Organization: Asset Africa Institute
Registration deadline: 25 Oct 2016
Starting date: 02 Nov 2016
Ending date: 04 Nov 2016
Dear Partner,
Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetafrica.co.ke), is pleased to announce the following workshop which will take place in November 2016, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Course Name: Organization Governance, Management and Technical Leadership Workshop
Date: 2nd -4th November 2016
Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
Need for Training
Obscure lines of responsibility, accountability and the perceived overlapping nature of concurrent functions create poor coordination and disharmony between different organization departments and are largely responsible for weak governance structures, processes and leadership outcomes in various institutions resulting in disastrous effects on comity within organizations.
From 2nd -4th November 2016,, Executive Directors, Program Managers and Officers, Heads of Institutions, Heads of Department, and Senior Finance staff will be skilled on the 15 most critical areas in Organization Governance, Management and Technical Leadership that must be followed to take your organization to success including :Structuring the Organization (Structure and Governance), Planning & Strategy, Finance, Controls, Resource Mobilization, Donor & Stakeholder Mapping and Management, Organization Branding, Program Innovations, Donor Relations and Management, People Management and Statutory Compliance.
This seminar seeks to enlighten participants on how to make organizations radiate instead of only absorbing, cultivate long term mutually beneficial relationships with donors and to meticulously build and strengthen the “Organization Brand”
This training will help you and your teams answer the following commonly asked questions
• What are our real strengths and how do we effectively minimize our weaknesses, maximize on our opportunities and mitigate threats to our organization?
• How do we improve on our internal and external communication?
• How do we create cross-platform campaigns that will enhance organization visibility and help create a strong brand awareness among key donors, increase sources of funding, increase traffic to our website and help us interact effectively with your project beneficiaries, current donors and future prospects?
• What financial management and accounting skills do our non-financial managers need to possess?
• How do we conduct our audits and how do we use audit reports to improve on our organization management processes?
• How can we make our organization stand out from the rest?
• What is that donors require in capacity assessment and how does capacity issues influence donor funding?
• How can I become the much sought after “star” organization manager
• Who are our stakeholders and how do we identify and manager relations with them?
• How do we keep our project teams effectively motivated to their work?
Summary Course Content
• Structuring the Organization –Organization Structure and Governance
• Understanding the core components of the organization- Roles and responsibilities of different departments and key officials, Understanding systems and procedures, Linkages Between Organization Structure and its Objectives
• Linkages between Planning & Strategy
• Maximizing the power of the tools and processes of the “blue ocean methodology” in resource mobilization
• Finance Management for non-Finance Personnel- Overview of finance management, Elements of financial procedures and policies, Key financial responsibilities of Managers& Directors
• Tools for finance management- Different tools and formats and their importance to financial management of organization, How to create internal control mechanism, Maintaining accountability and transparency
• Overview of accounting systems -Finance & Asset Management and Controls, Controlling frauds, Cash policy, Managing bank accounts and transactions,
• Managing Organization Assets- Why and How, Fixed assets register, Consumable assets register, Assets for the specific project, Assets of finished projects, Tools for assets management, Maintenance of machines and equipment
• Donor & Stakeholder Mapping and Relations Management
• Organization Branding
• Statutory Compliance
• Capacity Assessment for Organizations-with a special focus to NGOs & other non- Profits
• Managing change in the organization/gaining commitments- How to introduce change, Up-selling change as a positive, Pre-empting and managing potential negative impacts, Learn to cope yourself
• Administrative audit- What is administrative audit? When and how long? What should the audit look for? How to do an administrative audit
• Team Management and Motivation - Application of human resource policy in a modern organization setting, Overview of team dynamics, team building and team management, How to maintain highly motivated staff
• Ethical Practices in Organization Management
• Program Innovations
Seminar Methodology
Dynamic, creative, participant centered, practical, interactive, interesting adult learning methodologies-including facilitated discussions, small group interactive exercises, large group discussions, role plays, plenary presentations, Case Studies, examples from organizations and drawing upon participants’ own experience- and diverse media will be applied to enable participants to design M & E Systems, Evaluate and Manage programs for results.
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke)-AAI--AAI-) has distinguished itself as the training provider of choice among development organizations. AAI specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a team of high end consultant base of more than 130 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, AAI has provided consultancies and training to such reputable organizations as: Federal University, Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria, African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD),Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Islamic Relief-Somalia, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice)-Benin, Rwanda Union of the Blind, Sasakawa Africa Association-Ethiopia, Harare Institute of Technology, Care International-Mali, Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Mazommo Construction Company-Liberia, Addis Ababa University, Uganda Industrial Research Institute, IOM-Sudan**,** among others
For information in regard to the above workshop kindly contact:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute,
Trust Mansion Hse,
Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965,
www.assetafrica.co.ke
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke / assetafrika@gmail.com
How to register:
Kindly contact us using the information below to get the registration form.
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965