Project Management Workshop – Practical Application of Project Management Principles
2025-04-17 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-04-03 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-20 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-13 09:00 - 11:00, 2025-03-06 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN, 47714, United States
This workshop series will focus on an overview of the Project Management Body of Knowledge and key Project Management concepts, tools, and methodologies and how to apply them to real world business situations.

Week 1 – Project Management Introduction and System Overview
Week 2 – Project Management Body of Knowledge Introduction and Performance Domains
Week 3 – Project Management Tailoring
Week 4 – Project Management Models, Methods, and Artifacts
Week 5 – Course Wrap-up

A 10% discount is available to organizations sending six or more participants. Call 812-488-1046 for more details.
Jesse Kauffman is the Lead Consultant for Everyday Business Resilience Group, providing Business Continuity and Project Management services to local and global businesses alike.

The Value of Place: How to Enhance your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping and Spatial Analysis Tools Webinar
2025-04-16 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | IN
This webinar showcases a range of powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and other resources designed to enhance higher education teaching, service, and research activities. These resources are versatile and applicable across numerous disciplines, including health, public safety, public policy, economics, history, archaeology, geography, planning, informatics, and more.
A key feature of the webinar is SAVI, an online platform offering free interactive mapping and analysis tools, downloadable databases, reports, and data literacy workshops. SAVI provides access to thousands of data variables detailing the socio-economic characteristics of Indiana communities over multiple decades. Data themes include demographic trends, social determinants of health, social services, crime, education, and more. The webinar will also present examples of how SAVI resources have been utilized to support university research and teaching.
Additionally, the webinar introduces ArcGIS Online, a tool for creating customized, interactive maps and dashboards that can enrich course content and support research. Participants will also learn about the extensive array of Indiana demographic and environmental geospatial data resources and training available to faculty and students.

Using the Mobility Metrics: A Data-Driven Workshop for Local Leaders
2025-04-16 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | IN
Join us for a virtual workshop featuring experts from the Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Initiative. This session provides a deeper dive into the practical application of the Mobility Metrics and how they can be used to drive positive change within communities.
The workshop will feature the following:
– A live demo of the Upward Mobility Data Dashboard, showcasing its features and functionalities.
– A hands-on exercise to examine and compare your community’s data, identifying key areas for improvement.
– Speakers from communities using these data to understand and address conditions that enhance upward mobility for residents. These speakers will share their experiences and insights, offering practical examples of how the data are being applied to make meaningful progress.
Facilitators will demonstrate how to use local data to assess community conditions and monitor progress toward upward mobility and racial equity. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain valuable insights into creating lasting change in their communities.
By harnessing data related to economic success, dignity and belonging, and power and autonomy, local leaders can identify strengths and areas for improvement and develop targeted strategies to enhance upward mobility for all residents, especially those historically excluded from prosperity.

Board Champions 101
2025-04-16 08:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Welborn Community Room, 20 NW Third St., Suite 1500, Evansville, 47708, United States
The Board Champions ™ 101-level program provides a critical overview of nonprofit leadership and Board governance. Leaders will explore the vital tactical elements of roles of the Board in nonprofit leadership as well as specific responsibilities of governance. The program provides participants with leading practices in Board excellence along with practical application and understanding of the realities of nonprofit governance. Participants leave prepared and inspired to assume a greater leadership role in helping build a flourishing community. Specific topics covered include but are not limited to: 4 vital roles of the Board; The nonprofit lifecycle; Lanes of success – boundaries between Board and staff; Traditional Board leadership structures and decision making; Fiduciary duties of Board members; How to evaluate potential Board service opportunities. This will be offered as an open offering. Seating will be limited. Contracted consultant partner, Greg Nielsen of Nielsen Training & Consulting, LLC.

Leadership Coaching Bootcamp
2025-04-15 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-01 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-18 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-04 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Ave, Evansville, IN, 47714, United States
Leadership coaching is an effective approach to develop employees through customized development plans, setting expectations, providing regular feedback, and having one on one conversations. 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.
This series begins on March 4, 2025, and meets again on March 18, April 1, and April 15.

SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training – SAVI Data, Tools, and Other Resources
2025-04-14 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online
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.
This offering is hosted by The Polis Center, the creators of SAVI. Through this offering, they will use the Central Indiana map, but the lessons remain the same for Southern Indiana region.
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

Evansville Area Fundraising Council Program
2025-04-09 07:45 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | [to be determined]
The EAFC meets the second Wednesday of January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November & December. All regular meetings begin with networking at 7:45 a.m. and the presentation begins at 8:00 a.m. The format varies between in-person and virtual, depending on the presentation. Membership details are provided on the EAFC website.
April 9, 2025
Topic: Grantwriting Readiness
Networking: 7:45 am, Program begins at 8:00 am
Speaker: Judith and Kevin Kunst, TRQ Solutions
Location: Welborn Community Room

SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training (Central Indiana) – Frame the Problem
2025-04-07 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online
This offering is hosted by The Polis Center, the creators of SAVI. Through this offering, they will use the Central Indiana map, but the lessons remain the same for the Southern Indiana region.
Before you can begin using data to inform decisions, identify what you are trying to accomplish and determine how data can help you get there. This will determine what kind of data you need.
What you will learn:

To identify what your goal is
To determine how to use data to help you meet your goal
How to form questions that are measurable
To determine what you need from your data (are you comparing across time, comparing to other geographies, individual level data, aggregated groups, comparing different groups, etc.)

SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training – Make Decisions with Data
2025-03-31 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online
Understanding communities often requires a combination of quantitative data such as demographic statistics and qualitative data such as information about the culture and history of an area. This workshop explores a variety of Indiana qualitative data sources including historic maps and digital encyclopedias. Additionally, it introduces methods for achieving community informed decision making.
This offering is hosted by The Polis Center, the creators of SAVI. Through this offering, they will use the Central Indiana map, but the lessons remain the same for Southern Indiana region.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone who wants to complete a data driven project.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Sources of and techniques for leveraging qualitative information
Strategies for applying critical data skills to decision making
How to achieve community informed decision making.

Navigating Across Generations at Work
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
In today’s dynamic workplace, generational diversity presents both unique challenges and extraordinary opportunities. Understanding and leveraging these differences can transform team dynamics, drive innovation, and create a more collaborative work environment. Join us for “Navigating Across Generations at Work,” where we’ll move beyond surface-level generational awareness to explore practical strategies that turn workplace differences into organizational strengths. This discussion delivers advanced techniques for building bridges across generational gaps, fostering inclusive environments, and resolving conflicts that arise from diverse workplace perspectives. Attendees will gain actionable tools to enhance communication, create more effective collaborative spaces, and build stronger, more cohesive teams. Leave equipped with strategies you can implement immediately to transform your multi-generational workplace.
Learning Objectives

Implement advanced communication strategies that address generational differences, ensuring clear and effective information exchange across teams.
Design collaborative work environments that leverage the strengths and unique perspectives of each generation to drive innovation and productivity.
Develop tailored conflict resolution techniques that proactively address and resolve generational tensions, promoting unity and long-term collaboration.

Speaker
Jeremy York, Lead Consultant and President, Invigorate HR
Jeremy York, SHRM-SCP, SPHR is the Lead Consultant and President of InvigorateHR and coauthor of the “JoyPowered Organization.” He has over 20 years’ experience in human resource strategy and business operations where he has worked with and advised all levels of management on critical business and people-related issues. Jeremy’s expertise in defining and understanding the “big picture” enables him to translate business needs into tangible solutions. With his guidance, organizations have improved employee relations, increased performance, and developed cultures based on mutual trust and respect. Jeremy holds a master’s degree in management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from Purdue University. He has served as an adjunct faculty member for Purdue University Indianapolis for over 15 years teaching various leadership and human resources curriculums. Jeremy is a national speaker and currently serves as an advisor on the Society for Human Resource Management’s Diversity Taskforce.
This program is part of the Midwest Partnership Series, a collaboration between IPA, Council of Michigan Foundations, Philanthropy Missouri, and Philanthropy Ohio.

Sustain Abilities (2 of 6)
2025-03-13 08:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Welborn Community Room, 20 NW Third St., Suite 1500, Evansville, 47708, United States
This joint participation facilitates embedding the learnings into both staff and the full board. Each successive year builds on the basic topics covered in the year prior with the intention of building board culture and staff/board alignment. There are 4 “advancing” levels, with an “alumni” opportunity which is an opportunity for agencies previously engaged to begin again if leadership has changed or if other members of leadership have been identified for attendance to assist the organization with embedding the learning. Two members (board president or designated board member and ED), partner through this cohort-based learning experience, building communication effectiveness and implementation strength. In Sustain Abilities, the focus is on more engaged boards, building board culture, deeper donor relationships, with a financial plan developed by the end of the program, working toward long-term sustainability. Such things as capital campaign readiness assessment, donor communications, and planned giving are discussed. The deliverables at the end of the program are a richer understanding of the success factors and an action plan for incorporating them into the board and staff “DNA”. (Outcome measurement provided by JDLA).

