Working in Teams and Collaborations Workshop

COMMONWEALTH 0f VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

July 18, 2011

Dear Community Partner:
The Virginia Department of Social Services' (DSS) Office on Volunteerism and Community Service (OVCS) are collaborating with Virginia Community Capital (VCC) to offer local nonprofit and faith based organizations a day of interactive leadership training, networking, and resource sharing on Tuesday, August 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Grace House at Grace Episcopal Church, 303 South Main Street, Kilmarnock, 22482.

This interactive session based on Patrick Lencioni's material from The Five Dysfunctions of a Team will create lively discussion and take-away tools that promote trust, encourage healthy conflict, invite commitment, ensure accountability, and achieve results. If your organization is interested in operating at a higher level of effectiveness and building strong relationships to achieve greater results, you will want to attend the Working in Teams and Collaborations - Partneringfor Success workshop.

There is no fee for the workshop; however, registration is requested to assure adequate materials and handouts for participants. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the workshop presentation will begin at 9:00 a.m. For your convenience, a copy of the agenda is enclosed.

DSS believes that healthy communities result from "people helping people overcome poverty, abuse and neglect to shape strong futures for themselves, their families and their communities." Healthy communities are dependent upon collaborations, effective partnerships, and the full participation of faith-based, volunteer, private, and community organizations. Because VCC shares our commitment to partnerships and collaborations, we are pleased to be a part of the VCC Learning Initiative. To learn more about this initiative and other capacity- building workshops, visit their web-site at www.vacommunitycapital.org.

We hope that you will consider attending the August 9 session in Kilmarnock. To reserve your space, please register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MZQ7L52 or by calling Cathy Walker at 1-800-638-3839, option #3, by Thursday, August 4.

Sincerely,

Nikki Nicholau, Director
Office on Volunteerism and Community Service
801 East Main Street· Richmond, VA 23219-2901
http ://www.dss.virginia.gov • 804-726-7000 • TDD 800-828-1120

Working in Teams and Collaborations - Partnering for Success
Agenda
9:00 am Welcome and Purpose Overview—Defining and Making the Case Partnering Simulation Self-Assessment

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Partnership Best Practices—Panel and Discussion Relationships Information Accountability

12:00 pm Networking Lunch/ Creating a Personalized Action Plan

12:45 pm Funding Partnerships that Work Current Trends Deliverables: Making Choices that Make Sense Relationship Management

2:00 pm Debrief and Adjourn