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We are increasingly being asked to develop, describe and document and the impacts of our programs and services. This brief interactive seminar will give us a chance to workshop existing tools. It will also provide some brief tips on administration, analysis and dissemination of findings. Feel free to bring a tool that you have already been using and see how it can be improved!

Participants Will Learn:

• What makes a good client satisfaction tool
• How to critique and improve existing tools
• Get feedback on tools they have been using
• Tips for administration, analysis and dissemination

Who Should Attend:

• Front line practitioners
• Those seeking to develop or improve client satisfaction tools
• Community members
• Students

Tired of seeing your research reports sitting on a shelf? A fundamental principle of community-based research is ensuring that action outcomes emerge as a result of research. The 'gold standard' outcome for CBR projects is to affect public policy.

So, how do I go from research to affecting public policy.....?

Participants Will Learn:

• translating completed research into social change
• strategies and tactics for the use of research as a tool for advocacy
• impacting public sector decision makers
• incorporating learning into future research design

Who Should Attend:

• funders of community-based research
• community members, researchers, practitioners and others involved in community-based research
• those involved in capacity-building and community development
• policy makers

As a leader, manager or coordinator of any service agency or programme you appreciate the vital importance of clear, motivational communication.Improving your written and person-to-person communication skills will move your organization and programmes forward.

The workshop will give you a system for creating effective communications.You will come away with a set of principles, which will make you, now and in the future, a more disciplined, persuasive communicator.

Participants Will Learn:

The Human Rights Code is all about respect in the workplace. Come to an all day workshop where we will understand our rights and responsibilities under the legislation, explore real-life vignettes, and identify which behaviours/environments contravene the Code. Dealing with complaints filed at the Human Rights Commission can be a lengthy and costly process and quite disruptive in an organization. Learn management responsibilities and some simple strategies in preventing discrimination and harassment to create a respectful environment in the workplace.

You will learn:

• your rights and responsibilities under legislation
• how to avoid costly human rights actions
• the tools to help create an inclusive workplace

This workshop will consist of short lectures, case studies and quizzes in a format that is highly interactive and informative.

Who should attend:

Supervisors and Managers who wish to avoid the disruption and high cost that results from dealing with complaints filed at the Human Rights Commission, will find this workshop a “must attend.”

Workshop Leader:

This workshop is being provided in partnership with The Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto.

This workshop introduces participants to the specifics of program planning in the context of working with multiple stakeholders, complex issues, and building upon community capacity.  Content will focus on some key tasks such as developing outcome objectives, as well as tools and approaches to overcoming common barriers to effective program planning. 

Description

Over the last decade we have developed alliances, networks and partnerships in our sectors and communities.However, we often don't understand how they are very different than the organizations we work in. This interactive workshop is designed as an introduction to the essential principles and frameworks of building successful alliances, coalitions and partnerships and provides a foundation for more advanced workshops on this topic.

Participants Will Learn:

• Identify the 7 common misconceptions of alliances, coalitions and partnerships
• Describe the top 5 challenges and benefits
• Develop successful partnerships using a 6 step framework
• Identify successful partnerships and best practices.
• Improve your effectiveness with alliances, coalitions and partnerships
• Identify and explore power issues and dynamics

Who Should Attend:

Are you stuck in conflicted or toxic situations at work or in your personal life?

• Are you avoiding confrontations or open conflicts?
• Do you still feel uncomfortable even after a conflict has been resolved?
• Do you experience indecision, doubts, confusion, and/or procrastination?

This experiential workshop goes beyond the traditional conflict resolution program, and specifically explores the personal dimension of conflict. It focuses on what prevents us from dealing with conflict in a healthy and constructive way, taking each conflict as a golden opportunity to create more peace and stronger relationships at work and in our personal lives.

Workshop purpose:

• Identify and dissolve the personal blocks to a healthy approach to conflict.
• Take responsibility for our own conflict patterns.
• Develop the courage and clarity to face, embrace, and transcend each conflict without giving in or giving up our personal needs.
• Create more peace and stronger relationships at work and in our personal lives.

Participants will learn: