Our learning experiences will help you build collaborative capacity and make greater impact.

Offered by Volunteer Fair learn the essential documents, policies, data points and communications vehicles you should have in place and take an inventory of what has been developed as well as what still needs to be written, tweaked or revised. No cost associated.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn 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. No cost associated.

Offered by the School of System Change, explore the range of methodological options available for evaluating systems change, how to make a methodological choice when designing or implementing evaluations of systems change, how to craft evaluation designs that are appropriate for systems change and can stand up to scrutiny, and explain how your evaluation design supports quality and rigor in conditions of complexity. Register by August 17. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn how to track your lobbying time and expenses so that your 501(c)(3) organization stays within its lobbying limits, how a 501(c)(3) reports its lobbying to the IRS, such as on the Form 990 or Form 990-EZ;, how tracking and reporting varies depending on whether a charity measures its lobbying under the insubstantial part test or the 501(h) expenditure test, and how state and local law may require additional tracking and reporting. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Volunteer Fairfax, gain an understanding of setting priorities, boundaries and understanding your goals and your organization’s goals to turn your volunteers into donors. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn new ideas, tools and approaches to effectively engage diverse community partners and intentionally build trusting relationships and collaborative impact. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, gain an understanding of nonprofit finance terminology, financial statements, and staff and board roles and responsibilities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership, learn why organizational culture is foundational, especially during times of change and disruption, gain actionable approaches for shaping organizational culture at the enterprise level, explore the importance of a continuous learning mindset and high levels of adaptability and sensemaking skills, and gain insights on the nexus between individual agency and collective realities. No cost associated.

Offered by Traverse Connect in partnership with the MI Office of Rural Prosperity, gain an understanding of the role of grant writing in nonprofit financial stability, learn the grant writing process and best practices, covering the six stages, tools, and techniques for crafting strong proposals, and apply skills through case studies. No cost associated.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, gain an understanding of the critical actions nonprofit boards can take in this time of ongoing uncertainty when the ability to adapt is more important than ever before. No cost associated.

Offered by Stanford Social Innovation Review, gain an understanding of the benefits and potential risks of co-leadership, learn how to assess whether your organization is well-positioned to adopt this model, explore strategies to address and overcome common challenges, and gain practical tools for building an effective and sustainable co-leadership structure. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, gain an understanding for making your case for support, diversifying your organization's fundraising base, and creating a plan of action. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore what principled struggle look like in practice, how to remain relational and rooted when tensions arise, and tools, mindsets, and approaches that can help us navigate conflict in generative and sustainable ways. No cost associated.

Offered by CoCreative, gain hands-on experience and learn proven methods for recognizing, mapping, and harnessing the diverse values and perspectives within your team to turn conflict and polarization into genuine alignment and productive collaboration. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CoCreative, gain hands-on experience and learn proven methods for recognizing, mapping, and harnessing the diverse values and perspectives within your team to turn conflict and polarization into genuine alignment and productive collaboration. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn how to draft SMART objectives for a program, identify the parts of a logic model, and report the impact on your Candid profile. No cost associated.

