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2008 ANNUAL STATEWIDE TRAINING CONFERENCE

The SECOND Annual Minnesota Habitat Statewide Training Conference – Outstanding Leadership Excellence “OLE” – held in April 2008 attracted over 130 Habitat for Humanity Staff, Board Members and Volunteers with a variety of session topics on Construction, Church Relations, Fund Raising, Family Support/Selection/Training, House Pricing and Long-term Affordability. According to the evaluations, the overall Conference and training sessions was extremely well received. Of the 27 sessions offered, 19 made the “most valuable” list reinforcing that participants appreciated the wide-range of high quality sessions. In addition, we awarded the Second Annual Habitat Minnesota Best Practices Awards to the following Affiliates:

The 2008 Habitat Minnesota Best Practices Awards winners:

Construction – “Green Building”: Lakes Area
Family Matters – Finding Qualified Applicants: Rochester Area
Fund Development – InKind Materials and Labor: Rice County
Strategic Affiliate Operations – Circle of Life: Douglas County
Perseverance: Winona County and Duluth Area

At the 2007 Annual Conference – “Achieving Excellence” the following Best Practices Awards were presented:

The 2007 Habitat Minnesota Best Practices Awards winners:

Financial Management – Cash Flow Budgets: Itasca County
Financial Management – House Pricing: East Central Minnesota
Mortgage Portfolio Management: Winona County
Fundraising – Individual Donations: North St. Louis County
Fundraising – Church Donations: Central Minnesota Fundraising – Special Events: Rochester
Family Selection – Income Verification: West Central Minnesota

We look forward to continue to offer the Annual Conference and Mini-Conferences throughout the year to help our Minnesota Affiliates succeed as well as a chance to get together to network and share stories.

Please save the date for next year’s conference:

2009 Minnesota Habitat for Humanity Annual Training Conference
March 6 – 7
Holiday Inn, St. Cloud



The Training and Technical Assistance Committee of Habitat Minnesota

With HFHI’s recent endorsement of training by State Support Organizations, Habitat Minnesota formed the Training and Technical Assistance Committee (TTAC) in 2006. The TTAC’s mission is to provide guidance and oversight and to monitor HFH-MN’s performance relative to the provision of training and technical assistance to the affiliates, including the planning and implementation of the Statewide Training Conference. The TTAC is composed of the following HFH-MN Board and non-Board members:

Paul Knuti (Chair) – North St. Louis County HFH Board Member
Al Johnson – West Central Minnesota HFH Board Member and ED emeritus
Stephanie Orr – Winona County HFH Staff Member
Anne Walters – Central Minnesota HFH Staff Member
Kevin Worden – Rochester HFH Executive Director


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Phone: 612-331-4439
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