Resource Library

(January 11, 2024 webinar) Being a Kind Boss isn’t about playing nice or not hurting feelings. Kindness is “having, showing or proceeding from benevolence.” Nice is a feeling. Kindness is an action. Kindness is collaborating with others to make the working world less awful. In this webinar, author and creative agency owner Dawn Crawford will share entertaining stories of leadership gone wrong and tips and inspiration to put kindness into practice.

(December 12, 2023 webinar) In today's rapidly advancing digital age, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, and the nonprofit sector is no exception. Whether you're new to AI or looking to optimize its application, this session offers insights into how nonprofits can harness this technology to further their cause, optimize resources, and foster meaningful connections.

(September 7, 2023 webinar) What does your organization’s current financial close process look like? Whether you scramble every month or feel like things run smoothly, it’s helpful to pay attention to certain key areas.

A fillable worksheet to help organizations determine which business functions are essential and which functions can be scaled back or temporarily shuttered in an emergency or crisis.

Considerations to build resilience and business continuity into your organization so it can weather any change or crisis.

(October 20, 2022 webinar) In this session, you will gain insight on the hot topics of attracting, recruiting, and retaining top talent within nonprofits. This session is designed for staff responsible for the talent and growth of their organization. Learn how culture impacts each of these verticals and what other organizations are seeing and doing that are producing positive results!

(September 13, 2022 webinar) In this session, we'll explore how to design accurate and informative evaluations that leave your supporters with a clear picture of your progress.

(August 30, 2022 webinar) Storytelling is the most powerful tool we have as changemakers. By sharing our authentic personal stories and those of the community we serve (with permission, of course), we can stand out as we stand up for our mission. We attract and inspire an audience that is ready to roll up their sleeves and help us make shifts happen at our nonprofit organization. In this session, we will explore the dynamics of storytelling and create each member of your team’s individual 'elevator pitch' – also known as a verbal business card.

This communications toolkit provides tips, tactics and examples of values-based messaging for short- and long-term campaigns and strategies to shift public narratives and motivate change.

A comprehensive guide from the Center for Urban and Racial Equity sharing their approach from five years of working with nonprofits to build transformational racial equity.

(March 9, 2022 webinar) Considering a capital campaign? Where do you start? Start by asking and answering six vital questions designed to prepare your nonprofit to enter the process. Designed for executive directors, development leaders and board members, this session will allow you to consider the questions for your own organization while exploring real-world examples from professionals with more than 18 years of capital campaign fundraising experience.

(November 5, 2021 presentation) What does board commitment to equity look like at this moment in time?  This workshop explores 3 key elements: Board readiness, Recruiting, and Onboarding.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) Nonprofit organizations, funders, and the communities they support, must build capacity to work in relationship with each other, set clear goals, share stories of successes and barriers, find common ground, and establish clear and consistent communications pathways – as prerequisites for any collaborative venture to affect real and lasting change. Funders typically determine whether the nonprofits they support are “ready” to grow, strengthen, or scale, when they should be questioning their own readiness to engage collaboratively in ecosystem innovation. Grantee-Funder power dynamics often inhibit trust building that is crucial to the staying power of many local nonprofit organizations. This session will explore “readiness” barriers that prevent funders, nonprofits, and ultimately their community ecosystems from thriving.

(November 4, 2021 presentation) This session will offer a fact-based, nonpartisan framing of the conditions that perpetuate extreme economic inequality in the United States, using language and concepts that are accessible for everyone.  In order to become conduits for social change, nonprofits must be trauma informed and rooted in an understanding of social movements. Organizations of any size can orient services, outreach, and advocacy efforts in ways that foster healing relationships among individuals and communities, while developing skills and capacity for civic engagement. This session offers tangible ways nonprofits can shift their operations and resources, however limited, toward these goals.

Practical information on almost every area of nonprofit communications.