Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Time: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: Julia Martin House (90 Bickford Street, Boston, MA 02130)
Workshop Description:
This workshop enables participants to be aware of and familiarize with critical elements to become effective community educators: foster open dialogues with and among participants, promote critical thinking, be creative, experience safety and freedom, and become more active and responsible members of society. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and understand the social role of education and its importance to promote social change.
The workshop provides an overview of how adults learn by practicing all phases of the learning cycle (definition, validation, assimilation, integration, and transition), applying 12 important pinciples for effective learning, and sharing personal experiences.
During the registration period, participants will fill out and return a needs assessment form at least 5 days before the workshop.
Workshop Objectives:
Participants will
- Understand the fundamentals of popular education: the learning cycle, principles of effective learning, ideas-feelings-actions;
- learn, review and practice principles for effective learning; and
- understand the importance of following the seven steps of lesson planning.
 
| February 10, 2011 | | 3:00 pm | to | 4:30 pm |
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Location: Nixon Peabody (100 Summer St., 25th Floor)
| The last Congressional session brought several important gains for affordable housing and community development, including: nearly $20 billion in stimulus funds; new Obama Administration initiatives (Choice Neighborhoods and Sustainable Communities); funding increases for core HUD programs; passage of homelessness legislation (HEARTH Act); reform of the Section 202 and 811 Programs; and financial regulatory reform.
However, a change in Congressional leadership and a push for deficit reduction are likely to bring enormous challenges in the year ahead. Our panel of leading national experts will highlight the key housing and community development issues in 2011 and beyond. Who are the key players in Congress under the new leadership? How will the HUD and the Rural Housing Services budgets fare following the expiration of the Continuing Resolution in March? Will the President or Congress be proposing any new initiatives? What will happen with the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? How will proposals to reform the tax code impact the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and New Markets Tax Credit Programs? What legislation has the possibility of advancing? |
Thursday, February 10
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street, 25th Floor
Downtown Boston
(Registration begins at 2:30 p.m)
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| Moderator: Jeffrey Sacks, Partner, Nixon Peabody and CHAPA board member
Speakers:
Barbara Burnham, Director of Federal Policy, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Linda Couch, Senior Vice President for Policy, National Low Income Housing Coalition
Maureen Friar, President and CEO, National Housing Conference
Peter Lawrence, Senior Policy Director, Enterprise Community Partners
Douglas Rice, Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Cost: $10.00 for CHAPA members and $25.00 for non-members. Space is limited and you must register by Monday, February 7. No refunds will be provided to those who register but do not attend the forum.
Registration: You may register online, by phone, fax, or email.
Online: http://www.chapa.org/?q=event; Phone: 617-742-0820; Fax: 617-742-3953
Email: jmissick@chapa.org |
| January 28, 2011 | | 9:30 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Date: January 28, 2010
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Location: The Boston Foundation: 75 Arlington St., 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
This workshop demonstrates the depth and richness of several interactive exercises, and their ability to increase positive participation, create and maintain relationships, and discuss challenging topics – all while engaging the hearts, minds, and energies of participants. Team leaders and group facilitators will learn techniques to make meetings, seminars and workshops more dynamic and constructive. The training will be conducted using entirely interactive methods, with learning taking place through the direct experience of various interactive activities.
- Morning Session: Interactive Techniques to Jump Start Your Group
- Afternoon Session: Designing and Facilitating Engaging Meetings
Copies of the group facilitation book “Moving Beyond Icebreakers” , which includes over 300 interactive group exercises, will be available at a discounted rate of $30.
This session will be led by Sapna Padte, Director of Consulting and Training at Teen Empowerment. Sapna has extensive background in group facilitation, youth development and community organizing.
