While The Charmm’d Foundation closed its doors at the end of 2024, they’re still available to assist with your leadership needs. The Charmm’d Foundation’s website offers coaching and facilitation opportunities, trusted community speakers, scholarship opportunities, peer advisory, and more.
Learn how to tell better stories and raise more money.
Check out Tactical Thursdays on their Resources tab: every Thursday, the industry’s best fundraisers open up their bag of tricks and help you raise more money. In about 10 minutes, you’ll learn tactics that will help you tell better stories and motivate your donors to give.
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More resources and details of their annual conference are available on their website.
Ignited Fundraising offers virtual coaching to prepare your organization for launching a campaign, drafting a fundraising appeal, updating your money story, editing campaign materials, or practicing 1:1 asks. Coaching is for a specific project for a limited time frame. Templates and resources for fundraising are also available at their website’s Resources tab.
Lori L. Jacobwith is a nationally recognized fundraising culture change expert and master storyteller. Lori was named one of America’s top fundraising experts. She has delivered over 10,000 coaching and training sessions that have helped nonprofit organizations raise more than $500 million from individual donors. Lori helps staff and board members share their stories powerfully and effectively to inspire donors to give more.
Five Maples’ mission is to help nonprofits communicate effectively, improve fundraising results, and acquire new donors.
Five Maples makes it easy, with experienced fundraisers guiding you every step of the way. They analyze your past giving so you can make data-supported decisions your leadership and board can support. From creating an annual fund plan to writing and designing compelling fundraising letters, emails, and reports, to printing and mailing, Five Maples will save you time and help you raise more money.
PHI assists agencies in meeting the needs of direct care workers and their clients in a variety of long-term care settings. It helps implement best practices through hands-on coaching, training, and consulting to help providers deliver high-quality care. PHI supports policymakers and advocates in crafting evidence-based policies to advance quality care.
PHI fosters dignity, respect, and independence—for all who receive care and all who provide it. PHI promotes quality direct care jobs as the foundation for quality care.
Today’s providers want to know that their staff share their commitment to quality and are equipped to deliver it. PHI offers training and consulting services to meet this need to attract quality people, achieve cost efficiencies, and reduce turnover.
The Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities has been the voice of human service organizations in government. IARF has worked to provide agencies with individual consultation on issues that affect them specifically, including Annual Frontline Supervisor Training and CEUs for QIDPs, Nursing Home Administrators, and Social Workers.
Association staff provide frequent legislative and policy updates that affect members and non-members alike. Webinars are available for member organizations, both live and on-demand. IARFuture Leadership Initiative helps grow the leaders of tomorrow. IARF hosts an annual conference and expo with a variety of educational sessions for all staff levels.
The Allstate Foundation invests in people: the people doing the work, close to the issues, and influencing change. The Allstate Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Center partners with experts like Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Nonprofit Management to offer professional development to social innovators. Opportunities include the Nonprofit Management Essentials Online Program and Executive Leadership Program.
OpenSesame offers thousands of online classes to support a wide variety of professional development, from DEI to leadership to wellness. At the Resources tab, browse the Resource Library tab for the categories, titles, and costs.
When you prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, every facet of your organization benefits. Organizations with strong diversity climates are more likely to have employees with increased job satisfaction and higher levels of trust and engagement.
Use the Guided Tour to learn what OpenSesame has to offer, how to sync with your LMS, preview courses, sort by category, filter by language, and more!
GetSmarter offers market-led executive education courses with edX, a 2U company that delivers online education from world-leading universities and institutions to transform the lives of thousands of learners across the globe. GetSmarter’s online certificate courses are designed to advance your career and fit in with your busy lifestyle. Each course is expert-led, fully supported, and community-based, helping you build career-critical skills.
SynerChange Chicago (SCC) is a change leadership firm that helps organizations and individuals see new possibilities, change their mindset, and move from where they are to where they want to be. Their mission is to bring about the conscious and consistent practice of Creative Interchange in organizations today. SCC offers strategic planning, leadership development, and speaking opportunities.
SCC’s Leadership Development Program focuses on enhancing leadership skills and fostering learning and collaboration within your organization. Participants attend monthly learning sessions and are provided with a portfolio that includes a personalized profile, session agendas, and additional materials.
In their Leadership Education Series, participants attend one or two days of sessions per month for six months to a year, and will continue to build their portfolios with completed assignments, articles, and notes.