Offered by The Systems Studio, explore the mindset of a systems practitioner and reflect on your current approach to change, learn the purpose of systems mapping, types of maps, and when to use them, and gain hands-on experience using a mapping tool to analyze and address real-world challenges. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore what Standard Operating Procedures are and why they are important for your organization, when to use different types of SOPs, and the 4 Steps to Writing an SOP - plus the chance to use them to begin documenting a system, procedure, or task. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn to use budgeting as another tool for you to tell the story of your organization’s plans, priorities, and aspirations and explore ways to engage your board as well as staff across the organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore practical strategies to get things done and tactical tools to better manage time and approaches that allow you to feel more satisfied and joyful about how you spend your time. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn the different roles of 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, unions, and political organizations, federal tax rules affecting how these organizations can work together, the legal separations necessary between affiliated organizations, such as funding and fundraising constraints, and permissible joint activities of different types of nonprofits, including election-year activities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, this 5-part series will explore how stories shaped the worlds we live into, how stories can help us develop situational awareness and take wise action, co-creating stories as living artifacts, and how narratives can interrupt, shift, and shape cultural transformation. Register by September 16. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, this 5-part series will explore how stories shape the worlds we live into, how they can help us develop situational awareness and take wise action, how we can co-create stories as living artifacts, and how narratives can interrupt, shift, and shape cultural transformation. Enroll by September 16. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the first session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will explore the 5 Conditions of collective impact and why they are important, strategies to support centering equity practices within collective impact work, designing a results-focused common agenda, and discussion of governance structures and the backbone role. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CoCreative, learn the key elements of Collaborative Innovation, compare the approach to other common practices in multi-stakeholder collaboration, familiarize with key concepts and tools, and explore the six conditions for success. No cost associated.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this quarterly gathering is a space for connection, reflection and action where challenges are explored, progress is celebrated, and strategies to advance racial justice are shared. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this 2-part workshop will explore the mindset needed to create a successful Collective Impact Initiative that's intentionally designed to drive systems change and how to incorporate programmatic and systems change strategies into your Collective Impact implementation plans. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore how to recognize and better handle interpersonal workplace conflict and learn tools to engage effectively in a Courageous Conversation. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn how nonprofits are turning the tide and get proven ways to inspire and connect with a broad pool of donors. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, this 3-part series will explore four different systemic worldviews and why they are important to systems change work, gain an understanding in systemic capabilities and practices to help you clarify the role you play in change, and how to take a multi-method approach in your unique change-making work. Register by September 22. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, this 3-part series will explore the roots of systems change practice through understanding systemic worldviews and mental models, how to clarify the role you play in change, and tools and frameworks to use in your unique changemaking work. Enroll by September 22. Cost associated. eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Circle Generation, this 8-week series will explore useful tools and frameworks to amplify engagement while collectively exploring ways to apply their learnings in their networks, teams, organizations, and with other practitioners and will be broken into 3 modules: Network Mindset & Emergence, Participant Engagement, and Network Coordination. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore the impact your beliefs can have on both your willingness to give and receive feedback, barriers that get in the way of giving and receiving feedback, and tips for giving and receiving effective and productive feedback. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Northern Michigan Psychiatric Services, this 8 week intensive mindfulness training will use a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, yoga and the exploration of patterns of behavior, thinking, feeling and action to help participants with stress-related physical and emotional conditions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Nonprofit Quarterly, this 2-part series will explore how to refine your Chart of Account set-up to efficiently accomplish nonprofit GAAP accounting and reporting in QuickBooks, allocation of expenses across programs and grants, tracking restricted grants, building and managing your annual budget, and tailored reporting for management, board, and funders. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5 week self-paced, online cohort course will explore how to look at problems through different perspectives, develop 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.

Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership, understand the differences between horizontal and vertical development practices, identify internalized assumptions that serve as belief barriers holding back leadership capacity, and recognize polarities and shift to a both / and mindset to approach them. No cost associated.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced 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.
 

Offered by Bolder Advocacy and the Alliance for Justice, learn how federal tax law permits lobbying for charities and how lobbying is defined, one easy step most charities can take to maximize the amount they’re allowed to spend on lobbying, yearly lobbying limits for charities, tips for taking advantage of the narrow definitions of lobbying – which will help charities make the most of their lobbying limit, and  how to apply these rules to ballot measure activities.  Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by IDEO U, this 5 week, self-paced cohort course how to use data to inspire new ideas, opportunities, and directions, frame your question and determine the types of data you need, discover insights in your data and effectively communicate why they matter, turn insights from the data into compelling stories and visualizations, and take a human-centered approach to data analysis. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, explore practical exercises that will help you identify your program costs and develop realistic budgets. and learn tools to help you calculate program costs and move your organization to greater financial sustainability. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the second session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series 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.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore the benefits of building an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, the key qualities and traits of an inclusive leader, and how to evaluate your current systems and practices to find opportunities for greater equity and inclusion. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of Systems Change, this 5-week course will explore group dynamics and energies, power, process design, leadership and understanding your self as an instrument for change. Deadline to apply is October 2. The course starts on October 20. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, learn how to build emotional awareness and active listening, explore how empathy drives trust and inclusion, and learn how to navigate difficult conversations with care and clarity. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 3-part series will explore how to identify the "who, what, why, and how" of your racial justice work and articulate what racial justice could look like for your organization or network, gain an understanding of collaborative planning principles using a framework for developing a racial justice action plan, and practice communicating to stakeholders about the importance of your racial justice change process. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interactive Institute for Social Change, this 7-part series will explore key practices that make it easier for principled, self-empowered collaborators to communicate, decide, and act together including designing and facilitating meetings, discovering shared meaning, designing shared visions, and building collaborative change. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, gain an understanding the importance of community and power in place, build the knowledge and competence to think about policy change, and build a foundation and next steps for change. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CompassPoint, in this 2-part series you will explore the distinction between change (an event or situation) and transition (a process) and recognize the impacts on people in your organization, gain an understanding of the Margin to Center framework as a way to identify solutions to challenges, and learn to distinguish between adaptive challenges and technical fixes and how they apply to a change occurring in your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CompassPoint, in this 2-part series you will learn how to use the “purpose, outcome, and process” (P.O.P) format to design a meeting, how to center marginalized voices in meetings, and strategies for interrupting oppressive power dynamics in meetings. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the first session of this 4-part workshop will explore the importance of community and land acknowledgement, strategies to co-create shared agreements, and key concepts and reflection on DEIB and reconciliation and how bias, privilege, and power shape experiences and communities. This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the third session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will explore building trust and strengthening relationships across participations, keeping partners engaged and aligned toward a common agenda, raising broader awareness and visibility of the initiative, and shifting narratives that hold challenges in place. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, gain an understanding of the benefits of a legacy society and what it takes to create and maintain one to ensure your organization's sustainability. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the School of System Change, this 5-part series will explore introductory knowledge and application of tools and frameworks from across the systems change field and orientate yourself to what it means to integrate systemic ways of working and collaborating. Course starts on November 4. Deadline to apply is October 16. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CoCreative, this 4-part series will explore an integrative approach to leading and facilitating collaboration through a blend of mini-lectures and applied facilitation, and will allow you to engage in meeting facilitation scenarios, addressing actual challenges faced by participants and learn practices to navigate conflicts, work across diverse perspectives, and build trust within your collaboration. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership, embrace a relational view of leadership that moves beyond individual goals to focus on collective outcomes, help leaders assess and adapt to today’s challenges and the unknowns of the future, learn how development builds capabilities and a shared understanding of leadership as a social process, and understand the importance of working across organizational boundaries for systemic solutions to disruption. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the second session of this 4-part workshop will explore accessibility and neurodiversity through the lens of equity and design, barriers faced by disabled and neurodivergent communities and how ableism shows up in physical spaces, policies, and attitudes, and ways to design environments, events, and learning spaces that are accessible, inclusive, and responsive to diverse needs This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the fourth session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will practice creating an Actor Map and an Ecocycle Map for your initiative, learn about additional collaborative engagement and planning tools, and discuss how you might apply these tools in your own work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Nonprofit Quarterly, explore a proven framework for mission-centered branding, along with practical tools to help you identify what aspects of your brand need to evolve, center your community and mission in your branding process, and shape your identity and story in more inclusive, resonant ways. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, develop a mindset that embraces budgeting as a leadership and planning tool, learn about key nonprofit finance terminology and concepts, including direct vs. indirect costs and donor restrictions, follow a step-by-step process to build a project budget from scope to tracking, and practice using budgets to tell compelling stories to funders, stakeholders, and staff. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn the four core components of a nonprofit business model – revenue mix, understanding the cost of programs, infrastructure, and capital structure – and explore how all these components connect to mission and your organization's financial health. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the third session of this 4-part workshop will explore the distinctions between sex, gender, and sexuality, learn how colonization has shaped narratives around queerness, examine real-world examples of trans-inclusive policies, discuss pronoun awareness, and learn tools for advocacy, language, and community support, This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Traverse Connect in partnership with the MI Office of Rural Prosperity, gain an understanding of the role of grant writing in nonprofit financial stability, learn the grant writing process and best practices, covering the six stages, tools, and techniques for crafting strong proposals, and apply skills through case studies. No cost associated.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, gain an understanding of 2hat a cashflow projection is, review what data you need to collect to create a cash flow projection, understand how to manage cashflow opportunities, understand how to share the information with affected parties, and have a key tool to predict upcoming expenses. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, in this 2-part workshop you will explore seven essential facilitation practices, learn and apply practical tools, and actionable facilitation strategies, and practice your skills in small groups and receive specific coaching. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5 week self-paced, online cohort course will explore how to look at problems through different perspectives, develop 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.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the last session of this 4-part workshop will engage in scenario-based group activities to apply what they’ve learned to real-life challenges, including inclusive event planning, equitable decision-making, and conflict resolution, and explore how to move from symbolic gestures to systemic change by embedding DEIB into workplace culture, governance, and team practices. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced 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.
 

