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

Train the Trainers Workshop: Design, Engage and Equity

Many dates available

Effective Staff Supervision: How to be a Better Supervisor

Many dates available

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

Many dates available

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

Many dates available

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

Many dates available

Bridge Generational Communication Gaps: Improve Communication Breakdown in Organizations

Many dates available

Inclusive Hiring for a Diverse Workplace

June 10

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

June 26

Fundraising

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

May 7

Major Gifts Method: Increase Your Close Rate with Technology Operations

May 13

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

May 13

Navigating Donor Silence: When Meeting Requests Go Unanswered

May 20

The Future of Fundraising Is Here: Utilizing AI for Fundraising Success

May 23

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

June 4

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

June 11

How to Make Your Monthly Giving Program Roar!

June 20

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

June 20

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

July 1

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

Nov 5

Strategy & Planning

Operationalizing Strategy: Build Systems and Capacity to Meet Organizational Goals

Many dates available

Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan

Apr. 29

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

Many dates available

Smooth Staff Transitions: Train & Retain Employees to Build a Leadership Pipeline

Many dates available

Improving Operational Procedures at Your Nonprofit: Optimizing Operations

May 15

Managing Projects from Start to Finish

Many dates available

Equitable and Valid Surveys and Data Analysis Any Nonprofit Can Do: Straightforward Program Evaluation that Leads to Action

Many dates available

Social Media, Marketing and Communications

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

Apr. 24

Strategies for Internal Communications: Strengthening Your Company's Core

May 2

Use Your Data for Impact: Tell a Story, Engage Donors, Influence Stakeholders and Drive Decision Making

Many dates available

Nonprofit Websites That Build Community: How to Know If Your Site is Effective

May 20

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

May 22

Build Brand Awareness: Effective Marketing Techniques for Nonprofits

June 18

Craft A Communications Calendar: Email, Direct Mail & Social

Many dates available

Volunteer Management & Board Development

Conflicts of Interest: Preventing and Mitigating Issues for Your Nonprofit Board

Apr. 29

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

Many dates available

How to Train, Engage, & Retain Virtual & On-site Volunteers

Aug. 1