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.

Influence happens 1 person at a time

Are you having difficulty influencing people to buy into your ideas? Are you wishing you had more impact at your job? Then, you may need to consider planning your conversations and building in flexibility in approaches. Influence has some principles that might be helpful to remember in those conversations: What’s in it for them? (People […]

Clarity–the weapon against crisis

Clarity is the answer to many of your problems. I find that people only change for two reasons, through crisis or education. Get some clarity about what you are trying to do and education that helps you to grow, or gain skills. They will help you avoid the unwanted change that comes because of a crisis. Clear […]

Self-care required to be your best under pressure

Self-care: what does it take in order to stay focused on achieving great results? Start by focusing on these 4 basic things of self-care: start by getting a good night’s sleep, followed by drinking plenty of water, eating healthily, and exercising. You’ve probably read or heard this somewhere and are saying yes, yes, I know that, […]

Let go and just be even in the midst of thunderstorms

Recently there have been severe thunderstorms and heavy rains that caused the power to go out for short and long hours of time. I was given an opportunity to experience an unusual amount of time to just be quiet: let go and just be. At first, it was difficult. I tried to read but it […]

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