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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SUSIE SHANNONBOARD CHAIR

SC Thrive

CATHY EASLEYBOARD MEMBER

Director of Integrated Community SystemsTrident United Way

HARVEY GALLOWAYBOARD VICE CHAIRExecutive Director

BCBSSC Foundation

LAWRENCE FLYNNBOARD MEMBER

Managing MemberPope Flynn, LLC

SUSAN WITKOWSKIBOARD SECRETARYExecutive Director

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DAVID SPLITTGERBERBOARD TREASURER

Certified Public AccountantDerrick, Stubbs & Stith,

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I’m thrilled to have you join us in Downtown Charleston for our 6th Annual Training. In Greenville last year, we aimed to Spark Innovation at our 5th Annual Training. This year, we are celebrating South Carolina’s Heroes of Change.

Since 2010, SC Thrive and our valued Partners have served over 204,000 individuals, completed over 153,000 applications and

returned over $381 million in work supports back to South Carolina. There is no way that this could have been possible without the hard work

of organizations that work tirelessly to bring positive change to our communities and our great state.

You are the Heroes of Change in your communities who champion social innovation and community collaboration. You combat inequity and stare down seemingly impossible questions. You are innovative in your efforts to serve your communities. Your work at foodbanks, healthcare clinics, libraries, churches and MANY other places brings positive change to South Carolina.

While you’re with us at Annual Training, we want to remind you that even though this work is difficult and messy at times, it is so very essential to our communities. Together, we will continue to fight for necessary change. Thank you for being Heroes of Change.

Yours in service,

Tricia RichardsonExecutive Director, SC Thrive

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Schedule at a Glance

Thursday, September 8

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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

4:15 PM

BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION

WELCOME & OPENING KEYNOTE

BREAKOUT SESSION 1

NETWORKING LUNCH

BREAKOUT SESSION 2

BREAKOUT SESSION 3

NETWORKING RECEPTION

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

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BREAKOUT SESSION 5

LUNCH, CLOSING KEYNOTE & AWARDS

• Change Gonna Come Carolina Ballroom

• Perpetuating Change in the Next Generation • What’s in Your Toolbox to Foster Collaboration• Technology–A Hero’s Superpower• It Takes a Village: Supporting Families in Rural Communities

• Working Together to Change Who Waits in Foster Care• Grant Seeking for Heroic Success: Tips from the Funder Side• Military and Veteran Community Connections• Case Managers to the Rescue!

• Leading Through Storytelling• Healthy People Living in Healthy Communities• What You Need to Know About Social Security Disability Programs• Put Your Own Air Mask on First–A Hero’s Guide to Burnout Prevention

• Make Things Happen!

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• Mama Said: Important Leadership Lessons from Mom• Loving Our Neighbor: Servant or Sucker• Two Things to Make Your Training Terrific• Teen Titans: Learning the Secret Identities of Adolescents

• Discovering the Treasure: Engaging High Capacity Volunteers• Improving Your Financial Health• What’s New with DHHS Programs• Acércate! How to Build Relationships with Latino Families & Communities

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Looking for more information about speakers? Wondering about downtown Charleston? Want to pick your sessions electronically?

Download the SC Thrive App!

Partner BingoVisit each Partner Display, learn about their organization, get a

sticker, fill your Bingo card and enter to win a prize!

Networking Reception | COlonial ROomJoin SC Thrive for music, food, fun and friends as we network and learn more about the wonderful people here at Annual Training.

Counselor Room | Rutledge RoomAre you an SC Thrive Counselor? Stop by Rutledge Room for

a special thank you from all of us at SC Thrive!

Breakout TracksThis year, all breakout sessions are categorized into four different tracks.

Stick to one track or mix and match! Make your choices from the following:

Faith Go to light orange sessions to learn how faith-based organizations and nonprofits can work together to serve their communities.

Agency Head to dark orange sessions to learn more about Federal and State Agencies and their programs.

Social Work CEUs Head to lime green sessions to get your Social Work CEUs.

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Change Gonna Come | Carolina BallroomChange is slow, good, frustrating, constant and inevitable. As Rozalynn recounts historical change and shares experiences of modern day change efforts and successes, attendees will be inspired to accept the Heroes of Change mantle, reassured that change is “gonna come.”

