Nonprofit Builder's Training Courses

Entrepreneurs, founders and executives often face the challenge of, the faster your organization grows, the harder it is to keep everyone aligned. The One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP) is the perfect tool to get everyone in your organization on the same page.

The OPSP is a succinct way to communicate your vision and action-oriented strategic plan to align every employee in your company. Simply put: the OPSP brings better alignment, accountability, and execution.

This course is designed to revolutionize the way nonprofits approach fundraising by leveraging cutting-edge AI tools. Fundraising is a demanding process requiring creativity, efficiency, and precision. By integrating conversational AI into your workflow, you can achieve what feels like adding several skilled team members to your fundraising efforts without increasing costs.

Through this course, participants will learn how to save significant time on repetitive tasks like grant proposal writing, improve the quality of project documentation, and unleash creativity to better align with donor priorities. This program equips nonprofit leaders and fundraisers with the tools and skills to harness AI’s potential responsibly, driving their organizations toward greater impact.

Key Highlights of the Course

• Save up to 50% of the time spent on grant proposals while increasing quality and alignment.
• Explore how AI tools can enhance creativity, enabling more compelling donor communications and impactful project documentation.
• Develop a structured plan to integrate AI into your organizational processes and reallocate saved resources toward strategic goals.

Whether you're new to AI or already familiar with its basics, this course will guide you through its practical applications in fundraising and beyond, ensuring that your nonprofit can innovate and thrive in today’s competitive environment.

Take the fear out of finance! The workshop is for professionals working in development and humanitarian aid to get the skills and knowledge required to manage projects and programs effectively.

This training equips NGO staff with essential skills and knowledge for effective financial management in program implementation, regardless of their role. Through active participation, participants learn key financial management principles and their practical application in the workplace, focusing on integrating robust financial systems to enhance resource management efficiency. Participant will be gaining confidence and skills to navigate financial responsibilities within their projects. Completion of the training enables attendees to apply best practices, contributing to stronger project outcomes in their organisations.

This course is designed to equip leaders with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives to navigate the complexities of leading in a global, cross-cultural environment. Participants will explore key frameworks, develop cultural intelligence, and build the competencies needed to lead diverse teams and drive success in a globalized world.

In our world, hundreds of thousands of non-profits are working to improve communities across the globe, competing for the same pool of funding. This makes it essential to distinguish yourself from other organisations. It is essential to define your unique selling proposition and demonstrate clearly, succinctly, boldly, and consistently the work you do. This helps speed up the decision making process of potential funders and partners to engage and support your work.

This course is more than just reviewing your logo and brand colours. It helps you define a rich organisational brand and culture that improves your impact in the communities you serve and drives funding to your organisation.

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) provides the foundation for effective project management, accountability, and continuous improvement in nonprofit organizations. While building robust MEL systems can be challenging due to resource constraints and technical limitations, emerging technologies offer opportunities to enhance traditional MEL practices.

This training focuses on establishing strong MEL fundamentals while introducing practical AI-powered tools that can help organizations overcome common challenges and accelerate their MEL implementation. By combining proven MEL methodologies with targeted use of AI assistance, organizations can build more efficient systems without compromising quality or rigor.

This course will equip organisations of all sizes to embed a funding model that will be sustainable in the face of change and growth. The programme will be based upon our 25 years of experience of guiding the fundraising of emerging organisations within emerging economies. We recognise the journey from time given freely and funding dependent upon a community to breaking into the world of grants and then developing non-grant dependent income streams. We acknowledge the challenges and power imbalances as organisations seek to juggle local and global income sources. In this course will be explain the five stages in this journey and provide skills and systems for everyone to navigate successfully, whatever stage they are in.

Being a leader of a nonprofit team is an incredibly challenging job at times. To be as effective as we can be, we need to both manage ourselves well and then manage our teams well. If you are ready to take your management practice to the next level in 2025, join this workshop series packed with practical strategies you can apply right away.

Note:

This course by Jessica Eastman is scheduled to align better with Europe and Africa time zones. If this timing doesn’t work for you, we have another course on a similar topic, titled: From Busy to Effective: Productivity for Non-Profit Leaders by Heike Huhn which will be conducted at 7 AM UTC. 

Never enough time, money, or resources to create the change you want? Struggling to combine high performance and well-being?

I’m here to help. My mission is to guide you in focusing on what truly matters, achieving your best work, and transforming how you approach your tasks. With a mindset-first approach, we prioritize psychology over technology to empower you with practical tools and strategies. Learn how to work smarter, reduce overwhelm, and regain the momentum you need to succeed.

Discover a new way to work—so you can thrive while making space for what matters most.

Note:

This course by Heike Huhn is scheduled to align better with Asia and Africa time zones. If this timing doesn’t work for you, we have another course on a similar topic, titled: Managing Yourself and Others in 2025, conducted by Jessica Eastman at 2 PM UTC. You can explore Jessica’s course here.