Upcoming Events
NonProfit Learning Lab: April 29, 2024 at 12 PM ET (Virtual)
Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan
Join us and learn how to close your organization’s strategy gap! Participants will be introduced to the cause and impact of strategy gaps in nonprofits, along with a framework for assessing your nonprofit’s strategic alignment. We’ll cover simple techniques for creating alignment, including feasibility assessments and simple approval processes. We will also explore creating and implementing more aligned workflows. Use code ‘friend10’ for $10 off registration.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: May 13 - 16, 2024 at 1 pm ET (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: may 22, 2024 at 2 pm ET (Virtual)
Implementation Planning
We’ll talk with Ricky Chilcott about how to implement a strategic plan.
EDUCATIONADMINWEBADVISOR: May 31, 2024 at 1 Pm ET (VIRTUAL)
How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects
Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.
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Recent Events
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: April 24, 2024 (Virtual)
Working with a Project Manager
Learn about working with a project manager.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: April 8 - 11, 2024 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
EDUCATIONADMINWEBADVISOR: April 8, 2024 (VIRTUAL)
How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects
Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.
Create Good 2024: April 5, 2024 (DURHAM, NC)
Project Management for Nonprofit Communicators
From new programs and tech implementations to events and promotions, nonprofit communicators can apply the best practices of project management to plan for and deliver more successful projects and initiatives. Learn the basic principles of project management and real-world strategies to help you rally stakeholders, encourage project momentum, and triumph over common project challenges.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: march 20, 2024 (Virtual)
Evaluating Project Success
Learn about ways to evaluate project success.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: Feb 21, 2024 (Virtual)
Project Budgets
We’ll talk about developing and managing project budgets.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: FEB 20 - 23, 2024 at 3 pm ET (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
NonProfit Learning Lab: February 12, 2024 at 12 PM ET (Virtual)
Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan
Learn how to close your organization’s strategy gap! Participants will be introduced to the cause and impact of strategy gaps in nonprofits, along with a framework for assessing your nonprofit’s strategic alignment. We’ll cover simple techniques for creating alignment, including feasibility assessments and simple approval processes. We will also explore creating and implementing more aligned workflows.
Lyrasis Learning: Jan 25, 2024 (Virtual)
4 Library Budgeting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Learn how to avoid common budget mistakes and prepare for budgeting challenges, along with real-world strategies for developing and managing library and program budgets.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (VIRTUAL)
Streamlined Strategic Planning
Learn when and how to streamline your strategic planning process.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JANUARY 8 - 11, 2024 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
NonProfit Learning Lab: December 14, 2023 (Virtual)
Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies
Learn how to sustain a dynamic planning process that guides, inspires, and empowers. This workshop will cover realistic strategies for infusing plan priorities and goals throughout every level of your organization. From creating shorter-term objectives, continuing to engage your stakeholders and staff, and creating a culture of shared accountability, you can turn your strategic plan into an action plan!
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: December 4, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
How to Turn Your Strategic Plan into Actions
Learn how to turn your nonprofit’s strategic goals into actionable objectives, and incorporate your strategic priorities into programs, projects, and budgets.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
AI for Project Management
Learn ways to use AI to support your projects.
HRWEBADVISOR: Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects. (This program is valid for 4.0 general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute and 4.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.)
North Carolina Library Association Conference: October 20, 2023 (Winston-salem, NC)
More Agile Teams and Collaborations
Can a more agile leadership approach cultivate motivation and improve your team's and community's collaborations and outcomes? From "failing fast" and "defining done" to increased transparency and earlier stakeholder feedback, agile strategies can help us build trust, encourage growth, and create more collaborative and effective teams and community relationships.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: October 10 - 13, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
NonProfit Learning Lab: October 10, 2023 (Virtual)
Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies
Learn how to sustain a dynamic planning process that guides, inspires, and empowers. This workshop will cover realistic strategies for infusing plan priorities and goals throughout every level of your organization. From creating shorter-term objectives, continuing to engage your stakeholders and staff, and creating a culture of shared accountability, you can turn your strategic plan into an action plan!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING Series: October 4, 2023 ET (VIRTUAL)
Better Meetings
Learn about facilitating better meetings with Dr. Curtis Rogers.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: September 13, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Initiation (for Project Managers)
Learn how to best prepare for project planning.
