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 convened in Hawaii to share ideas on how to grow an organization with integrity. The following themes were explored:
- Sustaining Quality in Multi-Site Organizations
- Developing and Sustaining the Early Childhood Workforce
- Maintaining Organizational Culture in Changing Times
- Consistently Meeting Customer Needs and Expectations
Who should attend?
This Working Forum was 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 took part in this a valuable experience.
What was 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 was the focus of this Working Forum. Inspiration and ideas were conveyed in three formats: Multi-Site Co-Host
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- Keynote presentations by leading experts on managing growth from inside and outside of the early childhood community;
- Discussion groups where leaders from similar organizations shared their own challenges and successes;
- Informal sharing taking place at receptions, meals, and pool-side conversations.
What was the schedule?
Activities kicked off at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 22 with the opening ceremonies and keynote, followed by a Hawaiian style beach front welcome reception. On Thursday through Friday afternoon there was an alternating series of keynotes and discussion groups. Events culminated with a festive beach-front luau ending at 8:00 pm on Friday October 24.
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