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Each of the following workshops and services can be customized for you. Participants can include nonprofit leaders, consultants, funders, community leaders, etc. Note that the following are training sessions -- however, they can be customized as consulting services, depending on your needs. If you are interested, contact us toll-free at 800-971-2250.

We Customize The Following Trainings for You

Implementing Your Strategic Plan - Ready or Not? (for nonprofits)
Anyone can write a strategic plan document, but successful implementation depends on the quality of the planning process and the completeness of the plan document. We lead planners in your organization, or nonprofits in your community, through a comprehensive assessment process where each participant assesses the quality of their strategic planning process and their plan document. Participants develop action plans to ensure that they fill in the gaps in their plans before moving on to implementing those plans. Each participant gets our Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation.

How to Facilitate for Realistic, Relevant and Flexible Strategic Plans (for nonprofits)
In many communities, there are not enough skilled strategic planning facilitators. We train people who have basic group experience to become skilled facilitators who can employ a variety of strategic planning models in order to meet the unique nature and needs of each nonprofit client. The emphasis is on a collaborative and customized approach. Each participant gets our Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation.

Building Better Boards, Fixing Broken Boards (for nonprofits)
It isn't enough to practice "best practices" -- you need to practice them naturally and in a style that suits your Board. We cover different ways to structure Boards, how Boards and the CEO can partner for effective Board leadership and operation, and the six most common types of broken Boards and how to fix each of them. We include numerous assessments and step-by-step materials for every aspect of Board operations. Each participant gets our Field Guide to Developing, Operating and Restoring Your Nonprofit Board.

Holistic and Focused Capacity Building for Your Most Challenged Nonprofits
Challenged nonprofits need more than one-shot trainings in specific topics. For nonprofit service providers, we deliver a customized package that a cohort of your most challenged clients (usually 4-6 clients) go through together. The package includes: 1) a brief, practical organizational assessment for each client; 2) a concentrated 1.5-day training on Boards and strategic planning for the cohort group; 3) customized, 3-hour, one-on-one organizational action planning sessions for each client; and 4) follow-up and coaching for each client over a period of 6-12 weeks after the trainings. Each participant gets our Nonprofit Capacity Building Toolkit that includes four of our guidebooks, including about Boards, strategic planning, leadership and supervision, and program design and marketing and evaluation.

Stocking the Pool of Nonprofit Consultants in Your Community (for nonprofits)
While there may be varied skills in the community, there is often a gap in how to apply those skills to the nonprofit world. We have a proven program that can turn business practitioners and volunteers into nonprofit consultants. We cover the role of the consultant, collaborative consulting process, guidelines for successful consulting, the nature of nonprofits, and guidelines for identifying and addressing each of the most common nonprofit issues. Each participant gets our Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development With Nonprofits.

Burnout and Renewal for Leaders and Supervisors (for for-profits or nonprofits)
Passionate people working in a organization can become isolated, tired and even cynical. Our peer coaching groups are proven to address burnout and provide renewal for leaders, while providing professional and personal development. We help you design your own on-going, low-cost, peer learning program that you can provide your clients to address their burnout and renewal. Each participant gets our Authenticity Circles Program Planning Kit.

Founder's Syndrome: How to Detect It, How to Address It
(for for-profits and nonprofits)
Do you know of organizations that are led by personalities, rather than by plans and policies? We cover how to detect Founder's Syndrome and we specify actions for Board members, the founder and employees to take to allow the organization to effectively address it. This allows the founder to leave a legacy, rather than a disaster.

We Also Provide "Nuts-and-Bolts" Trainings On These Topics

 

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