Evansville Area Fundraising Council Program
2025-03-12 07:45 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | [to be determined]
The EAFC meets the second Wednesday of January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November & December. All regular meetings begin with networking at 7:45 a.m. and the presentation begins at 8:00 a.m. The format varies between in-person and virtual, depending on the presentation. Membership details are provided on the EAFC website.
March 12, 2025
Topic: Donor Appreciation, It’s Personal.
Networking: 7:45 am, Program begins at 8:00 am
Speaker: Angie Richards Cheek, Ark Crisis Children’s Center
Location: Welborn Community Room

Giving For Impact – Level 1
2025-03-06 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Welborn Community Room, 20 NW Third St., Suite 1500, Evansville, 47708, United States
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 sole purpose of our training is to equip attendees with knowledge and help in developing relationships with the nonprofit community. The training encourages individuals to learn more about who they are as donors by teaching them to identify their personal mission, vision, and core values to create charitable impact. As a donor, they will be equipped to know how to find fulfillment in their giving.
Once an individual understands who they are as a donor, the program will build on that understanding by equipping them with knowledge of what a strong nonprofit organization looks like. Donors will learn how to ask the right questions when meeting with a nonprofit and how to determine if they are actually making a difference. Participants will learn what a healthy nonprofit partnership looks like and be able to create their own personal plan and philosophy of giving.
Giving for Impact is a great training program for individual donors as well as family foundations, financial advisors, wealth managers, CPA’s, estate planners, attorneys or trust advisors. Regardless if you donate $50.00 per year or $50,000.00 per year, Giving for Impact is for anyone who desires to have a clearer understanding of themselves as a donor and has a desire to make a greater impact through their giving.
Jamie D. Levy, from JDLevy & Associates, an international speaker, consultant, and adjunct professor at Indiana University School of Philanthropy, IU Fund Raising School, and IU Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environment Affairs (IU SPEA), will guide you through understanding the strategies involved in making wise decisions regarding your philanthropic giving. To learn more about Mr. Levy and JDLevy & Associates visit their website www.JDLevyAssociates.com
This training is supported through donations from Jim and Carol Havens, JDLevy & Associates, Community Foundation Alliance, and the Welborn Baptist Foundation. These donations allow Giving for Impact to offer this series at no cost to you.
If you have questions or would like additional information please do not hesitate to contact: Carol Havens havenscs@gmail.com 812-453-8654 Cara Steinkuhl carasteinkuhl@gmail.com 812-455-4321 or Jamie Levy jlevy@jdlevyassociates.com

Data-Informed Giving
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
Do you feel overwhelmed by data? Are you interested in understanding what to look for in evaluation strategies that organizations you donate to are using to improve their programming and communicate their impact? Are you interested in knowing what to look for and what questions to ask? If the answer to these or similar questions is yes, please join us for a training on data-informed giving! You’ll learn how to use data to drive impact. You’ll learn the 4 components of a data-informed organization. You’ll learn the why behind using data, and leave with templates and resources that will help you and nonprofit organizations!

Grant Writing for Beginners
2025-03-04 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Welborn Community Room, 20 NW Third St., Suite 1500, Evansville, 47708, United States
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. This training is most ideal for individuals and organizations new to grant writing, or for those seeking a refresher.

Evansville Area Fundraising Council Program
2025-02-12 07:45 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | [to be determined]
The EAFC meets the second Wednesday of January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November & December. All regular meetings begin with networking at 7:45 a.m. and the presentation begins at 8:00 a.m. The format varies between in-person and virtual, depending on the presentation. Membership details are provided on the EAFC website.

February 12, 2025 Meeting
Topic: Important Trends for Fundraising in 2025
Networking: 7:45 am, Program begins at 8:00 am
Speaker: Trent Engbers, Ph.D., University of Southern Indiana
Location: German American Bank (downtown) lower level. Parking available on the street or in the lot behind the bank

Sustain Abilities (1 of 6)
2025-02-10 10:15 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Online

