THURSDAY THRIVE: Consultant Community Events
Welcome to Thursday Thrive: Consultant Community Events, a skill share series designed exclusively for NPB consultants by NPB consultants. Happening on Thursdays, these interactive webinars will offer a space to gain fresh insights, refine your practice, and connect with like-minded professionals.
Each session features a dynamic expert sharing valuable concepts and practical tools to enhance your consulting expertise. Whether you're exploring new strategies, deepening your knowledge, or staying ahead of industry trends, Thursday Thrive is your go-to resource for professional growth.
Explore our past webinars below. If you are interested in facilitating a session on a topic of your choice, we would love to hear from you!
PAST EVENTS
What every consultant should know about safeguarding with Dee Jethwa
Some organizations work with children and vulnerable adults, and there is always a risk of abuse. Safeguarding makes sure an organization has the right policies and systems to prevent it. As a consultant, even if you are not a safeguarding specialist, it helps to know how to detect risky situations, how to bring these up with your client, and whom to refer to for support. Also, what do, for example, if during an engagement you hear about harassment or bullying of the staff by management? Dee will help us develop essential safeguarding reflexes through a presentation and discussion of some real case studies.
Date: 13th February, 2025 at 3:00 PM CET
Branding: Winning Projects and Building Names with Rose Odengo
In a world with so many consultants as one either dipping your toes in the proverbial waters, been around the block, or a veteran who has been around for aeons and has the t-shirt, bag, mug, and wheel cover. That question constantly nags you: How do I build my brand? How can I get the world to know my brilliance and pay my worth?
In this masterclass, you’ll learn to be more deliberate and targeted in how you package and express yourself and work with specific audiences. It’s not just about a fancy logo. It’s about complementing your great work by building an unforgettable client experience that will keep them coming back and recommending you to others.
Date: 27th February, 2025 at 3:00 PM CET/Recording
Mastering AI for nonprofit consultants and coaches: the best tools and how to use them with David Matthey-Doret and Samson Mbugua
We want to make sure you are well equipped. David, who teaches our popular AI for grant-writing course (one of the participants actually got a grant in the first course from a difficult donor! ), will share his experiences of the best tools for us consultants to use, as well as his views on how these tools will change the consulting and coaching work in the year ahead. Samson will introduce MEL with AI, providing insights into its applications and benefits. This will be followed by an open conversation and exchange of experiences with AI tools. Ideal for consultants new to AI or already experienced and passionate.
Date: 13th March 2025 at 3:00 PM CET/Recording
From Awareness to Action: Unlocking Neurodivergent Potential and Leading with Inclusion with Cat Taylor
Move beyond awareness and into action with this interactive, informative, and inclusive webinar. During this bespoke session, designed specifically for Non-Profit Builder consultants, join Cat for a deep-dive look at how we can pro-actively support neurodivergence in the workplace.
Whether you work with neurodivergent clients or have a diagnosis (or suspect you have one) yourself, this webinar aims to equip you with the key clinical insights, skills, and practices needed to help you champion inclusion and foster a workplace culture where every individual can thrive.
Cat has over two decades of experience working as a healthcare professional, diagnostician, and mental health consultant, supporting individuals and organizations with an array of neurodivergent conditions to overcome obstacles, unlock their strengths, and thrive as uniquely valuable members of society. Join her as she shares some of the key insights and understandings she has found to be critical in enabling and empowering individuals and organizations to unlock the vast potential they have waiting within.
Date: 27th March 2025 at 2:00 PM CET/Recording
How to pitch your work to potential clients with Shoshana Grossman -Crist, Social Impact Compass
Ever feel like you’re explaining what you do so well… and still getting blank stares or polite nods?
In this workshop, Shoshana Grossman-Crist of Social Impact Compass shares a refreshingly practical approach to communicating your services—one that ditches the jargon, enables your potential client to see you as exactly the solution they've been looking for, and gets you more referrals in the process. You’ll walk away with:
A simple shift in how to frame your work (that actually gets attention)
Real-life pitch examples that work
A repeatable formula you can personalize for any conversation
Bonus: We’ll have a chance to create and practice our pitches. And through this, we will get to learn about each other’s work so we can refer to one another when opportunities arise.
Date: 24th April, 2025 at 3:00 PM CET/Recording
Tending the Inner Garden: Regenerative Tools for Coaching Leaders in Transition with Pablo Escorcia from Purpose+Motion
This 90-minute webinar offers both a practical coaching toolkit and a regenerative framework to guide your clients through periods of deep transition. At its heart is the Garden of Inner Regenerative Practices — a map to help leaders reconnect to purpose, navigate emotional complexity, and lead from presence. Drawing on somatic practices, narrative inquiry, and systemic insight, we’ll explore concrete, field-tested strategies that you can apply immediately in your coaching — especially when your clients are facing crisis, uncertainty, or loss of direction.
Date: 24th July, 2025 at 5:00 PM EAT(4:00 PM CET)/Recording