Holistic Management In Practice Course

Holistic Management in Practice Course
Feb 2-7, 2009, Albuquerque, NM
Facilitated by rangeland consultant and educator Kirk Gadzia
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Course Content: Upon completion of the course you can expect to have a working knowledge of how to manage holistically. The first 3 days of the course are on understanding and using the Holistic Management^® model to achieve your goals. Understanding and managing the ecosystem is stressed, as well as the tools available to you to influence your financial, land and people resources. The course gives you the specific techniques you need to help you significantly improve your ability to make better decisions in your business. The advanced session builds on the information in the first session. In the next 3 days participants work through case studies detailing financial, grazing and land planning.

Course Facilitator: Kirk Gadzia is a Certified Educator with the Holistic Management International. He has over 20 years experience teaching the concepts of Holistic Management worldwide. Combined with his extensive international consulting work on many agricultural operations, he is uniquely qualified to help you achieve your learning objectives. Kirk is co-author of the important National Academy of Sciences book: Rangeland Health. He holds a BS degree in Wildlife Biology and an MS in Range Science. Kirk works directly with producers to achieve profitability in their operations. He also provides customized training and consulting to a wide variety of conservation organizations. Years of assisting people on the land helps Kirk approach the course in an interactive, hands-on style. His courses are known for a relaxed atmosphere, open dialogue and practical real-life examples.

Why Holistic Management®? Holistic Management is most easily defined by simply adding W to the word holistic. This describes what the process does - helps us manage Whole situations rather than perceived parts. Managing the whole gives better results and fewer unexpected problems. Many publications today are filled with gloomy forecasts about agriculture and the environment. Yet, there are few who offer realistic solutions that strengthen both our economy and communities. To reverse this trend we must do it with the people already on the land. Holistic Management gives human values a priority, while creating profit through proven financial planning procedures and ecosystem enhancement techniques.

2009 Course Schedule: Feb 2-7, Albuquerque, NM
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Option A - $495

Attend first 3 days only for Introduction to Holistic Management.

Option B - $495
Attend last 3 days only for Advanced Holistic Management training. (Requires prior attendance at Intro. Session)

Option C - $895
Attend all 6 days for Comprehensive Holistic Management training. Discount applies.

Option D - $895
Split attendance at training sessions at your convenience. Discount requires full payment in advance.

Repeat Policy
Repeat attendance at either or both sessions encouraged. No limit on number of repeats. $100 booking fee.

Meeting Times:	Daily 8 AM until 5 PM Lunch Break 12-1:30 PM Breaks: Hourly breaks given.
Dress:	Casual, bring appropriate clothes for field tip
Materials Needed For Intro Course:	Pen/pencil, calculator. All other materials provided.
Materials Needed for Advanced Course:	10 copies of land you want to plan. Maps should show only boundary and not internal developments. Calculator. General financial and grazing planning examples will be provided, but you may bring your own figures.
Albuquerque Course Location and Accommodations:	Country Inn and Suite Hotel 7620 Pan American NE 1-800-333-9806 or 505-823-1300 Shuttle service available from the airport.

Alternative Nearby Albuquerque Accommodations - All Locations Within 2 Miles of Course

Budgetel Inn 7433 Pan American	800-428-3438 505-345-7500	La Quinta Inn 5241 San Antonio	800-687-6667 505-821-9000
Hampton Inn 7433 Pan American	800-426-7866 505-344-1555	Motel 6 8510 Pan American	800-466-8356 505-821-1472
Howard Johnsons 7630 Pan American	800-828-1600 505-446-4656	Ramada Ltd. 5601 Alameda	800-272-6232 505-797-8650
Quality Suites 521 San Antonio	800-292-2832 505-797-8650	Suburban Lodge 4676 Commerce NE	*800-951-7829 Best Rate 505-342-2800**

