A fundraising plan organizes all of your activities over the year by charting out campaign dates, strategies, donor-tracking and retention plans, special event details, and a targeted communication schedule. Together, we will discuss how to set goals, choose strategies that best align with your organization’s strengths, create milestones to know when you need to pivot, and mobilize your network to lighten the load.

One of the biggest mistakes small organizations make is wasting their limited time and energy on grants they are unlikely to get. In this crash course, you will gain an end-to-end understanding of the whole grant cycle (researching, writing, management, and reporting). You will learn time-saving strategies that will help you focus on the most strategic opportunities. Finally, you will leave with Pro Tips to Successful Grant Writing and other resources for improving your win ratio over time.

Low-capacity organizations stand to gain the most from learning how to leverage the power of AI to optimize their fundraising efforts. This workshop introduces participants to practical tools, techniques, and strategies while sharing how to avoid the pitfalls of this imperfect technology. Learn how you can improve grant writing efficiency, build stronger relationships with donors, and optimize fundraising campaigns.

Most people hate asking for money, but growing nonprofits need to widen the range of people asking. We will discuss where discomfort comes from and how to overcome it. Then we will learn strategies to make more effective asks and practice pitching until we master them. Finally, we will share methods for collective accountability and buddy systems that help you stay motivated and feel supported.

Did you know that people with less give a higher proportion of their income? In this workshop, I will share a roadmap for starting and growing a monthly donor small donor program that builds momentum and invites more stakeholders into your work. Learn the steps to build a resilient values-aligned support base and access consistent, unrestricted revenue. Leave with adaptable tools and templates to streamline your process.

Nonprofits are full of people willing to work for below market rate because they believe in the mission. Learn how to think creatively to diversify your revenue streams. Through discussions, case studies, and exercises, reflect on how to leverage your reputation and your existing skills to charge institutions (colleges, corporations, and other nonprofits) so that you can create more sustainability for your mission-driven work.

An organization’s brand can help it raise money, create change, and recruit participants as it effectively communicates its mission. This session will offer an overview of branding and communications concepts to increase visibility, cultivate trust, create ambassadors, and strengthen impact. Participants will develop and get feedback on their own strategic communications recommendations for their organization.

I will guide you through crafting, planning and organizing your messages to avoid communication barriers, increase understanding, and get your desired responses. Through exercises and discussions, learn to think through four elements – communicator, audience, channel, and message. If you nail these down, I guarantee it will improve your communication strategies' effectiveness.

Whether you’re launching a project or educating about a cause that’s central to your work, navigating the media skillfully can fuel your success. Learn how you can make a positive and unforgettable impression by learning how to thrive in interviews, social media, live streaming, virtual meetings, and more.

Whether you are an executive, public-facing employee, or aspiring activist, learning how to effectively share your story will be critical to your success. Through a series of guided exercises, we will practice shaping your ideas/experiences into a story, refining it to make it more compelling, and delivering it with conviction.

By building emotional connections, stories bring life to our work. Learn how to tell your story or your organization’s story in a way that drives action: spur donations, mobilize supporters to win campaigns, and recruit more stakeholders. In this interactive session, we will cover how to create compelling stories and then practice drafting and delivering our own. Leave with feedback you can put into action today and tools to refine your stories moving forward.

I’ve worked on a dozen community-based storytelling projects to create intergenerational dialogs, museum exhibitions, forums, and culturally rooted training materials. They have changed public discourse, freed an ICE detainee, shifted industry standards, and preserved histories for generations to come. Enjoy excerpts and case studies while learning how to design media projects that foster buy-in and leverage participation to co-create meaning.