The most important ingredient for an organization to succeed is leadership, yet many do not have an intentional process to grow leaders. Join Dr. Alvin Sanders to learn a model that creates & maintains a leadership “pipeline” to guarantee a supply of skilled leadership within the organization.
Create and promote stories that inspire while honoring the life and dignity of people, their experiences, and the storyteller. Join Angelica 'Lica' Acosta Garnett and Nate Ledbetter to integrate ethical storytelling standards into your practices.
Leaders need teams to accomplish their mission, but it’s not easy. People with diverse perspectives and communication styles can face many challenges when working together. Discover the benefits of using StrengthsFinder for team-building. Learn more about your team's individual and collective strengths, nurture personal, spiritual, and emotional health within your organization and between team members. Led by pastor and leadership coach Steve Garcia, leaders will receive tools to build their teams, play to their strengths, and get things done.
Which evaluation lens best fits your organizational context right now?Join us for the Check Yourself: The Spiritual Practice of Review and Evaluation class with Sonja Schappert to learn seven key areas to review and evaluate for organizational wellbeing. Learn important evaluative rhythms, multi-directional aspects, and how to root your vision in your present context.
Learning common grant writing and fundraising practices cannot come without some analysis of best practices, some of which are rooted in white supremacy and paternalism. Together, we will reimagine fundraising practices that are rooted in equity and dignity for all God’s people and generate change for our organizations and communities.
Join Christina Foor and Daniel Watson to learn how about leveraging technology to steward organizational budgets and employee time well. Experience developing and managing organizational technology frameworks along with team and individual staff oriented technology resources will be discussed to help organizations and staff maximize their budgets and work smarter.
Rev. Michelle Williams & Rev. Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige teach from their Diversity Playbook that helps diversity professionals, CCD ministry and nonprofit organizational leaders examine their current efforts. The why, what, how, and when of implementing equitable organizational systems will be examined and discussed. Learn best practices for implementing equitable systems from the experts and gather tools to examine diversity efforts within your ministry and organization.
