We work with a small group of expert trainers in fundraising, governance, common good enterprise topics. Is it too much to say that we feel like we are elite forces? Trainers are skilled in adult learning practices, and also have professional experience in nonprofits, philanthropy, social enterprise, and socially-responsible small business. We take care to match trainers to the particular topics and skill/knowledge challenges presented. We have a strong bias for interactive learning and creative formats. Training can be delivered in person and online in a variety of formats (workshops, classes, conferences, courses, webinars, panels, and more).
Training projects are priced as a flat fee, after discussion and agreement on scope. Fees typically factor in 1.5 to 3x in-class time.
Topics:
- Social Enterprise and Earned Revenue
- Startup Funding for Social Enterprises and Socially-Responsible Businesses
- Financing and Structures for Social Enterprise
- All About Benefit Corporations and Benefit LLCs
- Social Enterprise Hybrid Structures
- The Grantseeking Game
- Program Design and the Logic Model/Theory of Change
- Federal Grants & Contracts Compliance
- Organizational Life Cycle
- Turnarounds in Nonprofits
- Capital Campaign Readiness
- Developing Business Plans
- Fundraising Strategy and Planning
- Major Gifts Fundraising (the relationship and the ask)
- Board Orientation and Good Practices
- Professional Writing for Social Entrepreneurship (an undergraduate English class developed by Zahara Hecksher with Amy Kincaid, and supported by the Center for Social Value Creation and the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland)
