Deep Dive Workshops

When it comes to capacity building, making the right choices is no easy task. But what if there was a comprehensive ecosystem of support that takes the guesswork out of capacity building and tailors approaches to the specific needs of each organization? Join The Kresge Foundation and a group of innovative capacity builders for an inside look at how they are aligning approaches, co-delivering services, and training each other so they can accelerate nonprofits’ ability to integrate and sustain racial equity in their talent and leadership development work. Presented by The Kresge Foundation More about this workshop: Identifying Service Providers to Address Your Capacity-building Needs

It might be tempting to worry that our best efforts to fix society’s worst problems will eventually give way to the status quo. But fear not! By learning how to shift the very conditions that hold inequities in place, you can create systems changes that is resilient and lasting. Guided by the success of Thrive Chicago, you’ll practice using an action learning guide to assess systems change conditions and develop tactics that go beyond programmatic solutions to systems-level interventions. Presented by Thrive Chicago and FSG Inc. More about this workshop: Creating and Sustaining System Change Collaboration

People behave in peculiar ways. We plan to exercise in the morning, but when the alarm goes off for the fourth time…well, maybe tomorrow. And we know that flu shots save lives, but somehow we just never get around to getting one. Humans are supposed to be rational. But everyday experience tells us that’s simply not true! Behavioral science offers a powerful framework for conceiving new solutions across all kinds of changework. Dive in and cultivate your inner behavioral scientist! Presented by ideas42 More about this workshop: Change Your Behavior, Improve Your Mission Outcomes

New polling shows that voters want candidates to work with nonprofit organizations, so it should come as no surprise that smart presidential candidates are doing just that. Senior representatives from some of the 2020 presidential campaigns will share their candidates’ positions on a wide range of issues that impact nonprofits and civil society. Please join Independent Sector for this engaging conversation and unique opportunity to elevate our sector’s issues together. More resources: A Message from Senator Amy Klobuchar to Nonprofits