Pre-Conference Workshops
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

7:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00am

Workshop A: Balanced Scorecard Basics for the Mission Driven Organization (Best for organizations who are new to the Balanced Scorecard) Creating a strategy, translating the strategy to your organization and monitoring progress are three essential functions of the balanced scorecard. By employing the BSC within you organization you will be able to create a transparent environment that allows you to set and monitor goals and communicate progress throughout. The BSC is a multilevel system that will track performance through financial analysis, customer satisfaction, internal process, and organizational growth. This introductory workshop for Balanced Scorecard methodology will provide insight on the following topics, and leave you with a great basis for BSC methodology to bring back to your organization: Implementing the BSC in your organization Communicating strategy Monitoring success with the BSC Ensuring strategy execution

Ted Jackson Co-founder and managing partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group Laura Downing Managing Partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group

8:00am

Workshop B: Optimizing Your Strategy-Focused Organization (Best for organizations who have been using performance measures for 1-2 years) At the basis of mission driven performance is an organization’s strategy. Tailoring a strategy and defining objectives will focus your organization’s goals and allow you to communicate the strategy effectively. Creating strategic road maps, outlining performance measures and targeting key issues that need to be addressed will provide a foundation for an organizational strategy that will spur productivity, efficiency and growth. The “Optimizing Your Strategy” workshop provides a great foundation for building a strategy and provides insight into the following areas: Transparency and communication Strategic Road Maps Management techniques

Mark Cutler Engagement Manager Ascendant Strategy Management Group Dylan Miyake Co-founder and managing partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group

12:00pm

Networking Luncheon

1:00pm

Workshop C: Integrating Risk Management and Strategy Management Within an uncertain economic environment managing risk becomes exponentially important for social and public sector organizations. With funding and support lacking it is essential to shift risk management to the forefront of your strategic management objectives. Using the BSC as a tool is a great way to integrate the two aspects of management. Risk factors can impede your strategic goal, by moving risk management to your organization's strategy you will effectively mitigate risk and proceed on course. This workshop will provide attendees with the tools needed to integrate the two facets of management into one practical entity, and provide guidance on how to: Develop and implement a Risk Management program Integrate management techniques Use the BSC as a tool to manage risk Apply principals of risk management to organizational strategy

Dylan Miyake Co-founder and managing partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group Laura Downing Managing Partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group

1:00pm

Workshop D: Managing Results Through Effective Strategy Reporting Meeting A mission driven strategy requires transparency throughout the echelons of an organization. Strategy meetings are influential in communicating objectives to employees and driving production. Putting in place metrics or performance measurements that all facets of an organization understand will convey the strategy of an organization and breed a cohesive atmosphere amongst employees, managers, directors, and executives. This workshop is instrumental in teaching you how to bring successful strategy reporting meetings back to your organization, and implement the following crucial tactics: Install performance measurements Create group cohesion • Enhance productivity in employees Execute strategy on all levels

Jeremy Sutherland Ascendant Strategy Management Group Ted Jackson Co-founder and managing partner Ascendant Strategy Management Group

5:15pm

Adjourn

Why Attend a Workshop?

Pre-conference workshops are hands-on, in-depth sessions with interactive group sessions and designed project exercises that have immediate application. In a full day workshop session, you will enhance your training experience by establishing a reference point of familiarity of methodology, lexicon and best practice tools of implementation for a greater understanding during the course of the event.

Workshops are designed to dive deep into your strategic planning process to help improve your expertise and gain knowledge to implement changes to your strategic mapping and execution process. Enrollment space is limited, so register today to reserve your place.