Leadership

OnBoard: The Basics of Being an Effective Board Member

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Intended Audience: Newly elected board members, volunteers interested in board service, seasoned board members seeking to re-familiarize themselves with the role and responsibilities, executive directors and nonprofit leadership staff Session Facilitator: Angela Dethlefs-Trettin, Chief Community...

Ready for the Unexpected: Building an Emergency Succession Plan for Your Nonprofit

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Intended Audience: Nonprofit leaders and board members who are interested in learning about building an emergency succession plan for your nonprofit. Session Facilitator: Leighann Sibal, Senior Consultant, DBD Group If a key leader couldn't serve tomorrow, would you be ready? An unexpected...

Succession Planning: Creating a Plan to Preserve Your Team's Wisdom

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Leaders know that the most important assets in their organization log off and go home at the end of every day – and one day – they won’t come back. Whether due to retirement or resignation, for happy or sad reasons, a Knowledge Exodus is inevitable. To sustain your impact and avoid the frustration...

2026 Foundation & Endowment Fiduciary Symposium

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A dynamic educational experience designed for those who lead, manage, and help steward the future of foundations and endowments, including senior staff, officers, directors, trustees, board members, investment committee members, and other fiduciaries. Against a backdrop of ongoing economic shifts...

*Nonprofit Know-How: Governance, Advocacy, and Leadership Heading Into 2027

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Nonprofit leaders are navigating a time of significant change—and finding that some of the most effective ways to meet this moment are surprisingly simple, though not necessarily easy. This interactive session will explore intentional strategies and tactics nonprofit leaders are using to strengthen...

*Getting to Action: Implementing Your Strategic Plan Amidst Uncertainty

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A strategic plan is a helpful tool – but only if it’s being used. Join A17 Consulting to learn practical approaches for nonprofits of any size to put their strategic plan into action, with consideration of the increased uncertainty many organizations are facing. Topics will include recognizing what...

Building Tomorrow's Leaders: A Succession Strategy for Nonprofits

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Leadership transitions can create both risk and opportunity for nonprofit organizations. This webinar can help nonprofit leaders and board members build a practical succession strategy that protects mission continuity, strengthens organizational resilience, and prepares future leaders. The session...

Succession for Key Roles: Make a Plan

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Most nonprofits know they should have a succession plan. Far fewer have one in writing. When a key staff member leaves, steps away temporarily, or is suddenly unavailable, the challenge is rarely limited to filling a position. Leaders can find themselves scrambling for passwords, donor histories...

*Facing Difficult Leadership Challenges for Executive Directors

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Being an executive director can be incredibly rewarding—but it can also be one of the loneliest jobs in an organization. You're expected to have answers, make difficult decisions, navigate competing priorities, and carry the weight of the mission, often with few places to openly process the...

*Succession Planning: Creating a Plan to Preserve Your Team's Wisdom

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Leaders know that the most important assets in their organization log off and go home at the end of every day – and one day – they won’t come back. Whether due to retirement or resignation, for happy or sad reasons, a Knowledge Exodus is inevitable. To sustain your impact and avoid the frustration...

*Future-Proof Your Board Development: Skills, Tools, and Insights to Strengthen Your Board for What's Next

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Most boards have the right intentions. What they're often missing is a structured approach to development — one that goes beyond onboarding and actually builds the skills, habits, and governance practices that keep a board effective long-term. In this webinar, our panel of governance experts will...

Strategies All Board Members and Nonprofit Leaders Should Know

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Join CLA and BoardSource for an interactive, complimentary webinar panel designed to help board members and nonprofit leaders put the organization’s purpose first when navigating today’s evolving challenges. This session focuses on real‑world considerations, common pitfalls, and actionable takeaways...