2010 Special Event
Co-Sponsored by Boston University Department of Sociology & the Graduate Programs in City Planning and Urban Affairs
Date: November 4, 2010
Time: 3:30pm
Location: School of Hospitality Administration (928 Comm Ave, Room 110)
Special guests:
Pierre Clavel
“Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago”
Cornell University
Mayor Raymond Flynn
Political Commentary: The Impact of the Midterm Elections on Cities
Former US Ambassador to the Vatican and Mayor of Boston
Additional information and Registration:
Don Gillis
BU Department of Sociology
dgillis@bu.edu
617-358-0646
| November 3, 2010 | | 5:30 am | to | 9:00 am |
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
Location: Newton Marriot (2345 Comm. Ave Newton, MA 02466)
SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
· What does it mean to be a lobbyist?
· Are you lobbying or advocating?
· Lobbyist rules, registration process and repor ting requirements.
· Potential impact of lobbying on your tax exempt status and Federal Form 990.
SPEAKERS:
Daniel O’Brien
Vice President and At torney with the Brennan Group
Gary Blumenthal
President & CEO of the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers
Kristin LaBonte
Senior Tax Manager of KPM
REGISTRATION
Fee: $25 per person
Contact Ann Grigas to reser ve your space today!
Phone: 781-380-3520
Email: agrigas@kpmonline.com
United Way member organizations are eligible for up to 50% off tuition for Wheelock’s 2-year Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership program. This program provides training for mid-level managers and direct service staff, identified as emerging leaders, and aims to increase the diversity of nonprofit leadership. Participants will learn organizational leadership skills, preparing them to take on progressively more responsible leadership positions within their organizations, and within the nonprofit field.
Partial match funding is also available for applicants receiving AmeriCorps grants.
Deadline for applicants is December 15, 2010
For additional information, please contact:
Irwin Nesoff
Department of Leadership and Policy
Wheelock College
inesoff@wheelock.edu
617-879-2170
| October 7, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 3:30 pm |
Presented by the Commonwealth Workforce Coalition
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Location: Northern Essex Community College, Lawrence Campus
This workshop provides both counselors and instructors training on the use of an open source curriculum that will make your job of transitioning adult learners to college or other post-secondary education much easier. This career exploration and planning curriculum is designed for use with both ABE and ESOL adult learners. This workshop will provide you with a valuable tool to help participants in your program to begin exploring their skills, values, interests and abilities so they can achieve their goals and move toward realizing their career dreams.
Registration Information here
For question and information, please contact:
Rebecca Harris
rharris@cedac.org
617-727-5944
Date: October 17-22
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Sole and Associates will be offering the last Exploring Group Dynamics seminar of 2010 from October 17th-22nd.
This workshop is designed to help participants enhance their understanding of the processes which govern the development of every group. It also helps participants to understand more about their own role in, and contribution to, the groups in which they are members. The program allows participants to learn, and then make productive use of, the theories and concepts that together are the discipline of group dynamics. It provides the opportunity for participants to learn about themselves. Though it is well suited to those new to the world of experiential education it is also appropriate for those who have had prior exposure to such workshop settings.
Additional Information and Registration Here
Youth Work Central is an on-line resource tool of Health Resources in Action’s BEST Initiative (which is housed in the Training and Capacity Building Department).
The BEST Initiative is northern New England’s only region-wide professional development and credentialing system for youth workers and their supervisors. The BEST Initiative is widely recognized for its youth development approach, which recognizes and builds on young people’s assets and strengths. Composed of a diverse staff, BEST has expertise in a variety of topics including but not limited to:
- Youth Development
- Peer Leadership
- Supporting and Supervising Staff
- Gender Sensitivity
- Program Development
- Youth-Adult Collaboration
- Youth Engagement
Full Training Curriculum and Registration Information
| December 16, 2010 | | 9:00 am | to | 4:30 pm |
Developing Resident Leadership
Date: December 16, 2010
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm
Location: Worcester Homeownership Center (674 Main St. Worcester, MA 01610)
This course will cover the core skills needed for resident-volunteer leaders to make change in their communities. Participants will examine methods for designing a resident leadership training course with multiple modules, discuss varying ways to teach foundational leadership skills to residents, assess methods for pre and post training evaluation models, and practice facilitation methods to effectively deliver a useful learning session.
 
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