*LEARN HOW TO :*
MANAGE FOR PROFIT Eliminate unnecessary costs Create new wealth from your resources Plan and achieve a profit Analyze new and existing enterprises for their contribution to the entire operation Increase production on your land base Learn why most people actually plan for non-profitability and what the three keys are to reversing this tendency	MANAGE FOR PEOPLE Set realistic goals and achieve your desired quality of life Improve family and employee harmony and involvement Prepare for managed succession of the business into the next generation Learn leadership skills that create true involvement Understand the key communication skills that make effective management possible	MANAGE FOR LAND HEALTH How to "leave it better than you found it." Improve rainfall effectiveness, increase production and regenerate soil health Enrich plant and wildlife diversity Reduce dependency on outside inputs Learn how to monitor your land's health using simple techniques Create a detailed grazing plan that enhances both your production and landscape goals

2009 Course Schedule:
Feb 2-7, Albuquerque, NM
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Day 1

Contrast current and Holistic Mgt. approaches to management and decision making.
Belief systems or "paradigms" blocking progress and how to change them.
Why some environments depend on disturbance to remain healthy.
How to transform livestock impacts to positively effect land health.
Defining and interrelating the entire resource to be managed - Finances, People and Land.
Ecosystem functioning. Defining the water cycle, mineral cycle, community dynamics and the flow of sunlight energy towards profit.
How to make rainfall more effective.
How to observe land and determine the health of the ecosystem process.
Why land health determines long term profitability and sustainability
Review the holistic decision making process.

Day 2

Review of day 1 and general question and answer session.
The goal setting process. Defining and developing a holistic goal.
The team approach and organizational development principles. Working with agencies and other public involvement principles.
Defining and detailing the tools available to manage the ecosystem: Rest, Fire, Grazing, Animal Impact, Living Organisms, Technology.
How to use each tool to produce the results you want.
Field visit to observe water cycle, mineral cycle, community dynamics and energy flow process **Note - field trip timing will depend on weather.
Monitoring the health of land, how to know if the land is improving or deteriorating. Using ADA's and SDA's to estimate production and forage reserves.
Recording monitoring results in photo-points and data transects.
Monitoring growth rates of grazed plants to control recovery periods.

Day 3

Review of day 2 and general question and answer session.
Review of testing procedures.
How to insure that a tool will be correctly used to achieve your whole goal.
Working the holistic Mgt. Model and testing guidelines through actual examples from participants.
Overview of the holistic financial and grazing planning process.
Final review of individual objectives and evaluation.

Day 4 : Financial Planning Principles

Defining wealth relative to goals, and defining the sources of wealth.
The psychological aspects of profit.
How to plan for a profit. Why most people are actually planning for non profitability
Gross Profit Analysis - evaluating the health of various enterprises to choose the most profitable enterprises.
Understanding Stock Flow and herd size considerations. Accurate prediction of income and expenses associated with sales and purchases.
Creating new wealth from solar energy, making "solar" dollars.
How to monitor and control your plan to achieve profitability.
Using the planning, monitoring and control procedures to insure your planned profit.
Dealing with tax consequences, depreciation and replacement.
Work through the various outlined principles with a case study.

Day 5 : Biological and Grazing Planning

Review of day 4 and question and answer session.
Finish case study problem and report outs from various teams on best solution for planned profit.
Planning for the growing season - how to grow the maximum amount of forage on available rainfall.
How to coordinate grazing plans with wildlife, recreation, forestry and other land uses.
How to handle poisonous plants, erosion, brush encroachment and other problems in the grazing plan.
How to do grazing planning in public land situations.
How to best meet livestock nutrition and other needs in a grazing plan.
Planning dormant season grazing - how to best ration the forage to meet a variety of needs.
Using the step by step biological planning procedure to produce both a dormant and growing season plan. A case study will be used.
If time allows, participants will work on their own biological plans.

Day 6 : Planning for Land Developments

Finish up case study.
Report outs, review and final question and answer session.
Review the 3 phases of land planning.
Gathering the information needed to plan correctly.
How to plan creatively to develop a variety of land use options.
Evaluating and choosing the best plan.
Land planning exercise using participants own maps.
Final course and objectives review.
Course evaluation