What will I take away from todays session

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MUST DO for Community Groups
Kia Ora (NZ) Kia Orana (Cook Islands) Iorana
(Tahiti French Polynesia) Aloha (Hawaii) Bula
Vinaka (Fiji) Talofa lava (Samoa) Malo e lelei
(Tonga) Fakalofa lahi atu (Niue) Malo ni
(Tokelau) Talofa (Tuvalu) Noa'ia 'e Mauri
(Rotuma) Warm Pacific Greetings
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• By wisdom a house is built, and through
  understanding it is established, through
  knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and
  beautiful treasures
• Proverbs

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  Our ancestors have spoken Awake! Lead our
people, come alive, search for knowledge, truth
and justice. To bring success and prosperity to
our land. To bring good fortune to our people,
and to give our women courage and strength to go
forward. - Dr Pamela Takiora Ingram  
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Reasons for belonging to organisations or
community groups

• Personal
• Self-satisfaction
• Interest
• Enjoyment
• Self-development

• Social
• Mutual interest
• Sharing
• group activities
• companionship

• Community
• Recognition of a need
• Provide a service
• Assist and support the disadvantaged

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Points to consider when recruiting

• who are actively engaged
• fully understand consequences of making decisions
• willing to continuously develop capacity as much
  as possible
• experience in a decision making position
• declare conflict of interest
• strategic thinkers
• obligatory to attend the monthly meeting
• capacity to understand and communicate
• focussed on modern governance, capacity to
  understand financial, legal obligations and risk
  management

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Areas of Community Practice
Community Engagement, Consultation and Advocacy
Communities should be involved in the decisions
that affect them Listening to communitys
concerns and taking action in the appropriate
way need a coordinated approach Monitor its
effectiveness build networks to achieve more
through collaboration
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Areas of Community Practice
Board, Governance and Leadership

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Ethos of Transparency
• Capacity Building and Continuous Learning
• Independent mindedness

Do not confine your children to your own
learning, for they were born of another time.
- Hebrew proverb
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While we teach we learn- Seneca
 
Finance, Insurance Risk Management
Compliance with integrity Create a
contingency plan
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People Management must lead, motivate,
inspire, and encourage hire, fire,
discipline or evaluate employees
Information Technology Avoid losing revenues
increase and improve productivity Reduce
risk of financial, technological and data losses
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Strategic Planning strategic thinking and
strategic frameworks Review Evaluating and
measuring what matters to prove and improve
effectiveness Revitalisation through planned
turnover, thoughtful recruitment and
inclusiveness through diversity of experience
and through continuous recruitment Culture of
Inquiry mutual respect constructive debate
that leads to sound and share decision making
 
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• Marketing Media
• crucial to ensuring group is able to survive and
  thrive
• increasing positive awareness

• Grants and Fundraising
• step up your fund-raising events
• Sustaining resources and fund-raising activities

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• Recruiting involves enthusiasm
• If volunteer believes his/her service will make a
  difference
• Ensure that there is understanding of what the
  organisations core business and it merits the
  volunteers time and attention

MANAKITANGA care respect
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CAPACITY BUILDING Conflict resolution and
management training for all members
Mentoring Conflict of interest in
protection of own and the boards interest
ensure that their actions are appropriately
minutedPecuniary interest Secondment or
internship
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• ORIENTATION
• begins during the recruitment process
• objects of organisation
• the expected individuals commitment to the
  organisation

MANAKITANGA care respect
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CHALLENGES for Pacific Peoples
Cultural encounter gender issue (paying
particular attention to the different needs and
social roles of men and women
Exercising eldership authority
Differences of opinion unresolved
Set-up another organisation and the cycle
continues
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• By wisdom a house is built, and through
  understanding it is established, through
  knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and
  beautiful treasures
• Proverbs

KOTAHITANGA unity
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• By wisdom a house is built, and through
  understanding it is established, through
  knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and
  beautiful treasures
• Proverbs

KOTAHITANGA unity