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: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, in this 7-part series you will develop practical collaborative skills and tools for tapping our individual and collective creativity and experience as social change agent. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 5-part series will explore the foundations of systemic racism, the power of storytelling, how to prepare as a facilitator, facilitation fundamentals and will include coaching and practice. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:00 pm
Offered by Nonprofit Quarterly, explore the foundational terms and concepts of AI, learn about NTEN's AI Framework for an Equitable World, practice discussing nonprofit AI opportunities or risks in an equitable framework, and use templates and resources provided for building policies and guidelines at your organization. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by TSNE, learn how to recruit for and build a diverse, inclusive, and mission-driven board that reflects your organization’s values with tools and frameworks to enhance board recruitment and onboarding practices. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 6:00 pm
Offered by the GLPA-LEAD Education Fund, this 4-part series explore how to serve in elected office, as well as the daily duties and responsibilities of an elected or appointed official in the following positions: County Commission, City Council and Township Board, School Board, and Legislative Staff. This series is designed for members of advocacy groups, newly elected officials, future candidates, legislative staff and anyone interested in local governance. No cost associated but an application is required for registration.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by OnePlace, explore the importance of accessibility, practical strategies to address common access barriers, the legal framework surrounding accessibility, and basic principles of accessibility to help ensure greater accessibility in everything that you do. No cost associated.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, this 2-part series will explore tools and strategies to help you more intentionally plan, design, and facilitate meetings that are results-driven and move your collaborative forward. This will be an active workshop including facilitation resources, small group discussion, and personal work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, gain an understanding of sensemaking - a collaborative process that helps groups interpret information and identify patterns to drive action - to identify patterns, connect diverse perspectives, and transform insights into actionable solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 2:30 pm
Offered by Collective Change Lab, the 5-part series will explore where and how trauma impacts our systems and tools to address systemic trauma that will build the capacity for healing-centered work. Registration ends on January 31. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by TSNE, explore ways to strengthen the relationship between the executive director and the board to ensure collaboration, trust, and shared accountability and develop an actionable plan for facilitating stronger collaboration and trust between the board and executive leadership. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 1:00 pm
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn techniques to help you navigate polarization in real time when facilitating engagement, consider how to build relationships and reduce barriers to engagement, frame polarized situations to create the conditions to move from debate to dialogue, and increase your knowledge of consensus-based and dialogue practices. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 12:30 pm
Offered by Compass Point, this 2-part series will provide the tools to use the “purpose, outcome, and process” (P.O.P) format to design a meeting, learn how to center marginalized voices in meetings, and develop strategies for interrupting oppressive power dynamics in meetings. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 10:00 am
Offered by TSNE, explore the ways that adaptive communication and feedback contribute to supporting, developing, and managing successful employees, gain an understanding of the dynamic continuum of employee performance, and practice a model of performance management that focuses on adaptive communication and feedback strategies. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
Time: 11:00 am
Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this interactive 6 month learning journey will equip you with the tools and strategies to foster stronger, more connected communities, including exploring a whole community approach, asset mapping, developing your mapping plan, making connections, and implementing your action plan. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.