WIREDGOV

This day, will provide the opportunity to look at good management practice and improving the performance of your organisation.

Aimed at: Trustees, senior managers and managers in voluntary & community organisations

Cost: £60 non-refundable*

Venue: Aquarius, 2nd Floor, 16 Kent Street, Birmingham B5 6RD

Closing date for bookings: 29 October 2007

Available Workshops:

Workshop A – I’m not a pain, I’m just not you - Personality differences in the workplace

In order to be truly effective at work, skills and knowledge are no longer enough – who we are counts! How we manage ourselves and build relationships with others are key cornerstones to being successful.

This workshop will take the first step in developing our knowledge of our own particular approach and style and where that might differ from other people’s, allowing us to see that what we might see as a pain in others or even a deliberate step to undermine is simply a difference in style and the more we understand these differences the more flexible we can become in our relationships at work. We will be using the Myers Briggs Personality indicator as a framework for the workshop and the ideas can be used with colleagues, managers and clients.

Workshop Leader: Lynne Howells
Lynne is an independent consultant with 20 years experience of coaching people in a variety of settings including the Public, Health, Housing, and Not for Profit sectors which allows her to see both how individuals, teams and whole organisations work and where at times we can let differences, that are perfectly natural, exhaust and bother us. Lynne is qualified in a number of development tools including Myers Briggs Personality Indicator, 360 Emotional Intelligence, Skill and Strengths assessments.
Contact details: Tel: 0121-608 6218, e-mail: workescapades@aol.com  


Workshop B – Achieving a paradigm shift in organisational learning

This workshop will cover the practicalities of applying a performance improvement cycle© to all training and development initiatives and the financial benefits this brings. It will highlight typical flaws in organisational learning and how savings can be made, or revenue increased, when these flaws are eliminated. The workshop will share the results of case studies taken from the NHS, Councils and third sectors.

Workshop Leader: Patrick Taggart
Patrick is a management consultant with extensive professional and managerial experience. He formed GPSVision Ltd with a colleague in 2003 to help companies improve their approach to organisational learning. GPSVision have helped clients save up to £160,000 from leadership programmes and have many other excellent Return on Investment examples.
Contact details: Tel: 024 7623 6973, e-mail: patrick@gpsvision.co.uk  

Workshop C – The changing nature of HR – What represents best practice today

To trace the evolution of HR since the advent of modern employment legislation and to identify enduring values and standards from the mass of short lived fads and historical aberrations/dinosaurs.

Workshop Leader: Roger Judd
Roger has got his own HR consultancy business. Previously he worked in senior HR posts in industry and the public sector. He played a part in what is now the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) moderating HR courses at universities and colleges as well as being a CIPD Professional Adviser to Coventry University.
Contact details: mobile: 07837 813 274, e-mail: roger.judd1@btinternet.com  

Workshop D – Different sides of the same coin

How stress can impact on an organisation and the individuals within it. This workshop will look at issues surrounding this subject and how to broach them.

Workshop Leader: Saneal Randeria
Saneal is a qualified life coach, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and reiki therapist. His company, Brighter Centre, helps individuals and organisations to increase productivity and reduce stress. Part of the training he has received has been in social behavioural network therapy, neuro linguistic programming, motivational interviewing and Ericksonian therapy. He has worked in the corporate, public and third sector.
Contact details: mobile: 07919 533 905, e-mail: brightercentre@yahoo.co.uk  
website: www.brightercentre.com  


Workshop E – Bid writing – it has to be done!

Writing funding applications is becoming increasingly more complex depending on those commissioning services. This workshop will take you through the pitfalls of applying for funding to a statutory organisation, ESF co-financing and Trusts and Foundations. Successful applications are judged on their ability to explain their project clearly, meet commissioning criteria and demonstrate value for money. The workshop will explore what makes a project idea innovative, in line with identified needs and how your organisation can meet those needs in competitive tendering.

Workshop Leader: Michael O’Sullivan
Michael has been working in fundraising for nearly 20 years. He established his own fundraising company in 2004, Competitive Solutions, and has raised over £4 m for different charities. Previously he held senior posts with The Cold Weather Shelters in London; Barnet Mind; Home Office and in the private sector in a post relating to fundraising.
Contact details: Tel: 01767 315 811, e-mail: michael@competitive-solutions.org.uk  

Workshop F – Procurement and diversity

Looking at changes in the world of diversity, its operational aspects and what the future brings to the voluntary sector.

Workshop Leader: Alaba Okuyiga
Alaba is a training consultant who specialises in diversity, change management, management training and transparency programmes. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust, the Home Secretary’s Representative on the West Midlands Police Authority.
Contact details: AOK Training – mobile: 07799 085 161, e-mail: alaba2@aol.com  

Workshop G – Alcohol in the workplace - nipping it in the bud

Alcohol is being highlighted more and more as an issue in the workplace. In this taster Lesley will explore what is a drink problem, how do we recognise it and how, as managers, do we deal with it promptly and supportively.

Workshop Leader: Lesley Hadley
Lesley is a qualified trainer of trainers, with a background in human resources and training. She specialises in personal, management and career development. She has worked with the voluntary and public sector for the past 30 years.
Contact Details: 0121 622 8181

To find out more and book your place at this event contact Yvonne Doherty-Rowe on 0121 622 8181 or email us at: headoffice@aquarius.org.uk