Managing Projects from Start to Finish: Planning, Roles, Tools & Managing Ambiguity
Upcoming Training Dates
Select a date and time that works for you. All sessions are held live and include time for questions.
Workshop Description
Project management is often part of your job, even when “project manager” is not your title. From launching programs and coordinating events to implementing new systems and managing organizational initiatives, you may be responsible for moving complex projects from idea to completion.
This practical workshop will help you build the skills and systems needed to manage projects with greater clarity, structure, and confidence. You’ll learn how to move from ambiguity to a clear project plan, define scope and priorities, break large projects into manageable workstreams, and establish realistic timelines. You’ll also explore how roles, decision making authority, communication, and organizational priorities influence how projects get done.
Through practical frameworks, tools, and examples, you’ll learn how to coordinate teams, manage dependencies, monitor progress, adapt when conditions change, and maintain project momentum. The workshop will also introduce commonly used project management tools, including Asana, Monday and Trello, along with group or role frameworks such as RACI, MOCHA, and DID for clarifying roles and decision making.
Whether you manage projects regularly, create strategy for a project or have recently been asked to lead one, you’ll leave with practical approaches you can immediately use to plan, implement, monitor, and improve your next project.
Who Should Attend
Nonprofit professionals who managing projects
What the Training Will Cover
The Role of the Project Manager
Understand the role of a project manager, even if project management is not part of your formal job title, including coordinating logistics, managing timelines and budgets, framing the purpose, ensuring quality, and supporting teams.
Recognize how your organizational role influences decision making authority, priorities, and the information available to plan and manage projects.
Project Discovery, Planning & Working Through Ambiguity
Apply practical strategies to move from uncertainty to clarity before creating a project plan.
Define project scope, goals, deliverables, priorities, and project readiness.
Break large or unfamiliar projects into manageable workstreams, tasks, milestones, and realistic timelines.
Roles, Collaboration & Decision Making
Clarify project roles, responsibilities, decision making authority, and communication expectations using practical project management frameworks.
Prioritize competing demands by balancing urgent needs, operational priorities, and long term organizational goals.
Implementation & Monitoring
Develop implementation plans that include milestones, timelines, dependencies, and monitoring strategies.
Monitor project progress, adapt to changing conditions, and use structured communication to maintain collaboration, accountability, and project momentum.
Project Management Tools & Frameworks
Use project management tools such as Asana, monday.com, or Trello to organize work, improve communication, and track project progress.
Apply project management frameworks such as RACI, MOCHA, and DID to clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision making throughout a project.
Closing a Project & Continuous Improvement
Evaluate completed projects, document lessons learned, and identify improvements that strengthen future project planning and implementation.
Registration Type & Fee
Non Members: $375
Additional Information
Each workshop session is live. Registrants receive slides & handouts. It is expected participants will be able to be on camera and able to unmute for some portions of the training to participate in discussions. Full recordings are not provided. This training must be done sequentially. If you miss a session, please reach out to program@nonprofitlearninglab.org.
Looking to register 3+ people? Email us at program@nonprofitlearninglab.org to receive $5 off per registration!
Please Note:
We do not offer any other discounts for this training other than the member rate.
About the Trainer
This training is led by Dr. Leah Weiner who has a doctorate in education and psychology from Pepperdine University. Leah Weiner is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Learning Lab. Leah’s approach to training focuses on making sure that the information provided helps participants solve a problem or create a solution related to their professional work. Leah’s background in trauma informed facilitation came through experiences in working with recently resettled refugees at a refugee resettlement agency and facilitating leadership development programs for adults across the country. These experiences led her to teach facilitators on trauma informed facilitation.
CFRE & CAE Credits
WE OFFER CFRE & CAE CREDITS | 1 hour of training = 1 credit hour
Certificate of attendance available upon request
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