MAFN Online Workshop: Facilitating Meetings with Clients Dealing with Adversity

Duration:  90 minutes

About the workshop: 

Many organizations are facing adversity due to cuts in federal funding and other changes in federal policies. This means that many clients are facing ongoing hardship. Adversity can cause leaders and staff to become indecisive, hopeless, or unmotivated, thus lessening the impact clients seek to have. 

Addressing adversity must be part of our work with clients. Facilitators need to consider the challenges that clients may face to provide effective support and ensure that project outcomes are successful. 

The workshop will explore what happens to organizations when they encounter adversity, and learn strategies and approaches to enhance consultant effectiveness and client satisfaction.

Learning Objectives

In this session, participants will:

• Gain a deeper understanding of how adversity appears in individuals and groups

• Learn a tool for supporting clients to deal with adversity

• Learn strategies that can help clients facing adverse hardship

NOTE: This workshop will be recorded for distribution to all who register (breakout rooms will not be recorded).

This is a 90-minute online workshop. It will take place at 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT.

Speakers:

Valerie Graff offers 40 years of working successfully at a senior level, advising and influencing leaders, collaboratively working with senior executives in the areas of organizational change, leadership development, strategic and long-range planning, improving communications and teamwork, assessing culture, strategy, leadership and people processes in meeting organizational mission and goals.  Additionally, she has coached senior executives and executive teams to enhance their performance.  Valerie has been responsible for developing and implementing culture change, communications, leadership and team initiatives that changed entire agencies and organizations.

ONLINE WORKSHOP REMINDERS

• MAFN does not offer refunds for events. Anyone who registers for an event will receive a credit that can be applied to any other MAFN event, or to MAFN membership. Credits must be used within 2 years.

• Registered participants will receive instructions for joining the live session and any additional details 1 day in advance and the morning of the event. Please be sure to look for the link in your email.

• Workshops begin promptly at 12:00PM Eastern.  Please log on at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure your internet connections, audio and other settings are functioning properly.

• MAFN Members have access to all online workshop recordings via the MAFN website.

• For registration or membership questions contact info@mafn.org.