Our learning experiences will help you build collaborative capacity and make greater impact.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, in the this virtual office hour experts will be answering questions and offering guidance and resources around how to navigate change within collaborative work. No cost associated.

Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part series will help participants identify obstacles—internal, interpersonal, and institutional—that are hindering personal sustainability, learn a framework for energy management that includes the four core energy needs: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, and learn new perspectives, strategies, and practices for self-care by understanding how to manage your energy and time differently. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, participants will identify at least three workplace stressors and signs of burnout during the session, create a personalized self-care plan based on the “4 Pillars of Self-Care,” demonstrate effective communication strategies through role-playing scenarios, and draft an actionable workplace wellness plan. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, explore how AI is revolutionizing philanthropy, from optimizing donations to solving complex social challenges, learn about ethical considerations and opportunities in leveraging AI for good, and apply actionable insights to make smarter, more impactful decisions. No cost associated.

Offered by TSNE, explore tools and scripts to invite your donors to meetings and ask them to support your organization, learn how to relax in your donor visits by using the Connecting Conversations Model, practice participating in meaningful conversations with your donors, and increase your skills and confidence to make your donor meetings successful. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5 week self-paced, online cohort course will explore how to look at problems through different perspectives, develop actionable and innovative solutions, learn how to de-risk and experiment to build resilient strategies, and balance creative thinking and rigor to get to breakthrough ideas and sustainable solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5 week self-paced, online cohort course will explore how to unlock your team's ability to generate new ideas by tapping into different perspectives, develop alignment, establish the cultural conditions to thrive, and turn tensions into opportunities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn about new research into what makes donors feel valued, including how to analyze your donor communications, use language that resonates with donors, and take your thank-you's to the next level. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Contina Impact, this 10-week program is open to arts and culture organizations and will explore critical gaps in the nonprofit sector by fostering professional growth, building organizational capacity, and providing tailored technical assistance. Apply by March 2. No cost associated.

Offered by TSNE, discover tools and best practices to make board meetings more productive, participatory, and focused on advancing mission toward vision and develop a tailored framework for facilitating more inclusive, engaging, and outcomes-oriented board meetings. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits,  learn to use budgeting as another tool for you to tell the story of your organization’s plans, priorities, and aspirations using a 10-step budgeting process that will also highlight ways to engage your board as well as staff across the organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn how to recruit and engage diverse board members, use a Board Agreement as an integral tool for board establishment and management, identify strategies to establish positive relationship dynamics among board members, the Executive Director, and other key staff, and strengthen your current board. No cost associated.

Offered by TSNE, gain an understanding of budget management fundamentals, learn practical skills to start the budget process and manage the budget timeline, implement effective strategies to align financial resources with organizational goals, and become familiar with steps required to assess the historical expenditure trends of the annual budget. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn techniques to help you navigate polarization in real time when facilitating engagement, consider how to build relationships and reduce barriers to engagement, frame polarized situations to create the conditions to move from debate to dialogue, and increase your knowledge of consensus-based and dialogue practices. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, gain an understanding of what advocacy activities your 501(c)(3) can engage in, what communications count as lobbying, and how to maximize your non-lobbying advocacy. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by LifeLabs Learning, explore the skills needed to role model effective feedback (even if the message is difficult), tools to help teams overcome common feedback hurdles, and systems that make feedback easy and frequent across your teams, regardless of their location. No cost associated.

Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part series will provide the tools to use the “purpose, outcome, and process” (P.O.P) format to design a meeting, learn how to center marginalized voices in meetings, and develop strategies for interrupting oppressive power dynamics in meetings. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, explore how to better articulate and frame challenges within the collective impact in order to generate solutions and apply adaptive leadership practices and other tools to collective impact challenges. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn practical strategies for better engaging your board in fundraising, including boards’ typical fundraising responsibilities, why some board members may be reluctant to fundraise, and how to overcome these concerns. No cost associated.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this quarterly gathering is a space for connection, reflection and action where challenges are explored, progress is celebrated, and strategies to advance racial justice are shared. No cost associated.

