Advocacy | Partnership | Impact

Building Strong Board and Staff Relationships – Session 1

• Slide Deck
  Meeting Notes
• Brief introduction to radical candor
  Longer format: TED Talk (16 minutes)

Storytelling: Nothing About Us Without Us – Session 2

• Slide Deck
• How Stories Connect And Persuade Us: Unleashing The Brain Power Of Narrative, NPR, by Elena Renken (2020)
  Four Reasons Stories are so Memorable, by John Millen (2024)

High Performing Boards Best Practices – Session 3

• Virtual Panel Discussion
• Video Key Moments
• Board member individual/self-evaluations Board collective evaluation
• Ice Breaker Ideas

Book recommendation:

• Nonprofit Life Cycle: Stage-Based Wisdom for Nonprofit Capacity by Susan Kenny Stevens
• IEP example from CBCA

Practical Guide to Measuring Impact – Session 4

• Slide Deck

• A Learning Agenda Primer

• Learning Agenda Template
  Developing a Theory of Change: Practical Guidance by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
  Center for Theory of Change

• IEP Template
• Individual Board Member Self-Evaluation
• Collective Board Evaluation
• RACI Diagram

Collaborations – Session 6

• The Power of Collaboration
• The Importance of Partnership and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector
• How Can Nonprofits Collaborate Successfully?
• Collaboration and Community Impact Slide Deck

Map- Summer of Belonging

Creating Welcoming Spaces

• Implicit Bias- What it is and Ways to Reduce it
• Wheel of Power and Privilege

Building Relationships at the Speed of Trust

• The 3 Elements of Trust
• Summer of Belonging Handout

The Art of Listening

• The Art of Active Listening
• Strategies for Building a Strong Board

Navigating Conflict

• Embracing Difficult Conversations
• Strategy Guide
• Navigating Conflict

2023: A Survey of Rural Nonprofits

• Colorado Rural Leaders Collaborative
• Principles for Rural Philanthropic Engagement
• Leadership Myth Busting

Summer of Belonging Reading List

We Become the Stories We Tell Workshop
Fierce Decisions and Wilderness Skills

Master of Change Summer Series

• Embracing Change
• Change Readiness Survey
• Infographic Summary
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• Compassion and Change
• 4R’s Visual
• Six Guiding Principles
• Infographic Summary
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• Strategic Partnerships
• Due Diligence Checklist
• Infographic Summary
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• Succession Planning
  Succession Planning Best Practices
  Succession Planning Resources
  Infographic Summary

Generative Board Governance Workshop – Breakout Sessions
Generative Board Governance Workshop – What Now 

Board Dialogue Post Survey Results 

Board Leadership Initiative Findings to Date 

Resources on Nonprofit Board Governance and Board Leadership

• Generative Board Governance and Leadership
• Board Recruitment and Onboarding
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Purpose-Driven Board Leadership (article)

Resources on Nonprofit Board Governance and Board Leadership

          Generative Board Governance and Leadership

          Board Recruitment and Onboarding

          Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Purpose-Driven Board Leadership (article)

Board Leadership Initiative Findings to Date (September 2021)

Board Dialogue Post Survey Results (October 2021)

Generative Board Governance Workshop – Breakout Sessions (December 2021)

Generative Board Governance Workshop – What Now (December 2021)