Community Leadership Program
2025-02-04 07:30 - 2025-02-06 17:00 (America/Chicago) | IN
Leadership Everyone’s Community Leadership Program is a three-day intensive program (with a half-day follow-up session) in which a diverse group of community members come together to discover their individual strengths, learn new skills, gain diverse perspectives, and create a vision for our community’s future. Knowledge and experience gained during the program are then applied in the attendees’ personal and professional lives. Graduates of the program are actively and continuously engaged with a network of other alumni and community members and organizations, using their strengths and passions to create community change. Alumni are provided opportunities through LE to engage in community activities, such as through nonprofit Engagement Fairs where individuals are matched with organizations they can serve.
Register Here

IN Career Explorer: Education & Career Opportunities - SW Region
2025-01-15 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
With career coaching and navigation being a major initiative across schools in Indiana, Indiana Career Explorer (INCE) can assist in promoting exploration into various training, education, and career opportunities. INCE was created and is managed by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, powered by Futures, Inc., and is a FREE resource for all schools in the state of Indiana to use as it assists students in exploring various careers and industries based off their interests, skills, and values. It also provides insight into high-demand career pathways, allowing students to align their education with careers they intend to pursue.
Learning Objectives:

Discover resources for assisting youth in career exploration through the Indiana Career Explorer.
Explore resources that connect youth to career supports.

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SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training – Module 4B: Make Decisions with Data
2024-12-17 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
This VIRTUAL workshop will help you apply the skills learned in other workshops to your own real-world, data-informed project. The workshop instructor will reach out to you prior to the workshop to discuss your project and to help you identify the data and other information you will need to bring to this workshop to be successful.
This offering is hosted by The Polis Center, the creators of SAVI. Through this offering, they will use the Central Indiana map, but the lessons remain the same for Southern Indiana region.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone who wants to complete a data-driven project they are working on, with assistance on how to apply their data skills to real-world solutions and informed decision making.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Apply your critical data skills to decision-making
Learn the limits of data in decision-making
Incorporate qualitative information to improve decisions

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE BEFORE ATTENDING
Prior to attending this workshop you should complete Module 1A: Framing the Problem, Module 2A: Finding Existing Data and Module 3A: Analyze and Visualize with Charts.

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SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training – Module 4A: Tell Stories with Data
2024-12-11 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
This VIRTUAL workshop will help you apply the skills learned in other workshops to your own real-world, data-informed project. The workshop instructor will reach out to you prior to the workshop to discuss your project and to help you identify the data and other information you will need to bring to this workshop to be successful.
This offering is hosted by The Polis Center, the creators of SAVI. Through this offering, they will use the Central Indiana map, but the lessons remain the same for Southern Indiana region.
This workshop teaches the next steps of persuasively communicating what you have learned after gaining initial insight from data. You will learn the skills to put your analysis in the context of a compelling narrative and to build your argument logically and convincingly. Whatever your audience, weaving the data into a story is what communicates your findings to others, whether it be a small data set, large data set, or multiple data sets.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone interested in taking the next step from understanding their data and visualizing it, to telling a cohesive story to others about their data.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

To find the compelling narrative in your data
To connect facts that build a compelling argument
To use compelling graphics to communicate your point
To tailor your delivery to your audiences needs

USEFUL KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE BEFORE ATTENDING
No prior knowledge is required, but you may find it useful to attend the Module 1A: Framing the Problem workshop prior to this one. In that workshop you learn how to frame problems so that you have specific and measurable questions that can help you meet your goals. You may also want to consider attending the Module 2A: Finding Existing Data workshop which explores where to find existing data and how to choose the right data source for answering your questions.
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Becoming a Data-Informed Organization
2024-12-10 08:30 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | IN
This is a 4-part virtual workshop series with the ability to participate in the training subjects that interest you and your organization. Participants will learn the 4 components of a data-informed organization, learning how to set up processes and structure, as well as the why behind using the data as an asset for program improvement, and external strategies shaping next steps instead of simply an obligation of compliance. Best practice approaches will be shared, gaining templates, and resources for practical use. BECOMING A DATA-INFORMED ORGANIZATION will assist participants in understanding the why behind using data so they can view data as an asset for shaping next steps instead of simply an obligation to remain compliant. This training will be presented by Transform Consulting Group.
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Data-Informed Giving
2024-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
Do you feel overwhelmed by data? Are you interested in understanding what to look for in evaluation strategies that organizations you donate to are using to improve their programming and communicate their impact? Are you interested in knowing what to look for and what questions to ask? If the answer to these or similar questions is yes, please join us for a training on data-informed giving! You’ll learn how to use data to drive impact. You’ll learn the 4 components of a data-informed organization. You’ll learn the why behind using data, and leave with templates and resources that will help you and nonprofit organizations!
REGISTER HERE
