Tennessee Association of Community Action
2019 Annual Training Conference
April 29 – May 1 in Knoxville, TN
Spotlight Speakers
Winning with the Hand You are Dealt: How to Elevate Your Mindset to Envision More, Energize Action, and Empower Success, Kate Ziegler o-Time Olympian and World Record Setter
Unleash Your Greatness: How to Outperform Yourself, Lakendrick Wilson, Product Manager, Retail & Marketing, FedEx
Legislative Update, David Bradley, NCAF
Workshops
Monday, April 29
- Marketing Session: Digital is the New Print, Aha! Creative
- Agape's 2Gen, Place-Based Poverty-Reduction Work in Memphis, David Jordan, Agape
- Where Today Meets Tomorrow - Needs Assessment, Strategy, and Action Plan, Carol Childress, DHS
- Fighting and Recovering from Opioid Abuse in Tennessee, Stephanie DeMay, SCHRA
Tuesday, April 30
- Putting Words into Action: Board Roles and Responsibilities in Practice, Veronica Zhang, CAPLAW
- Factors of Entitlement for SSA Disability, SSI, and Medicare, Tom Blevins, SSA
- Whole Family Building Blocks: Attending to Organizational Culture and Systems, Tiffney Marley & Jeannie Chaffin, CAP
- Unrelated Business Income: Traps for the Unwary, Veronica Zhang, CAPLAW
- Helping Clients Resolve Ambivalence and Commit to Change: Basic Concepts for Practicing Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Shandra Forrest-Bank, UT College of Social Work
- Aligning High Quality, Intentional, Intensive Services to Parents and Children, Tiffney Marley & Jeannie Chaffin, CAP
- Building Successful Communities Through Quality Relationshipts (ACEs), Patty Bowlin, UT College of Social Work
- A Bear Will Be a Bear - That's Why It Ate My Jeep - Topic - Internal Controls and Compliance, Daniel Porter, TN, Comptroller of the Treasury
- (Repeat) Helping Clients Resolve Ambivalence and Commit to Change: Basic Concepts for Practicing Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Shandra Forrest-Bank, UT College of Social Work
- Counting Tennessee - Census 2020, CAP
- Leading Organizational Change, Elle Benson
- Assistive Technology for All, Kim Lilley, DHS, and Misty Goodwin, Knoxville CAC
- Managing Stress for Community Action Professionals, Jenn Bishop and Yolie Rodriuez, Cherokee Health Systems
- Roundtables
- Food You Need to Know, Marty Widner, DHS, and Christopher T. Sneed, PhD, TNCEP, EFNEP
