Events
Building Better Nonprofit Meetings 2.0: Tools for Effective Collaboration & Clear Communication
Topic: Building Better Nonprofit Meetings 2.0: Tools for Effective Collaboration & Clear Communication
Meetings can be powerful tools for collaboration and impact—when they’re designed with clarity, intention, and follow-through. This interactive follow-up webinar builds on Building Better Nonprofit Meetings: Agenda Building 101 and takes a deeper dive into ensuring post-meeting accountability. Participants can expect a presentation on the material, followed by opportunities to interact in small groups with other attendees.
Participants will explore:
Agenda Building in Action – Revisit key agenda-setting principles with an emphasis on translating discussions into tangible outcomes.
The Art of Crafting Discussion Items – Learn how to frame discussion topics that encourage focus, inclusivity, and strategic decision-making, striking the right balance between leadership and collaboration.
Task Delineation for Shared Productivity – Ensure every meeting ends with clear action steps, defined ownership, and accountability structures that drive real progress.
Whether you're leading a board meeting, facilitating a staff check-in, or organizing a coalition gathering, this workshop will equip you with practical tools to make your meetings more engaging, purposeful, and results driven. Join us to strengthen your meeting culture and maximize impact!
This webinar will build on Building Better Meetings, pt. 1, held in January, but attendance of the first one is not required.
Nonprofit Executive Happy Hour, presented by Advance2000
Sometimes you just need a little time with your peers! This quarterly happy hour is for nonprofit CEO/EDs, CFOs, COOs, or IT leads, thanks to new sponsors Advance2000. We'll meet for drinks, snacks, and networking.
Advance2000 offers full service IT solutions including Private Cloud Computing, network design and implementation, telephony and IT consulting.
This event is for nonprofit CEO/EDs, CFOs, COOs, or IT leads only.
Please note: your reservation is a commitment to attend. If you find you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible.
Nonprofit Executive Happy Hour, presented by Advance2000
Sometimes you just need a little time with your peers! This quarterly happy hour is for nonprofit CEO/EDs, CFOs, COOs, or IT leads, thanks to new sponsors Advance2000. We'll meet for drinks, snacks, and networking.
Advance2000 offers full service IT solutions including Private Cloud Computing, network design and implementation, telephony and IT consulting.
This event is for nonprofit CEO/EDs, CFOs, COOs, or IT leads only.
Please note: your reservation is a commitment to attend. If you find you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible.
IT Roundtable
Topic: Cyber Risk Management: Strengthen Your Security & Financial Resilience
Join us for an exclusive Cyber Risk Management Session, where industry experts from CyberSure, a cyber risk consulting company, will guide you through the critical aspects of cyber resilience, including risk management, insurance coverage, and evolving cyber hygiene practices.
In this interactive session, you'll gain:
✅ Actionable Strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate cyber risks
✅ Expert Insights on aligning insurance coverage with your cybersecurity needs
✅ Best Practices for compliance in an evolving threat landscape
✅ Practical Cyber Hygiene Tactics to enhance resilience against attacks
Guest Presenters:
Laurence Jones co-founded RiskVersity in 2015 and CyberSure in 2021. He brings 22 years’ experience in accounting, risk management, finance, and business operations. He is responsible for client management, risk audits, insurance program management, strategic relationships for client resources and talent resources. He has experience working with K-12 schools, nonprofit organizations, public entity organizations, higher education, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, and restaurant clients. Laurence is active in Cincinnati’s business community. Laurence served as partner at the accounting firm Brixey & Meyer and a senior accountant at Ernst & Young before starting RiskVersity and CyberSure. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Cincinnati.
Eku Williams is a Partner and Practice Leader at CyberSure. He has over 20 years of leadership experience in information technology, consulting, and risk management. In his role at Cybersure, he is responsible for conducting cyber, risk & vulnerability assessments, and IT security specific audits while assisting organizations to mitigate risks in their environment. He is an award winning professional, having been awarded the 2023 Outstanding Alumni award from the University of Cincinnati Lindner Business College, the 2022 Technologist of the Year by the Gaskins Foundation, and was a recipient of the Cincinnati Business Courier Forty under 40 award. In addition to consulting, Eku speaks on various IT and cyber topics in Cincinnati and various conferences throughout the US.
IT Roundtable
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IT Roundtable
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Search Inside Yourself: An Emotional Intelligence Workshop - 9/10-12/25
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Originally developed at Google, the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program teaches practical mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and leadership tools to unlock your full potential at work and in life. Navigating today's uncertainty and stress requires a new level of resilience, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills. Search Inside Yourself will help you develop critical skills to face today's complex environment and challenges that are sure to come.
