Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
WALLA WALLA—This March, learn with Human Resources Consultant Skye Mercer about creating a positive workplace culture, recruiting, and retaining employees, planning for succession, and creating flexibility in the workplace. The four-part free online series takes place March 15, 29, and April 19, 26, from 12- 1 pm PST.
This series is the second learning event of the 2022 Connect, Innovate, & Thrive Nonprofit and Community Learning Series. Workshops are translated into Spanish. For more information and free registration, visit the Sherwood Trust website http://www.sherwoodtrust.org.
“Creating a positive workplace culture that balances the needs of employees with the organization’s mission and financial sustainability,” Mercer said, “is critical to retaining the best employees and volunteers.”
Regardless of size or budget, nonprofits have an opportunity to create a great place to work. In this workshop, we’ll explore building on your nonprofit’s strengths to continue enhancing your organizational culture.
Mercer, the facilitator for the series, is an Iowa-based, certified HR Consultant with nearly 20 years of professional HR experience, including in-house and consultative nonprofit HR experience.
She holds an MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP. Mercer has worked extensively with nonprofits in the Pacific Northwest, including Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center in Coeur d’Alene, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Spokane, YWCA in Vancouver, and the Brave Warrior Project in Wenatchee.
With nearly 20 years of HR/Leadership Training experience, she has in-depth experience coaching and consulting with nonprofit leaders.
Complete 2022 Community Learning Schedule
1 - Event has taken place.
2 - Organization Culture, Human Resources, and Leadership. With facilitator Skye Mercer. Online March 15, 29, and April 19 26 from 12- 1 pm PST. A four-part online series
3 - Board Membership 101 Overview with facilitator Liz Heath. April 27 from 11 am - 1 pm PST
4 - Powerhouse Boards Nonprofit Board membership with Nancy Bacon. May 11 and 25 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. PST
5 - DEI Cultural Competence with facilitators Lynn Carlson and Naima Chambers Smith. October 13 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. PST
6 - Civic Engagement through Inclusive Meetings with facilitator Mark Smutny. October 27 time TBD
Sherwood Trust is a private, placed-based foundation that supports capacity-building to ensure that everyone in the Walla Walla Valley has a sense of belonging and contributes to a thriving region.
Founded in 1991 to continue Donald and Virginia Sherwood’s legacy to make the Walla Walla Valley a better place, it has invested more than $35 million to strengthen nonprofits and improve communities here. For more information, please visit sherwoodtrust.org
For more information, please contact Julia Leavitt at Sherwood Trust, 509-529-2791, or email Julia@sherwoodtrust.org.
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