Name: SAVI Data Literacy – Avoiding Data Pitfalls
Start: 2026-02-16T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-16T16:00:00-05:00

February 2026
Community Foundation Brown Bag Lunch: Leading as a Board Chair

February 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Community foundation leaders come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, and inevitably face new challenges leading this unique type of nonprofit. Join this series of casual lunchtime calls about leadership, featuring conversations with longtime community foundation CEOs and GIFT experts in the field. Each virtual session will highlight scenarios you may encounter and tips for building a team of leaders you can consult when faced with new challenges. More details will be available soon. View the full series here. Who May Join The CF Brown Bag Lunch series is open to Indiana community foundation CEOs and their board chair. 👥 Registering Others: Community foundation staff can register board members by selecting their names from the Colleague drop-down menu above. To add new board members or contacts to your account, visit My Dashboard, select Manage My Organizations, and select edit to update your contact list.
SAVI Data Literacy – SAVI Data, Tools, and Other Resources

February 2 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SAVI offers a vast collection of health, public safety, education, and many other demographic characteristics about Indiana communities, with emphasis on central and southwest Indiana counties. This workshop explores the many powerful tools and datasets available in SAVI.  It also provides insights into how they can help you find, explore, and leverage these data to make informed decisions.  WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This workshop is perfect for anyone that wants to learn about SAVI resources. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN How to use SAVI tools to find and explore data How to balance needs and priorities to choose the right dataset How to leverage SAVI supported research to inform your decision making USEFUL KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE BEFORE ATTENDING None required.
Community Leadership Program

February 3 - February 5

The Barn Abbey 504 North St, New Harmony, IN, United States

Servant leadership is ideology upon which Leadership Everyone was built. Each program offered by our staff is specifically designed to develop the servant leader that lies within each of the participants. Offering varying structures of the Community Leadership Program, Leadership Everyone wishes to help you find your servant leadership potential. With the guidance of our staff and the retrospective insight from class members, you will partake in an immersive experience. The Leadership Everyone staff encourages you to explore the various program options and dates. If any questions arise, please feel free to contact our office.

$300
Relationships and Power: Listening Well

February 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join us to explore how intentional practices of listening can help shift power between philanthropic families and their partners, within grantmaking relationships, and among communities that funders serve; deepen relationships; and support equitable outcomes. Participants will reflect on how families can engage authentically with grantees and communities, ask effective questions, interpret what they hear, and respond in ways that strengthen mutual trust, co-creation, and agency. You’ll leave with actionable takeaways for how your philanthropic practice can be more relational, equitable, and grounded in the voices of those you aim to serve.
Effective Governance: Building a Collaborative Board Culture

February 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Online

The most successful nonprofit boards have a collaborative team culture, working as a governing team in partnership with the executive. The starting point for building this culture involves a shared understanding of the work and the line between management and governance. Participants will learn to create shared understandings of the principles of board membership and how to assess the success of their organization’s board. Learning Objectives Identify internal and external forces impacting organizations Outline roles and responsibilities of board members Consider roles and responsibilities of executive and other staff Speaker Dave Sternberg Founding Partner, Loring Sternberg & Associates
SAVI Data Literacy – Avoiding Data Pitfalls

February 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Data is most powerful when you understand its limits. This workshop equips participants with some of the fundamental skills necessary to critically analyze data and recognize the impact of various factors on their results. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This workshop is important for anyone who wants to ensure they are effectively using and interpreting data. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN How and why to avoid treating estimates like exact numbers The importance and impact of geographic variation The benefits of looking beyond summary statistics How policy changes or other factors may impact data USEFUL KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE BEFORE ATTENDING No prior knowledge is required, but you may find it useful to attend the Module 2A SAVI Data, Tools, and Other Resources workshop prior to this one. In that workshop you learn about the data resources that SAVI provides.

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February 2026

Community Foundation Brown Bag Lunch: Leading as a Board Chair

SAVI Data Literacy – SAVI Data, Tools, and Other Resources

Community Leadership Program

Relationships and Power: Listening Well

Effective Governance: Building a Collaborative Board Culture

SAVI Data Literacy – Avoiding Data Pitfalls

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