2012 Agency Relations Conference Survey

Tarrant Area Food Bank's
2012 Agency Conference

"DELIVERING EXCELLENCE'

Conference Date:
September 13th

Location:
First Presbyterian Church
1000 Penn Street
Ft Worth, TX 76102

Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Check in and Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Welcome and New Information
10:00-11:00 Session 1
11:15-12:15 Session 2
12:30-1:45 Lunch and Speaker
2:00-3:00 Sessions 3
3:00-3:30 Awards and Grants

Please register each attendee separately.

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1. Please provide your PERSONAL registration information.

Please provide your PERSONAL registration information. First Name:
Last Name:
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2. Please provide your AGENCY's information.

Please provide your AGENCY's information. Agency Number:
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3. Please select your first session (10:00 AM-11:00 AM):

Please select your first session (10:00 AM-11:00 AM): Knowing Your Community- When you look at your pantry do you image all the kinds of food you need to serve your clients? Do you wonder how you can fill your shelves and refrigerators? When TAFB doesn’t have the food you want, your community can be a great resource. Learn how to tap into the groceries that are available in your area.

It IS all about you!- Taking a measure of your agency and its potential is the goal of this newly created Agency Capacity Self-Assessment. Let’s explore how this new tool in your bag of tricks can help you identify your own strengths and needs and provide a basis for long range strategic planning. You will also hear from one agency that tested the assessment about how useful they found it.

Let’s SNAP To It!- This session will teach you how your agency can help clients receive SNAP and other state benefits. This gives clients another resource to food and decreases some of the demand on your pantry. Clients who receive SNAP benefits can also use them to fill in products that your pantry may not have or help them get food when the pantry is closed.

A Few Key People- Do a few key people do the majority of the work at your program? What if they move, get sick or retire? Who would fill their shoes? This session will help you plan for your program to not only function effectively, but to grow, as personnel changes.

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4. Please select your second session (11:15 AM-12:15 PM):

Please select your second session (11:15 AM-12:15 PM): Recruitment Right-Sizing; The Sweet Taste of Success! - Participants will learn the importance of creating a viable recruitment campaign that involves the following applications; matching motivators & cultivating passions, redefining opportunities & effective placements, volunteer mapping & sharing, and identifying & targeting specific volunteer groups.

Pantries to the MAX!- At last year’s conference we introduced the concept for our Agency Capacity Building Plan and this year we are prepared to implement it. We will take you through the process and provide a timeline; we will talk about the benefits and expectations. We hope that this will provide a blueprint for our partner agencies with pantries to increase their capacity and ultimately strengthen our 13 county network.

But My Kids Like Corn- How client choice can increase the amount of food that is actually used by families. Client choice can decrease your food expenditures and increase real nutrition to your clients. You don’t have to have a mini grocery store to have client choice. Client choice works in all types of spaces for all types of agencies.

What’s up with the Lexus?- What does a hungry person look like at your agency? What if they look different than our preconceived ideas? How does that affect your staff and volunteers attitudes on the job? Help them move past judgment and burnout to a place where they can focus on your mission.

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5. Please select your third session (2:00 PM-3:00 PM):

Please select your third session (2:00 PM-3:00 PM): Reap the Rewards- Is your program well known and respected in the community? Have you been wondering how to increase the communities’ knowledge of your program? In this session you will learn how to effectively use co-branding to your agency’s benefit. Discover ways to expand community awareness, increase fundraising and promote food drives for your program.

What’s on Your Plate? Making the Most of Food Resources- This session will provide agencies with information and tools to help maximize available food resources. Learn ways to show your clients how to supplement food from your pantry to create nutritious meals. Find out how community gardens and store donation programs could help you provide more fresh food to your clients.

Am I the Only One?- Does it feel like you’re trying to feed everyone all by yourself? Think of how much more you could do if you worked with other agencies. Learn how an effective community collaboration will serve more clients and lighten the load for everyone. More volunteers, more money, more ideas—it’s a win-win!

And Justice For All…. Have you had a chance to complete your required Civil Rights training this year? If the Civil Rights training sessions that are scheduled for this year don’t work for you, this is your golden opportunity to get that marked off of your to-do list.

Following Session 3 we will have a Main Session for all attendees. Capacity Building Grants and door prizes will be awarded at 3:00.
Conference attendance is required to receive Capacity Building Grants and door prizes.