Teamwork: Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Working Relationships

Teamwork has become a buzz word in all professional worlds.  The importance of developing and sustaining collective team projects and activities drives the work in the nonprofit world.  Often we believe we are forging ahead as a team, until it’s time to access our work or evaluate our success and that is when we begin to understand the difference between a team and a staff of “independent dynamic agents”.  The focus of this workshop will be the work of a team leader in fostering and sustaining a true team, assessing our perceptions versus the reality of teamwork, and acquiring the skill set to develop, evaluate and implement a team approach in work. 
About the Presenter:  Trent Ball
Trent Ball is Assistant Vice President for Academic Diversity and Outreach at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) and provides leadership and management of the Academic Support Centers (ASCs). Ball is the Past Board Chair for the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), Past President of The Educational Opportunity Association (EOA) and Past President of MO-KAN-NE. Currently, Ball serves on the Ferguson Youth Initiative Board (FYI), Lumina’s Federal Policy Corps 2019-2020, The Board of Directors for Gene Slay’s Girls and Boys Club, St. Louis Graduates Steering Committee member, and as the TRIO and College Access Programs Representative to the CAS Standards Board of Directors. Ball has a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Psychology from Culver-Stockton College, a Masters of Arts in Psychological Counseling and Therapy and is completing a Master’s in Public Administration at Southeast Missouri State University.