AFP San Diego
Workshop & Chapter Meeting Luncheon Program
Sponsored in part by San Diego Grantmakers
Friday, February 6,  2009
Sheraton Mission Valley San Diego Hotel
1433 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, 92108

Workshop
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Do You Want to Raise More Money?
Learn How Diversity and Inclusion Can Improve Your Fundraising
Presented by Bernardo Ferdman, Ph.D.

This workshop is intended to provide broader context and depth to Dr. Ferdman's luncheon presentation. Explore and learn how self-knowledge of your own skills and talents as they relate to your background are valuable assets in your ability to relate to others. Learn how developing a better understanding of your co-workers' and stakeholders' cultural backgrounds can improve and strengthen your professional relationships and minimize conflict. Through conversation and breakout group interaction, this workshop will help expand your thinking -- and that of your organization's -- beyond looking at diversity as just a necessary fulfillment of a funder's requirement, and it will help you look at the implications of diversity and inclusion for the strategies and processes you use in fundraising and to build your organization's relationships with external communities. Come prepared to be involved and engaged! For an extremely valuable, more in-depth learning experience with Dr. Ferdman sign up for this workshop today.

Luncheon Program
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Do You Want to Raise More Funds?
Then Let's Talk about Diversity & Inclusion
by Bernardo Ferdman, Ph.D.

Dr. Ferdman is an accomplished Leadership and Organization Development Consultant with more than 22 years of experience working with diverse groups and organizations to increase individual and collective effectiveness.

Bernardo has focused his career on addressing the needs of organizations that wish to use their diversity to achieve better business results. He works with organizational leaders and employees to develop and implement effective ways of using the talents and contributions of every member of the organization and to build multicultural and cross-cultural competencies on the part of individuals, teams, and the whole organization. Bernardo has extensive international experience, and is a native Spanish speaker.

As a university professor since 1986, Bernardo has broad knowledge of theory, research, and practice in organization development, cross-cultural management and leadership, and diversity and inclusion. He has written and published extensively on these topics, and regularly makes presentations and conducts workshops for a range of audiences. Bernardo also served in various administrative roles during his university career, including a term as Program Director. In 2006, Alliant International University’s Marshall Goldsmith School of Management recognized him with its Outstanding International Scholar-Practitioner Award.

As a consultant, Bernardo has worked with a variety of organizations to improve performance and leadership, focusing on assessment, training, and coaching in the context of diversity. Bernardo has also designed training and worked with managers to support their professional and leadership development. As a consulting affiliate with the Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group from 1989 to 2002, Bernardo helped a number of clients to enhance both high performance and inclusion. As a senior consultant with Orbital Solutions, Inc. from 2001 to 2006, he focused on assessments, leadership team development, executive coaching, and organizational optimization at various international locations, including Spain, Italy, and Brazil. With Chaos Management, UCLA, and Ascent-Leading Multicultural Women to the Top he has worked to develop Latino and Latina leaders and other multicultural leaders in both corporate and non-profit settings.

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