GO DEEPER
Program RESOURCES
A library of the best resources from each program and our twice-annual mini conferences. You’ll also find details on upcoming learning opportunities.
2025 Mini Conference: Back-OFfice Boost
Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Join us for a half-day conference dedicated to enhancing your nonprofit’s back-office systems. The conference will offer expert and peer learning on practical topics with actionable takeaways to strengthen your daily operations and overall work in the sector.
NOVEMBER 2024
RUNNING AN EFFECTIVE MEETING BOARD TRAINING
This program featured practical skills and approaches to supporting more robust board meetings. Couldn’t attend? Get the best resources from the training!
Check out a curated list of additional readings from Nikki on effective meeting agendas, workplace culture, team dynamics and designing effective in-person and remote meetings.
Nikki Ronan of City of Light Creative and Consulting facilitated an interactive session that practiced skills in group communication, emotional intelligence, facilitation, preparation, and agenda adherence.
JUNE 2024
STRATEGIC THINKING MINI CONFERENCE RESOURCES
Conference attendees were provided with resources on setting goals, planning effective solutions, and incorporating these tactics into the day-to-day schedule at their organization.
Strategic Planning Readiness and Implementation
Kate McNally of NYCON presented on a nonprofit’s readiness to engage in a planning process, designing an appropriate process and how to build systems for implementation.
Strategic Foresight: Scenario Planning
Ricardo Guardiola of Decision Associates presented on a step-by-step framework to proactively forecast how different trends can create different future scenarios, and how nonprofits can prepare for them.
BLAST
PLANNING
Nikki Ronan of City of Light Creative and Consulting presented an approach to help nonprofits deal with strategic planning in a more practical and approachable way that allows organizations to grow to be more agile, adaptable and sustainable.