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 the Early Childhood Development Action Network, join Rotary Charities Director of Systems Change, Freya Bradford, and Jessica Conrad to learn about the four core strategies common to systems change work., nested levels of systems inquiry and common signs of change to look for at each level, and two replicable practices that use storytelling as a method to uncover and share signs of systems change. This session is part of the Masterclass Series on Systems Thinking curated by ECDAN and NORC. No cost associated.
Time: 8:00 am
Offered by the Early Childhood Development Action Network, gain an understanding of the scope of Complexity Science and its relevance for evaluating systems and transformation, when and how to incorporate complex behaviors in their planning and evaluation practice, and when to recognize, but not evaluate, with respect to complexity, and methods for evaluating complex systems that are familiar and well-understood in the evaluation community. This session is part of the Masterclass Series on Systems Thinking curated by ECDAN and NORC. No cost associated.
Time: 9:00 am
Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, this 3-day summit will inspire and provide practical advice for how to engage in community collaborations that center equity and belonging in collective impact work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Early Childhood Development Action Network, gain an understanding of key concepts associated with complexity-aware monitoring, guidance to quickly compare selected approaches and resources to support their use, and how to apply the findings of complexity-aware monitoring for program learning and improvement. This session is part of the Masterclass Series on Systems Thinking curated by ECDAN and NORC. No cost associated.
Time: 8:00 am
Offered by the Early Childhood Development Action Network, explore two mental models for systems change that are commonly used, the implications of the mental models for strategy, evaluation, and learning, and concrete examples of what it looks like to align mental models with strategy and evaluation approaches. This session is part of the Masterclass Series on Systems Thinking curated by ECDAN and NORC. No cost associated.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the Early Childhood Development Action Network, learn about how the Living Systems Leadership approach can support those involved in sustainable development to work together when navigating complexity and negotiating contested issues. This session is part of the Masterclass Series on Systems Thinking curated by ECDAN and NORC. No cost associated.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Kalamazoo Public Library, explore how an organization can balance being mission-focused while being centered in the community, connecting the dots between on-the-ground programs and the big-picture work bring accomplished through collaboration with others. No cost associated.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by Kalamazoo Public Library, explore how an organization can balance being mission-focused while being centered in the community, connecting the dots between on-the-ground programs and the big-picture work bring accomplished through collaboration with others. No cost associated.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, in this 2-part workshop will help you design, implement and renew a successful Collective Impact Initiative to achieve high-impact results, focusing on the importance of bringing a systems lens to Collective Impact to explicitly incorporate both programmatic and systems-change strategies into Collective Impact implementation plans. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 7-part workshop will explore ways to develop practical collaborative skills and tools for tapping our individual and collective creativity and experience as social change agents. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by the ABCD Institute at DePaul University, this 6-part series will introduce the core principles and applications of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) in the context of local communities and will occur in light of current conversations about equity and social justice that will enable participants to think deeper about responses to these challenges. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 9:00 am
Offered by TSNE, gain an understanding of the foundational principles for governance frameworks and strategies, learn about the benefits and challenges of these frameworks, and explore ways to apply the guiding principles of these new approaches to the governance of their own organization, coalition, or network. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.