These workshops can be scheduled VIA ZOOM for your community or staff and board DURING COVID-19.
Strategic Planning Workshop
Strategic planning is an organization’s process of defining its direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. In order to determine where an organization is going, it needs to know where it stands and then determine where it wants to go and how to get there. In this one-day workshop, participants will learn about the elements of a strategic plan and how to implement a strategic planning process for their organization.
Creating Boards that Lead: A Discourse on Nonprofit Board Development, Board Operations and Responsibilities
If you are a member of a nonprofit board, or would like to become one, this nonprofit board training workshop is for you. Taught by Terry Profota, President of Sage Solutions and Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, Executive Director of Hopa Mountain, this board development workshop will focus on the roles and responsibilities of nonprofit board members and getting Boards energized.
An Introduction to 501c3s and Good Grant Writing
In this workshop, learn the basics of starting a 501c3 nonprofit organization and the keys to good grant writing and grant research. We will also discuss ways you can work with your community to help individuals and new organizations be successful at planning community-based programs and generating new sources of funds.
An Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry
David Cooperider and Diana Whitney define Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a “cooperative search for the best in people, their organizations, and the world around them.” It involves systematic discovery of what gives a system ‘life’ when it is most effective and capable in economic, ecological, and human terms. In this introductory AI workshop, learn how to use appreciative inquiry techniques in business, nonprofit, and government work plus your personal life to bring out the best in your group and self.
An Introduction to LC3 Companies as Tools for Social Change
An L3C is a low-profit limited liability company that is designed to bridge the gap between nonprofits and for-profits. L3Cs allow for investments in socially beneficial, for-profit ventures while in compliance with IRS rules for “Program Related Investments.” In this workshop, Bonnie Sachatello-Sawyer, executive director of Hopa Mountain, will provide an overview of this new flexible social enterprise structure and its benefits.
Please call (406) 586-2455 for more details or to create a custom training program that meets your needs.