Faith and community based
organizations are in key positions to facilitate linkages between their
customers and economic security resources like education, job skills
and public benefits. This workshop explores how such organizations can
enhance the value of their program offerings by implementing
best practices and capacity building
strategies.
Facilitating Access to Income Enhancement Resources
April 23, 2010, Mike Vogler, Moderator
New Futures will facilitate a panel
of experts with information on a wide range of income enhancement
resources available primarily through public benefit programs such
as: EITC, CTC, IDAs, Medicaid, educational scholarships, child
care, cash assistance, job training, nutritional
supplements, housing, etc.
Building and Sustaining a Dynamic
Board
May 7, 2010, Freeman McKindra,
Presenter
This workshop will look at how to
plan, build and maintain a strong and productive board of directors
with interactive sessions that allow attendees to assess their present
board and design
corrective measures if needed.
Preparing Youth with 21st Century
Work Skills
May 21, 2010, Derek Moore, Presenter
Want to learn strategies that can
help your organization or community group prepare themselves to
effectively develop or improve a successful youth
employment program? Come and listen
to tips regarding organizational professional.
Looking Good - Doing Good: Nonprofit
Marketing
June 4, 2010, Kathy Barbeire,
Presenter
Explore strategies to craft
compelling stories and develop creative methods to deliver your messages to
partners, funders, clients, and volunteers. This workshop will begin
with the basics of design principles and
move into more complex topics in marketing strategy.
Promoting Asset Building
June 18, 2010, Martie North,
Presenter
Participants will learn how to
readily identify their personal assets in a way they may never have seen
them before. With this information, you will see how
building assets at any age will provide access
and opportunity to a better quality of life.
Risk Management and Internal Control
July 9,
2010, Mark Perry and Mike Pierce, Presenters
This
workshop will explain risk management and why it is essential
in all organizations. It will provide some techniques and
procedures that can be utilized in even the smallest organization
to better protect its assets.
Dislocated Workers
July 23, 2010, W.J. Monagle,
Presenter
This workshop will use the emerging
field of "Green Jobs" to discuss the changing needs and
demands on the 21st Century Workforce. What job skills will be
required to adapt to that environment? Participants will discuss when they
need to be competitive-and
when they need to collaborate-in order to thrive.
Basics of Grant Proposal Development
August 6, 2010, Hayse "Q" Miller,
Presenter
This workshop will cover the nuts
and bolts of composing different kinds of proposals - start
up, maintenance, organizational research and preparing the typical
components of a proposal - the cover letter,
abstract, statement of need, and evaluation.
Financial Management
August 20, 2010, Mike Pierce,
Presenter
This workshop will present an
introductory level overview of concepts
and tools used for effective financial management.
Documentation - Telling Your Story
September 10, 2010, Loretta Pittman
and Deara Threet, Presenters
This workshop will focus on the
importance and usefulness of a quality record keeping system. It
will look at best practices in maintaining effective records of
programming components, activities
and services.
Building Partnerships
September 24, 2010, Deara Threet and
Mike Vogler, Presenters
Partnerships between two or more
organizations can be an effective way to broaden your customers'
access to important supports and services. This workshop will cover
several types of organizational partnerships, and will examine tools
to formalize relationships between
partnering organizations.
Workshop Presenters
Kathy
Barbeire has 10 years experience developing effective marketing
strategies for nonprofits in central Arkansas and he Mississippi Delta
region.She graduated Magna Cum Laude
from the UALR Rhetoric and Writing Program. Kathy has eveloped
web-communication strategies for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Our House shelter
and BCD, Inc.She is currently the
director of marketing and public relations at The Salvation Army Central
Arkansas Area Command.
Freeman
McKindra, Sr. is a native of Arkansas. After completing high school,
McKindra studied at Arkansas A.M.& N. College of Pine Bluff, AR, Howard
University in Washington, D.C., and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,
IL.He has more than 30 years
experience with government and private companies as a community and
organizational development consultant.
Hayse "Q"
Miller is the coordinator of the Region 9 Prevention Resource
Center for the Family Service Agency. He considers his proudest moment as being
the son of Betty Jean.
W.J.
Monagle has served as Executive Director of the Little Rock
Workforce Investment Board since October 2007. He served as Operations and
Administrative Coordinator for the City of Little Rock's Department of
Community Programs from 2001 to 2007.
Derek
Moore currently serves as Student Success Coach and Adjunct
Instructor at Pulaski Technical College. He received a Bachelor of Science in
Psychology from UAPB and a Master of Public Administration from UALR. Derek has
worked in the education, training and employment sector for the last 15 years.
Martie
North currently serves as Vice President and Director of Community
Development for Bank of the Ozarks, a $3.2 billion dollar financial institution
based in Little Rock. North is a graduate of Harding University and has a
Bachelor of Science degree along with numerous national certifications in
homebuyer education, housing counseling, credit counseling, and
community/mortgage lending.
Mark Perry
is Executive Director of New Futures for Youth, Inc. He earned a
bachelor's degree from Hendrix College in 1987 and a doctorate from the
University of Texas at Austin in 1991. Perry worked at New Futures from 1996
through 2000 as the agency's Manager of Research and Evaluation before becoming
the Director in 2001.
Mike
Pierce is Manager of Administrative Services for New Futures for
Youth. He is an accountant with a master's in business administration. Prior to
coming to New Futures in 1992, Pierce worked as an advocate in the Arkansas
Attorney General's Office. He is currently responsible for New Futures'
administrative functions and provides technical assistance to community-based
organizations.
Loretta
Pittman is the Research and Evaluation Analyst for New Futures for
Youth, Inc. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi Valley
State University in 1978 and worked at an insurance agency before coming to New
Futures in 1990.
Deara
Threet is a program specialist at New Futures for Youth, Inc. where
she has worked since 1993. As program specialist she provides contractual and
program monitoring, and technical assistance to community and faith-based
afterschool programs. She has a bachelor's degree from Philander Smith College
and is the former supervisor of documentation engineering
and support systems at a high tech company in California's Silicon Valley.
Michael Vogler is Program Specialist for Integrated Services at New Futures for Youth. He has an M.S.W. in Program Management from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and served as assistant state director for SCAN Volunteer Service from 1979 to 1989. He came to New Futures in 1990 as director of Case Management.
Location
All Workshops will be held at the
Willie L. Hinton
Neighborhood Resource Center
3805 W. 12th Street
Little Rock, AR 72204
Registration
Please review the workshop descriptions, and submit the completed registration form to New Futures for Youth by:
1. Faxing it to: 501-374-9736
2. Mailing it to:
New Futures for Youth,
323 Center Street, Suite 1275
Little Rock, AR 72201.
If you have questions, please call our office at 501-374-1011.
