Series Description:
Putting People First, New Chapter Coaching’s 2nd annual Well-Being Webinar Series, is a collection of four webinars designed to holistically address one of the top needs in nonprofits today: well-being. Participants will gain the necessary skills to positively impact well-being for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Join us for one hour every Thursday, March 9 – March 30, for this unique and impactful series.
Interested? We have great news! We are offering team and series discounts. Get a great deal before series registration closes on Monday, March 4, and individual webinar registration closes the Monday before each webinar. Learn about each webinar and register below:
Implementing a Successful Well-Being Program
Meet the Facilitator:
Coach Melody is a Health and Wellness Transformation Strategist with 20 years of experience. She is an expert in the field of health & wellness, author, and health contributor. Coach Melody’s mission is to develop positive, effective, and sustainable health & wellness programs for leaders. She specializes in equipping nonprofit organizations and individuals with knowledge and a plan to improve mental and physical wellness, specifically through wellness coaching, wellness programming, workshops, and speaking.
Thriving Together: Cultivating a Culture of Well-Being
Culture is best summarized as the “human element” of a business, making it the X factor of every successful organization and team. A supportive culture can lead to a staggering 56% improvement in employees’ overall wellbeing, as reported by the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. When you commit to putting people first, you commit to improving culture, wellbeing, and outcomes for those you serve.
In this webinar, we will dive into well-being on the team level and break down the anatomy of “culture” into the ten key human needs of employees. You will leave with actionable strategies to meet these needs and cultivate a sustainable culture of wellbeing.
All registrants will be invited to attend this webinar live on Thursday, March 14 at 12-1pm CT. Have a conflict? No worries! You will also receive a recording of the webinar, made available to view for a full two weeks following the live session.
Meet the Facilitator:
Olivia holds her MBA, is a certified nonprofit board consultant, as well as a strategic planning specialist with experience working and consulting in the nonprofit sector. Olivia leads with enthusiasm, a strengths-based approach, and her skills in project management and communication. In her last position, Olivia was a member of the leadership team of a social services nonprofit. She has built a volunteer program from conception to over 200 active volunteers, managed a staff of 8, and led a team to design and organize over 200 activities and events per month. Olivia is passionate about teams and culture, believing that the best teams get the best results.
Why Are We Talking So Much About Trauma?
Mental health needs were high prior to 2020, but have skyrocketed since then. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2021 Mental Health Report shares that 3 in 4 U.S. workers reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition. As employees, managers, and organizational leaders… where do we start in addressing mental health? Dr. Chris Lawrence suggests a focus: an increased awareness of our own and our employees’ trauma.
Extended overwhelm, as many of us experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, can cause trauma. In this presentation, Dr. Lawrence will address the impact of chronic feelings of overwhelm, which are part of an evolutionary means of survival gone awry. She will discuss how to respond to feelings of overwhelm – not just with the use of “coping mechanisms”, but by responding to the needs of our bodies and nervous systems.
All registrants will be invited to attend this webinar live on Thursday, March 21 at 12-1pm CT. Have a conflict? No worries! You will also receive a recording of the webinar, made available to view for a full two weeks following the live session.
Meet the Facilitator:
Dr. Chris Lawrence is a Psychologist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner who has been working with clients and training students and clinicians for 35 years. She believes that many “symptoms” associated with anxiety, depression and trauma are normal body adaptations to abnormal internal or external conditions such as prenatal exposure to stress and toxins, birth trauma, family dysfunction or neighborhood, occupational or societal stressors. An effective way of helping these mental health conditions is to begin the process of a slow unwinding of our nervous system from a state of defense or shutdown to a state of safety and connection.
She is the founder and Director of a large private practice (Chris Lawrence & Associates, LLC) and a nonprofit (HeartSpace Clinic), an organization that offers a wide variety of services focused on building resilience in the face of traumatic stress through interventions that target the nervous system, including the Safe and Sound Protocol, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges.
Courageous Conversations: Strategies for Navigating Difficult Dialogues
Did you know that 85% of employees experience conflict in the workplace, and one in four employees say that avoiding conflicts has led to illness or absence from work? Engaging in “tough talks” increases employee well-being, happiness, and productivity, but having these conversations can feel awkward and uncomfortable. How do you respond when your coworker or boss lashes out at you? What should managers do when two team members are having difficulty getting along, or when political discord is negatively impacting workplace culture?
In this webinar, participants will learn how to level up their inclusive communication skills using practices that foster psychological safety and workplace well-being. You will leave this session with new perspectives, resources, and actionable strategies to productively handle difficult conversations and resolve conflicts while preserving and strengthening workplace relationships.
All registrants will be invited to attend this webinar live on Thursday, March 28 at 12-1pm CT. Have a conflict? No worries! You will also receive a recording of the webinar, made available to view for a full two weeks following the live session.
Meet the Facilitator:
Dr. Elisa Glick believes that when we change ourselves, we change the world. A diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant and trainer, researcher, and award-winning educator with over 20 years experience in higher education, Elisa is passionate about helping individuals and communities to thrive. She works with clients at all stages of their DEI journeys to help them build more inclusive workplaces, classrooms, and organizations.
Elisa is the founder of the innovative Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has expertise in creating DEI and antiracist curricula, facilitating diversity trainings, and developing and implementing inclusive teaching programming. Her teaching and academic publications on LGBTQ+ Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Black Studies speak to her commitment to social justice. After retiring in 2023, Elisa was awarded the title Associate Professor Emerita in recognition of the many contributions she made to the University of Missouri during her tenure. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Brown University.
