PREPARING FOR A TRAINING

Planning a training to match your goals and participants expectations
Understand how to prepare for workshop and frame for your audience so they know what to expect
Review how to align your presentation to the technology
Understand why we get nervous speaking in public and review ways to manage your public speaking anxiety

OPENING A TRAINING

Explain how to develop opening exercises to engage participants at the beginning of an workshop, orientation, training or facilitated experience
Understand how to facilitate activities to create group cohesion and building community
Participate in different exercises with the goal of understanding how to adapt these activities for your audience

ENGAGED LEARNING

Analyze how to incorporate concepts of engaged and deep learning and connecting activities to learning objectives
Understand how to manage different learning styles
Review how to use handouts and supplemental learning tools

BUILDING YOUR TRAINER TOOLKIT

Review platforms tools and structures to use to build your personal toolkit whether you train online or in person

CREATING SLIDES

Compare sample presentation slides from real workshops
Examine what works well in preparing slides and what to avoid

LEARNING OBJECTIVES & INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

Understand how to develop and craft learning objectives that focus on outcomes and results rather than topics
Assess how to develop learning objectives that match the content provided
Understand how to develop content that is applicable from theory to concept and how to design content in a workshop so that adult learners can apply what they are learning

INTEGRATING CONCEPTS OF ADULT LEARNING & MEETING PARTICIPANTS EXPECTATIONS

Review how adults learn best and methods to integrate adult learning styles to ensure effective training delivery
Understand how to meet participants expectations even if the training you lead is mandatory
Discuss how to incorporate adult learning theory into workshops, trainings and orientations

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Understand how to incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion in a training, workshop or meeting
Review structures to ensure inclusive design approaches in meetings, trainings and workshops
Practice how to manage difficult situations and conversations in a training. *Be prepared to think about real examples that you have experienced as a participant or trainer
Analyze how to design professional development in an equitable way

FRAMEWORKS & THEORIES REVIEWED

ADDIE Model of Instructional Design
Bloom's Taxonomy
Study of Adult Learning: Andragogy
Trauma Informed Facilitation
Methods to incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into training and curriculum

ONLINE TRAININGS

Training Topics

Training, Facilitation, & Leadership

Get Your Team Unstuck: The Hidden Power of Conflict for Innovation and Creativity

Many dates available

Change Management for Nonprofits: Embracing Change Initiatives, Navigating Resistance, Stakeholder Engagement, Measuring Progress

Aug 12

Strengthen Communication Among Gen Z, Millennials & Boomers: Improve Workplace Barriers

Many dates available

Train the Trainers Workshop: Design, Engage and Equity

Many dates available

Inclusive Hiring for a Diverse Workplace

Aug 15

Effective Staff Supervision: How to be a Better Supervisor

Many dates available

How to Design Online Curriculum for Adults: Micro-learning, Webinars, & Online Training

Aug 22

Instructional & Curriculum Design: Theory, Frameworks, Techniques & the "How To" of Implementation

Many dates available

Trauma Informed Practices

Trauma Informed Care: Guidance for Non-Clinical Staff in Programs and Services

Many dates available

Trauma-Informed Facilitation: Incorporating TI Practices in Group Conversations & Training

Many dates available

Fundraising

Propel Impact: Drive Fundraising Success with Outcome-Focused Donor Proposals

July 29

Grant Research Deep Dive: How to Find the Fit and Customize Your Approach to Foundations

Aug 26

Fundraising from Corporate Sponsors: Find & Track Prospects, Secure New Gifts and Retain Sponsors

Sep 5

Building a Strong Financial Foundation for Growth and Impact

Sep 23

Lapsed Donors: How to Bring them Back & Re-Engage

Oct 1

Make the Ask: How to Make Better Donor Calls Every Week to Achieve Your Goals

Oct 8

Navigating Donor Silence: When Meeting Requests Go Unanswered

October 28

Planned Giving Essentials: Marketing, Finding Prospects, Gift Vehicles, Talking to Donors & Legacy Societies

Nov 5

Strategy & Planning

Program Management and Scaling: How to Manage & Scale Programs To Reach Your Goals

Many dates available

Operationalizing Strategy: Build Systems and Capacity to Meet Organizational Goals

Many dates available

Managing Projects from Start to Finish

Many dates available

Improving Operational Procedures at Your Nonprofit: Optimizing Operations

Sep 18

Social Media, Marketing and Communications

Getting Peak Performance Out of A Story

July 31

Craft A Communications Calendar: Email, Direct Mail & Social

Many dates available

Build Brand Awareness: Effective Marketing Techniques for Nonprofits

Sep 23

How to Create Data Stories That Actually Engage People

Sep 26

Master Public Speaking Like a Pro

Sep 30

How to Use Your Nonprofit's Website to Inspire Community Action

Sep 30

Storytelling Framework: Changing The World Through the Power of “JUST” Voices

Oct 7

Send Better Emails: Fundraise, Engage & Grow Your Email List

Nov 6

Volunteer Management & Board Development

Effective Volunteer Management: Recruitment, Training, Retention, Committees & Manage Difficult Volunteers

Many dates available

The Many Dimensions of Board Diversity

Sep 12

Building a Fundraising Culture in the Boardroom

Oct 21