WORKSHOPS

Collaboration and Changeis a full service training resource for foundations and their grantees, individual agencies and other trainers.   Our unique workshops, informed by current research and best practices, utilize experiential, interactive learning approaches. 
We:

  1. design and provide series and single - session training for mixed groups and individual organizations.
  2. create customized curricula for in-service or distance training.
  3. design and manage outsourced training programs.
  4. workshops and curricula on over 40 different topics in these areas:

Contact us to develop in-service training for your organization, department or network. Join our mailing list and receive notices of our scheduled workshops.
(see Contact Us)

The following is a list of workshops we provide:

Organizing / Advocacy / Community Development

  • Organizing For Empowerment
  • Organizing for Social Change
  • How to Identify and Access Community Resources
  • Building Effective Multicultural Organizations
  • Consensus and Other Decision-making Models
  • How to Conduct a Needs/Assets Assessment
  • Comprehensive Community Planning
  • Developing a Community Advisory Board
  • Developing Effective Task Forces and Committees
  • Issue Framing and Messaging
  • Advocacy Strategies and Techniques
  • Mobilizing and Managing Advocacy Campaigns
  • Advocacy And Social Services: Engaging Constituents In Social Change
  • Training Techniques for Trainers

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Collaborations and Coalitions

  • Introduction : Basic Principles and Dynamics of Collaboration
  • Challenges of Phase I: Formation
  • Challenges of Phase II: Maintenance
  • Service Integration / Team Work
  • Collaborative Fundraising Strategies
  • Collaborative Governance and Structure
  • Collaborative Leadership
  • for staff: Staffing Collaborations and Coalitions: Tasks and Tips for Coordinators
  • Managing Dynamic Tensions
  • Successful Collaborations and Coalitions: Lessons from Practice
  • for funders: Designing and Monitoring Grants for Collaboration
  • Developing Advocacy Coalitions

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Leadership Development

  • Non-profit Board Development and Capacity-building
  • Feminist Organizing
  • Public Speaking
  • Women as Leaders
  • Outreach and Membership Development
  • Running Effective Meetings
  • Action Planning
  • Sexism and Violence Against Women
  • Women and Power
  • Negotiating Skills
  • Increasing Participation
  • Multicultural Awareness / Dealing with Differences

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Organizational Capacity-Building

  • Change Management
  • Consensus Problem Solving
  • Cultural Competence
  • Evaluation
  • Fundraising Approaches
  • Marketing
  • Program Development
  • Proposal -Writing
  • Strategic Planning Supervision Strategies
  • Teamwork Techniques

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