Team Building and Group Dynamics

2-DAY SEMINAR: May 27-2, 2010

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

A team is two or more people who work together to attain a common goal. Being able to work as a team member is an essential part of getting the job done in today’s work environment. It is important to look at the task as well as relationships between you and your team members. To accomplish this, members need to look at what is required of them in order to be a valued member of the team.

Team Building and Group Dynamics is an elective seminar for the Certificate in Leadership Development, and is a required seminar for the Certificate in Team Communication.

PROGRAM CONTENT

Functions of a Team

• Identifying the purpose of the team
• Developing team guidelines
• Understanding your role as a member of your team and department
• Analyzing your own effectiveness as a team member

Group Dynamics

• Stages of team growth
• Understanding the stages of team development
• Formation, conflict, cohesion, and synergy (forming, storming, norming, and performing)
• Styles of influence

Team-Building Behaviours

• Identifying the benefits and characteristics of an effective team (departmental and/or cross-functional)
• Setting productive goals
• Effective team communication
• Team decision-making

Facilitator: Pat Watson

Pat Watson is president of P.W. Associates, Incorporated and she specializes in management and employee training and development.  P.W. Associates, Incorporated works with people to create community in organizations.  Pat has over 25 years of experience working with government agencies, gas and oil, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, health care and the hospitality industries – locally, nationally and internationally.  Her work entails designing and facilitating workshops with special emphasis on management of change, coaching & mentorship, leadership, personal mastery, stress management, interpersonal communication, and team building.

Pat facilitates a diverse number of training programs for Saint Mary’s Executive and Professional Development.  She is an adjunct faculty member in the Management Development Program for Women offered jointly by Saint Mary’s and Mount Saint Vincent Universities.

Pat is a member of CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers) and the South Shore Women’s Network. Pat’s second love is singing jazz and gospel music and she presently performs with a jazz trio and Nova Gospel Ensemble.  She has just released her first solo CD called, “Feeling Good”.

Pat is a graduate of Antioch University (BA), and she has taken graduate courses towards her master’s degree in organizational development at American University.  Pat recently received her license as a Practitioner (RScP) in Spiritual Counseling.

Please Note: This program will be not be offered after June 2010.

FEE

$735

Includes refreshment breaks, lunches, seminar material, and a certificate of completion

LOCATION

Saint Mary’s University at the World Trade Centre
(8th Floor), 1800 Argyle Street

REGISTER

REGISTER ONLINE for this seminar  FAX your Registration Form
CALL 420.5638 or 1.800.877.0874

epd@smu.ca

In-House Training and Group Discounts Available

PARTICIPANT COMMENTS

“An excellent workshop that I will be able to put to practical use in my work environment.“ Michelle Lake Blue, HRG North America

Strategic Communications for Government Professionals Seminar

2-DAY SEMINAR MAY 25 – 26, 2010

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Save time and become more effective at communicating important issues, ideas, report summaries, and recommendations. This hands-on workshop will help participants prepare briefing notes, policy statements, and effective presentations. It will also assist with problem analysis, advocating recommendations, developing meeting agendas, identifying your team of communicators, and with preparing related materials that quickly and succinctly capture the essence of an issue, the complexities of the issue, and the potential courses of action. In addition to the briefing note, policy statement and presentation process – which includes researching, developing, editing and following up – the seminar will discuss preparation and use of collateral materials such as media Q and As, backgrounders and ongoing issues management.

Strategic Communications for Government Professionals is an elective seminar for the Certificate in Business Communications.

“Interesting and useful information delivered by a knowledgeable and engaging facilitator.” Susan During, HRM

PROGRAM CONTENT

Identifying Your Message and Your Audience

• What do you need to convey?
• Who is the audience?
• Breaking down the message and getting to the point

Problem Analysis

• Anticipating and overcoming the barriers
• Changing course but not the message
• Share projects/issues as case studies for problem solving

Tools and Techniques

• How will you communicate?
  • Briefing notes and memos
  • Presentations
  • Policy statements and fact sheets
• Use of collateral material
• Background information – news articles, history, quotes

Turning Technique into Action

• Preparing and delivering the presentation
  • Developing the agenda
  • Identifying your team – who should attend the meetings and make the presentations
  • Who should you meet with?
  • What are the recommendations?

