Scaling
Against Rushing to Scale
When impact brings pressure to expand, leaders can (and must) carefully decide when growth helps and when it hurts.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Strategic Foresight for Nonprofit Leaders
By identifying emerging opportunities and threats, your organization can be better prepared for the next economic shift, technological disruption, or other challenge. In this 90-minute interactive webinar, you'll learn the fundamentals and best practices of foresight, then apply them directly to the challenges your organization is facing.
This program is led by Rachel Hatch, chief innovation officer at the Institute for the Future (IFTF), an organization with 50+ years of experience training and developing forecasts.
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Measurement & Evaluation
Maximizing Fundraising Impact: Strategies for Donor Segmentation and Personalization
Join Stanford Social Innovation Review and Professor Susan Athey lto learn actionable strategies to target and personalize your donation appeals to the right potential donor at the right time.
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Scaling
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
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Transformative Technology That Unleashes Nonprofit Scale
Join Stanford Social Innovation Review for a complimentary 60-minute webinar brings together leaders from three nonprofits that have successfully completed major cloud technology projects. By the end of the session, you’ll better understand how to evaluate, scope, and implement cloud technology initiatives that could transform your own organization's effectiveness.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Work Smarter with AI: Balancing Automation, Augmentation, and Critical Thinking for Nonprofits
Research shows that over-reliance on AI weakens our cognitive abilities, yet resource-strapped nonprofits can't afford to ignore its potential. In this 90-minute webinar, Beth Kanter will guide you through the science of healthy versus unhealthy AI use, offering practical prompting techniques and frameworks. Walk away knowing exactly when to automate, when to augment, and when to use your own critical thinking skills.
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Leadership
Connecting the Dots Between Strategy and Design
Two-Part Certificate Workshop Program
Session 1: Strategy and Scoping: Setting the Stage for Impact
Session 2: Design for Impact: Exploring and Iterating Your Way Forward
In this 180-minute interactive program, learn how to advance your mission by combining innovative strategic logic, systems thinking, and active human-centered design work.
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Leadership
Communicate With Impact: Crafting and Delivering Stronger, Clearer Messages
Two-Part Live Webinar Program
- Session 1: Message Design for Clarity and Recall [December 9]
- Session 2: Commanding With Presence [December 10]
Learn how to design and integrate your messages in service of your strategic speaking goals, regardless of delivery method.
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Leveraging AI for Nonprofits: Readiness, Risks, and Real-World Action
Join Stanford Social Innovation Review for a webinar led by social sector and technology leaders at Deloitte. Whether your organization is just beginning to explore using AI or already piloting use cases, this learning session offers a practical and engaging way to deepen your understanding and readiness.
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Leadership
How to Measure Narrative Change
Two-Part 180-Minute Webinar Program
Session 1: Introduction to Narrative Change and Measurement
Session 2: Apply the Framework for Measuring Narrative Change
Learn guiding principles for designing equitable and adaptable narrative change evaluations using a simple framework that’s flexible enough to work across projects. Then, develop a clear plan for applying it to your own narrative work and receive feedback by leading researchers and practitioners in the fields of evaluation and strategic communications.