Capacity Building Workshops
Fall Offerings
I3 Workshop: Business Continuity & Disaster Planning for Nonprofits
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Venice Headquarters
601 Tamiami Trail S, Venice
In this session, you will learn the importance of having a comprehensive business continuity plan. You’ll learn the critical steps in creating and implementing a plan and will receive an easy-to-use template from facilitator Heather Koester. This workshop will dig deeper into why nonprofits need a business continuity plan
- Ensure Smooth Operations
- Reduce Financial Risk
- Protect Your Reputation
- Gain a Competitive Edge
- Safeguard Employees and Volunteers
I3 Workshop: The Art of Coaching & Providing Performance Feedback
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Sarasota Philanthropy Center
1549 State Street, Sarasota
Providing feedback and coaching others doesn't always come naturally. In this workshop you will learn several principles, techniques, and key phrases to help navigate through complex conversations, as well as reinforce a positive and “growth-oriented” mentality among employees. Facilitated by Debbie Craig, this workshop will focus on not only learning new skills, but providing a safe and supportive environment to practice and become more confident in providing coaching and feedback.
I3 Workshop: Essential Techniques for Successful Networking
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Sarasota Philanthropy Center
1549 State Street, Sarasota
Participate in this engaging and interactive workshop to learn how to be memorable and likable! Learn promising techniques to establish connections quickly. We will discuss entering and exiting conversations, interpreting body language cues, and improving your communication skills to make a lasting impact! Facilitated by Mitch Lomazov.
Grant Writing Series
I3 Workshop: Grant Proposal Writing: A Tutorial
Friday, September 20, 2024
Sarasota Philanthropy Center
1549 State Street, Sarasota
This workshop takes an in-depth look at each section of a grant proposal, including examples of weak and strong narratives. Throughout the session, participants will apply presented concepts to their own projects. The result will be a draft outline from which to complete the post-workshop homework assignment: development of a boilerplate proposal.
Within 2-4 weeks of the workshop, each participant will receive a 1-to-1 follow up session with the instructor for proposal review and coaching to strengthen their strategy. Facilitated by I3 Consultant Whitney Crettol, MA, it is recommended that newcomers first complete Introduction to Successful Grant Writing or have some familiarity with grant writing.
This session will be limited to 15 participants, one person per organization. The course fee of $335 includes workshop plus 1-to-1 coaching with up to four hours of consulting time to establish a boilerplate proposal.
I3 Workshop: Developing Budgets That Add Credibility to Your Grant Proposals
Friday, November 1, 2024
Venice Headquarters
601 Tamiami Trail S, Venice
Proposal budgets are often left for the last minute and fail to receive the same level of care devoted to narrative components of a grant application. However, these numbers play a key role in reinforcing the story being conveyed in your proposal narrative. A well-crafted budget adds credibility by representing the true cost of a project, showing how funder support will leverage other investment, and demonstrating your organization’s sustainability. Facilitated by I3 Consultant Whitney Crettol, MA, in this workshop you'll cover
- How to identify and estimate project expenses
- Calculating indirect costs
- Representing sources of income
- Budget presentation tips
- Role of the budget in post-award grant management
I3 Workshop: Measuring Impact: How to Demonstrate the Good You DO
Friday, December 6, 2024
Sarasota Philanthropy Center
1549 State Street, Sarasota
Nonprofits have traditionally relied on measures of how much activity they engage in to demonstrate their value. Today, funders are holding grantee organizations to a higher standard, shifting the focus from activities to outcomes in order to answer the question “what difference do our efforts make?”. Facilitated by I3 Consultant Whitney Crettol, MA, in this workshop you'll
- Explore the use of logic models in planning project proposals
- Advance your knowledge of evaluation methods
- Apply these concepts through case studies
- Learn the benefits of being a data-driven organization