As a donor, do you ever question whether your donations are having the impact you expect? Do you often feel like you are just writing checks to organizations because they asked or because it makes you feel good?
Over the past eight years, our program, Giving for Impact, has made a tremendous difference in how people donate and partner with nonprofits.
The goal of this program is to apply a coaching approach to leadership that will build up the capacity of managers and supervisors to improve the performance of their direct reports.
Delegation is a critical leadership skill that empowers teams, builds capacity, and allows leaders to focus on what matters most. This practical workshop explores how to delegate effectively by matching tasks to team strengths, avoiding common pitfalls, and ensuring accountability. Participants will gain tools to delegate with clarity and confidence—unlocking greater productivity, engagement, and leadership growth. Key Takeaways: Understand the role of delegation in leadership development Identify what and when to delegate Match tasks to team member strengths Avoid common delegation pitfalls Ensure accountability and follow-through Dr. Timothy A. (Tad) Dickel serves as the Executive in Residence in Leadership and the Faculty Director of the Master of Science in Leadership program at the University of Evansville. In addition, he is the President of T.A. Dickel Group, LLC and serves as a leadership and strategy consultant for businesses, universities, and nonprofits.
Presented by Amy Bolek, Founder and President of Bolek Grant Writing, this is an introductory training designed to equip participants with the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to start writing successful foundation grant proposals.
Overview This training will review the competencies and elements to introduce participants to evaluation concepts. Our Evaluation 101 training covers implementing systems and a structure to set an organization up for success and embed evaluation into their organizational practices. We will highlight the steps involved in creating an evaluation system and prepare participants to begin similar processes in their own organizations that are aligned to their data management plans. This workshop introduces the concept of logic models, SMART outcomes, and an organizational learning culture. This half-day session will dive into the importance of data systems and procedures and how to develop them. We will share examples of how to develop processes to ensure consistency in how data is collected, stored, and analyzed. We will also cover the implications of when organizations do not have these procedures. Participants will walk about with concrete action steps they can carry out! Workshop Objectives: Participants will understand basic evaluation terms and processes, including the four steps of program evaluation. Participants will gain skills to establish clear outcomes and outputs, collect clean data, analyze data, and implement evaluation procedures. Participants will understand the goals of process evaluations and outcome evaluations. Participants will identify successes […]
Using Data in Grant Writing will help participants understand how to identify, gather, and use relevant data to support a successful grant application.
