BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.18//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/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20251112T191804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T151859Z UID:10000542-1773144000-1773147600@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Executive Leadership Institute for Organizational Impact: Creating an Internal Leadership Academy DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n To be successful\, nonprofit leaders must oversee day-to-day operations\, leverage community and staff strengths\, anticipate trends\, and drive systems change. So\, how can executive-level leaders prepare to have transformative impact in their organizations and communities? Attend a live dialogue with Robena Spangler\, senior director of leadership and organizational development\, to learn how Social Current’s Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) builds leadership capacity and creates a return on investment for organizations. \nIn addition\, Robena will be joined by ELI alum Devin Burgin vice president of psychiatric residential treatment facilities programming at KidsTLC\, who will highlight his experiences and how the institute has impacted him and his organization. He’ll also share his self-designed project to create an internal leadership academy that amplifies leadership and helps staff transition from manager to leader. \nThis session will feature an overview of the program\, an opportunity to meet and hear from ELI alumni\, and time for Q&A. Join Robena and our featured ELI alumni to learn about unique aspects of the institute\, including the weeklong in-person event\, year of online learning\, mentoring program\, alumni network\, and self-designed projects that address an organizational challenge. \nTakeaways\n\nAbout the Executive Leadership Institute\nBenefits and return on investment for organizations\nBenefits for leaders\nTime for Q&A\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nCEOs\nSenior Management\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robena Spangler\n \n Senior Director\, Leadership and Organizational Development\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robena Spangler\n Senior Director\, Leadership and Organizational Development\nSocial Current \n \n Robena Spangler is an innovative senior executive with over 30 years of experience in behavioral health\, human services\, and advancing equity and inclusion work. The majority of her career has been dedicated to systems improvement within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Spangler held several leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She has provided professional coaching and leadership development for teams and individuals on a national level. \nIn addition to her public and private sector work\, she is an adjunct instructor at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS)\, responsible for facilitating accelerated programs in human services for adult learners. Her current role\, as an EDI and leadership strategist\, is to design and manage all aspects of Social Current’s leadership and organizational excellence portfolio. Spangler holds a bachelor’s in sociology and human services along with a master’s in leadership and professional advancement. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Devin Burgin\n \n Vice President of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Programming\nKidsTLC \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Devin Burgin\n Vice President of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Programming\nKidsTLC \n \n Devin Burgin joined KidsTLC in 2013 as a residential care facilitator in the psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF). After serving in that capacity for two years\, he made the transition to program implementation manager. During his three years in this role\, he oversaw a residential unit\, was the school manager\, and eventually transitioned to director of unit clinical operations\, where he helped oversee day-to-day residential operations on campus. In 2023\, Devin transitioned to his current role as vice president of PRTF Programming\, where he oversees the program implementation managers and supervises residential operations. \nDevin graduated with his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Pittsburg State University in 2013. With this degree\, he still has a huge passion for health and fitness and conducts personal training outside of KidsTLC time. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/executive-leadership-institute-for-organizational-impact-creating-an-internal-leadership-academy/ CATEGORIES:Leadership Development and Organizational Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ELI-Event-Image2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20260106T155904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T182856Z UID:10000579-1773320400-1773324000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Crisis Communications & Rapid-Response Strategies for a Quickly Evolving Policy Environment DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n Executive orders\, agency memos\, legislation\, and litigation have contributed to a rapidly shifting and increasingly complex federal environment. The number and scope of federal actions have created key barriers to compliance\, amplifying the need for organizations to communicate quickly and clearly to ensure staff and partner organizations are prepared to adapt and that clients understand expected changes. \nThis webinar offers a practical framework for crisis communications and rapid response planning\, helping human service professionals establish protocols that prepare their organizations to respond to a rapidly shifting climate. Participants will review strategies for preparing an organizational plan\, including ethical considerations for ensuring thoughtful\, purposeful responses remain issue focused and values driven. \nParticipants will also examine common challenges\, including procedures to ensure all organizational actions remain accurate and timely as issues continue to evolve rapidly. Through collaborative discussions\, participants will gain the tools needed to navigate uncertain environments\, mobilize stakeholders\, and build long-term resilience in their advocacy. \nTakeaways\n\nCore components of a rapid response and crisis communications plan\nStrategies to monitor and evaluate advocacy campaigns in real time\nPathways to leverage organizational data to shape decisions and drive change\nApproaches to integrate feedback loops to support continuous improvement\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nCommunications and advocacy teams leading rapid response work\nExecutive leaders overseeing crisis decision making\nData and evaluation staff supporting measurement efforts\nPolicy and government affairs professionals responding to legislative or administrative change\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Blair Abelle-Kiser\, PhD\n \n Senior Director of Government Affairs\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Blair Abelle-Kiser\, PhD\n Senior Director of Government Affairs\nSocial Current \n \n Blair Kiser\, Ph.D.