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Effective Supervision (Portland)

NAO Members will receive a $75 discount when registering.
Northwest Health Foundation (Bamboo Room) 221 NW Second Avenue
Portland

About this event

January 21, 2016 | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Networking & Continental Breakfast at 9:00, Presentation at 9:30

Northwest Health Foundation, Bamboo Room | 221 NW Second Avenue | Portland, OR 97209

$150 NAO Members, $225 Nonmembers

This workshop will also be offered in Salem on March 16. Learn More.

Presenter

Cliff Jones, Senior Consultant, Nonprofit Association of Oregon

Employees are your organization’s greatest resource, but if they are not being effectively supported and directed, you may not be receiving their maximum contribution to your organization’s mission and goals. Cliff Jones, Senior Consultant with the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, offers a holistic approach to supervision. He has helped hundreds of supervisors in nonprofit settings develop skills and supervision methods that really make a difference.

You will explore the most essential elements of a supervisor’s role, including setting goals, giving and receiving feedback, addressing challenges, providing support, and creating development opportunities that promote individual and professional growth. Cliff will address the specific challenges of supervision in the nonprofit environment, highlight participants’ real experiences in supervising staff, and help you identify concrete goals and changes that you can implement with individual staff and teams. You’ll gain strategies to address unclear expectations between staff and supervisor, ambivalence about authority, low pay, and heavy workloads.

In this workshop, participants will learn:

  • Four key functions of supervision
  • Getting and giving useful feedback
  • Strategies to get good people to stay
  • Dealing with staff performance difficulties
  • Recognizing the impact of cultural/style differences in supervision
  • Organizational systems to support supervision

Whether you have the title of supervisor or not, this workshop will help you develop the techniques to build staff ownership, encourage joint problem-solving, and help staff experience success and satisfaction in working together. “Effective Supervision” focuses on practical applications to build upon the supervision skills you’ve already developed or are beginning to develop, and learn new approaches to make a difference in your organization.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is designed for both new and experienced supervisors in nonprofit organizations. The session will include techniques and strategies for program managers, unit leaders, supervisors, and lead workers.

Additional Information

The registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. Please contact [email protected] with special dietary requests.

About the Presenter

Cliff Jones is a human rights activist with over 30 years’ experience in social services, community education, and human rights advocacy. He has experience as a frontline staff, supervisor, project manager, and executive director. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a comprehensive curriculum led by a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations.

Cliff has served on the Boards of McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, Funding Exchange Foundation, Oregon Minority AIDS Coalition, Multnomah Legal Service Workers Union, and Peer Counseling Community. He has been a trainer for the Black Leadership and Community Development Institute and is a recipient of Nordstrom’s Cultural Diversity Community Service Award.

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NAO Members will receive a $75 discount when registering.

January 21, 2016 | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Networking & Continental Breakfast at 9:00, Presentation at 9:30
Northwest Health Foundation, Bamboo Room | 221 NW Second Avenue | Portland, OR 97209
$150 NAO Members, $225 Nonmembers

This workshop will also be offered in Salem on March 16. Learn More.

Presenter
Cliff Jones, Senior Consultant, Nonprofit Association of Oregon

Employees are your organization’s greatest resource, but if they are not being effectively supported and directed, you may not be receiving their maximum contribution to your organization’s mission and goals. Cliff Jones, Senior Consultant with the Nonprofit Association of Oregon, offers a holistic approach to supervision. He has helped hundreds of supervisors in nonprofit settings develop skills and supervision methods that really make a difference.

You will explore the most essential elements of a supervisor’s role, including setting goals, giving and receiving feedback, addressing challenges, providing support, and creating development opportunities that promote individual and professional growth. Cliff will address the specific challenges of supervision in the nonprofit environment, highlight participants’ real experiences in supervising staff, and help you identify concrete goals and changes that you can implement with individual staff and teams. You’ll gain strategies to address unclear expectations between staff and supervisor, ambivalence about authority, low pay, and heavy workloads.

In this workshop, participants will learn:

  • Four key functions of supervision
  • Getting and giving useful feedback
  • Strategies to get good people to stay
  • Dealing with staff performance difficulties
  • Recognizing the impact of cultural/style differences in supervision
  • Organizational systems to support supervision

Whether you have the title of supervisor or not, this workshop will help you develop the techniques to build staff ownership, encourage joint problem-solving, and help staff experience success and satisfaction in working together. “Effective Supervision” focuses on practical applications to build upon the supervision skills you've already developed or are beginning to develop, and learn new approaches to make a difference in your organization.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is designed for both new and experienced supervisors in nonprofit organizations. The session will include techniques and strategies for program managers, unit leaders, supervisors, and lead workers.

Additional Information

The registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. Please contact [email protected] with special dietary requests.

About the Presenter

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Cliff Jones is a human rights activist with over 30 years’ experience in social services, community education, and human rights advocacy. He has experience as a frontline staff, supervisor, project manager, and executive director. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a comprehensive curriculum led by a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations.

Cliff has served on the Boards of McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, Funding Exchange Foundation, Oregon Minority AIDS Coalition, Multnomah Legal Service Workers Union, and Peer Counseling Community. He has been a trainer for the Black Leadership and Community Development Institute and is a recipient of Nordstrom’s Cultural Diversity Community Service Award.

When
January 21st, 2016 from  9:00 AM to  4:00 PM
Location
Northwest Health Foundation (Bamboo Room)
221 NW Second Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Multnomah
Event Fee(s)
Price $225.00