Strategic planning is a regular part of organizational development and maturation.  Many organizations also create plans to embed diversity, equity, inclusion and access into their organizations. We believe these processes should be one and the same.  DEIA only works when it is embedded holistically into every facet of the organization. In this workshop, we'll cover how to do strategic planning with a DEIA lens to ensure it is woven into everything you do.

Attendees will leave this webinar understanding how diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are involved in every part of an organization and how to embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and access into a strategic plan.

*Presented in collaboration with the Association of Nonprofit Specialists and co-facilitated with Molly Penn of PENN Creative Strategy

This workshop will cover various types of collaborations and partnerships, drawing on real world examples, and the considerations associated with each. We will also cover the delicate process around vetting, building trust and conducting negotiations with potential partners.

Participants will be able to understand the spectrum of collaborations and partnerships with one or more organizations, have tools to support partnership vetting, landscape positioning, asset inventory, desired outcomes, understand the process of building trust, negotiating terms, and achieving commitment, and have a list of further reading and resources for reference.

*Co-facilitated with Molly Penn of PENN Creative Strategy

This Spring, we will partner with PENN Creative Strategy and be featured in the upcoming “Recover, Rebuild Renew” webinar series presented by Mass Cultural Council for arts & cultural organizations throughout the state of Massachusetts. Effectively Motivating Remote Teams will be a part of a 42-webinar series delivered by 12 consulting firms around the country.    

In this workshop, we will cover methods for supervising remote or blended teams. We will cover a method commonly used by major tech corporations such as Google as well as national nonprofit organizations: Objectives and Key Results. We will also cover how to shift performance management systems to complement the OKR approach to supervision and how to engage and build strong teams in a remote environment.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to have tools and techniques for managing remote teams, understand the philosophical differences between remote management and in-person management, have ideas for building connective tissue within their team, be able to assess the current culture and build a plan to move to an improved culture, and have a list of further reading and resources for reference.

*Co-facilitated with Molly Penn of PENN Creative Strategy

Have you suddenly found yourself managing teams of staff members working remotely, or in a blended environment with some on-site and others remote?  Are some staff carrying too much of the load while others are not working hard enough?  In this 90 minute workshop we will cover key methods for supervising remote or blended teams.  We will cover a method commonly used by major tech corporations such as Google as well as national nonprofit organizations: Objectives and Key Results.  We will also cover how to shift performance management systems to complement the OKR approach to supervision and how to engage and build strong teams in a remote environment.

 By the end of this workshop, participants will learn how to move away from managing the quantity of work towards managing the quality of work, how to link Objectives and Key Results to performance management systems and build team camaraderie using a variety of methods suitable for digital engagement.

*Presented in collaboration with the Association of Nonprofit Specialists and Co-facilitated with Molly Penn of Penn Creative Strategy

Systemic racism is an important part of why many nonprofits exist – to serve people who have been marginalized by a system that was designed to hold them down.  But what about our organizations themselves?  Organizations are systems too – do you know how systemic racism might be showing up in your organization or what you can do to change that?  This workshop is ideal for leaders who are considering how to bring their organizational DEI work to a structural level.  In this workshop, we focus on the structural considerations of what systemic racism entails.  We will explore shifting thinking about traditional notions of hierarchy and explore structures that facilitate shared decision-making.  We will explore ways of moving away from hierarchy (power over) to a flatter network of teams or empowering individuals at any level with decision-making authority (power with).  We will also explore the implications of these shifts on the role of the organization leader.  How will your leadership style need to shift to accommodate new decision-making methods?  We will share tools to help organizations prepare for this work and various options for creating more inclusive systems internally.

*Co-facilitated with Molly Penn of PENN Creative Strategy