Trying to grow a program or develop your leadership skills, but feel like you’re working in isolation? Do you wish you could connect with your peers about the issues your organization is working on? We can help! At Nonprofit New York, we believe that when your nonprofit is stronger, all of us are stronger. Our Learning Labs give you the opportunity to hear from experts in the field while practicing problem-solving and experiential learning, so you can get both the tools you need and the situational understanding of how to use them.
Nonprofit New York’s Learning Labs is a 5-week, cohort-based training series aligned with our Key Areas of Nonprofit Excellence. Applicants are expected to have prior knowledge in the Learning Lab’s Key Area, but are looking for updates and strategies to make improvements at their organization, from strengthening your management practices in tech to governance to HR. Each session features a combination of lecture, discussion, and group exercises guided by expert facilitators to tap into different styles of learning and start applying lessons right away.
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We’ve heard there’s a money tree out there, growing somewhere, but until we find it, this Learning Lab is for you! Come to our Fundraising Learning Lab to learn how to get more money for your mission, and gain friends and supporters along the way. Draft a development plan that diversifies your revenue streams while you fine-tune how to make the case for your organization, get a refresh on how to get those grants, master how to maintain and cultivate your donors, and create a culture of philanthropy that goes beyond just giving
You will learn through an in-depth, six module cohort-based series, led by experts that will provide a deep dive into fundraising for nonprofits. You will develop tools and strategies that ensure that your organization’s fundraising and resource development are strategic, donor-centered, and effective. You will also join an online community of practice of peers to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, sharing, and networking.
This training is intended for individuals at your organization with basic to intermediate expertise in the area who manage fundraising and resource development, impact fundraising strategy, and/or carry out fundraising and resource development implementation. This includes various stakeholders involved with fundraising, including fundraising staff, monitor and evaluation staff, administrators, board members, executive directors, and program staff. Organizations of all sizes are encouraged to apply.
Registration has closed.
Questions about this Learning Lab? Contact Education & Training Manager Aaron Covarrubias at 646-893-2441 or [email protected].
Register for our Communications Learning Lab! In nonprofit communications, we are challenged with limited resources, small staff, and the need to cultivate internal buy-in about the importance of communications. There’s no easy fix, but you can gain new strategies from this Learning Lab to help you navigate these challenges: from planning internal communication strategies, to understanding strong branding to communicate your organization’s identity, to tracking and measuring your communications efforts.
You will learn through an in-depth, six module cohort-based series, led by experts that will provide a deep dive into communications management for nonprofits. Participants will develop tools and strategies that ensure that your organization’s communications are strategic, effective, and build a strong brand. You will also join an online community of practice of peers to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, sharing, and networking.
This training is intended for individuals at your organization with basic to intermediate expertise in the area who manage communications and/or carry out communications strategies including staff, administrators, and executive directors. Organizations of all sizes are encouraged to apply.
Register now and reserve your spot for this learning lab. The deadline to register is May 17th, 2019. Register today!
Questions about this Learning Lab? Contact Education & Training Manager Aaron Covarrubias at 646-893-2441 or [email protected].
Calling out the IT crowd, the accidental techies, and folks dealing with technology at nonprofits out there that want to improve their strategic management of technology on their organizations. We invite you to come out from behind the screen and join the best IT crowd in town - our Technology Learning Lab is where professionals can come together and learn promising new practices, develop new tools and strategies that ensure that you and your organization have the technology practices it needs to thrive, and finally, an opportunity to engage with your peers and learn together.
Participants will learn through an in-depth, six module cohort-based series, led by experts that will provide a deep dive into technology management for nonprofits. Participants will develop tools and strategies that ensure that your organization’s technology hardware and software is suitable, that you are cyber secure, that your systems are capable of providing insightful and timely data to improve decision-making, and that you have the right practices and policies in place to drive a culture of efficiency that continues to advance your organization's mission. Participants will also join an online community of practice of peers to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, sharing, and networking.
This Learning Lab is intended for individuals in your organization with intermediate knowledge of technology management for nonprofits. This includes various stakeholders involved with tech management, including IT staff, operations staff, monitor and evaluation staff, administrators, executive directors, and program staff. Organizations of all sizes are encouraged to apply
Registration has closed.
Questions about this Learning Lab? Contact Education & Training Manager Aaron Covarrubias at 646-893-2441 or [email protected].
Come to our Human Resources Learning Lab to learn and develop tools that ensure that your most valuable resource is being nurtured and developed to keep your mission moving forward.
Participants will develop a strong set of tools to implement human resources practices that enhance their team’s ability to deliver on their mission including identifying and developing leadership pipelines and succession plans, assessing staff needs, and crafting responses to those needs in a holistic manner including work/life balance practices.
Participants will learn through an in-depth, six module cohort-based series, led by experts, that will provide a deep dive into human resource management for nonprofits. Participants will also join an online community of practice of peers to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, sharing, and networking.
This Learning Lab is intended for individuals in your organization with basic to intermediate knowledge of human resources. This includes various stakeholders involved with human resources management, including human resources staff, executive directors, operations staff administrators, and program staff. Organizations of all sizes are encouraged to apply
Registration has closed.
Many nonprofits exist to address the ongoing consequences of systematic oppression and inequitable social and institutional practices. A focus on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) fosters a management culture that embraces different perspectives, resulting in stronger programs, comprehensive strategies, and the ability to better mitigate risks. But, where do nonprofits begin?
Apply for our first-ever DEI Learning Lab this fall. We're offering this series in response to the critical need for nonprofit leaders to internalize DEI as an organizational priority. In order to help nonprofit leaders move beyond a surface-level understanding of DEI, this Learning Lab tackles the challenging conversations needed to guide DEI efforts, and hold individuals and organizations accountable.
This Learning Lab is intended for nonprofit staff with basic to intermediate expertise in DEI, including executives, board members, program staff, human resources, and operations staff. Organizations of all sizes are encouraged to apply for the DEI Learning Lab.
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This training is intended for individuals in your organization with basic to intermediate expertise in budgeting. This includes different stakeholders involved with creating, tracking, and/or managing budgets (for instance, EDs, Program Managers, development staff, board members, and administrators).
This Learning Lab is sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Because of their generous support, we are able to offer a 25 percent discount for each Learning Lab attendee!
The application window for the Financial Management Learning Lab has closed.
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - Monday, June 18, 2018
This training is intended for individuals at your organization with basic to intermediate expertise in the area who manage governance structure, impact board strategy, and/or carry out governance implementation.
Click here to download the Session Schedule and Key Takeaways (.pdf).
Application opens Wednesday March 14, 2018. Application deadline is Monday, April 2, 2018 at 5:00 pm. Acceptance notifications will be sent out by April 9, 2018.
This training is intended for individuals at your organization with basic to intermediate expertise in the area who manage data management and outcomes strategy, and/or carry out monitor and evaluation implementation.