[grc] Join Our Free Workshop On Fixing the Mayhem in Your Organization

[Ursula Ruedenberg]

*“WHY DO THEY DO THAT???”                      *

*Understanding and Fixing the Mayhem in Your Organization*





* 3-Part Tele-workshop for 20 Particpants Ursula Ruedenberg / Peyton Wimmer*

*April 1 : 2 PM EST April 8: 2 PM EST*

*April 15: 2 PM EST*



Dear community radio builder:



I am excited to announce a new workshop collaboration that I am
experimenting with, for making inroads into one of the hardest things about
community radio station management: bringing people together.



I have enjoyed considerable success in building the Pacifica Network
affiliate Program and, recently, founding KHOI, a new full-power community
radio station in Ames, Iowa. I have been told often that I am a good
manager/leader and one of the things my co-workers love most is that when
working with me, there is usually room for everyone to enjoy themselves and
win.



One of the main reasons for successes I have had is I always seek out great
teachers. So, to help me be a good manager in community radio, I found a
remarkably talented teacher. If you attended the 2014 Grassroots Radio
Conference, you may have experienced Peyton Wimmer’s expertise. If not, you
are in for a treat.



Peyton Wimmer is a psychologist from Austin TX who has a remarkable
understanding of the underlying systems of behavior in organizations. He
has developed a powerful set of management concepts for building
functionality. His ability to do this stems from lessons learned in his
private practice with clients who traditionally fall through the cracks:
children and adolescents with developmental delays, behavioral issues or
the Gifted and Talented population; suicidal adolescents and adults;
addiction and other life crisis situations.



So Peyton and I want to try out a little collaborative experiment, to test
out whether we can translate these principles into effective tools for
helping noncoms improve and flourish. If it works, we may develop it into a
small consulting service. For now, though we will run a 3-class
tele-workshop as a test project over the course of a 3 week period, where
we will teach you the basic concepts for understanding problems and
successes in your organization. We want to see if we can give you a whole
new perspective within which you feel focused and empowered to implement
positive change in your organization.



The tele-workshop will include:



An explanation of the structural conditions for organizations’ failure and
success, in the abstract, and as applied to community radio stations

 Workbooks for dealing with two common crisis situations in organizations

 Problem-solving, where we apply the concepts to real problems brought by
workshop participants


This is an invitation to you as a community radio manager. This 3-part
tele-workshop to test out our pilot project: *“WHY DO THEY DO
THAT???...Understanding and Fixing the Mayhem in Your Organization”*


 It is going to be in a small group; we are inviting 20 people to go
through the process with us at the super-crazy price of: no cost! and we
will help you become empowered and focused as a team leader.



What we are asking in return is your willingness to participate in short
assessment questions during the classes, and after the workshop ends,
your feedback
for improvement or even possibly a testimonial; your willingness to tell
others about it would be great.



If you would like to join us, please just reply to this email and just
say: *SIGN
ME UP*. The class is limited to 20 participants so reply soon to reserve
your spot! I will email you a link to register on a first-come-first-serve
basis. By the way, we will record the classes, so if you can't attend,
there will be recordings.



This pilot workshop will begin April 1 at 2 PM EST and continue on April 8
and 15 all at 2 PM EST. The first and last sessions will be webinars and
the middle session will be a conference call. So jump in – let’s do this!



Ursula Ruedenberg
Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager

 FYI - Some information about us:



Peyton Wimmer holds a Masters in Education for counseling. He has worked
for more than 20 years with nonprofit mental health, health - providing
counseling and social services to the music and creative community in
Austin, TX, where he lives and is also a working musician.  In his private
practice, Peyton has focused particularly on people who are
exceptional: children
and adolescents with developmental and behavioral issues, Gifted and
Talented populations; suicidal adolescents and adults; addicts and people
in other life crisis situations. His interest in nonprofit organizations is
partially due to the role noncoms can play in making a place in community
for those who may be otherwise marginalized.



Ursula Ruedenberg holds a Master of Fine Art and has been building
organizations from the ground up for 40 years. Some organizations she
founded include a rape crisis center, a food coop, a mural painting
collective, and a 15-year community mural program for the City of New York
Parks & Recreation Department. In 2002 she was hired by Pacifica Foundation
to build their Affiliate Program, which has grown into a broadcast network
of almost 200 community radio stations. In 2010, Ruedenberg led the project
to build KHOI, a full-power community radio station in Ames Iowa, where she
currently serves as the volunteer station manager, as well as serving as
the manager of Pacifica’s affiliate network.



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-- 
Ursula Ruedenberg
Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator
510-812-7989

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