Eric Lerner, Ph.D. 
Susan Lerner, MSW, CSW

Community & Organizational Development 
 

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Workshops for Not-for-profit Boards

Board operations

  • Leading effective meetings
  • Board & staff, policy & micromanagement.
  • Board roles: president, officers, committees, etc.
  • Fundraising & grantsmanship
  • Effective committees
Personal & Interpersonal skills
  • Communication styles
  • Dealing with difficult people.
  • Burnout prevention
  • Giving & receiving effective feedback
Planning
  • Participatory planning & prioritizing
  • Organizational values & goals
  • Staying on mission while being responsive to funders, partners & clients
Evaluation
  • Common sense program evaluation
  • How to evaluate an executive director
Recruitment & retention
  • Board recruitment & diversity
  • Recruiting and retaining board members from high priority groups, e.g. present or former clients, low income people, minorities, teens, etc.
Community Development
  • What is community? What is community development?
  • Emerging trends in Tompkins County

Eric Lerner, Ph.D.
Susan Lerner, MSW, CSW
Community & Organizational Development
504 South Plain Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-1154
elerner@twcny.rr.com.

Page updated September 6, 2001

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