Our learning experiences will help you build collaborative capacity and make greater impact.
Build your capacity to work better together to address our region’s complex problems and create community assets for all. Learn to use systems practice, a process to understand the system you’re working in and identify leverage points for change, and explore a suite of skills and mindsets to help you create the conditions for meaningful collaboration. Filter the list of upcoming learning experiences by the impact areas below, find the path that is right for you and take the next step in strengthening your organization, network and community.
Ready to learn? Let us help! The Learning Fund provides financial support to help local changemakers cover tuition and conference fees for virtual learning experiences offered from partners across the globe.
Upcoming Learning Experiences
Time: 4:30 pm
Offered by NMC Extended Ed, in this 2-part workshop you will be introduced to the design thinking process, practice the Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test phases of design thinking, and leave the series with insights into how to understand stakeholder needs, brainstorm a solution, and develop a prototype to test your new concept. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced course will explore how to look at problems through different perspectives, refine your instincts into 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.
Time: 3:00 pm
Offered by Title Track, this full weekend immersion experience is dedicated to fostering inclusive spaces and promoting healing and racial equity for people of color through deep understanding, meaningful action, and sustained change. This includes blending historical context with contemporary insights, providing participants with a robust understanding of racial equity and its implications in our society and our everyday lives, through a mix of presentation, discussion, and interactive activities, participants will explore the complexities of racial identities, histories, and structures of power, and how to facilitate culturally connected healing on personal and organizational levels. Register by November 6. Cost associated. Rotary Charities is offsetting the cost of this program through grant funding and is not eligible for the Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by CoCreative, in this 3-part series you will learn how to co-create at the highest levels of stakeholder engagement, advance the four agendas of collaborative innovation: aligning, connecting, learning, and making, align diverse interests around a powerful shared intent, and prototype powerful ideas and testing them in the real world. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Bolder Advocacy, in this workshop you will gain a clear 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.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, gain an understanding of the foundations and principles of ABCD, including new and improved processes, and how to center community in your programs and activities. This workshop is an introductory session for those who are new to ABCD or want a refresher as ABCD has changed a lot over the past 10 years. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, this workshop will introduce a framework for concretely thinking about the different components and strategies for systems change from FSG’s publication: The Water of Systems Change and support participants in assessing system change opportunities within their own work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, gain an understanding of sensemaking - a collaborative process that helps groups interpret information and identify patterns to drive action - to identify patterns, connect diverse perspectives, and transform insights into actionable solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by CoCreative, in this 3-part series you will learn how to co-create at the highest levels of stakeholder engagement, advance the four agendas of collaborative innovation: aligning, connecting, learning, and making, align diverse interests around a powerful shared intent, and prototype powerful ideas and testing them in the real world. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.