Offered by the NW MI Arts & Culture Network, learn how to get organized, research funding opportunities, craft compelling proposals, and leverage A.I. tools to streamline the process to leave the workshop with a well-developed draft and a clear path toward finalizing their proposal. Please note that this workshop is designed for art & culture administrators. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, unpack practical tips and tools for planning retreats that inspire strategic thinking, alignment, and renewed commitment among board members and develop a plan for a board retreat designed to align your board’s strategy, reflections, and needs with broader organizational goals. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 7-part series will explore facilitative leadership and building power equitably, how to encourage continuous improvement by focusing on process and relationships, creating the conditions for collaborative action, and learn how to make sense of complexity by involving others to understand the visible and invisible levels of systems. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Nonprofit Network, this 2-part training will explore the difference between cultural competence and cultural humility, examine the importance of cultural humility as an effective framework for your professional practice, identify your gaps in cultural knowledge and needs for further education about other people’s experiences. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, explore the ways that adaptive communication and feedback contribute to supporting, developing, and managing successful employees, gain an understanding of the dynamic continuum of employee performance, and practice a model of performance management that focuses on adaptive communication and feedback strategies. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore the impact your beliefs can have on both your willingness to give and receive feedback, barriers that get in the way of giving and receiving feedback, and tips for giving and receiving effective and productive feedback. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, gain insights into people who give through these accounts, so you can better connect with them and increase this form of giving to your nonprofit. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore how to recognize and better handle interpersonal workplace conflict and learn tools for preparing yourself before diving into the steps for engaging in the conversation. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by LifeLabs Learning, explore the skills needed to role model effective feedback (even if the message is difficult), tools to help teams overcome common feedback hurdles, and systems that make feedback easy and frequent across your teams, regardless of their location. No cost associated.

Offered by TSNE, gain advanced knowledge in budget management, learn practical tools and strategies to develop, monitor, and present budgets effectively, and be empowered to drive financial sustainability, align budgets with strategic priorities, and navigate the budgeting process with increased confidence. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, this 4-week course will explore how to build the key components of a competitive grant proposal to a foundation, develop a well-organized budget, and identify a targeted list of foundation funding prospects. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, explore the power of networks: what they are, how they work, and why you should care, different network modalities and roles to consider to better navigate these times, and core weaving skills and practices that can help us do and be more with less. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, gain an understanding of how to safely engage in nonpartisan advocacy during an election. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal including the basic components of a project budget including income and expenses, how to estimate the realistic cost of a project, and what other financial documents you may also need to submit with your proposal. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this interactive 6 month learning journey will equip you with the tools and strategies to foster stronger, more connected communities, including exploring a whole community approach, asset mapping, developing your mapping plan, making connections, and implementing your action plan. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan, including tips on: making your case for support, diversifying your organization's fundraising base, and creating a plan of action. No cost associated.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced online course will explore how to deliver presentations that spark a shift in beliefs, behaviors, and mindsets, sequence your information in a way that will create a meaningful journey for your audience, and apply techniques to help people pay attention and remember the information you share. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 3-part series will explore what a vision could look like in your organization, how the current context factors into that work, and how to identify your personal and organizational contribution to the ecosystem. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this 2-part workshop will explore what conflict is, how it shows up in our collaborative work, and the roots and dynamics of conflict to reframe it as an opportunity for connection and growth. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part workshop will guide the distinction between change (an event or situation) and transition (a process) and recognize the impacts on people in your organization. Participants will be introduced to the Margin to Center framework as a way to identify solutions to challenges and learn to distinguish between adaptive challenges and technical fixes and how they apply to a change occurring in your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities, in this roundtable, explore situations where emotions are generally heightened, and learn strategies around how to ensure our nonverbals are aligned with the message we want to send. No cost associated.

Offered by the Systems Studio, this one-day intensive introduces the foundational principles of systems change, including systems leadership, mapping, complexity, and leading transitions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.