Rozalynn Goodwin | South Carolina Hospital Association

Perpetuating Change in the Next Generation | Carolina AThe change we champion is rarely about us, but there is reward in the possible sacrifice. Attendees will be empowered as Rozalynn delves more into how selfless heroes perpetuated historical change, and shares her personal sacrifices for change in health policy and her daughter’s entrepreneurial journey with GaBBY Bows.

Rozalynn Goodwin | South Carolina Hospital Association

Technology–A Hero’s Superpower | CalhounTime is a precious commodity for everyday heroes! We have to use every tool (or superpower) available to make the most of the time we have! Technology is a great ally in making our lives efficient and effective as we serve others. Specifically, we will take a look at Office Online and Office 365 as affordable tools to improve productivity and collaboration within our organizations, as well as with those we serve!

Angela Watkins | WeKnowIT

It Takes a Village: Supporting Families in Rural Communities | PinckneyThis session will share practices utilized by a nonprofit organization based on an intergenerational approach to service delivery in rural communities. A successful village requires many community partners functioning together as one. This village approach addresses the complex needs of today’s non-traditional families which represent the single most important influence in their children’s lives.

Darnell Byrd-McPherson | Darlington County First Steps

Cathy EasleyTrident

United Way

Tricia RichardsonSC Thrive

What’s in Your Toolbox to Foster Collaboration | Carolina BWhat do you need in your toolbox to foster collaboration? Join us to hear about innovative ways to collaborate, bring agencies, churches and faith-based organizations together and help those you serve move from crisis to self-sustainability, TOGETHER!

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1:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Breakout Session 2

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | Carolina Ballroom

Mama Said: Important Leadership Lessons from Mom | Carolina ALeadership is not our title or rank in an organization, it is putting the well-being of another ahead of ourselves― something I learned from my mother. It is also about taking action, developing yourself and others, knowing your strengths, committing yourself and choosing your battles. In this session, explore how leadership can be found in everyday places and how to use the lessons your mama taught you to be a better leader.

Tricia Richardson | SC Thrive

Loving Our Neighbor: Servant or Sucker | Carolina BDuring this interactive workshop, you will learn about funds of knowledge, three mantras for helping, the three Vs, the A-B-Cs of helping, three levels of addressing poverty, five factors of poverty and, when necessary, how to say no in helpful ways using L.E.A.R.N.

Beth Templeton | Our Eyes Were Opened, Inc.

Two Things to Make Your Training Terrific | CalhounTraining is no small task. With preparing training materials, recruiting registrants, and organizing training logistics, it can quickly become an all-consuming (but enjoyable!) responsibility. In this session, you will learn how to utilize and access training resources to make training facilitation easier and more interactive! Whether you train one person or 200 people, this session will help you learn about resources and techniques to improve your trainings!

Kristine Henry | SC Thrive

Teen Titans: Learning the Secret Identities of Adolescents | PinckneyThis session will focus on developing a better understanding of the challenges teenagers face in today’s world. We will discuss how to develop an increased understanding of adolescent development and challenges and use this knowledge to improve the adult/teen relationship.

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4:15 PM | Networking Reception | COLONIAL BALLROOM

Acércate! How to Build Relationships with Latino Families & Communities | PinckneyThis session, facilitated by the leading Latino-focused organization in South Carolina, will provide information on the demographics and cultural characteristics of Latino communities throughout the state. Participants will gain insights that will assist them in providing more effective services and resources to Latino families and will engage in dialogue around practical ideas and suggestions that they can implement within their organizations.

Julie Smithwick | PASOs

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2:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Breakout Session 3

Improving Your Financial Health | Carolina BIf you have ever worked with clients that at the end of the month have month left over and no money, this workshop is for you. Too many consumers feel like their situation is hopeless and are depressed about their finances. This workshop will give attendees the tools needed to improve the financial well-being of their clients.

Brendan Vigorito | Money Management International

Discovering the Treasure: Engaging High Capacity Volunteers | Carolina AVolunteers are the life-blood of our organizations and provide the fuel for fulfilling our missions, yet many organizations are baffled when it comes to engaging “high-capacity” volunteers: attorneys, accountants, social workers, professional fundraisers and others that our organizations really need! Sure, they are more than willing to do anything we ask, but are we being good stewards of their skills by their placements? This workshop will identify strategies to invite, equip, engage and sustain high capacity volunteers in faith-based organizations (and others).

