Don’t Leave Here Without These:  The 10 Essential HR Policies Every Workplace Needs (and Why)

The workplace has become an increasingly complex environment.  In response, employers have created more and more policies.  Many policies mirror or respond to requirements under state or federal laws.  Others are an outgrowth of cultural changes or best practices.  While employers vary in size and nature of their operations and therefore they need to tailor their policies and practices to their unique organization, there are some essential policies every employer should have.  This session will review those policies, why they are essential and how employers will benefit from adopting them.

Presentation by Attorney James Reidy of Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM     Networking

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM   Program

Click here to register or for more information call Susie at 603-447-6622.

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Boot Camps Coming Soon…

A series of programs for non-profits have been scheduled for the Fall of 2017.  Attend all seven for $175 or select individual programs at $35 each.  

• Program #1:    Governance for Non-Profits              9/19/17

Join us on Tuesday, September 19 from 9:00 AM – noon as Laurette Edelmann, Assistant Director, NH Center for Nonprofits discusses Non-Profit Governance.

Better understand the role of the nonprofit board and responsibilities that come with serving as a board member.           

• Trends impacting the nonprofit sector
• Nonprofit lifecycle stages and the impact on board development
  • Choosing the board on which you serve
• Legal and fiduciary responsibilities of the board
  • Three Legal Duties
  • Essential Responsibilities

• Board Recruitment and Expectations
  • Recruitment process, orientation, evaluation, and education
  • Difference between work of the board and board member work
  • Board Structure – committees and task forces

• Board Meetings: Culture & Structure
  • Using a Consent Agenda
  • Developing strategic agendas
  • How to handle conflicts of interest
  • Importance of the Board Chair-CEO relationship

For more information call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic  Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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•  Program #2:    Leadership for Non-Profits              9/26/17  

Join us on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, from 9AM – noon as Paul L. Dann, Ph.D., Executive Director of NFI North, a multi service educational, behavioral health and human service organization that offers twenty three distinct services across New Hampshire and Maine, discusses the basic tenets for strong leadership by breaking down different strategies for strengthening an organization.

• Leadership as Practice
  • Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence
  • Choosing a leadership style
  • Building your leadership tool box
• Building a culture of leaders through leaderful practice
  • Strategies to advance positive organizational culture
  • Systems that support organization wide leadership practice
• Motivating staff, board members, and volunteers
  • Performance management and engagement for employees and volunteers
  • Board development and education

For more information call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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• Program #3:      Strategic Planning                           10/3/17  

Join us on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, from 9AM – noon as John Ela of the Ela Management Group discusses the importance of strategic management and planning and how it impacts the growth of an organization, while identifying efficient and effective ways to establish a competitive advantage.

Strategic Management is a Leadership Process and a way of thinking that can be learned.

• Managing with organizational goals in mind
  • Encouraging creativity and imagination
  • Actions to match the mission
• SWOT Analysis and Benchmarking
  • Internal vs. external realities
  • Competitive analysis
• The 7S Framework: Structure, strategy, systems, skills, style, staff, shared values
• A template for strategic planning
  • Establishing a competitive strategy
  • 5-year plan
  • Ethical considerations in strategy development
  • Executing and assessing strategy

For more information, call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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• Program #4:      Marketing and Communications                        10/24/17  

Join us on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from 9 AM – noon as Joanne Randall of Sprout for Business conducts a workshop on understanding the strategies and tools needed for organizations to enhance and build their communications skills and relationships with consumers.

• Message
  • By using a mission statement and core values to communicate what makes them unique, a business can differentiate themselves from the rest of the industry.
• Mission
  • A properly formed mission statement directs the eyes of the company into the future to stay focused on what is possible for areas of growth for generations to come.
• Core Values
  • Identifying the core values demonstrates the company’s belief system and establishes the expected behaviors to employees and clients.
• Core Value Exercise
• Clients/Customers
  • Who are they and who would the business like them to be?
• Value through Problem Solving
  • It is crucial to an organization that their primary goal is to help the customer solve their “real” problem.
• Competition
• Unique Value Proposition
• Internalization
  • Integrating the plan into the culture
• Planning
• Execution

For more information, call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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• Program #5:      Fundraising and Financial Development                   10/31/17  

Join us on Tuesday, October 31, 2017, from 9 AM – noon as Timothy Scott of the Country Consulting Group identifies the best tactics and ways to raise money to build a financially sustainable organization and enhance your organization’s relationship with potential funders.

• Strategic fundraising
  • Choosing the right campaign/avenue
    • The annual appeal
    • Direct mail
    • Capital campaigns
    • Grant writing
• SMART objectives/goals with DRIVE
  • Performing a SWOT analysis
  • Campaign management
• Establishing and building relationships with donors
  • Acquiring and retaining new donors
  • Donor recognition
• Involving the board and stakeholders
  • Motivating involvement
  • Ways to best utilize each individual

For more information, call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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• Program #6:      Grant Writing                                                 11/7/17  

Join us on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 from 9 AM – noon as Christine Thompson, SAU #9 grant writer, describes how to research and identify appropriate grants for your organization while developing an understanding of how to write a proposal and manage grant communications.

• Types of grants
• The who, what, why and when of applying for grants
• What to do before writing
  • Researching the organization/grantor
• Proposal writing
  • Standing out from the crowd
  • Building proposal content, i.e. statement of need and methodology
• Establishing an effective relationship with the grantor
  • Communication tactics
  • Donor recognition/emphasis on major gifts

For more information, call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Program begins at 9:00 AM

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• Program #7:      Operational Finance                                       11/28/17  

Join us on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 from 9AM – noon as Angela Zakon of Leone McDonnell and Roberts provides insight to what board members need to know to successfully communicate and understand the financial matters of an organization.

• Understanding and interpreting balance sheets, financial statements and terminology
  • Assets, liability, equity
  • Inventory, depreciation
• Audits and internal control
• Outside services: Payroll, tax prep, accounting overview, certifications
• Nonprofit tax expectations
  • IRS Form 990 basics
• Navigating and analyzing budgets
  • Fixed vs. variable costs
  • Fiduciary responsibility and state requirements

For more information, call the Mt. Washington Valley Economic Council at 603-447-6622. To register on line, click here.  Cost $35.00 per person.

Networking from 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM