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DEI: Holding Ourselves and Each Other Accountable
This session will explore the myriad of ways accountability can show up as we journey towards more equitable and inclusive workplaces. How do we know we are doing it right? What happens when mistakes are made, or harm is done? We will look at accountability strategies to support your goals for diversity, equity, and inclusion and discuss how those intersect with your organizational culture.
Improving your Partnerships with US Indigenous Communities
Native American, or Indigenous lands, are the basis of the United States’ beautiful landscapes worthy of protection. This webinar will address “better” practices on how to talk with Indigenous communities about conservation and land protection as allies and partners. “Best” practices imply that there is a single way and best way to do this; however, better practices include addressing the failures of the past, challenges of the present, and future considerations of land management, traditional knowledge, and meaningful relationships.
Introduction to Strategic Planning
Strategic planning can be the most valuable investment of time and energy your group ever makes. With TREC’s Strategic Plan guide, we offer ideas for making the most of your next strategic planning process, to help you: • Develop a process that fits your group’s unique needs • Identify the most important questions to explore […]
Sustaining Staff Resilience and Effectiveness
In this session we will develop a greater understanding of what resilience is and how to foster it in our lives. We’ll explore a bit about the biological basis of resilience and talk about the essential skill of effective self care.
The Executive Director Hiring Process
Hiring an executive director is one of the most important tasks a board will ever undertake. If you are a board member or chair with little hiring experience, you are in good company. We’ve created this guide to support board members at any level of hiring experience.
TREC Shared Allocation Template
A template that helps you calculate the allocation of shared expenses based on staff time.
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Assessing Your Organization’s Effectiveness
Every organization has strengths and vulnerabilities, and many leaders are too close to the situation to see these clearly. In this webinar, we’ll walk through TREC’s Organizational Ecology Assessment Tool to show you how to rank your organization on key indicators in three areas: Programs, People, and Money.
Building Organizational Strength in a Time of Growing Opposition Attacks
Is your organization increasingly facing opposition attacks? Do you know what you can do to be better prepared? Join RoadMap’s Mary Ochs and Jonathan Stribling-Uss, for this interactive webinar which will address the 8 types of attacks organizations are currently facing, from digital to regulatory agency investigations to legal challenges, and more. It will help organizations prepare for and protect themselves against attacks where they are vulnerable.
Creating a Feedback-Rich Culture
Feedback isn’t about “once-and-done.” An effective organization strives to create a feedback-rich culture which takes both organizational systems and leadership behaviors that are applied consistently over time. Systems support and sustain behaviors. Behaviors bring systems to life. Use this list to see where your organizations thrive and identify where you might need to focus on improving.
De-escalating Conflict
Conservation organizations have faced increasing external conflict and attacks that antagonize their work in a variety of settings (meetings, trainings, offices, public events, traveling). These attempts to interfere, frighten, and damage organizations require de-escalation techniques to safely and effectively protect the people and the organization. This webinar provides skills and tips to address and de-escalate different types of conflict and attacks.
Getting Your Policy House in Order: Clarifying the Rules of the Road
All staff deserve to know the guidelines for working in your organization. Clear policies provide an essential foundation for getting work done and ensuring a safe, productive, and legally compliant organization.
This webinar reviews the importance of relevant and current policies and provides a set of tools for bringing your policy framework up-to-date.
How to Conduct an Organizational Assessment
A brief tutorial that will guide you through a step-by-step self-assessment of your organization. Walk through key indicators of organizational health and learn what to strive for in each. Follow along while you complete TREC’s Organizational Effectiveness Self-Assessment.
Laying the Foundations for DEI Work in Your Organization: An Introduction to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In this webinar, The Avarna Group will build the foundations for DEI with TREC clients by (a) introducing precise language around diversity, inclusion, cultural competence, and equity so clients can become more fluent in foundational terminology; (b) map out the various reasons why DEI work is critical to the future of the conservation movement; and (c) provide an overview of what DEI work entails.
Leading and Managing Remote Staff Successfully
Many organizations adopt flexible work solutions to attract talent, support resiliency, lower overhead, and build a greater presence across a larger geographic region. However, leading staff remotely has its challenges. Whether you are currently managing remote staff, working remotely, or thinking about adding remote staff to your organization, this webinar will help you and your team establish practices for building rapport, setting expectations, and communicating effectively.
Organizational Effectiveness Assessment & Model
What does an effective organization look like? What are the most important indicators of organizational effectiveness in each of the three main foci of your organization – program, people, and money? What benchmarks should you strive for under each? Use TREC’s Organizational Effectiveness self-Assessment tool to gain clarity on the status of your organization- both in your strengths & opportunities to improve.
Planning for Organizational Sustainability
Keeping your organization focused, effective, and delivering on your mission is core to your work- and the planning required to keep everything moving is critical. In this session, you will learn how to look ahead using your budget and financial statements to ensure sustainability and effectiveness.