Offered by IDEO U, this 5 week, self-paced cohort course how to use data to inspire new ideas, opportunities, and directions, frame your question and determine the types of data you need, discover insights in your data and effectively communicate why they matter, turn insights from the data into compelling stories and visualizations, and take a human-centered approach to data analysis. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CoCreative, identify common dynamics in collaborative work, apply strategies to expand creative possibilities, utilize reflective and iterative processes to ensure shared alignment, transform differing perspectives and conflicting ideas into opportunities, and implement structured problem-solving and human-centered design techniques to enhance collaboration. No cost associated.

Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, develop skills to navigate challenging dialogues with empathy, curiosity, and respect and foster meaningful conversations across diverse perspectives. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn smart ways to strengthen ties with midlevel supporters, whether you have fundraisers dedicated to this level of giving or not. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore what Standard Operating Procedures are and why they are important for your organization, when to use different types of SOPs, and the 4 Steps to Writing an SOP - plus the chance to use them to begin documenting a system, procedure, or task. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, learn about nonprofit financial reports including the income statement (statement of activities) and balance sheet (statement of financial position) and gain an understanding of nonprofit finance terminology, financial statements, and staff and board roles and responsibilities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn the seven steps to craft compelling stories which highlight your collaborative’s successes and progress to help you to attract and retain the funders and partners needed to deepen your community impact. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, explore how to recognize and better handle interpersonal workplace conflict and learn tools to engage effectively in a Courageous Conversation. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore how to shift your mindset and practices around conflict engagement, strengthen your ability to sit with tension, listen across difference, and navigate uncertainty, and build personal and collective practices that center safety, dignity, and accountability. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofits, explore 10 key indicators of financial health, blending both financial metrics and leadership practices that contribute to long-term sustainability, analyze financial trends and ratios to understand your organization’s fiscal trajectory, use cash flow projections and operating reserves to plan for uncertainty, review budget-to-actual reports to make informed decisions, and align your strategic plan and succession planning with financial realities. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this quarterly gathering is a space for connection, reflection and action where challenges are explored, progress is celebrated, and strategies to advance racial justice are shared. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, discover practical tools and prompts to help to use insights your past experiences to inform your future plans, explore what rest means to you and identify ways to integrate rest into your daily life, develop strategies to maintain momentum, and discover how to shift your mindset towards embracing challenges and viewing failures as opportunities for learning and growth. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Propel Nonprofit, gain clarify on roles and responsibilities of board and staff with governance and management to be the collaborative partners you need to be to achieve your mission. No cost associated.