Workshops and Technical Assistance
Training, Coaching, Large and Small Group Professional Development
Strategic Planning Facilitation
The Strategy Group has facilitated strategic planning for nonprofits, foundations, and community networks and collaboratives. Using theory of change as the foundation for all strategic planning, your TSG facilitators work closely with stakeholders to identify and operationalize the outcomes, strategies, action steps and operational needs for your strategies, as well as a rigorous measurement, evaluation and learning plan, and construct your organizational theory of change and associated supporting documents. Additional optional components include succession planning, fund development, and efficient internal operations.
Board Development
The Strategy Group offers facilitation and coaching to support your Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Team to achieve organizational goals. Led by former nonprofit executives, board chairs and members, the TSG team can support the full spectrum of development from onboarding new board members to helping adapt board culture to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Your facilitation team can create customize workshops and trainings to increase board member knowledge of their roles and responsibilities as well as how to foster a more engaged and active board.
Foundation Fund and Program Development
Bill, a former foundation executive and consultant to philanthropy and nonprofits, has partnered with many foundations to co-create new funding opportunities for nonprofits and communities. Bill has begun at the ground floor in conceptualizing a new fund or program to facilitating the creation of grant guidelines, reviewer preparation, and scoring rubrics. Bill has facilitated the creation of new community advisory councils, led community gatherings to promote new funds and grant opportunities, and met with nonprofit and civic leaders to support proposal development to access funding.
Starting and Expanding Your Human Network
The Strategy Group staff and key partners collaborate in delivering a highly engaging training on organizational and community networks. Webinar or On-Site Training and Coaching
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Investing in Resident-Led Networks
The workshop is designed for foundation board members, leadership and program staff to better understand what social impact networks are, their unique features, their purposes, and how foundations can use this approach to more effectively advance their strategic priorities and create a sustainable mutually beneficial relationship with the communities in your service area.
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Network Surveys and Mapping
TSG staff and key partners collaborate in delivering a highly engaging and eye-opening training on mapping your known organizational or community network. Be ready for hands-on learning and team-based work in this session. Participants receive a discount on network mapping software and manuals on mapping your network. Workshop is offered in partnership with the Network Weaver Consultants Network and led by June Holley, one of the nation's foremost leaders on Network Weaving, author of the Network Weaver's Handbook available through Amazon Books (See link below).
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Creating Innovation Centers: Self-Organized Workgroups
TSG staff and key partners collaborate in delivering a highly engaging training on strategies to stimulate innovation in communities using self-organized work groups. Communities, collaboratives and coalitions often find themselves struggling to create different ways of doing things; stuck in an endless cycle of talking, rehashing, revisiting, and talking more without ever getting to action. Innovation centers, built on the concept of self-organized work groups have been highly effective in other community settings.
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Leading in Non-Hierarchical Settings or Community Networks
TSG staff and key partners collaborate in delivering a paradigm shifting training on new models of leadership. Leading non-hierarchical (we are all equals here) projects or community networks demands a different model of leadership. We've learned a lot about evolving mature leaders and supporting emerging leaders. Learn about the four roles network leaders perform, how experienced, veteran leaders can adapt their leadership style to be more effective in non-hierarchical efforts and how emerging leaders can be effectively supported to insure that the next generation of leaders have experience leading community initiatives and a sound sense of network values.
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Other Network Trainings and Supports
TSG staff and key partners have years of experience supporting the emergence and growth of networks. Additional learning experiences, workshops, coaching, and trainings are available and can be customized to meet your needs.
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