encouraged to share their stories of success\, however large or small. The presenters will invite questions throughout the session to ensure there is clarity and a diversity of ideas for solutions discussed. A custom toolkit of action items\, checklists\, and tips to advance equity in marketing and fund development will be distributed. \nThis presentation is sponsored by the Alliance-COA’s Fundraising\, Marketing\, and Communications Peer Exchange\, which serves as a place to make connections\, share ideas\, and ask questions among professionals working in fund development\, marketing\, communications\, and public relations. Participants in this community also have access to a comprehensive library of resources\, including a variety of materials on multiple topics designed to assist with creating a fund development plan\, engaging board members in fundraising\, building a brand strategy\, and staying current with ever-changing digital trends\, among many other vital fundraising\, marketing\, and communications functions. \nWhat You’ll Take Away \n\nResources for beginning your own EDI journey and centering your work through an EDI lens\, including opportunities to consider how you have or plan to abandon stereotypes in your communications and how to have honest conversations with donors about racism\nA deeper understanding of the critical role organizational communications play in shaping the perceptions of the organization held by clients\, philanthropic donors\, contracting entities\, public and private marketing partners\, and the public\nAppreciation for the corrective actions needed for stereotypes among clients and these stakeholders\nAwareness of fundraising\, marketing\, and communications’ role and responsibility in ensuring authentic EDI engagement across the organization; these include assessments\, services\, outreach\, and especially staffing representative of the makeup of the community\, e.g.\, POC\, API\, indigenous peoples\, First Americans\, LGBTQAI+\n\nWho Should Join\n\nChief development officers\nFund development staff\nMarketing staff\nChief executives\nCOOs\nBoard members\n\nPresenter\n \nLeonard P. Iaquinta\nPrincipal\nLen Iaquinta’s Excellence in Communications Inc. \nLen Iaquinta is a career fundraiser of millions of dollars in major gifts\, grants\, and periodic funds. Recognized as a strategic thinker\, he is passionate about improving the culture of philanthropy. He augments the performance of nonprofit organizations in fund development and public communication. Iaquinta advises the Nonprofit Development Certificate Programs of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and teaches six-hour modules. He often presents regional and national workshops. Iaquinta is a past two-term board member and a 20-year member of the steering committee of the Fundraising\, Marketing and Communications Peer Exchange of Alliance-COA. \nFollowing study at Northwestern University (B.S.J.) and Columbia University in the City of New York (M.S.J.)\, he joined the Academy for Educational Development in New York City. There he raised funds from the U.S. government and private foundations and staffed projects including the reporting of human behavior\, minority recruitment into journalism\, and higher education management. \nHe led the United Way of his hometown and devoted 30 years to successful university fundraising and alumni programming at his alma maters and public campuses. As a board member and officer\, he has led human development services agencies to improve their philanthropic performance and enhance their public reputations during his 52-year career. Iaquinta has been a leader in the LGBTQAI+ community since 1971. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJocelyn Mourning\nVice President of Advancement\nThe Family Conservancy \nJocelyn Mourning is a fundraising and communications expert focused on helping children grow up in healthy communities with thriving families so they may experience well-being throughout their lives. She is passionate about Kansas City families and was born and raised in the KC Metro. Mourning has been overseeing the increasingly successful fundraising events\, grants\, and other donor relations at The Family Conservancy\, a 140-year-old nonprofit\, since 2012. \nShe holds a fundraising certificate from the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Missouri – Kansas City’s Bloch School of Management\, is a CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive)\, and also has marketing and sales experience in the for-profit sector. Mourning is co-chair of the Fundraising\, Marketing\, and Communications Alliance-COA Peer Exchange Group core team. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Register Online URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/equity-driven-fundraising-and-marketing-building-an-authentic-edi-lens/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T202105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T044346Z UID:10000135-1635260400-1635260400@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:An Introduction to COA Accreditation DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n This free 30-minute webinar provides an introduction to the COA accreditation process. It is perfect for anyone seeking accreditation for the first time\, interested in what is required to become accredited\, or mandated to become accredited by state or federal legislation (such as the Family First Prevention Services Act). Participants will gain an understanding of the key concepts that define COA\, the steps toward becoming accredited\, and the benefits of accreditation. There will also be a Q&A portion for us to answer any questions you might have. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/an-introduction-to-coa-and-the-accreditation-process/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211015 DTSTAMP:20260415T033321 CREATED:20211001T185418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T043731Z UID:10000132-1633996800-1634255999@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:SPARK 2021 DESCRIPTION:Register Online \n \n Designed by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and Council on Accreditation (Alliance-COA)\, SPARK 2021 is a three-day virtual learning experience that will activate the power of the social sector. It also signals an exciting new era for us and the sector\, as we will be launching our new organization during the opening session. \nRegister for this three-day\, virtual learning experience\, to convene leaders from across the human services ecosystem to create a unified\, intrepid\, just\, and purposeful network so that all people can thrive. \nFueled by a commitment to advance equity and improve the well-being of all people\, we will elevate important conversations around some of today’s most vexing challenges and inspire participants to implement innovative practice\, policy\, and research. \n  \nLearning\nLearn about advancing equity at the individual\, organization\, and systems levels. \nVIEW LEARNING \n  \nSchedule\nDon’t miss a moment. Check out the schedule for all SPARK sessions and speakers. \nVIEW SCHEDULE \n  \nSponsors\nMany thanks to our SPARK sponsors for making this virtual experience possible. \nVIEW SPONSORS \n  \n  \nOpening Headliner\n \nDr. Ibram X. Kendi\nBestselling Author\nHow to Be an Antiracist \nAndrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities\nBoston University \n  \nClosing Headliner\n \nHeather McGhee\nBestselling author\nThe Sum of Us \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nThank You to Our Diamond Sponsors!\nView All SPARK 2021 Sponsors.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nContact SPARK 2021 support with questions. \n\n \n\n \n Register Online URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/spark-2021/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/spark-2021-_GIF_light-cropped.gif END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR