Empowering Nonprofit Success: In-Depth Workshops for Foundation Grantees

Foundations have the unique opportunity to enhance the effectiveness and resilience of their grantees. Our comprehensive workshops, each 75 minutes long, are designed to develop crucial skills and knowledge, ensuring your grantees are well-equipped to meet their challenges head-on. We can provide workshop series, individual workshops, or deep dives based on a cohort model.

Workshop Series for Comprehensive Development

1. Lean Risk Management Series:

• Resilience 101: Equips grantees with skills to create an early warning system, enhancing their strategic decision-making and ability to respond to threats and opportunities.
• Business Continuity Planning: Guides grantees in developing practical business continuity plans, preparing them for various business interruptions.
• Lean Scenario Planning: Teaches grantees scenario planning to manage uncertainties, fostering organizational resilience and adaptability.

2. AI for Nonprofits Series:

• Unlocking AI’s Potential for Nonprofits: Introduces grantees to AI's transformative capabilities in operations, donor engagement, and impact optimization.
• Mastering AI Prompts: Focuses on effective AI communication, enhancing grantees' marketing, administrative efficiency, and data analysis.
• Strategic AI Integration: Explores AI integration into nonprofit functions, empowering grantees with advanced donor engagement and decision-making strategies.

3. Ethics, Values, and Compliance for Nonprofits:

• Why You Need to Worry About Bad Apples: Highlights the importance of employee integrity and how grantees can mitigate risks associated with unethical behavior.
• Using Ethics to Improve Performance: Emphasizes the role of practical ethics in nonprofit resilience and sustainability, providing tools for a strong ethics process.
• Using Values to Improve Performance: Teaches grantees how to articulate and implement their true values, enhancing their identity and stakeholder trust.
• Basics of Nonprofit Compliance: Offers insights into setting up a compliance function, with a focus on adhering to regulations and funder restrictions.
• Improving Your Nonprofit Compliance: Provides advanced strategies for organizations implementing compliance functions, focusing on overcoming challenges and fostering a responsible culture.

Individual Workshops for Targeted Enhancement

• Evaluating Your Nonprofit Ecosystem: Teaches grantees to map their ecosystem, improving collaboration, resilience, and sustainability within their operational environment.
• Should Nonprofits Use Virtual Personal Assistants?: Addresses the viability of virtual personal assistants for nonprofits, aiding grantees in making informed decisions about leveraging digital tools.
• What to Do About Nonprofit Volunteer Risks: Focuses on maximizing the benefits and minimizing the risks associated with volunteer involvement in nonprofit operations.
• Risk Management for Nonprofit Start-Ups: Offers grantees foundational advice on handling risks in the early stages of growth, guiding them toward long-term sustainability.
• Special Risk Management Steps for BIPOC-Led Organizations: Provides BIPOC leaders with tailored risk management strategies, acknowledging and addressing the unique challenges they face.
• Risk Management Considerations When Beginning DEI Work: Equips grantees with a framework for managing risks associated with DEI initiatives, fostering a more inclusive and effective organization.
• Creating a Mindful Nonprofit: Demonstrates how mindfulness can enhance organizational well-being, engagement, and decision-making clarity.
• Using Structured Problem Solving to Improve Nonprofit Performance: Teaches the use of the “A3” problem-solving tool, enhancing grantees' abilities to address and resolve significant challenges effectively.
• What Five Books Should Every Busy Nonprofit Leader Read?: Provides a curated list of impactful books, guiding leaders toward resources that can significantly improve nonprofit performance.
• Handling Risk When Recession Looms: Prepares grantees for economic downturns, offering strategies to maintain resilience and adaptability in uncertain economic times.
• Strategies for Effective Dispute Resolution: Learn to manage internal and external conflicts with proven negotiation and mediation techniques, essential for maintaining harmony and focus within your organization.
• Governance and Board Development: Learn effective board development and governance practices, crucial for organizational growth and sustainability.
• Risk Management in the Digital Age for Nonprofits: Address the growing challenges of cybersecurity, data protection, and digital risk management in today's technology-driven world.
• Building and Sustaining Nonprofit Leadership: Enhance leadership skills, succession planning, and team building, tailored for the unique challenges faced by nonprofit leaders.
• Strategic Planning and Organizational Resilience: Explore advanced strategies for strategic planning and building organizational resilience, drawing from the principles in "Managing Your Nonprofit for Resilience."
• Financial Risk Management for Nonprofits: Equip your grantees with the knowledge to manage financial risks effectively, including budgeting, planning, and fraud prevention.

Cohorts

We work with foundations around the United States to provide not just individual workshops and series, but also deeper dives for grantees. In these cohort sessions, nonprofits learn by doing and provide ongoing accountability partners for each other, helping the training stick for the long haul.

Workshop Leader: Each workshop is presented by Ted Bilich, a seasoned expert with extensive experience in nonprofit management, risk management, and legal compliance. Ted's background includes years of working with nonprofits to enhance their operational effectiveness, legal compliance, and strategic planning. His insights are backed by a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the nonprofit sector, making him an invaluable resource for your grantees.

Join Us in Empowering Your Grantees

These workshops, designed to be transformational, provide your grantees with critical insights and tools for effective nonprofit management. By partnering with us, you ensure your grantees receive top-tier training essential for their growth and success.