Don Simmons | California State University-Fresno

What’s New with DHHS Programs | CalhounLearn more about the programs and services of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from representatives of Healthy Connections Medicaid and Healthy Connections Prime.

Fancy CraytonDHHS

Lori RiskDHHS

Dustin WelchDHHS

8:30 aM - 9:45 aM | Breakout Session 4

7:30 aM - 8:30 aM | Breakfast | Meeting Level

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Friday, September 9

Working Together to Change Who Waits in Foster Care | Carolina AEvery child deserves a loving family every day, but every day hundreds of kids in South Carolina’s foster care system are waiting to be placed in safe and caring homes. There is a solution. The church & child welfare can help team up to change who waits. Learn how they, together, can recruit more than enough quality families so it’s the grown-ups who are on the waiting list, not the kids.

Brian Mavis | America’s Kids Belong

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Grant Seeking for Heroic Success: Tips from the Funder Side | Carolina BGrant seeking and proposal writing is often considered a sport with no clear winners, yet it doesn’t have to be that way! This workshop will introduce seven factors in grant research, grant focus, grant writing and follow-through that most grant funders seek. There IS grant funding available for our organizations, but organizational leaders have difficulty in finding the magic combination in their proposals. This workshop will help remove the guesswork to help create “grant heroes.”

Don Simmons | California State University-Fresno

Case Managers to the Rescue!| PinckneyCase management is not just for healthcare. It is a vital part of community organizations’ efforts to help clients move to self-sustainability. Learn about knowledge needed to provide case management, assess client needs, goal setting and inter-agency collaboration.

Melissa N. Watson | SC Thrive

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Military and Veteran Community Connections | CalhounLearn more about the intricacies of the Veterans network from the Vets themselves, representing a variety of Veterans Organizations across the state.

Craig CurreyTransitions

Todd HumphriesVeterans Affairs

Howard MetcalfVeterans Affairs

LeanneWeldinVeterans Affairs

11:30 aM - 2:00 PM | Lunch, Closing Keynote & Awards

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Put Your Own Air Mask on First–A Hero’s Guide to Burnout Prevention | PinckneyIf you’ve flown, you’ve heard a flight attendant describe how to use an air mask. They always caution us that if we need to help others, we need to put our own on first. For those of us in the helping professions, it can be hard to put ourselves first. Come learn how you can do so and be a role model for your clients, children, co-workers, families and peers. And because many sources of rejuvenation are free and portable, you can take care of yourself even during your busiest days. In this workshop, we’ll share and practice simple ways to care for yourself. You’ll leave with a mini-action plan.

Kat Morgan | ChangeAbility Solutions

Make Things Happen | Carolina BallroomRyan will share insights on how we can better support the communities we serve by being Heroes of Change - quick to adapt to obstacles we face every day, and leading others along the way.

Ryan Avery | Avery Today, Inc.

10:00 aM - 11:15 aM | Breakout Session 5Leading Through Storytelling | Carolina AAre you A leader or are you THE leader? Are you offering A product or THE product? Learn what differentiates A leader from THE leader and the strategies we need to know when switching from A to THE in our industry, as well as communication strategies top leaders use to engage, motivate and get others to take action.

Ryan Avery | Avery Today, Inc.

Healthy People Living in Healthy Communities | Carolina BEvery South Carolinian deserves to be healthy and live in a healthy community. Learn about programs and services offered through the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (DHEC). Learn how DHEC improves the quality of life for all South Carolinians by protecting and promoting the health of the public and environment.

Suzette McClellan | SC DHEC

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What You Need to Know About Social Security Disability Programs | CalhounUnderstand the Social Security Disability Programs with representatives from Social Security and Vocational Rehabilitation Disability Determination Services. Learn the ins and outs of filing applications for SSI/SSDI programs, the criteria applied by the agencies to consider approval and assistance available to beneficiaries if they should ever want to return to work.

Aneesah FlaggSSA

Shirley JarrettSC DDS

Blake MonsonSC DDS

Kwame Williams SSA

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