Sara Jane Lowry

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Workshops

Learning through Workshops helps everyone grow and build skills. If you would like a presentation tailored to your association or group, email me and we’ll talk. Here’s a sampling of keynotes, classes and workshops that I have offered:

  • Basic Proposal Writing
  • Love + Logic of Grantwriting (with Laurie Anderson)
  • Advocacy Starts With Me
  • From Passion to Nonprofit (with Jessica Strong)
  • Being a Friend for Your Library – Stepping Up and Stepping Out
  • Don’t be Afraid of Applying for Federal Grants
  • Overcoming 5 Limiting Beliefs About Money
  • Overcoming 5 Limiting Beliefs About Money That Are Keeping You From Earning More
  • Reverse Engineering. Where do you want to go?
  • Fundraising: Building the Relationships that Bring You Volunteers, Partners, and Money
  • Financial Sustainability and Resilience
  • How to Make Grants Simpler for the 1-person Development Office
  • Beyond Setting Policies – What’s your board focusing on? (with Michael Kumer)
  • Budgeting for a Healthy Bottom Line
  • Capital Campaigns: 10 Steps to a Success
  • High Performance Executives – 12 Competencies
  • Moving Past Dysfunction To Success – Team Development Strategies That Build On Trust

I can also help inspire your group or association grow through motivational workshops. Please inquire if there’s something you would like to bring to your group! Motivational workshops and breakout sessions are customized for each client’s particular needs, and can be as short as 1/2 day or as long as 2 days.

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Overdoing as a behavior to feeling better

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