Fall 2008 Webinar Series

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DeHavilland Associates is hosting a series of webinars focused on building strong and effective partnerships. These six webinars will take place on Wednesdays at 2pm EST from October 15 - November 19, 2008. The cost is $59 per webinar for one connection; a connection can be used by a single person or by a small group sharing a computer and phone line.

Participants will receive:

• Passwords to access the online presentation, and a toll-free dial-in number to participate in the session
• A 75-minute presentation including instruction and an interactive Q&A period
• Copies of materials from the presenter
• A digital archive of the webinar
• Two-week access to a private discussion board where they can continue discussing the content of the webinar and network with the session leader and other attendees.

Sessions include the following:

Webinar 1: Business/Education Partnerships 101 - Essential steps to building great programs
Wednesday, October 15, 2pm EST
Brett Pawlowski, president of DeHavilland Associates, will take participants step by step through the process of building a strong and sustainable partnership-driven education program. Topics include getting started: partnership principles; the asset inventory; program design; measurement and evaluation; and sustainability.

Webinar 2: Preparing school leaders for community engagement
Wednesday, October 22, 2pm EST
Nina Randall, coordinator of the Broward County (FL) Partners In Education, program, will present a nuts-and-bolts training that leaders can deliver to their local school-based partnership liaisons. Training will cover the profile of a School Partnership Liaison, steps to take to get started, Broward County’s policies and guidelines on advertising, fliers and security screening as well as partnership activities and aligning partnerships to curriculum standards, information on recruitment, retention and recognition.

Webinar 3: Building executive mentorships using the PASS (Partnerships to Advance Student Success) model
Wednesday, October 29, 2pm EST
Dr. Elaine Liftin, president of the Council for Educational Change, and PASS coordinator Dr. Pat Dixon will share best practices that makes PASS the most talked about business-education partnership in Florida - and the subject of a recent book. Topics include: business perspective, investing in student success, scale-up and assessing success.

Webinar 4: Nurturing your relationship with business partners
Wednesday, November 5, 2pm EST
Chris Adamczyk, former director of US K-12 Science Education programs for GlaxoSmithKline, will provide practical guidance on finding business partners, engaging them, finding common ground, bridging the business/ education culture gap, involving business professionals, and understanding what businesses have to offer besides money.

Webinar 5: The seven key benchmarks of successful education foundations
Wednesday, November 12, 2pm EST
Jim Collogan, executive director of the National School Foundation Association (NSFA), offers an examination of seven characteristics of the most successful K-12 foundations in the US today. The benchmarks originate from the results of a national survey given to the leaders and school superintendents of K-12 foundations conducted by the NSFA in February 2008.

Webinar 6: Using the Critical Path method to design education programs that get results
Wednesday, November 19, 2pm EST
The Critical Path method is an effective tool to be used in designing and managing your education initiatives. Jim McMurtray, executive director of NASSMC, will show participants how to define their desired program outcomes and to identify the interim objectives, barriers, and project requirements they must address in order to chart a path to the successful fulfillment of their goals.

 

After placing your order, you'll be sent login information for the webinar and the toll-free audio conference, along with access information for the password-protected discussion board. An archive of the webinar will be sent after the event .

To register for one or more webinars online by credit card, click here.

To download a registration for to fax or mail, click here. (PDF format)

For questions, visit our contact page or call Karen Swofford at
704-940-3201.