Program Overview
Search Inside Yourself takes an evidence-based approach combining neuroscience, leadership, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. The program provides practical tools that can be applied immediately at work and in your personal life. We start with a foundation of mindfulness, and build the core emotional intelligence domains that lead to outstanding leadership:
• Mindfulness
• Self-Awareness
• Self-management
• Motivation
• Empathy
• Leadership
Program Structure
The program will start with three live online sessions, followed by a four-week integration journey, and concluding with a one-hour capstone webinar. It is highly interactive, including experiential exercises, dyads, group conversations, attention-training practices, and writing activities.
Search Inside Yourself is presented for Leadership Council by Patrice Borders and Jerry Nuesell, who offer their services at a nonprofit rate, allowing us to offer it for a fraction of the cost offered elsewhere.
Only 50 spots available – don’t miss the opportunity to attend this transformational experience, right from your computer.
For more details about Search Inside Yourself, see www.siyli.org.
Mission in Action: Amplifying Your Voice Through Advocacy
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Engaging in advocacy is the most significant way nonprofits can serve their missions and influence their communities. While nonprofits are vital voices in shaping public policy, they often lack the capacity to incorporate advocacy as a core element of their mission. To empower nonprofit professionals as advocates, we are offering a comprehensive learning series designed to teach the skills, strategies, and processes of effective advocacy. Facilitated by Gina Marsh, this series will equip participants with actionable tools to strengthen their organizations’ advocacy efforts.
Development of this series was made possible through a grant from The Murray and Agnes Seasongood Good Government Foundation.
Program Overview
The series will include the following in-person sessions, 9:00 – 11:00 am, every other Tuesday from Sept. 30 – Nov. 25. You may register individually or for the full series.
Sept. 30: Policy and Advocacy 101
Gain foundational knowledge about policymaking and specific steps you can take to start advocating on behalf of your organization.
• Advocacy and its importance to the nonprofit sector.
• The various types of public policy.
• Advocacy vs. lobbying and how nonprofits can do both.
• The process of building an advocacy agenda.
• Specific ways to start advocating.
Oct. 14: Developing an Advocacy Plan
Learn to create a strategic roadmap for advocacy tailored to your organization’s mission.
• Creating a policy agenda tailored to an organization’s mission.
• Developing a strategy to achieve a policy goal.
• Building and maintaining coalitions and partnerships for collective impact.
Oct. 28: Advocacy Strategies and Tactics
Learn techniques and approaches to execute successful advocacy campaigns.
• Building relationships with policymakers.
• How to prepare for meetings with legislators.
• Engaging and mobilizing grassroots support.
• Testifying at public hearings.
Nov. 11: Local and State Government Basics
Explore the roles and processes of local and state government and how nonprofits can effectively engage with them.
• The landscape of governmental entities in Hamilton County.
• Local government policymaking processes and the relevant departments that comprise
their administrations, with a focus on the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
• The major decision points at the City and County that provide opportunities for nonprofits
to advocate.
• Ohio General Assembly structure and budget process.
Nov. 25: Nonprofit Funding Sources
Learn about the different funding sources that fund nonprofits at the local level.
• Local levies.
• Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).
• City leveraged funding.
• County allocations for nonprofits.
Target Audience
The series is designed for nonprofit CEO/EDs, leadership staff involved in advocacy and external relations, fundraising professionals, government relations specialists, program managers, board members, and others engaged in advocacy efforts.
Master Calendar
Leaders Circles Now Forming for 2021-2022 - Deadline to Apply 7/30
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- Monthly meetings (about 2 hours) September through May
- 6-10 nonprofit executives (matched by role/experience/org size) for each circle + a skilled facilitator
- Participants commit to meeting real-time challenges and offering real-life solutions through their real-life experiences
- Meetings are confidential, supportive, and create a cycle of learning, sharing, achieving & accountability
- Show up - commit to your circle colleagues by making your meetings a priority on your calendar
- Speak up - ask powerful questions to help members find their own insight
- Grow up - be prepared to hold yourself and each other accountable for your learning and actions
- Develop trusted and expanded network of peers
- Professional and personal growth
- Expanded resources discovered
- Safe environment leads to openness, vulnerability and growth
- Executive Director/President/CEO
- CFO/COO/VP or equivalent
- CDO, Development Director or equivalent
- CHRO or equivalent
- CMO, MARCOM Director or equivalent
- Community Relations Director
- Program Director
Advancing Black-Led Nonprofits | A New Program Exclusively for Leadership Council Members
- A 1-on-1 brainstorming workshop (1.5 hour duration) for each of the first six member organizations who request them.
- Workshops will be made available through May 2022 and scheduled at the leader’s and Flywheel’s mutual convenience.
- Organization may have up to three C-level participants.
- Flywheel will select relevant coaches to participate based on the challenge the organization wishes to address.
- Following the workshop, Flywheel will provide a one-page summary of findings.
To request a workshop, submit your information here.
EXCLUSIVELY FOR LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBERS