Building Leaders, Building Communities

[ February 9, 2012; ]  

Time: 9:30am-4:30pm, 9:00am registration, breakfast, and networking
Location: Julia Martin House (90 Bickford Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130) MAP
Instructor: James Johnson, Sun Consulting and Neighborworks America
Registration Deadline: February 2, 2012

“I loved that the facilitator engaged everyone to participate and kept the energy in the room from start to finish. This was a very interactive workshop!”
-Building Leaders, Building Communities [...]

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Making Use of Local Census Data

[ March 14, 2012; ]  

Time: 9:30am-1:30pm
Location: Pierce Laboratory 1-115 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) MAP
Instructor: Ezra Glenn (Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning)
“Presentation flowed smoothly, presenter was very knowledgeable and responsive to questions!”
“Well-organized, good pace, informative, and practical.”
                 -Making Use of Local Census Data participants, Oct. 2011 

The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) now [...]

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Real Estate Development Seminar for New Senior Managers and Executives at CDCs

[ March 9, 2012; March 28, 2012; April 13, 2012; May 4, 2012; ]

 

 

 

Location: Cambridge College (17 Monsignor O’Brien Highway, Cambridge, MA) MAP and Parking Information
Instructor: Mat Thall (Community Development Consultant)
Application Deadline: January 30, 2012

This four-session workshop is designed to introduce new senior managers and executives at CDCs with limited real estate development experience to the broad range of real estate development activities of a CDC. Topics covered include the development [...]

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MassHousing Training Opportunities

TAP, MassHousing’s Tenant Assistance Program, provides programs, resources and support to help enrich rental housing communities, lower operating costs and reduce staff and resident turnover.
Upcoming TAP Management Trainings provided by MassHousing:
Animals: Pets, Service Animals, and Companion Animals: Level 2
1/26/12, 8:45 – 1:00, Worcester
Aging in Place: Meeting the Needs of Elders in Housing
2/3/12, 8:45 – 1:00, [...]

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TDC Winter/Spring 2012 Training Series

“For 15 years, TDC has been New England’s key provider of affordable training for nonprofits. We offer a range of courses that expand staff and volunteers’ knowledge of essential management concepts and practices, and help them build skills in:

Governance and Planning
Human Resources
Resource Development
Financial Management
Marketing & Communications

February 2012

Feb. 1 – Fundraising Events that Raise Funds: What [...]

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Neighborworks Achieving Excellence in Community Development Program

Achieving Excellence is a performance-driven organizational investment program for seasoned executive directors and senior staff in community development. Through NeighborWorks America’s collaboration with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and with lead program architect Douglas K. Smith, organizational performance and learning expert and author of Make Success Measurable!, you will be privileged to take part in [...]

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Loeb Fellowship: Harvard Graduate School of Design

THE LOEB FELLOWSHIP
“Engage. Reflect. Change. Renew. Connect. Learn. Explore. Loeb Fellows use words like these to describe their unique experience at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. In the middle of promising careers shaping the built and natural environment, these accomplished practitioners step away from their hectic professional lives. For one academic year, they are free [...]

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Partnership for Community Development: Spring Courses

 
The Partnership for Community Development is committed to raising awareness about community development issues, strengthening the professional skills of the housing and community development
industry, and attracting a new generation of professionals to the field.
The program offers a five-course Professional Certificate and/or a concentration in the Bachelor of General Studies in Community Development. The program is offered through the [...]

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Introduction to Popular Education

Time: 9:30am-4:30pm, 9:00am breakfast and networking
Location: Lawrence Community Works (166-168 Newbury Street, Lawrence, MA, 01841) MAP
Instructor: Juan Gonzales, Jamaica Plain NDC
This workshop enabled participants to become aware of and familiarize themselves with critical elements to become effective community educators: fostering open dialogues with and among participants, promoting critical thinking and creativity, and developing an environment of [...]

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State Falls Short on Affordable Housing

MACDC President Joe Kriesberg in the News!
“State falls short on affordable housing” – The Boston Globe
To read the article, please click here.

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Strategic (And Successful!) Planning

A guide by Ora Grodsky and Jeremy Phillips. Topics include:

Strategic Planning: Bust or Boon?
Setting Up the Process
Building Ownership
Starting Where You Are
Envisioning the Future
Designing Realistic Pathways
Living in the Plan

To download the complete guide, please click here.
Ora Grodsky and Jeremy Phillips are consultants who provide training and organizational development services to organizations working for social justice. They [...]

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NeighborWorks Training Institute Calendar 2012

NeighborWorks America is dedicated to providing the highest quality training to staff and boards of organizations committed to improving the affordability of neighborhood housing, the vitality of neighborhood economies and the quality of life. Join colleagues and peers from around the country who are enhancing their work and advancing their careers through NeighborWorks America’s impactful training.
The NeighborWorks [...]

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Public Trainings on Comprehensive Permit Statute (Chapter 40B)

Under the leadership of the 40B training subcommittee, co-chaired by Toni Coyne Hall and Joe Peznola, CHAPA has teamed up with Citizen Planner Training Collaborative to offer a series of local trainings on the Affordable Housing Law.  The evening trainings will be conducted by experienced ZBA members using a common curriculum and will be geared [...]

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