Two Great Learning Opportunities!

Here are two upcoming opportunities to make your work easier and your United Way better.

2025 Community Schools Conference

The first learning opportunity comes from our good friends at United Way of Erie County in Erie, Pennsylvania. One year from now, on July 23-24, 2025, United Way of Erie County will be hosting their inaugural 2025 Community Schools Conference. This conference will provide the foundation and the “nuts and bolts” of the community school strategy as implemented by United Way of Erie County. The conference will be an in-person learning and networking opportunity for United Ways, school districts, and other partner organizations working to address poverty in their communities.

United Way of Erie County has been using the community school strategy since 2017, and we frequently share examples of their work in our retreats and training sessions. Perspectives has worked with United Way of Erie County since 2008 and their efforts are not only innovative, they are effective.

Although registration does not open until November 1, sign up now to receive updates on the conference here:

Unlocking Your Board’s Potential

The second learning opportunity is our new Perspectives Consulting webinar - Unlocking Your Board’s Potential: Policy Governance for United Ways. Every board has the potential to advance the work of their United Way, however all too often boards fail to unlock that potential due to lack of direction, micro-management, limited engagement, and apathy. But the problem is unlikely to be your board members or your executive director, and more likely to be the way your board operates.

Perspectives’ new webinar, Unlocking Your Board’s Potential: Policy Governance for United Ways, will introduce you to the Policy Governance model for board governance and how it can transform the work of your board. In this 75-minute webinar, you will:

  • Understand the basics of Policy Governance and how it differs from what your board is doing currently

  • Explore how Policy Governance overcomes four challenges facing most United Way boards: lack of direction, micro-management, limited engagement, and apathy

  • See examples of how Policy Governance could work in your United Way

  • Learn how your United Way can implement Policy Governance

Unlocking Your Board’s Potential: Policy Governance for United Ways is designed for United Way executive directors and Presidents/CEOs as well as your board leadership. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about the Policy Governance model as well as share challenges and concerns your board is facing at your United Way.

Join us on Wednesday, October 16th at 2 p.m. ET for this 75-minute webinar. This webinar is free, however attendance is limited to 100 participants to allow for sharing and questions.

Sign up for Unlocking Your Board’s Potential: Policy Governance for United Ways here.

Community Impact, Conferences, Board, WebinarsGary Goscenskiconference, WebinarComment