We provide classes, workshops and training sessions along with opportunities to attend convenings, peer roundtables and other issues-driven events that help you learn, forge collaborations and gain insights that grow your skills and amplify your impact.
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The How to Write a Donor Appeal workshop will teach participants how to write a clear and compelling one-to-two-page document that can be used to ask donors for their financial support.
Join us for our "How to Write a Donor Appeal" workshop. This workshop will teach participants how to develop a powerful document to highlight the specific needs of your organization, explain the positive change your donor can make, or how grateful your organization is for donors like yours. Learn how to inspire your donors to give through a meaningful and personalized marketing piece.
Advocacy is key for nonprofits, but influencing policy requires strategic communication. This workshop will equip nonprofit leaders with the skills to engage elected officials effectively. Join us to learn best practices for crafting persuasive messages and building relationships. We’ll cover how to structure advocacy campaigns, leverage data to support your cause, and engage officials through meetings and public testimony. We’ll also explore digital tools and social media strategies to amplify your message.
Who Should Attend the Series
This series is ideal for nonprofit leaders, both staff and Board, who want to kickstart their advocacy work. You can register for each of the workshops individually, but we recommend participating in all four. This will give you a clear starting point for planning your advocacy work and allow you to meet other nonprofit leaders who are doing the same – the cohort-like experience is an added bonus!
New to grant writing or find yourself writing grants without success? This course gives you a comprehensive introduction to grant writing, outlines what should be included in each grant component, and helps you steer clear of the most common pitfalls.
Join Listen4Good for a live, Ask Me Anything-style session on collecting and using community feedback effectively. In this open, conversational session, feedback experts Valerie Threlfall and Sara Farooqui will answer questions from the field and offer practical, actionable guidance. Get real tips on protecting anonymity, asking the right questions, analyzing results, and using feedback to guide programs and fundraising.
Discover an enriching day of wellness featuring expert panels, hands-on workshops, and immersive experiences designed to rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul. Join us for a transformative wellness experience that brings together experts in health, mindfulness, nutrition, and self-care. Revive is your opportunity to reconnect with yourself, learn from industry leaders, and take the first steps toward a healthier, more balanced lifestyle.
Please join this quarterly convening to experience some of CFB's current Art & Culture projects. The event is hosted quarterly and will spotlight projects that the Community Foundation of Broward is supporting. This is an opportunity to interact with artists and arts organizations who are working to increase access to the arts for all residents.
The confirmed line-up includes:
Brazilian Voices
Broward Cultural Division - Artist Innovation
Broward Performing Arts Foundation
Grace Arts Center
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Stonewall National Museum & Archives
This workshop teaches you how to develop a policy agenda that identifies the legislative and advocacy priorities for your organization, clarifies the actions you will (and won't!) take, and reassures decision-makers and stakeholders that your advocacy work will be legal, ethical, and effective.
Who Should Attend the Series
This series is ideal for nonprofit leaders, both staff and Board, who want to kickstart their advocacy work. You can register for each of the workshops individually, but we recommend participating in all four. This will give you a clear starting point for planning your advocacy work and allow you to meet other nonprofit leaders who are doing the same – the cohort-like experience is an added bonus!
Join national QuickBooks trainer Gregg Bossen, CPA, as he presents “QuickBooks Online for Nonprofits: The Essentials”, where he will cover the basics of setting up and entering the most common transactions nonprofits need to make.
The material will cover the basics of setting up and entering transactions specifically for Nonprofits and an overview of the software updates included in the QuickBooks® 2025 product.
The How to Make Leadership Work workshop will teach participants about how to internally align the Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
Advocacy is vital to a successful nonprofit organization. It strengthens your mission work, your reputation, your name recognition, and your fundraising efforts! But many Board members are unsure of or uncomfortable with advocacy. Join Florida Nonprofit Alliance for this overview of how to build your Board’s capacity for legal and ethical advocacy that supports the mission of your organization.
Who Should Attend
This series is ideal for nonprofit leaders, both staff and Board, who want to kickstart their advocacy work. You can register for each of the workshops individually, but we recommend participating in all four. This will give you a clear starting point for planning your advocacy work and allow you to meet other nonprofit leaders who are doing the same – the cohort-like experience is an added bonus!
The Case for Support workshop will teach participants how to write a two-page Case for Support that is compelling and impactful to its readers.
Wouldn’t it be great if every one of your board members knew exactly what they need to do and when? While it is your job to pick enthusiastic and experienced leaders, Funding for Good can help you educate them!
Invite your team to join ours for a deep-dive into the four cornerstones of board roles and responsibilities. This one-hour webinar will break down the most fundamental legal and ethical functions of the nonprofit board and highlight key strategies so that your board can govern more effectively.
At the end of this session, you will be able to understand the four cornerstones of board member roles & responsibilities that relate to:
The Earned Revenue Model workshop will teach participants about the several types of earned revenue streams that can be implemented at nonprofit organizations and which model might be right for your organization.
Attracting Followers – Social Media and Website Content Workshop will teach participants about who their followers are, how to attract them, and how to engage them through social media and website content.
The Continuous Improvement – Analytics workshop will teach participants how to develop well-defined and clear Key Performance Indicators to help the nonprofit organization accomplish its financial goals and objectives.
The Year-End Impact Report workshop will teach participants how to create an impact report to inform funders and stakeholders how the nonprofit organization’s mission is to have a meaningful impact.
Learning opportunities designed to develop skills, practices, and behaviors which best prepare people working in the social sector for success.
Fundraising
Organizational sustainability
Leadership and management
Equip your organization leaders and changemakers with the essential skills, knowledge, and resources needed to create a meaningful impact. Stay current with the latest best practices, trends, and emerging issues in the nonprofit sector.
The Nonprofit Academy provides a comprehensive array of topics essential for managing a nonprofit in today's landscape, including nonprofit management and leadership, fundraising, communication and marketing, nonprofit accounting, and more. The courses are interactive and engaging, fostering a supportive network where professionals can connect, collaborate, and learn from one another.
Join national experts for webinars on all aspects of grant management, research, reporting, budgeting, and more. This webinar library can be accessed at your convenience.
The Post-Award Grant Management Pathway will provide you with essential resources to guide your path with insightful webinars, personalized podcasts and blog posts, curated microlearning videos, and specialized strategy papers to lead you to a successful post-award grant experience. This Pathway is designed for all levels of grant professionals. Whether you were awarded a foundation, corporate or government grant, these resources will expand your knowledge of the grant management process. National GPA-approved trainers and grant experts have created practical educational sources within this pathway to answer your questions and steer you in the right direction to be grant compliant.
After you have watched all of the webinars and microlearning videos, listened to the Podcasts and read the Strategy Papers and blogposts listed in this Pathway at your own pace, you will have successfully completed the Grant Management Pathway and will receive a Certificate of Completion issued by GPA. The Post-Award Grant Management and Compliance Learning Pathway has been approved for 11 CEUs through CFRE and 10 CEUs through GPCI.
This series is open to members and nonmembers.
