Happy New Year! Below we have provided a list of workshops we’re offering this month at the Nonprofit Learning Lab! To register and find out more about each workshop, click the workshop titles of your choice to head to the workshop page.
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Lis Martin | Statement Communications
Content marketing is about telling stories that inspire your audience to act – and nonprofits have no shortage of them to share. But without a systematic approach, organizations often end up sinking too much time into ineffective content.
This session will offer step-by-step guidance on creating a content marketing plan. You'll learn how to define goals, create content pillars, select your channels, and measure results over time.
Frances Roen | Fundraising Sol
What happens when a donor doesn’t respond to your meeting request? Whether your request is to take them to coffee, to offer a tour, or to request a gift — donor silence can be disheartening, but it's not the end of the road or the relationship. Join us for a workshop designed to equip fundraising professionals with strategies to navigate and engage with unresponsive donors effectively. We'll explore respectful and tactful ways to inquire again when initial meeting requests go unanswered, and effective ways to move forward with your individual fundraising program.
Master Public Speaking Like a Pro - Jan 13
Frances Trelease | Trelease Communications
In this workshop, you'll learn ways to craft a message that resonates with your audience. You'll learn how to use this valuable skill to advocate for your cause in the most engaging way possible. We'll explore the critical role of storytelling when giving a speech; ways to anticipate in advance what your audience is looking for; ideal ways to display visuals to complement your spoken word, and all those "extras" that make a good speaker a great one. We will address: crafting a powerful story; analyzing the audience, creating visual aids and slides, use of effective body language, and ways to boost credibility.
Brittny Wilson | Brittny Wilson Consulting, in partnership with Consultants for Good (C4G)
Turnover is costly, but those costs can be mitigated with a streamlined hiring process. When the process becomes an afterthought rather than an informed, strategic process, the true costs can be catastrophic. In this session we'll expose common hiring pitfalls that cost organizations more than they realize and learn easy solutions to avoid them. We'll also explore the pros and cons of leveraging AI in the hiring process.
FREE: Designing Inclusive Surveys for Effective Fundraising - Jan 22
Meena Das | Namaste Data
This workshop is designed for nonprofit professionals eager to enhance their survey design skills with an inclusive, practical approach. Together, we’ll dive into techniques for crafting questions that invite honest responses from a broad audience. From identifying biases to ensuring accessibility, this session will show how even small adjustments can make a big impact on the quality and representativeness of your data. We’ll look at real examples, share effective strategies, and tackle common pitfalls in survey question design. You’ll walk away with a clearer sense of how to frame questions that not only respect but empower all voices in your community.
Chuck Coward | CharityTracker
Often, in our community work, our efforts do not add up to the change we seek. We keep working on the problem with increasing frustration, wondering if a solution is possible. Join us to learn about an equation that cultivates a collaboration that unleashes a community. In our session, we will address the nature of relationships that lead to a collaborative atmosphere, how best to utilize technology to serve the work of collaboration, why collaboration unleashes a community, and how to faithfully foster the journey of a shared community vision.
Jesse Lane | Branches Mission Lab
Email marketing isn't sexy — but it works. In fact, nonprofits get a greater Return on Investment with email marketing than any other online fundraising strategy. So, how's your email strategy? Are you effectively driving action through email? Come learn the proven strategies to increase open rate, click rate, and drive results with email marketing and automation. You'll walk away with a new perspective on email, free tools, and a path to greater fundraising results.
Amelia Kohm | Data Viz for Nonprofits
Here are the problems: 1) You need to get a group of humans interested in an important topic. 2) The topic is complex. 3) There's a lot of data to share. 4) Human brains have limitations. So the challenge is to tell a story in a way that humans can understand and get behind. To do this, we need to first understand human powers and challenges when it comes to consuming data. Then we can make better charts, maps, and graphs (aka data visualizations) given what we know about the human brain. And finally, we can present charts in a way that humans can absorb.
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