Weaving together a mixture of experiential exercises with play and laughter, Howard Moody demonstrates how healthy self-care and playful engagement help to build and support employee morale.  Now more than ever, a balance of joy, connection and cooperation are essential for healthy relationships amongst your staff. Come experience connection to others and learn steps that you can take to strengthen morale in your workplace.  This workshop will get you up out of your seat and laughing after lunch!

In today’s rapidly changing times, leadership clarity and influence are critical factors in mobilizing and motivating nonprofit teams.. Despite the progress many organizations have made since the onset of the pandemic, most leaders would agree that today’s nonprofit organizations demand true leadership at its highest level. Post-pandemic, leaders have been forced to create a “new normal” that inspires hope among those they lead. For leaders to fully align their capacity with the evolving tides of leadership, they must first examine their own leadership formula and its impact on team morale, engagement, and success.

This interactive program is designed to provide leaders with a deeper understanding of  the five dimensions of Leadership Influence,  as well as the impact that the new workplace has on nonprofit teams. Participants can expect to leave the program with new tools that can be applied to expand their leadership influence and impact.  In addition, the program provides participants with a safe space for self-reflection which helps to build clarity around how our core values shape and guides our own unique leadership formula.  

Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color: Have the past few years worn you out? Dealing with the challenges of the pandemic and the long-overdue racial reckoning exposed the inequities in our society and made the need for change present and urgent. This has placed a unique toll on BIPOC, as our organizations have begun to engage in equity work in a new way, placing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as more central to their missions. While this is a welcome change, it often places new workplace expectations and stresses on us as BIPOC, which can contribute to emotional and psychological burnout. As we continue to engage in the fight for racial justice, self-care plays a central role in making our equity work sustainable. Radical self-care is a key part of any equity work to reduce burnout during a long season of change. Join equity leader NCCJ for self-care tips and an interactive discussion on how we as BIPOC can create a space in our lives for daily healing and peace for ourselves and our communities.

There is a palpable tide turning in the job market right now. The historic levels of job-hopping, quiet quitting and silent suffering are winding down. More employees are opting to stay put in their roles for longer durations, prompting employers to celebrate this new wave of retention. But that joy will be short lived unless you’ve got a plan to unlock the energy of your workforce.

Join us for this interactive program where we discuss the new rules of employee engagement (Hint: the focus is on professional development, recognition and aligning your brand experience with your employee experience.) Workforce transformations are daunting but the organizations that take this on will build a foundation that leads to high employee retention, enhanced productivity and a thriving culture!

We often refer to fundraising as "the ask".  Rather than asking for support, what if we shift our mindset to think of fundraising as providing opportunities and meaningful experiences Rather than asking for money, nonprofits advocate for the meaningful work we do and provide our supporters with an opportunity to get more involved.? How would that change our approach to donor conversations?  Participants will walk away from this session with a renewed approach to fundraising, that is more approachable and collaborative than they may have previously thought.