NonProfit Learning Lab: August 16, 2023 (Virtual)
Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies
Learn how to sustain a dynamic planning process that guides, inspires, and empowers. This workshop will cover realistic strategies for infusing plan priorities and goals throughout every level of your organization. From creating shorter-term objectives, continuing to engage your stakeholders and staff, and creating a culture of shared accountability, you can turn your strategic plan into an action plan!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: July 19, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
PMOs
Learn about the value of PMOs with Stacye Brim of STB Consulting.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JULY 11 - 14, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
NonProfit Learning Lab: June 22, 2023 (Virtual)
Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies
Learn how to sustain a dynamic planning process that guides, inspires, and empowers. This workshop will cover realistic strategies for infusing plan priorities and goals throughout every level of your organization. From creating shorter-term objectives, continuing to engage your stakeholders and staff, and creating a culture of shared accountability, you can turn your strategic plan into an action plan!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: June 21, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Feasibility
Learn about strategies for determining the feasibility of your projects.
Consultants for Libraries & Nonprofit.ist: June 20, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management for Consultants
Learn realistic strategies for applying project management to your consulting work, including five key elements of project management that can be used to plan for and deliver more successful consulting projects.
HRWebAdvisor: June 8, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
ChatGPT for Project Managers
As a project manager, you can use tools like ChatGPT to improve your projects and transform your role. In this webinar, you will be introduced to the ways ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools can help project managers generate ideas and save time. You will learn about the tools available and discover how to coax them to support your project management activities.
Instrumentl: May 17, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
5 Key Strategies to Improve Your Projects for Grant Success
We will explore the crucial elements of successful grant proposals and grant-funded initiatives. Learn how to apply project management best practices, understand the importance of scope, schedule, and deliverables, employ effective communication strategies with stakeholders and team members, and discover the benefits of using Instrumentl to streamline the grant management process. Watch the recording.
19th Annual Paraprofessional Conference: May 12, 2023 (Greenville, NC)
Supporting Agile Teams
Can a more agile approach motivate your library’s teams and improve your projects and outcomes? Attendees will be introduced to the differences between agile and traditional project management approaches, and learn popular agile strategies for managing teams and projects. From "failing fast" and "defining done" to increased transparency, agile strategies can help us support more collaborative and effective teams.
Amigos Member Conference: May 10, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan
Turn your library's strategic plan into an action plan that guides, inspires, and empowers. Learn realistic approaches to sustain a dynamic planning process. Learn strategies to create shorter-term objectives, continue to engage your stakeholders and staff, and create a culture of shared accountability through transparency and progress sharing. Go from strategic plan to action plan and successfully implement your library's strategic goals!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: May 10, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Fundraising Planning and Projects
Learn about fundraising planning and projects with Susan Kahan of Sapphire Fundraising Specialists.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: May 2 - 5, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: April 19, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Juggling Multiple Projects
Learn about strategies for managing our own time as project managers.
Nonprofit Learning Lab: April 4, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan
Learn realistic approaches to sustain a dynamic planning process. including strategies to create shorter-term objectives, continue to engage your stakeholders and staff, and create a culture of shared accountability through transparency and progress sharing. Go from strategic plan to action plan and successfully implement your nonprofit’s strategic goals!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: March 15, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Engaging with Stories
Learn about the importance of stories to projects and planning with David Norris of Proofpact.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: February 15, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Templates
Learn about the essential templates to use in your projects to save time and create consistency across projects.
HRWEBADVISOR: Feb 6-9, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
Human resources leaders at all levels can master the principles and best practices of project management, learning actionable strategies to successfully plan and deliver projects throughout 2023.