Cliff Jones
Senior Consultant
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
Presentation & Continental Breakfast at 8:00
Networking at 9:30
Help your Board of Directors recruit and engage new members that have the skills your organization most needs. A diverse Board supports an organization's success with a wider pool of strategies, thinking, experiences, contacts, and resources. Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment is central to tapping these resources and benefits the entire organization. This network session will not only provide an overview of Board welcoming and inclusion, but will also suggest specific steps and strategies for building an open Board culture where greater diversity can take root.
Learn to:
- Connect greater Board diversity to greater organizational diversity
- Identify what cultural practices within your Board may be exclusive
- Strengthen the Board's skills in practicing inclusiveness
- Identify areas of diversity most needed and prospective Board members that bring that diversity
About the Presenter
Cliff Jones is a human rights activist with over 30 years’ experience in social services, community education, and human rights advocacy. He has experience as a frontline staff, supervisor, project manager, and executive director. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a comprehensive curriculum led by a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations.
Cliff has served on the boards of McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, Funding Exchange Foundation, Oregon Minority AIDS Coalition, Multnomah Legal Service Workers Union, and Peer Counseling Community. He has been a trainer for the Black Leadership and Community Development Institute and is a recipient of Nordstrom’s Cultural Diversity Community Service Award.
About the Network
Each session of the Mid-Valley Nonprofit Network is designed to strengthen your management skills while providing field-tested concepts and tools to take back to your organization for implementation. In addition to skills development, each session allows for networking and peer coaching in a collaborative learning environment.
Become a Season Pass HolderWe encourage organizations and individuals to attend the entire series by purchasing a season pass. Season pass holders save up to $20 off of the individual session registration fees and are pre-registered for all four network sessions.
The Dye House
1313 Mill Street SE
Salem, OR 97301
| NAO Members | $22.50 |
| Nonmembers | $25.00 |