Catchafire Day

Catchafire Update

HSF in coordination with The Beveridge Foundation, Community Foundation of Western Mass, and the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation are excited to be able to offer access to Catchafire for a third year to our members.

HSF members have accessed support and services valued at over $465,000.00 FOR FREE! HSF Executive Director, Becca Coolong, will let you know how HSF has used Catchafire for services ranging from rebranding to creating print materials to data analysis to strategic planning. We know that TIME is the biggest barrier to use so she will update you on how little time it really takes. This event will help programs, and locations in your organization benefit from having access to Catchafire. This is not just a resource for senior leaders, it is a resource for everyone!

Following the informational hour Becca will give technical assistance to start or move forward your projects.

Register Now!

Thank you to our Annual Sponsors

HSF Legislative Reception

Zoom breakout rooms,

All registrants will be assigned to a breakout room with one of their legislators.

REGISTER NOW

For staff, board, constituents/clients, family members, and volunteers of member agencies of the Human Service Forum, Hampshire Council of Social Agencies (COSA) & Franklin County Resource Network (FCRN).

Join your colleagues, clients and community members as we engage with our state legislators at the annual HSF Legislative Reception.

This unique event allows you to share a table, zoom style, with one of the western Massachusetts Representatives or Senators and speak directly with them on topics that are important to you.

You and your concerns matter – raise your voice and your issue – Legislators want and need to hear from you.

Don’t sit this one out – engage your voice and you can impact policy decisions!

Share your story – let your representative know what policies and laws actually look like in action, in our families and our communities.

Find Your Legislator

Due to the virtual format of this event all registrants emails will be required when registering. These emails will receive a zoom registration link 2 weeks before the event. In order to maintain the safest virtual environment once the zoom registration is filled out each person will receive an individual log in link.

When

Friday January 26, 2024

7:30am – 8:00am

Zoom log in and networking time

8:00am- 10:15AM
Legislator Welcome and Break Out Rooms

Cost is $20.00 per person

Pre-registration is required**

February 2024 Breakfast- Artificial Intelligence, Human Service

This event is now going to be virtual due to impending storm. Registrants should check their email for the event link. Contact proot@humanserviceforum.org with any questions.

No matter how you feel about artificial intelligence, it is not going away and will be more and more prevalent as time roles forward. Find out more about it, whether or not to use, how, and for what. Delcie Bean, of Tech Foundry and Paragus Strategic IT, shares his vast knowledge over a delicious breakfast.

Networking, thought provoking presentation, and great food on February 13th.

Breakfast Speaker:

Delcie Bean always wanted to create a company where he was excited to come to work every day and where his co-workers felt more like friends and family. This vision has carried Paragus through its growth and transition to employee ownership. His passion for economic development projects in the Valley led him to create Tech Foundry, a technology education nonprofit. When he’s not working, he loves spending time with his family, hiking, trail riding and enjoying ice cold grapefruit juice.

HSF Annual Sponsors:

HSF Breakfast Sponsors:

Retention: Rewards & Recognition, Accountability & Discipline

This series of workshops is ideal for new supervisors to get the skills and knowledges needed to succeed. A trained supervisory team will improve any organization and lead to higher impact in aiding their communities.

The topics from the Supervisory Series are now open for individual registration through Zoom.

Session Topics:

Retention: Rewards & Recognition, Accountability & Discipline- Help build an understanding within your team of their own progress. Be able to have conversations about great performance, and areas of improvement. Build a culture that retains their workforce through active development.

About the presenters

Wilbert Weche; Willful Change

Meaghan Murphy, Esq. and Tim Murphy, Skoler Abbott and Presser

Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis

Valerie Francis & Ben Garvey; Hub Insurance Center of New England

Chris Wisneski; Whittlesly

Jynai MacDonald

Diana Brooks; Diana Brooks Associates

Training Sponsor:

Annual Sponsors:

Assessing D.E.I. as a New Supervisor