Growing with Integrity:
Working Forum on Managing Performance in Multi-Site Early Childhood Organizations
Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club
Lihue, Hawaii, USA
October 22 - 24, 2008
In October, 2008, leaders from 200 early childhood organizations providing services to over 500,000 families on five continents will convene in Hawaii to share ideas on how to grow an organization with integrity. The following themes will be explored:
- Sustaining Quality
- Maintaining Organizational Culture
- Consistently Meeting Customer Needs and Expectations
Who should attend?
This Working Forum is designed for leaders in programs providing services for young children in multiple locations anywhere in the world. Leaders from non-profit, for profit and government/community-operated organizations operating anywhere from 5 to 2,000 sites will find this a valuable experience.
What’s on the agenda?
How to grow an early childhood organization while maintaining quality services for children, a nurturing organizational culture, and customer-friendly relations with parents will be the focus of this Working Forum. Inspiration and ideas will be conveyed in three formats:
- Keynote presentations by leading experts on managing growth from inside and outside of the early childhood community;
- Discussion groups where leaders from similar organizations will share their own challenges and successes;
- Informal sharing taking place at receptions, meals, and pool-side conversations.
What’s the schedule?
Activities will kick off at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 22 with the opening ceremonies and keynote, following by a Hawaiian style beach front welcome reception. On Thursday through Friday afternoon there will be an alternating series of keynotes and discussion groups. Events will culminate with a festive beach-front luau ending at 8:30 PM on Friday October 24.
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