Join the Nonprofit Cafe on Friday, January 26th at 9:00 am
The Essentials to Programmatic Success: How to Assess Organizational Capacity and Thrive
Description:
To support the long-term vision and mission of programmatic success in nonprofits, organizational assessments can give you insight into infrastructure and foundational requirements in order to achieve these outcomes. This training will provide you with an overview of different types of assessments and when to use them, as well as a peek into the fully comprehensive Nonprofit Organizational Assessment that Two Suns developed.
Learning Objectives Include:
Why Organizational Assessments Are Important & How to Use Them
Breaking It Down: Understanding Organizational Capacities in Nonprofits
Taking Organizational Assessments into Action, Implementation Planning, and more!
Key Takeaways:
Knowing When & How Assessments are Used
Deciding Which Type of Assessments Might be Needed and When
Putting Assessments Into Action and When to Repeat Them
Who should join:
This session will be most impactful for nonprofit leadership, including but not limited to directors, program managers, board chairs, or other nonprofit staff or volunteers conducting evaluations or planning.
About the Speaker:
Ashley Schwader has extensive experience working in the nonprofit, government, public, and private sectors. She is the founder, owner, and CEO of Two Suns Consulting and has dedicated her life's work to serving others, especially youth. She most recently served as the Director of Youth Programs at No Barriers, a national nonprofit.
Previous to that role, she was the State of Colorado's Healthy Schools Manager for the national nonprofit Alliance for a Healthier Generation, where she worked with high-needs districts, schools, and communities. Before expanding to Colorado, Ashley worked at Poudre School District, where she helped create, implement, and deliver an integrated and award-winning wellness program. She's also served as a National Account Coordinator, Program Manager, and Specialist for a Fortune 500 Corporate Health and Wellness provider, HealthFitness.
Ashley holds a Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership with a Specialization in Change Management and Innovation from Colorado State University. She also has a Bachelor's Degree in Health and Exercise Science with a Specialization in Health Promotion from Colorado State University. She is a certified American Council on Exercise Health Coach and Personal Trainer and is WellCoaches trained.
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If there is anything One Valley Community Foundation can do to make this session more accessible for you, please contact Jill Ellwood at jill@onevalley.org or 406-587-6262 x 20.