Lunch & Learns

  • Faith Factor for Community Agencies. Has your agency successfully tapped into one of the most powerful volunteer forces in every community?  Build the capacity of your agency by engaging local Churches. In this workshop, BYI shares the secrets to successfully working with church staff and volunteers and helps you understand church culture so you can have mutually beneficial service experiences.
  • Help More People with Less Money. In today’s economy, does your agemcy have enough resources to go around?Care for more people in need by instantly sharing information with other care-giving organizations and churches. Hear stories of successful partnerships and learn about new online tools that give you instant assistance records so you help those who really need it and avoid scamming. 
 
Workshops
  • Internally Strong & Externally Focused. Build a strong internal volunteer processand watch people’s passion for your agency grow! Connect, train, and appreciate volunteers so that your organization can focus on people in need and be sustained for the long-haul.  
  • The Team Building Experience. Want to have conversations and planning sessions that produce results? In this workshop, we’ll show you how to effectively work in teams that value people over programs and still get the work done!
  • Do you play well with others? Explore the attitudes, actions, and environments it takes to form and grow mutually beneficial community relationships. In this workshop, you’ll hear about successful community collaborations including both faith and non-faith based partners. Learn about three stages of collaboration development and how you can grow from where you are today.
Strategy Sessions
 
Would you like to have greater alignment and ownership to the overall vision for your agency and community? People support what they help to create and Backyard Impact helps sets the stage. Using a meeting facilitation model called Results Based Conversations*, Tricia and Krista set an exciting pace for creative planning. Teams experience productive conversations through guided learning activities and scenarios. All sessions are tailored to fit your organizational goals, availability and budget. Strategic Sessions can happen with your staff team or in a combined arena with teams from several organizations in a specific region. Three months worth of meetings and conversations can be accomplished in a one or two day BYI Strategy Session. Great for staff planning retreats or kicking off a new community-wide initiative!
 
*Results Based Conversations (RBC) is a proven meeting facilitation process used by Fortune 500 companies to accomplish major initiatives or mergers. Developed by Wild Works Group (www.wildworksgroups.com), RBC has been used by hundreds of churches and organizations through a Wild Works/Leadership Network partnership. Krista and Tricia are both certified RBC facilitators.