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

Offered by TSNE, learn evidence-based strategies and practices that can serve as the catalyst for improving the performance of your already functional board. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Management, explore disability history and learn terms and language that will help identify barriers to access and outline straightforward steps towards more inclusive and accessible policies. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, this one-day virtual conference explore methods to improve organizational culture, strategies to strengthen DEI initiatives, intentional listening and communication, and techniques to show up to every interaction with dignity. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, explore 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.

Offered by Systems Innovation Network, explore an overview to what we call "systems awareness" and "ecosystems thinking" and how to shift our awareness and thinking from "ego-systems awareness" to "ecosystems awareness”.  

Offered by Collective Impact Forum, explore the 5 conditions of collective impact, centering equity practices, designing a common agenda, and governance structures and the backbone role. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn how to how maximize your advocacy, the kinds of advocacy activities 501(c)(3)s can engage in, and when a communication is considered lobbying. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, learn how to research, identify, and engage private corporations and foundations, and get hands-on tips for writing a compelling and competitive grant. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, explore multiple capacity assessment tools  that are designed to help groups become more effective by supporting their ability to carry out and sustain advocacy and community organizing efforts. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by School of System Change, for 33 days receive daily writing prompts and invitations to experiment with micro practices that will translate your big intentions into everyday practices.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, learn how to how to maximize your advocacy, the kinds of advocacy activities 501(c)(3)s can engage in, and when a communication is considered lobbying. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part series will explore the five Conflict Resolution styles and how they intersect with positional power and social privilege, how you want be your “best self” in conflict, and how to build on your abilities of listening, inquiry, and empathy as skills for working through conflict. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part series will focus on understanding the framework for energy management and strategies and practices for self-care. Cost associated. Eligible for support through the Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, learn the fundamentals of Bottom-Line Training® and how they can benefit your organization and how they can be used to develop training plans for every person in every position. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Kalamazoo Public Library, learn what foundations want and how to best work with them, explore step-by-step procedures for writing powerful proposals that meet the requirements of potential funders, and review what you can do now to prepare yourself and your organization.

Offered by Child & Family Services of NW MI, this introductory-level training will define implicit bias, explore how it operates within individuals and organizations, and identify tools to mitigate it. This course is approved by the NASW-Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative (3CEUs) and is in alignment with Michigan’s LARA Implicit Bias continuing education requirements. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, explore how to frame a strategic problem as a question, brainstorm possibilities to solve it, build tests to help you choose among your possibilities, and set your team up to be able to take action on the strategic choices you make. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by 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.

Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center, explore what philanthropic mission is meaningful to you, identify functions of nonprofit boards and how to position yourself for board service,  and identify key questions for vetting and joining a board.

Offered by Chronicle of Philanthropy, learn how to plan a communications strategy for 2023 amid uncertainty, which messages and appeals are resonating now, and advice for managing messages on various communications channels. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by 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.

Offered by Acumen Academy, this 4-week course will explore the root cause of recurring challenges, how to partner with people in positions of power, recognizing your role in the challenge, and leading adaptively amidst times of mistrust, resistance, and conflict.

Offered by TSNE, explore ways that adaptive communication and feedback contribute to supporting, developing, and managing successful employees and learn a model of performance management that focuses on adaptive communication and feedback strategies. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, learn tools to clearly define systems that will help save time and mental energy and set clear expectations for everyone on a team to make it easy for all of us to deliver great (consistent!) results. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Acumen Academy, this 8-week course will explore how to map a complex system to gain clarity, identify specific points in the system where you can make a big impact, create leverage hypotheses to describe how you will aim to create systemic change, and develop a framework for learning and adapting over time as your system changes.

Offered by TSNE, explore practices that create a culture of mutual respect, one in which employees and supervisors communicate regularly and clearly about job-related expectations, tasks, and overall performance. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, this 2-month cohort will explore supervisory challenges and make concrete plans to address them while learning about adaptive supervision, supervisor-staff relationships, and performance management. This cohort consists of three 2-hour groups sessions, three cohort sessions, and two hours of one-on-one coaching. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by ZingTrain, learn how to deliver productive feedback, gain confidence addressing performance issues, and tools for giving feedback both formally and informally. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore mindsets and skills needed to effectively lead a multi-sector collaboration and discover tools you can apply to effectively steward, lead, and support collaboratives to achieve their desired outcomes. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, learn kept concepts of budgeting including roles and responsibilities, different types of budgets, budget timelines, cyclical budget processes, and budget implementation. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Nonprofit Network, this 8-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.

Offered by Compass Point, this 4-part series will explore the coaching mindset, building communication abilities, and how coaching interrupts dominating behavior and builds power with others. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center, learn the core functions of a nonprofit board of directors, understand governance structures and how to apply them, and identify common challenges and related strategies facing nonprofit boards. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Bolder Advocacy, explore the rules governing organizations with different tax-exempt statuses and how different types of nonprofit organizations can work together while staying in compliance with the law. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by TSNE, learn approaches to build feedback into your supervisory practice, discover barriers to receiving constructive feedback, and how to hold one-on-one meetings that strengthen communication, trust, and staff effectiveness. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Chronicle of Philanthropy, explore creative ways to keep donors safe and connected - and your events on time and within budget. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Nonprofit Network, this 3-part workshop will learn tools of effective advocacy and the importance of understanding the political process, including civics, budget process, power mapping, asset mapping, strategies and tactics, and messaging. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.