Happy March! 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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Getting Peak Performance Out of A Story - March 3
Lauren Ready | Forever Ready Productions
Unlock the full potential of your statistics by turning them into stories that span across multiple channels. In this workshop we delve into the art of asking questions and equip you with the skills and strategies needed to extract peak performance from your stats and stories across various mediums; in video and beyond. We'll explore how to take a stat, turn it into a story and then use that story again and again. If that's not enough, learn how to conduct a compelling interview and how to optimize the story beyond an event, campaign or social media post.
Jessica Leving Siegel | Sing Creative Group
This session aims to empower nonprofit professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to develop and implement effective public relations strategies. By leveraging PR, nonprofits can enhance their visibility, engage their audiences, and drive their missions forward.
FREE: Capacity Building for Small Communications Teams - March 10
Annetta Crecelius | Kern Design Lab, in partnership with Consultants for Good (C4G)
When surveyed, nonprofits frequently list marketing and communications as an area that needs improvement, though it is not prioritized in terms of resource allocation. This workshop will help nonprofit leaders take an introspective look at their communication goals, resources, and team needs. Participants will gain valuable tools and strategies for building capacity and supporting their communications team in communicating more strategically.
Amelia Kohm | Data Viz for Nonprofits
We hear a lot about applying data to action. But for data to make an impact, it must first take a journey through the human mind. Understanding the challenges of that journey helps us to present data so that the mind can actually see, grasp, remember, and apply it. In this workshop, participants will learn about: Attention and Memory. How to present data so that it not only makes it through the entry gate (attention) but stays there long enough to influence decision making (memory).
Perception. How to present data to avoid the human mind's perception glitches and to capitalize on its perception super powers. Specifically, we will consider:
Data blind spots
Social influence
Assumptions and beliefs
Visual super processing
Master Public Speaking Like a Pro - Mar 17
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.
Lead with Strategy, Confidence, and Collaboration: Skills for Today's Nonprofit Leaders - March 18 & 25
Julie Ha Truong | Leadership Savvy
Leaders can make or break an organization. We need leaders with agility, tenacity, and an open heart and mind. Join us to learn top skills and approaches for successfully leading nonprofits and teams today. Through interactive discussions, we'll help you move from management to strategy for lasting impact. Explore new frameworks you can immediately apply to better motivate your team to meet shared goals. You'll walk away with a better sense of your leadership style as well as what works best for your team. Finally, gain a better understanding of building meaningful and strategic relationships vital to being a more impactful and influential leader.
Beth Brown | Humanitru
This presentation is designed for nonprofit professionals involved in marketing, development, or donor engagement who want to maximize the impact of their email campaigns. This session dives into strategies to help nonprofits craft compelling email content that cuts through the digital noise and drives meaningful action, whether it's donor stewardship, fundraising appeals, or event promotions. Attendees will learn proven methods to boost open rates, click-through rates, and donor response by leveraging data-driven insights and audience segmentation. The webinar also explores how to design segmented email lists and craft personalized messaging to better resonate with supporters. Additionally, participants will gain practical tips for setting up effective welcome series, drip campaigns, and event-based communications. By attending, nonprofit organizations will leave equipped with the tools and techniques to create highly effective email campaigns that foster deeper relationships with supporters, save time, and drive measurable results.
Meghan Goff and Liz Blaszkiewicz | OnWord Communications
In this session, we’ll provide a framework for impact storytelling that you can replicate again and again, helping you identify, tell, and share the stories that illustrate the impact of your work and inspire your audiences to become even more invested in your vision for the future. What’s better? We’ll show you how to streamline your storytelling across channels, amplifying that carefully crafted impact all year long in your web, direct mail, email, and social media campaigns.
The Many Dimensions of Board Diversity - March 26
Michelle Mapp | Mapp Consulting Group
Having a wide variety of viewpoints, life experiences, and perspectives can be a valuable asset for a nonprofit organization. But boards often lack a robust level of diversity that can make a real difference. In this workshop, we will examine various dimensions of diversity including race, ethnicity, gender, age, skills, experience, and more. Utilizing a variety of tools we will dive deep into why heterogeneity is so important, how to build rich diversity into your Board, and how to ensure you are building a culture that will support this development.
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.
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