21oct08:3011:30SCVO managers digital leadership programme — Volunteer Centre East Lothian — VCEL
SCVO’s manager’s digital leadership programme is designed to help support you to find and use digital tools, methods and ways of working to: ease
SCVO’s manager’s digital leadership programme is designed to help support you to find and use digital tools, methods and ways of working to:
ease your workload
manage more effectively
develop your team
solve problems faster
create time for creativity.
Session 1: Leadership – examine and understand your approach; identify and reflect on your own working practice and how this can impact on others in the digital context, and understand the importance of/and implement delegation
Session 2: Culture – hybrid working fundamentals; understand and create a collaborative culture, and increase team communication
Session 3: Project management – understanding agile and iteration; understand and explore iteration and agile introduction to Kanban and defining your ‘done’
Session 4: Creating space for creativity – understanding digital wellbeing; an introduction to digital wellbeing, and understanding asynchronous and synchronous working
Session 5: Road mapping 1 – creating your next steps; begin to create your action plan
Session 6: Road mapping 2 – finalising your next steps; deliver your action plan
Session 7: Retrospective
The programme centres around five core themes with a final road mapping retrospective session and a final follow-up session:
leadership and delegation – examine and understand your approach
culture and wellbeing – the fundamentals of hybrid working
iterative project management – understanding agile methodology
asynchronous working – creating space for creativity
journey mapping – cementing your next steps
retrospective – what’s worked and what hasn’t.
This online programme is for those who are new to or have some experience of managing people and projects, who are in a middle manager position and want to improve and enhance these skills. The sessions are geared to those working in the Scottish voluntary sector.
The programme is free of charge but still involves a high level of commitment over the twelve weeks
For anyone who is a manager, a middle manger or an aspiring manager and is an SCVO member organisation.
Delivered over twelve weeks, you will participate in 6 x 2.5 hour sessions, with directed work between each session and 1 x 1.5 hour retrospective session. The sessions are fully online and will be delivered over Zoom, with links to sessions sent to you once you have booked on to the programme.
Session 1: 26 August, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Session 2: 09 September, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Session 3: 23 September, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Session 4: 07 October, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Session 5: 21 October, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Session 6: 18 November, 9.30am – 12.30pm
“The programme has been excellent in both a learning perspective and as a way of personal reflection. As someone who believes in the power of continuous learning, I’m extremely grateful for what this programme has provided me with; design theory, insights into leadership culture and a lot of food for thought.”
“I liked the informal presentation style and the contemporary methods being discussed, it didn’t feel stuffy or outdated like some corporate training I’ve done in the past.”
“Fantastic facilitator in Maddie. Sessions were great and genuinely something to look forward to. Would highly recommend the programme to others.”
Booking for this event is restricted – please sign up for a My SCVO account or sign in to access the booking form if you are eligible.
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