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: 10:00 am
Offered by TSNE, gain an understanding of the basic elements of financial management and what you should be reviewing on a regular basis to determine the financial health of your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn about nonprofit financial reports including the statement of activities (income statement) and statement of financial position (balance sheet) and gain an understanding of nonprofit finance terminology, accounting rules, roles and responsibilities, and procedures and policies. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, outline the steps required to start a nonprofit, assess nonprofit alternatives, and complete a start up nonprofit assessment to determine where you are in the process and identify next steps. No cost.
Time: 9:00 am
Offered by TSNE, explore the feeling of "resonant leadership" and the role of emotional intelligence in an organization, as well as how to develop "resonant leadership" capability and emotional intelligence in others. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 12:30 pm
Offered by Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking, explore four core pillars of energy system science and a few related frameworks, tools and practices to “dance with systems” in the direction of the more beautiful world we know is possible and necessary. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore the beliefs and attitudes that advance collective action and shared responsibility, and explore ways that we can strengthen our mindset through facilitation, evaluation, understanding context, inquiry, and building trust. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center, explore current trends and challenges affecting volunteerism in the U.S, initiatives and strategies to promote and sustain a culture of volunteerism, and tools and practices to streamline operations and effectively manage volunteers. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Management, explore your individual personal style in addressing conflict, learn how to anticipate and avoid predictable pitfalls of group process especially in difficult conversations, and understand emerging and time-tested best practices for teaming and group facilitation. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn how federal tax law permits lobbying for charities and how lobbying is defined, look at yearly lobbying limits for charities, and tips to help charities make the most of their lobbying limit. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center, explore Form 990 as an organizational tool and the information it communicates, identify often-cited flags in Form 990 and begin to challenge assumptions, and use 990 data to find trends or opportunities in the community. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Collective Impact Forum, this virtual workshop includes a half-day training on December 12 providing an overview of the basic elements of the collective impact approach, and a 90-minute session on December 13 that is a mix of small group peer discussion and more Q&A with workshop leads. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Human Systems Dynamics Institute, understand racism as a pattern to be shifted, rather than a problem to be solved, experience the power of shared identity as it influences all your interactions, and engage with others in creative, generative, and productive action. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by TSNE, review and reflect on a “Job Description of a Supervisor," identify your supervisory style, learn how to identify what individual staff need around various aspects of their jobs, and understand the importance of adapting your supervisory approach and communication style in support of staff success. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, explore an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation including the basic elements of a proposal, the "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal, and how to follow up whether the answer is yes or no. No cost associated.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn the fundamentals of advocacy evaluation theory and practice, practical tips and resources on how to build capacity to evaluate and advocate, and where to find user-friendly advocacy evaluation tools and resources. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
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.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered ZingTrain, explore the correlation between self-management and organizational success and learn new tools and techniques to live and lead more effectively. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by TSNE, understand the importance of soliciting feedback and learn approaches to building this into your supervisory practice, discover the barriers to receiving constructive feedback and ways to manage reactions which support your effectiveness as a supervisor, explore the conditions that make giving feedback valuable, and learn how to hold one-on-one meetings that strengthen communication, trust, and staff effectiveness. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 11:00 am
Offered by ZingTrain, learn how to recognize and better handle workplace conflict, gain techniques to engage effectively in a courageous conversation, and experience hands-on practice with these techniques. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 12:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this 7-part cohort will bring together a small cohort of changemakers who will learn together, experience tools, and resources, and develop new skills to bring back to your communities and collaboratives including coaching, peer learning and reflection. Deadline to apply: January 19. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 11:00 am
Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week cohort course will explore how environment encourages new mindsets and behaviors, reframing change to invite participation, co-creating change by involving those affected from the beginning, and sharing stories about early, small changes. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week cohort course will explore techniques for mapping complex systems and identifying the root causes, establish a shared view of the system, and reframe problems from different perspectives to uncover new solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.