Doing More with Less: A.I. Tips and Tech Tricks for Human Services, Nonprofits, and County Governments

Speaker Josh Dye

Many counties, human services, and nonprofit organizations are working on policies for how they will, or won’t, use artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, teams are asked to do more with less. Demand for services is at an all time high, while budgets and staffing face cuts.

Even if your organization has not finalized its AI policies, now is the time to explore how professionals are leveraging artificial intelligence to achieve more, despite limited financial and staff resources.

In this interactive training filled with live-demos you will learn how to do the following with AI: (Learning Objectives)

  • Improve trauma-informed client service by making it easier for them to get answers to questions, understand eligibility, and connect to resources, while reducing staff time and overwhelm.
  • Sharpen communication to write with greater clarity, and have hard conversations with more tact.
  • Reduce bias in decision making, and help brainstorm solutions.
  • Overcome language barriers with AI translation tools.
  • Streamline staff access to your organization’s internal resources, policies, procedures, and tools.
  • Design more effective webpages about your programs that serve the most vulnerable people in your community.
  • Research and learning to better understand complex topics, and prepare for important conversations.

Death by Meeting: Revolutionize Your Culture to Meet Less and Get More Done

Speaker Josh Dye

The Monday morning all-staff meeting. One-on-Ones. Regional conference calls. Supervision meetings to discuss client cases.

Emergency meetings. Meetings, Meetings, and more Meetings?

Are you experiencing these symptoms?

If so, you must seek immediate help before death by meeting permanently sets in.

All kidding aside, the amount of meetings our agencies hold is destroying morale, increasing burnout, making us less productive (NOT more), and getting in the way of our most important work.

There is a better way!

Learning Objectives

  • How to hold fewer meetings, but keep communication thriving.
  • How to leverage new technology to create transparency and accountability, while still meeting less.
  • An empowered model for decision making and leading that helps you get the most out the times you do meet.

Get ready to revolutionize your work culture to meet less and get more done! Learn how in this dynamic training.

Declutter, Outsource, Automate: Boost Your Productivity and Peace of Mind

Speaker Rebekah-Saltzman

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by clutter in your personal life?

Do you feel like you have too much on your plate at work and at home?

Do you need to do more with less time?

If so, this webinar is for you! Professional organizer Rebekah Saltzman will share her best tips to boost your productivity and peace of mind through decluttering, automating, and outsourcing.

You will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • Top 10 decluttering tips to clear your mind (and space!)
  • How to determine what to outsource and when (e.g. house cleaning, lawn mowing, and other tasks).
  • 3 automation tools for increased workplace productivity (e.g. Helpful templates).

About the Presenter: Rebekah Saltzman

Rebekah Saltzman is a professional organizer. Rebekah’s straightforward approach to managing “stuff” and her no-nonsense ability to get to the heart of what is important combines with her people skills to help people get control of their lives through organization.

By helping her clients streamline everything from clothing to papers to books and household goods, they have found that they get the most out of their possessions and stress less about managing it all.

Her experience in moving her own household several times, in combination with her organization planning and doing has led her to specialize in working with clients who are facing a move, whether upsizing or downsizing. She has found that her skills extend to helping others with time management, as well.

A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Rebekah lives with her husband and three children in Israel.

Remote: How to Work Effectively from Home During COVID-19 and Beyond

Speaker Josh Dye

COVID-19 is disrupting workplaces across the world. To address the public health crisis people are social distancing. For many, this means working remotely from home. Under normal circumstances, it takes time to adjust to working from home. Now, even more challenges exist.

For example, many are sharing space with their partners who are also working from home, and trying to watch their kids at the same time (including the presenter of this webinar)!

How will staff get anything done?

Don’t lose hope. Instead, watch this webinar for tips on how to effectively work from home during COVID-19 and beyond:

You will learn (Learning objectives):

  • How to communicate when working remotely.
  • How to collaborate when working remotely.
  • How to reduce distractions, especially in the COVID-19 environment.
  • How to set up a productive work from home space.
  • How to train a remote team.
  • How to avoid self-care and productivity pitfalls.
  • Technology tools and tips to get the most out of remote work.

This time is a challenge, but also an opportunity. Learn how to get the most out of these unique circumstances in this Convene Training + Resilience Community webinar!

The Clutter Conundrum: How to Clear Away the Clutter to Restore Your Energy & Passion

Speaker Josh Dye

Clutter chokes our energy, productivity and resources (like money!) in our personal and professional lives. Clearing away the clutter reawakens our creativity, productivity, and passion.

In this session you will learn the following (Learning Objectives:

  • Why we accumulate clutter.
  • How your upbringing influenced the clutter in your life today.
  • How your current relationships influence the possessions you accumulate.
  • Resources to help you organize and declutter.
  • Tips to eliminate clutter in your home, relationships, email, devices, and more!

Productivity: How to Work When No One is Watching

Speaker Ellen Goodwin

How do you get things done when it feels like the world is conspiring to hijack your time, your attention, and your focus?

When distractions are everywhere, and nothing seems to get accomplished? Start by watching this webinar to learn the tools and strategies for overcoming procrastination, building stronger habits, harnessing daily energy, and being more focused, all so you can be more efficient and effective with your time and get things DONE.

In this webinar you will learn (learning objectives):

  • The importance of being in action.
  • How to prevent obstacles from stopping you.
  • How working with (and around) your brain, can make all the difference in what can be accomplished every day.
  • How to leverage the trifecta of action, energy, and focus to stay on track and get more DONE

About the Speaker: Ellen Goodwin

For 20 years, I ran my own creative business. I loved it at first. Yet, with mastery came complacency. I’d reached my peak and was slowly slipping down the other side of the hill. Many days while waiting for the muse to strike, I would become engrossed in the online world of endless clicks, sucked into a rabbit hole of distractions.

I almost got myself fired.

Bored and unfulfilled, I became addicted to my current situation rather than taking the steps towards my own evolution. Like many people, my catalyst for change came when I hit bottom, nearly fired from a long-term contract because of my inability to stop procrastinating. It was my wake-up call.

So I asked myself:  why?

Powerless and frustrated, I began to ask why.

Why couldn’t I stay on task or finish on time? I began to study procrastination, and the answers came like lightening: my brain. Neuroscience holds not only the answer as to why we stay stuck, but the formula for what we should do instead. By working with our natural human habits rather than fighting against them, we can create a game plan to squash procrastination and step out of our own way.

My understanding can help YOU.

Understanding my own experience allowed me to create a new result. As your Action Instigator and Accountability Partner, I will do the same for you.

From A-to-Zuckerberg: Websites & Apps that Make Work & Life Easier

Speaker Josh Dye

Our work and lives are as busy and hectic as ever. Are email overload, daunting documentation requirements, boring meetings, and overwhelming clients (and co-workers!) driving you to the brink? Let technology help!

In this fast-paced session, Josh Dye will share websites, apps, and technology hacks that will increase your productivity, efficiency & learning, and help relieve stress.

Time Flies When You Waste It: Learn How to Take it Back

Speaker Josh Dye

The old saying “Time flies when you are having fun!” is true, but time flies at the speed of light when you waste it. This keynote presentation highlights the ways we waste time professionally AND personally, and offers practical, helpful tips for getting the most out of each precious moment we are given.

Do you feel like time is no longer you own? In this refreshing and motivational presentation you will learn how to take it back.

You will learn:

  • How to change your meeting culture so they no long drain time & energy.
  • Email hacks to have a manageable inbox every day.
  • Practical minimalism: transforming how time is spent personally.
  • How to have tough conversations that address challenging issues.

Each moment we have is precious. This session will help you spend time the way YOU want!

Flow: Create a Daily Practice to Control Your Time, Increase Productivity and Live Fully

Speaker Josh-Dye

Are you owning your day, or does it feel like your day is owning you? What progress are you making on your goals and priorities? Do you spend time the way you want, with people who bring you life?

Enough questions. It is time for action. Specifically, it is time to set up a daily practice that helps you do the following:

Learning Objectives

  • Have peace of mind and focus throughout the day.
  • Make progress on your most important life goals.
  • Increase productivity at work.
  • Live life the way you want, fully!

Many of the most productive, successful and peaceful people have a daily practice. Now it is your turn! Learn how in this presentation.

Develop Interpersonal Skills for Inclusive Conversations at Work

Speaker Sarah-Soonling Blackburn

Strong interpersonal skills at work are essential.  In this webinar,  Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn will share the actions and skills needed to support an inclusive work culture.

You will learn (Learning Objectives):

  • How to boost self awareness and become more curious.
  • How to deal with disagreement.
  • Deep listening.
  • How to apply these skills in one-on-one and group settings.

About the Presenter: Dr. Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn

Dr. Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn is an educator, speaker, trainer and writer.

Sarah has a B.A. from Haverford College, an M.A. in Social Justice and Education from University College London’s Institute of Education, and an Ed.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She is based out of Oxford, Mississippi.