Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

1. Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Ukrainian Homestead – Lehighton, Pennsylvania, USA March 8-10, 2013

2. Welcome Alexander Prociuk, ODWU President

3. ODWU & UNF Background & Update

4. UNF Basic Facts • UNF founded 1932 • Active in 12 cities from British Columbia to Quebec & governed by 24 member national board • Affiliated Organizations • Ukrainian War Veterans Association 1929 • Ukrainian Women’s Organization of O. Basarab 1930 • Ukrainian National Youth Federation of Canada 1934 • UNF Foundation & Ukrainian Weekly New Pathway -

5. Current Projects/Works in Progress • Launch of Paul YuzykIntitute for Youth Leadership (2009) • RidnaShkola Initiative • Summer Student Employment Projects • Strengthening Ties with International Affiliated Organizations (IAO) & Ukraine • Strengthening involvement in umbrella bodies we helped found: World Congress of Ukrainians & Ukrainian Canadian Congress

9. Paul Yuzyk Institute • The Election Process • New Delegate Program Ukr. Cnd . Congress • Ottawa Parliamentary Program – piloted 2012 • New Programs in Development • History of Ukrainian Dance in Canada (Winnipeg) • Ukrainian Communities in Western Europe (UK, France, Spain/Portugal) • Ukrainian Canadian Parliamentary Internship Program (Ottawa)

10. Leadership through Good Stewardship Taras Pidzamecky, UNF Immediate Past National President

11. What is Stewardship? • Answers vary depending on whom you ask • Sometimes used in the context of a religious or environmental organization • Academic literature shows a small industry built around making it mean one thing or another – example: as a synonym for decentralized decision-making in international development

12. Excerpts from Wikipedia Stewardship is the ethic or an entity that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. Stewardship is now generally recognized as the acceptance or assignment of responsibility to shepherd and safeguard the valuables of others.

13. Parable of the Talents Stewardship in the Religious Context • ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’ "His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’Matthew 14-30

14. Parable of the Talents Stewardship in the Religious Context • He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man...., so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! ....cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

15. What is Stewardship “Man has responsibility, not power.” Tuscarora Proverb

16. What is Stewardship? “I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.” John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960);Oil Magnate, Philanthropist

17. Organizational Leadership through Stewardship An awareness that • You don’t own organization • You have been entrusted to care for & sustain • It’s ideals or values • Members (human reasources) • It’s assets • You are accountable • a

18. A Stewardship-Focused Leader You share decision making and are responsible that there is a good decision-making process in place If you have the best idea/position, you must be focused on how to motivate and bring people on side You thinking about the good of the organization as a whole - not about one’s self interest or that of a particular group or clique Awareness that you are not the owner

19. A Stewardship-Focused Leader Awareness that you are entrusted with Have to make an effort to under-stand what they are, how they evolved, and how to adapt them – obligation to know what was passed on to you Not just a matter of starting off with your uninformed self Nor abandoning values based on consumeristic approach of satisfy-ing member wants – principled organizations are not auto clubs • Ideals and values

20. A Stewardship-Focused Leader Awareness that you are entrusted with You have an obligation to lead and motivate them Ensure that you are developing your members to take on new roles and responsibilities, interact constructively, provide succession Today’s program therefore includes volunteer development an managing organizational culture • Members (human resources)

21. A Stewardship-Focused Leader Awareness that you are entrusted with Knowing what they are Ensuring they are safeguarded used for good of the organization not wasted or misdirected for personal benefit of any individual Doesn’t just happen by assuming good will of members Today’s sessions on managing conflicts of interest and audit • Assets

22. Volunteer Development: Building Community TiesElissa M. Garofalo, President/Executive DirectorDelaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.

23. Workshop/Break Out Sessions Dr. Paula Holoviak, Kutztown University MPA Program Coordinator Nonprofit Organizaitonal Leadership Development – Branding Your Organization

24. Managing Organizational CultureNatalia Witiuk, MBAUNF National BoardKPMG Advisory Services

25. Luncheon Guest SpeakerAndrij Dobriansky, New YorkThe October 2012 Ukraine Parliamentary Elections: An Observer’s Perspective

26. Nuts and Bolts RoundtableFinancial Control and Role of Audit Dan Cherkas, C.A., Past UNF TreasurerDeveloping a Conflict of Interest PolicyBohdan Diakow, UNF National VP

27. Special Guest Speaker Iryna Balan, Winnipeg, ManitobaVasile Avramenko Researcher,Curator of Taras Shevchenko Foundation Avramenko Exhibit