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

Offered by the Fito Network in collaboration with Illuminate, hear from others about how equity and system change have shaped their work and networks, practice deep listening, not just to understand, but to be changed, and explore how storytelling can become a collective and transformative practice, not just an individual act. No cost associated; donations accepted.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, explore what principled struggle look like in practice, how to remain relational and rooted when tensions arise, and tools, mindsets, and approaches that can help us navigate conflict in generative and sustainable ways. No cost associated.

Offered by CoCreative, gain hands-on experience and learn proven methods for recognizing, mapping, and harnessing the diverse values and perspectives within your team to turn conflict and polarization into genuine alignment and productive collaboration. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CoCreative, gain hands-on experience and learn proven methods for recognizing, mapping, and harnessing the diverse values and perspectives within your team to turn conflict and polarization into genuine alignment and productive collaboration. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Fito Network in collaboration with Illuminate, hear from others about how equity and system change have shaped their work and networks, practice deep listening, not just to understand, but to be changed, and explore how storytelling can become a collective and transformative practice, not just an individual act. No cost associated; donations accepted.

Offered by LifeLabs Learning, explore how to create productive vulnerability, diagnose common trust blockers and identify solutions to fix them faster, and increase team learning behaviors to more effectively learn from mistakes. No cost associated.

Offered by the Fito Network in collaboration with Illuminate, hear from others about how equity and system change have shaped their work and networks, practice deep listening, not just to understand, but to be changed, and explore how storytelling can become a collective and transformative practice, not just an individual act. No cost associated; donations accepted.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the first session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will explore the 5 Conditions of collective impact and why they are important, strategies to support centering equity practices within collective impact work, designing a results-focused common agenda, and discussion of governance structures and the backbone role. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Candid Learning, learn how to apply basic tenets of universal design to create an inclusive remote professional development program, understand the importance of workplace accommodations and how to support accommodation requests, identify the main challenges people with disabilities face when entering the workforce, and develop policies, practices, and programs that can support disabled professionals in acquiring and retaining employment. No cost associated.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this quarterly gathering is a space for connection, reflection and action where challenges are explored, progress is celebrated, and strategies to advance racial justice are shared. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, this 2-part workshop will explore the mindset needed to create a successful Collective Impact Initiative that's intentionally designed to drive systems change and how to incorporate programmatic and systems change strategies into your Collective Impact implementation plans. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by LifeLabs Learning, explore how to create productive vulnerability, diagnose common trust blockers and identify solutions to fix them faster, and increase team learning behaviors to more effectively learn from mistakes. No cost associated.

Offered by Evaluation Cafe at Western Michigan University, explore perceptions, barriers, and complications regarding evaluative projects, especially in organizations with limited financial resources, and explore tools, such as Risk Tolerance and Evaluation Triage, that aid in assessing internal capacity and assumptions regarding evaluation. No cost associated.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced cohort course will explore techniques for mapping complex systems and identifying the root causes, establish a shared view of the system, and reframe problems from different perspectives to uncover new solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
 

Offered by IDEO U, this 5 week, self-paced cohort course how to use data to inspire new ideas, opportunities, and directions, frame your question and determine the types of data you need, discover insights in your data and effectively communicate why they matter, turn insights from the data into compelling stories and visualizations, and take a human-centered approach to data analysis. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the second session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will introduce a framework for concretely thinking about the different components and strategies for systems change from FSG’s publication: The Water of Systems Change and support participants in assessing system change opportunities within their own work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this 3-part series will explore how to identify the "who, what, why, and how" of your racial justice work and articulate what racial justice could look like for your organization or network, gain an understanding of collaborative planning principles using a framework for developing a racial justice action plan, and practice communicating to stakeholders about the importance of your racial justice change process. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interactive Institute for Social Change, this 7-part series will explore key practices that make it easier for principled, self-empowered collaborators to communicate, decide, and act together including designing and facilitating meetings, discovering shared meaning, designing shared visions, and building collaborative change. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by CompassPoint, in this 2-part series you will learn how to use the “purpose, outcome, and process” (P.O.P) format to design a meeting, how to center marginalized voices in meetings, and strategies for interrupting oppressive power dynamics in meetings. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the first session of this 4-part workshop will explore the importance of community and land acknowledgement, strategies to co-create shared agreements, and key concepts and reflection on DEIB and reconciliation and how bias, privilege, and power shape experiences and communities. This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the third session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will explore building trust and strengthening relationships across participations, keeping partners engaged and aligned toward a common agenda, raising broader awareness and visibility of the initiative, and shifting narratives that hold challenges in place. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the second session of this 4-part workshop will explore accessibility and neurodiversity through the lens of equity and design, barriers faced by disabled and neurodivergent communities and how ableism shows up in physical spaces, policies, and attitudes, and ways to design environments, events, and learning spaces that are accessible, inclusive, and responsive to diverse needs This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Collective Impact Forum, the fourth session in the 4-part Essentials for Collective Impact Series will practice creating an Actor Map and an Ecocycle Map for your initiative, learn about additional collaborative engagement and planning tools, and discuss how you might apply these tools in your own work. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the third session of this 4-part workshop will explore the distinctions between sex, gender, and sexuality, learn how colonization has shaped narratives around queerness, examine real-world examples of trans-inclusive policies, discuss pronoun awareness, and learn tools for advocacy, language, and community support, This series can be attended as a whole or a la carte. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Evaluation Cafe at Western Michigan University, explore how everyday evaluative skills can strengthen relationships and address diverse community needs, learn how storytelling methodologies like photovoice and journey mapping, which center community voices and lived experiences, and highlight evaluation's role in strengthening collective ties and empowering community members as active agents. No cost associated.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, the last session of this 4-part workshop will engage in scenario-based group activities to apply what they’ve learned to real-life challenges, including inclusive event planning, equitable decision-making, and conflict resolution, and explore how to move from symbolic gestures to systemic change by embedding DEIB into workplace culture, governance, and team practices. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by Ideo U, this 5-week, self-paced cohort course will explore techniques for mapping complex systems and identifying the root causes, establish a shared view of the system, and reframe problems from different perspectives to uncover new solutions. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.
 

Offered by IDEO U, this 5 week, self-paced cohort course how to use data to inspire new ideas, opportunities, and directions, frame your question and determine the types of data you need, discover insights in your data and effectively communicate why they matter, turn insights from the data into compelling stories and visualizations, and take a human-centered approach to data analysis. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, develop skills to navigate challenging dialogues with empathy, curiosity, and respect and foster meaningful conversations across diverse perspectives. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Tamarack Institute, learn the seven steps to craft compelling stories which highlight your collaborative’s successes and progress to help you to attract and retain the funders and partners needed to deepen your community impact. Cost associated. Eligible for support through Rotary Charities Learning Fund.

Offered by the Interaction Institute for Social Change, this quarterly gathering is a space for connection, reflection and action where challenges are explored, progress is celebrated, and strategies to advance racial justice are shared. No cost associated.