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What’s New!
Sustainability on a Shoe String Workshop Series
This fall, we are partnering with Full Circle Consulting and the Volunteer Center to create a series of brown-bag lunch sessions entitled – for a full description, go to Sustainability on a Shoe String.
Who should attend: Members of businesses or non-profits who are seeking to learn about what they can do to make their workplace more sustainable.
Session 1 - Thur, Oct 8: Sustainability 101
Session 2 - Thur, Oct 22: Greening your Business or Nonprofit on a Shoe String
Session 3 - Thur, Nov 5: Building Social Sustainability
Session 4 - Thur, Nov 19: Best Practices for Leading Organizational Change
Session 5 - Thur, Dec 3: Tying it All Together: Integrating Sustainability, Change & Leadership into your Organization
Presenters from Full Circle Consulting include: Susan Briski, Sustainable Progress Consulting; Robert Girling, PhD Professor, Sonoma State University; Carrie Hays, The Halle Group; Genevieve Taylor, Associate, Global Genesis; Terry Taylor, CEO, Global Genesis; and others.
Dates for Series: 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19 and 12/3
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Place: Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, 153 Stony Circle, Suite 100, Santa Rosa, CA
Fee: $35 for series or $10 per session for both members and non-members
This is a brown-bag series - bring your own luch and we provide the drinks and cookies!
Register now - $35 for all five sessions, or $10 per session.
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State of the Laguna Conference and Science Symposium - visit site
Global Genesis is proud to be sponsoring and working with the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to stewarding our local, unique watershed, the Laguna de Santa Rosa. If you are interested in learning about the latest science on how we can help our natural resources adapt to Climate Change, this will be the place to be. Global Genesis has been consulting with the conference to create a three day environment of dialogue, conversation, and tangible results.
Date: Tuesday, October 14-16, 2009
Time: 8:30 am – 6:00 pm every day
Place: Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, Rohnert Park, CA
Fee: $95 per day; Early Bird Registration Available
Register now (pdf)– Early Bird Ends 8/31
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Negotiating for Results & Relationship: Critical Skills for Nonprofit Professionals
Our ability to negotiate successfully can help make our visions a reality, and we can reap immediate benefits by sharpening our approach and skills.
Come prepared to examine, engage, and experience a provocative session on when to compete, when to cooperate and some tools for doing both.
Date: Tuesday, October 27
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Place: Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, 153 Stony Circle, Suite 100, Santa Rosa, CA
Fee: $75 for members; $100 for non-members
Presented by: Genevieve Taylor, Associate
For: Executive directors, program directors, managers and any staff wanting to develop their negotiating skills