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Workshop Agenda

Friday, February 5th  9:00 – 4:00 - Casper, Wyoming

 I.  Implementing Organic Assessment
            A.  Shifting from Static Structures to Dynamic Systems
            B.  Shifting from Producing Programs to Creating Effective Communication
            C.  Shifting from Reactive Concoctions to Constructive Connections
            D.  Shifting from Problem Solving to Generative Thinking
            D.  Standing at the Nonprofit Edge

II.  Navigating White Water in a Leaky Raft
            A.  Identifying Stages of Organizational Development & Transition
                        Creating/Comfort/Chaos/Conflict/Crisis

III.  Strategies for Addressing & Implementing Organizational Change & Transition
            A.  Establishing a Sense of Urgency     
            B.  Creating a Guiding Coalition
            C.  Developing a Compelling Vision                 
            D.  Communicating the Compelling Vision
            E.  Translating Compelling Vision into Community Setting
            F.  Generating Short-Term Wins
            G.  Consolidating Gains & Creating More Change
            H.  Anchoring New Approaches into Organizational Culture

IV.  Choreographing the Board/Staff Dance 
            A.  Board Responsibility for Maintaining Duty of Care, Obedience, & Loyalty
            D.  Staff Duty of Implementing Policies, Procedures, & Programs

Working Lunch – 12:00 – 12:30

 V.  The Genesis Matrix
            A.  Exploring Organizational Cultures of Cultural Organizations
                        1.  Genesis/Creating Culture                 
3.  Warrior/Combat Culture
                        2.  Exodus/Searching Culture               
4.  Temple/Place Culture
            B.  Applying the Genesis Matrix to Fundraising Strategies
            C.  Reframing from “What We Need” to “What We Give”
            D.  Breaking the Fifth Wall

VI.  Nurturing the Poetry of Place
            A.  Understanding Relationship of Sense of Place & Poetry of Place
            B.  From Counting Carbon Footprints to Creating Social Footprints
            C.  Exploring the Relationship Between Creativity, Healing, & Spirituality
D.  Creating Organizations Creating Communities Through Engaging the Democracy of Civil Discourse