\, joined Social Current in 2022 after working in health policy on Capitol Hill\, the non-profit sector\, and as a biomedical researcher. Most recently\, Blair served as Director of Government Relations & Advocacy for NephCure Kidney International. \nDuring their time in public service\, they served as a Professional Staff Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. They led a corporate investigation regarding insider trading and financial improprieties\, conflicts of interest associated with Operation Warp Speed’s leadership\, and scientific information politicization. Prior to joining the Select Subcommittee\, they worked for Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)\, where they served as a Health Policy Fellow. In Senator Brown’s office\, they led a range of legislative and oversight efforts involving public health and healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic\, they worked with several community hospice advocacy organizations and a Republican office to help craft the bipartisan COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020. \nPrior to public service\, Blair spent several years as a medical research scientist on several industry and NIH-funded projects. Their work focused on developing research projects and clinical trials to improve the lives of African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease. They earned a doctorate in Biomedical Science from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2017 and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Kentucky in 2011. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abigail Levine\n \n Field Mobilization and Policy Manager\nSocial Current URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/crisis-communications-rapid-response-strategies-for-a-quickly-evolving-policy-environment/ CATEGORIES:Policy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Policy-Advocacy_1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T235959 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20260121T202527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T202529Z UID:10000581-1773619200-1773705599@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:On the Road: ACRC Annual Conference  DESCRIPTION:“Quality is the Tie that Binds: Our Enduring Commitment to Excellence” \n \n See You in Chicago  \nJoin us in Chicago March 16-19.  \nAre you attending this event? \nMake sure to stop by our exhibit booth to learn all about Social Current’s complete range of solutions.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\nThe Association of Children’s Residential & Community Services’ 70th Annual Conference will take place in Chicago\, where ACRC was founded\,  March 16–19 at the Hilton Chicago. ACRC seeks to improve how children receive care and take steps to make the health care system better for young people.  URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/on-the-road-acrc-annual-conference-3/ CATEGORIES:On the Road ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/On-the-Road.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20260106T163559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T161018Z UID:10000580-1773838800-1773842400@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Cultivating Policy Expertise: Building Skills\, Confidence\, and Clarity Among Human Service Professionals DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n Engaging in policy and advocacy often presents complex challenges\, especially as the federal environment shifts rapidly and the resulting regulations and legislation carry far-reaching impacts. This webinar is designed to demystify policy conversations and provide practical tools to help staff feel informed\, confident\, and empowered to participate in advocacy efforts. \nParticipants will review strategies to simplify complex policies into clear\, relevant messaging\, while connecting program experiences to broader systemic issues. This session will include strategies for preparing staff to speak with legislators\, funders\, community partners\, and the media\, regardless of prior experience. Participants will explore how advocacy can amplify their organizations’ missions; discuss pathways to communicate unified\, strategic concerns; and review considerations to ensure advocacy does not restrict their roles and responsibilities. \nThe session will also address common challenges\, including differing levels of policy literacy\, uncertainty about nonprofit advocacy rules\, and anxiety around answering difficult questions. Facilitators will offer tools and templates to lead advocacy trainings and create a values-aligned culture that supports policy engagement. \nTakeaways\n\nApproaches to helping staff increase comfort\, fluency\, and preparedness for policy discussions\nTools to translate complex policies into accessible and action-oriented messaging\nTechniques to connect frontline experiences to systems-level challenges and opportunities\nGuidance to prepare staff for legislative meetings\, site visits\, public events\, and media interactions\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nMembers of the Social Current Grassroots Advocacy Network: Join online\nExecutive Directors and Senior Management: Leaders responsible for setting organizational strategy and engaging with policymakers and stakeholders\nAdvocacy and Policy Directors: Individuals who develop and implement advocacy strategies and engage in policy analysis and outreach\nCommunications and Public Relations Managers: Professionals focused on crafting and disseminating the organization’s message to the public and media\nProgram Managers and Coordinators: Staff who oversee program implementation and need to align program goals with advocacy efforts\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Blair Abelle-Kiser\, PhD\n \n Senior Director of Government Affairs\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Blair Abelle-Kiser\, PhD\n Senior Director of Government Affairs\nSocial Current \n \n Blair Kiser\, Ph.D.\, joined Social Current in 2022 after working in health policy on Capitol Hill\, the non-profit sector\, and as a biomedical researcher. Most recently\, Blair served as Director of Government Relations & Advocacy for NephCure Kidney International. \nDuring their time in public service\, they served as a Professional Staff Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. They led a corporate investigation regarding insider trading and financial improprieties\, conflicts of interest associated with Operation Warp Speed’s leadership\, and scientific information politicization. Prior to joining the Select Subcommittee\, they worked for Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)\, where they served as a Health Policy Fellow. In Senator Brown’s office\, they led a range of legislative and oversight efforts involving public health and healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic\, they worked with several community hospice advocacy organizations and a Republican office to help craft the bipartisan COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020. \nPrior to public service\, Blair spent several years as a medical research scientist on several industry and NIH-funded projects. Their work focused on developing research projects and clinical trials to improve the lives of African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease. They earned a doctorate in Biomedical Science from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2017 and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Kentucky in 2011. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abigail Levine\n \n Field Mobilization and Policy Manager\nSocial Current URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/cultivating-policy-expertise-building-skills-confidence-and-clarity-among-human-service-professionals/ CATEGORIES:Policy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Policy-Advocacy_1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20260205T201746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T145946Z UID:10000592-1773842400-1773846000@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Uncovering Development Needs with the Leadership Gap Indicator (LGI) DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n This is the second in a series of webinars that discuss the benefits of assessments to individuals\, teams and/or the entire organization. Assessments are important tools for identifying strengths\, gaps\, and opportunities for growth and transformation for individuals\, teams\, and organizations. \nDuring this session\, we will discuss the Leadership Gap Indicator (LGI). The Leadership Gap Indicator (LGI) is a team and organizational assessment that evaluates existing organizational leadership capabilities and how they relate to future success. The LGI gathers and analyzes leaders’ opinions about development needs. Results can be used to create plans for developing leadership talent within teams\, departments\, or the entire organization. We will explore the specific features of the LGI and how the results can inform strategic decisions for leadership development and organizational success. \nRelated content: \n\nHow Assessments Can Fuel Personal and Organizational Growth (on-demand webinar)\nUse the Right Tool for the Right Job: How Assessments Can Fuel Growth (blog post)\nAbout the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®)\n\nTakeaways\n\nAn overview of the LGI and its features\nHow the LGI can be used to support staff and build more effective teams/departments/ organizations\nHow the LGI can be used to develop organizational training\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nTeams/organizations looking to understand the strengths and development needs of their leaders\nTeams/organizations committed to providing relevant development opportunities that support the professional growth of leaders and the success of the organization\nOrganizations interested in developing/or expanding their strategic pathways for training and development\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robena Spangler\n \n Senior Director\, Leadership and Organizational Development\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robena Spangler\n Senior Director\, Leadership and Organizational Development\nSocial Current \n \n Robena Spangler is an innovative senior executive with over 30 years of experience in behavioral health\, human services\, and advancing equity and inclusion work. The majority of her career has been dedicated to systems improvement within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Spangler held several leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She has provided professional coaching and leadership development for teams and individuals on a national level. \nIn addition to her public and private sector work\, she is an adjunct instructor at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS)\, responsible for facilitating accelerated programs in human services for adult learners. Her current role\, as an EDI and leadership strategist\, is to design and manage all aspects of Social Current’s leadership and organizational excellence portfolio. Spangler holds a bachelor’s in sociology and human services along with a master’s in leadership and professional advancement. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Phyllis Richards\n \n Director of EDI & Research\nSocial Current URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/uncovering-development-needs-with-the-leadership-gap-indicator-lgi/ CATEGORIES:Leadership Development and Organizational Excellence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Org-Excellence_Data_1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T134500 DTSTAMP:20260410T133005 CREATED:20251209T161540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T161542Z UID:10000560-1774530000-1774532700@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Building a Healthy Workplace Culture: Having Difficult Conversations DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n Staff at human and social services organizations are facing stress\, change\, and conflict on multiple levels. Vicarious trauma and the socio-political climate are contributing to staff feeling drained and disengaged. \nThis six-part webinar series will equip staff and leaders at all levels with foundational mindsets\, knowledge\, and skills to help themselves and their colleagues prioritize well-being at work\, manage through uncertainty\, and handle conflict with compassion. Through presentations\, self-reflection\, and interactive discussions\, participants will learn about core mindsets and strategies rooted in neuroscience that can help them build a healing-centered organizational culture. \nEach session will offer key concepts and practical application tools for participants to apply to their daily work and interactions with colleagues. \n\nRegulation Strategies for Staying Well at Work: Jan. 22\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\nExecutive Functioning Skills: Feb. 26\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\nHaving Difficult Conversations: March 26\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\nHealthy Boundaries and Expectations: May 28\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\nPsychological Safety\, Accountability\, and Support: July 23\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\nSelf-Compassion: Sept. 24\, 1-1:45 p.m. ET\n\nHaving difficult conversations is an essential leadership skill. Effective leaders must be equipped to provide feedback productively\, work through disagreements\, reflect on challenges\, acknowledge feelings\, invite feedback\, and apologize. In this session\, participants will learn research-based strategies to prepare for\, initiate\, and stay engaged in difficult conversations. \nTakeaways\n\nBrain science concepts\, strategies\, and tools to increase well-being and resilience in the workplace\nAwareness of executive function skills and how to strengthen them\nStrategies for having difficult conversations\nTips for communicating expectations and setting healthy boundaries\nLeadership strategies for increasing psychological safety in the workplace\nKey concepts to deepen self-compassion and connection at work\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nManagers and supervisors\nExecutives and senior leaders\nDirect service staff\nHuman resource staff\nStaff with responsibility for equity\, diversity\, and inclusion\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 Karen Johnson\n \n Senior Director of Change in Mind\nSocial Current \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kelly Martin\n \n Director of Practice Excellence\nSocial Current URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/building-a-healthy-workplace-culture-having-difficult-conversations/ CATEGORIES:Webinar,Brain Science,Workforce Resilience ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Brain-Science_2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR