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: 12:00 pm
Offered by LifeLabs Learning, learn how to assist employees with emotional regulation skills, equip managers to support staff through challenging times, and help your organization emerge stronger, even in the face of uncertainty.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Collective Mind, learn the basics about how we think about network management, what networks managers do, and what skills and approaches network managers need.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Management, learn what types of problems are best suited for Collective Impact and how this large-scale works can be structured to increase success. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Ideo U, this five-week course will cover establishing team alignment and team motivation so your team to deliver stronger outcomes. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Ideo U, this 5 week online course will explore how to build trust, craft well-framed questions, and create a culture of innovation by increasing your team's capacity to experiment. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Volunteer Fairfax, explore successful volunteer information sessions and your role as its leader to ramp up group motivation, including how to identify the best speakers for your session, balancing facts and figures with heart-centered stories, and leading a session that covers everything and remains on track.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by ZingTrain, learn how courageous conversations help foster a work environment that encourages respectful and effective dialogue during times of conflict. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Nonprofit Learning Lab, learn how to help our organization develop a framework for capturing, understanding, and communicating your data. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by LifeLabs Learning, learn how to assist employees with emotional regulation skills, equip managers to support staff through challenging times, and help your organization emerge stronger, even in the face of uncertainty.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore and develop collective knowledge and awareness around having a healthy relationship with failure—and how to realize the benefits of failing productively in our work.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by ZingTrain, explore the correlation between self-management and organizational success while learning new tools to live and lead more effectively. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, learn techniques for connecting with donors, effectively communicating your cause, and cultivating long-term relationships. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore how effective collaboration is a fine balance, requiring a deep investment in building connections and engagement while also ensuring that the practice, structure, and decision-making approach is defined and effectively implemented. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Management, explore belonging, workplace community, and the role of psychological safety, anticipate conflicts that break trust or cause harms, and learn a new conflict management model that helps navigate power dynamics and support a culture of inclusion & equity. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
A two-part series offered by Human Systems Dynamics Institute (7/19 and 7/21), explore the nature of complex change and learn tools to prepare for you cannot predict or control. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 8:30 am
Offered by Traverse Connect, learn how a thoughtful succession plan strategy is vital to the success of your business, what good succession planning looks like, the trials and pitfalls, and how you can best serve your business in the future.
Time: 12:00 pm
Offered by Nonprofit Network, explore the differences between communications and marketing, using public relations to increase advocacy and awareness and why these methods are vital to the success of nonprofit organizations.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Center for Nonprofit Management, learn how to use social media to advance your organization's mission by creating a research-informed social strategy, articulating goals and SMART objectives, ideating potential strategies and creating basic content to engage your audience. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 11:00 am
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore social change and how to reimagine how we think about power to transform society and build solidarity in today’s increasingly complex times.
Time: 1:00 pm
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, explore how to craft and prioritize learning questions that ground your evaluation in what your organization needs to know to inform strategic decision-making. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 4:00 pm
Offered by LifeLabs Learning, learn how to assist employees with emotional regulation skills, equip managers to support staff through challenging times, and help your organization emerge stronger, even in the face of uncertainty.
Time: 9:30 am
Offered by Volunteer Fairfax, learn how to recruit, retain and recognize volunteers with the lens of leading the different age groups with different characteristics and challenges, no matter where you fall in the generational breakdown.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn what you need to track your lobbying expenses to be able to meet IRS filing obligations, for strategic planning and fundraising purposes, and for basic organizational management and governance. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center, learn how to strengthen and refresh board knowledge and skills, as well as to help executive directors more effectively work with their boards. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, learn techniques for connecting with prospects and keys to managing valuable donor information that will help make data-driven decisions when locating donors who want to fund your cause. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center in partnership with MI Community Service Commission, gain knowledge of demographic & sector trends, understand recommended practices for recruiting & engaging millennials, and explore the impact of newer generations on the social sector.
Time: 12:00 pm
Offered by Human Systems Dynamics Institute. Learn to find questions to confront the challenges you face when past answers are not good enough for the future.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Center for Nonprofit Management, learn the legal roles, the moral and organizational responsibilities, and gain a deeper understanding of the aspects of a board of director's work with which you feel you can authentically and enthusiastically engage. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn how to create fundraising appeals and messages that stand out from the competition — and inspire generous giving — during the busiest time of the year. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 9:00 am
Offered by the Nonprofit Network, this 9 session course will explore key skills necessary to be successful within the complexities of the Executive Director role. This course is geared toward ED's who have been in their current position for fewer than 7 years. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Management, take a deeper dive into specific data collection methods, explore equity considerations for evaluators, and provide tips for using data and evaluation to create a learning culture in your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 12:30 pm
Offered by Compass Point, this 3-part series will explore fundraising roles and models and embrace approaches to mobilizing resources that build and amplify community power. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore how effective collaboration is a fine balance, requiring a deep investment in building connections and engagement while also ensuring that the practice, structure, and decision-making approach is defined and effectively implemented. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered bu Ideo U, this five-week course will teach skills and techniques you need to foster creative collaboration and unleash the potential of a team. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week cohort course will explore how to create change collaboratively by involving others from the beginning and creating conditions for them to buy in and participate. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Ideo U, this five-week course will explore mapping tools to identify the right places to focus, surface insights about your stakeholders. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn tools and approaches to effectively engage diverse community partners and intentionally build trusting relationships and collaborative impact. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Center for Nonprofit Management, this 4-part series will develop the knowledge and the skills necessary to be an active member of a nonprofit board including board responsibilities, fundraising, finances, and DEI. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, learn how to identify if gender disparity exists in your nonprofit and how to incorporate gender equity into the fabric of your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Center for Nonprofit Management, learn the key traits of inclusive leaders and their strategies for inclusion. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Center for Nonprofit Management, explore your organization’s current culture regarding developing emerging leaders, identify potential roadblocks and develop an action plan. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Candid Learning, learn the essentials of planning for EOY fundraising success, strategizing your campaign, and following up with memorable stewardship. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.