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 Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced course will explore how to look at problems through different perspectives, refine your instincts into 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.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Kalamazoo Public Library, learn how to use your voice to create change as we dive into state civics, explore advocacy strategies, and provide tools, knowledge, and strategies needed to effectively advocate for the priorities of your organization and the populations you serve. No cost associated.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by Interaction Institute for Social Change, in this 7-part series you will develop practical collaborative skills and tools for tapping the creativity, experience, and commitment of groups and while exploring your own challenges and aspirations as a leader. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 12:00 pm
Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, learn about the 5 conditions of collective impact and why they are important, strategies to support centering equity practices within collective impact work, and discussion of governance structures and the backbone role. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the School of System Change, learn how to create the conditions for relationship building, mutual learning, and coherence among 'storyholders' while weaving multiple perspectives and amplifying nuance. Apply before August 29. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, explore 10 challenges that often hinder a collective, from steering away from strategy drift to setting up a culture that encourages accountability, and share some practices and principles to navigate through them and help set (or reset) your initiative on a path forward. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 11:00 am
Offered by The Systems Sanctuary, this 2-part series will explore theoretical frameworks underlying collective learning and get you started on building frameworks and structures for learning across your network. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.