Media – Should They be Included in Your Strategy?

• Q and As: When to use them
• How to respond when the heat is on
• What are the key messages?

Group Discussions and Problem Solving

• Analyzing case studies and developing solutions

Facilitator: donalee Moulton

donalee Moulton is president of Quantum Communications, a full-service communications, public relations and marketing firm.  She has more than 25 years experience teaching communication courses at various institutions including Saint Mary’s University, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Dalhousie University. In addition, she has delivered customized training sessions for both private and public sector organizations.

donalee is a former communications director and media relations manager, as well as a professional writer with memberships in the American Medical Writers Association, the Canadian Public Relations Society and the Professional Writers Association of Canada. donalee co-wrote the book Celebrity Court Cases: Trials of the rich and famous and has received numerous awards for her writing, which has appeared in such prestigious publications as The National Post, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Investment Executive, Equinox, Canadian Living, Chatelaine, and the Financial Post Magazine.  She received her education at Dalhousie University.

FEE

$735

Includes refreshment breaks, lunches, seminar material, and a certificate of completion

LOCATION

Saint Mary’s University at the World Trade Centre
(8th Floor), 1800 Argyle Street

REGISTER

REGISTER ONLINE for this seminar

FAX your Registration Form
CALL 420.5638 or 1.800.877.0874

epd@smu.ca

In-House Training and Group Discounts Available

Board Governance Fundamentals

1-DAY SEMINAR: MAY 26, 2010

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Are you a director?  Have you been asked to be a board member?  Do you really know what you’ve agreed to?  Be it the board of a government, not-for-profit, volunteer or business organization, you need to know the details of your responsibilities. With the current culture of transparency and accountability, not being fully aware of the role you’ve agreed to or expect your board members to play can be detrimental to individual board members and the organization as a whole.  During this one-day seminar, board members will have the opportunity to network with members from a variety of organizations.  They will leave this seminar equipped with the knowledge and confidence to improve their performance as a board.

Board Governance Fundamentals is a required course for the Series for Managing Non-Profit Organizations.

“A valuable learning opportunity for the new board members and veteran directors, as well as officers and staff who work with boards.“ Lorraine Brenton Halifax Port Authority

PROGRAM CONTENT

• Learn what boards are responsible for both as individual board members and as a governing body
• How to discharge Board responsibilities for financial management
• Who is responsible for the strategic direction of the organization
• Board requirements to perform risk assessment
• Who are the stakeholders and what do they want from the organization
• Statutory requirements for profit oriented and not-for-profit organizations
• Board responsibilities for supervision of staff and executive officers
• Analysis of the relationship between the Board and management and development of framework

Facilitator: Debi Peverill

Debi J. Peverill, CA

Debi Peverill is a veteran speaker known for her sense of humour and the depth of her financial knowledge.  She holds a Bachelor in Commerce (Honours in Accounting) from Dalhousie University and a Chartered Accountant designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. She spent ten years with national accounting firms before founding her own public accounting firm, Peverill & Associates, in 1988. SBR Communications was founded in 1998 to separate the growing volume of training and speaking business from the accounting practice. In March 2006, SBR published Debi’s first book, Organize So That The Taxes Don’t Kill You, a primer on income tax for business owners and managers.

Debi has been teaching certificate and diploma courses at Saint Mary’s University for many years. She has also provided financial training to participants of the HRDC Self Employed Assistance program, and facilitated taxation seminars for a number of community groups and the general public. The feedback from previous participants testifies that Debi presents what appear to be boring or complicated topics in an easy to understand and humorous manner.

FEE

$410 + HST

Includes refreshment breaks, lunches, seminar material, and a certificate of completion

LOCATION

Saint Mary’s University Campus

4th Floor, Sobey Building, 903 Robie Street

REGISTER

REGISTER ONLINE for this seminar
FAX your Registration Form
CALL 420.5638 or 1.800.877.0874

epd@smu.ca

In-House Training and Group Discounts Available