Perspective

Speaking Engagements

JANUS Solutions is often asked to present its expertise at group meetings, conferences and seminars. Some of our most popular topics are:

Beyond Child Welfare Reform: How to Support All Families for Success
Families have different needs throughout their life spans, and different capacities for taking advantage of resources and support available from the myriad of social, government, community and professional sources that exist. How can society come together to support all families for success, and what are the implications of doing so (or not doing so) to our collective future? Former DYFS Director Tom Blatner brings his seasoned and thoughtful perspective to this challenging issue.

Rethinking Child Welfare Policy: Making Child Well-Being a Priority
Child maltreatment has become a national disgrace. Many states have experienced a series of high profile tragedies that have resulted in court settlements and expansive child welfare reform. This topic focuses on how child and youth development, parent and family support, prevention, and early intervention may offer a more promising long-term solution to the challenge of child maltreatment.

A Strength-based Model for Organizational Assessment and Change
Want to learn how successfully assessing your organization will lead to meaningful organizational change? This topic explores a model for organizational assessment in the context of a broader framework for effective leadership and management. It provides management teams, strategic planners, and non-profit boards with a strength-based, organizational assessment model they can implement to produce better outcomes for children and families.

Effective Leadership Development for Non-Profit Staff and Board Members
Leadership development is a cycle that includes planning, management and positioning. How do successful managers and boards use these tools to strengthen and grow their organizations? This topic explores approaches, best practices and critical indicators for success.

Evaluation of a CEO – Why and How to Do It
As an organization leader, the CEO drives the successful fulfillment of its vision and mission. This topic explores why a board should evaluate the organization’s CEO and how to do it in a constructive and productive way for all involved.

10 Responsibilities of Non-Profit Boards
New to a board? This topic explores the things you need to do to make the greatest contribution to the organization. This topic can also be presented to organization management to help them engage and get the most from the untapped resources on the board.

Good to Great: Professionalizing a Successful Non-Profit
Many non-profits begin with a passionate leader and a vision for change. As an organization grows, more professional management methods are needed to ensure effective service delivery, quality control, staff motivation/retention and to satisfy funding sources. This overview presentation sets the stage for what’s needed to go from “good to great.”

Starting a Non-Profit: Rapid Implementation Model and Keys to Success
What does it take to start a new non-profit organization? How quickly or slowly should the process happen? For many groups, the rapid implementation model is the right one, but it takes organization, structure and leadership to make it happen. Drawing from JANUS Solutions’ experience in helping numerous non-profit groups get started, this topic covers key activities and discusses what to do (and what not to do) to ensure a successful and smooth launch.

Living the Vision: Building Buy-In from Front Line Employees
Employees are the key to fulfilling the mission and vision of an organization and to delivering services in a way that is consistent with its values. This topic explores successful strategies to educate and motivate employees to become champions of the organization, which also positively impacts employee morale and retention.