At the program, an evaluation also asked participants for ideas for future trainings as we look ahead to 2010. Here is the quick list:
- Managing leadership anxiety- leadership wellness- succession planning- board and executive director leading the agency together.
- Specifically how to get strategic planning done.
- Educational session for board members- topic: roles and responsibilities as a board member
- Perhaps: fiduciary responsibilities for board members. A primer on fundraising for your organization.
- Opportunities in this area for sharing back office operations.
- I'd still like to see the creation of a "training swap" service among us- so we can train staff and volunteers together or swap expertise.
- Communication regarding possible changes, which instill sight of opportunity and decrease fear.
- More emphasis in Board training and dynamics
- Managing staff, conflict resolution
- Collaboration with other similar n/p to save money.
- Successful entrepreneurial ventures
- More applied to practical application beyond planning. Hold one on ones instead of doing one on one with 30 others.
- one specifically on relationship between ED and board- maintaining open, productive communcation
- Succession planning
- Sharing services.
- How to identify and foster possible partnerships- types of contracts, overcoming autonomy issues; board development- duties and responsibilities
Have other ideas, share them here. Other feedback from the program that may be helpful to other directors were the answers to the following two questions below. See a couple of the answers, or share your own.
How have the changing economic conditions impacted your organization this year?- Be more clear on mission and core activities right now financially ok. Asking questions on whatever can do for future- set strategies
- We must now consider trimming staff costs.
- Some services that both funder and provider agree are needed, not provided
- Decrease services, elminating services
- Sense of insecurity regarding funding, although funding is still ok
- Cuts in funding, lower utilization of fee for service
- Not everything rosy but not really affecting us
- We are preparing a new business plan with a 3-5 year look. We are also doing a profit and loss plan.
- Lay off of staff (1.5 out of 12); cut back on volunteer training, increase energy on fee for service activities.
How do you see the economy and possible cuts in government funding impacting your agency next year?
- We receive little government funding- fee for service is unclear. Agency ready for growth and there will not be additional funding to seek.
- If we lose gov't funding, we will need to consider cutting jobs and possibly programming.
1st step might be reduced or no compensation increases for staff, which exacerbates an already hardy turnover problem. Reduction of services next step. - Further service cuts, re-analyze each service line and be more efficient
- The arts continue to be funded on national level (NEA) which also subsidizes state art, so am continously optimistic
- We are planning on less government funding and working on 5 new fundraisers.
- Further staff cuts. It's the only thing left we can cut! This means reduced ability to supervise volunteers, therefore we will serve less people. In doing so, we'll be saved for the "most difficult cases" and our outcomes will look different too.
- We will need to continue reviewing all expenses and development
- Possible staff lay-offs; outsourcing some services and consolidating others. Increasing fees for services.
- We are looking for new grants.
- When NYS holds grant $ so they can get additional interest, it costs us $. Should be illegal for them to do so.
- Services have been meticulous reviewed for viability and some positions will need to be cut as we do not even plan on stable fudning in 2010 and 2011.
- Staff layoff, salary freeze
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