(Note: This session is exclusively for groups affiliated with Virginia Organizing.)

Learn how and why to create a compelling strategic communications plan to strengthen your fundraising efforts and beyond. This workshop will help participants get organized as they plan communications to maximize support and efficiency. We’ll discuss leading practices in fundraising communications, explore how these same principles can be applied to other areas of nonprofit management that need marketing and PR support, consider which channels to use and why, and outline how to create a strategic marketing plan that works for your organization.

Developing leadership skills and building leadership capacity within your organization can feel challenging, especially when navigating limited hierarchical structures. This comprehensive leadership development program will equip you with practical strategies to grow as a leader, cultivate leadership in others, and create sustainable leadership pathways that strengthen your entire organization.

Please join Angela Fontaine on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 for this 2 hour workshop to learn:

• How to develop as a leader within your organization, regardless of your current position or title
• Effective strategies for developing others as leaders and fostering leadership potential in your team
• How to establish a leadership pipeline that ensures continuity and growth within your organization
• Practical approaches for leading from where you are-maximizing your influence and impact within existing organizational structures

This session addresses the shift in workplace dynamics that comes with leadership.

Participants will explore how to set boundaries, maintain credibility, and lead with confidence. The training includes tools for effective communication, navigating difficult conversations, and fostering accountability. Emphasis is placed on practical leadership behaviors that build trust and team motivation.

This session addresses the shift in workplace dynamics that comes with leadership.

Participants will explore how to set boundaries, maintain credibility, and lead with confidence. The training includes tools for effective communication, navigating difficult conversations, and fostering accountability. Emphasis is placed on practical leadership behaviors that build trust and team motivation.

Are you struggling with the tension caused by generational differences in your workplace? Is it challenging to get your team to value each other’s perspectives?

This workshop will share strategies to help your teams be more effective at respecting each other and empowering every team member despite generational differences.

This workshop will help:

• Define each generation and identify the perspectives that shape their engagement with the workplace
• Uncover strategies for understanding and harnessing the unique motivations of each generation
• Discover practical methods for engaging and empowering team members across generations
• Master the art of creating collaboration between different generations

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Please note that:

• This workshop will take place online. 
• Please bring your experience to share and your curiosity for learning more. Our trainers work to create an interactive learning environment for all participants. For this reason, use of video is recommended where possible. 
• We will be recording this workshop. Participants will receive a copy of the trainer's presentation and other relevant resources. 

The legal landscape for nonprofits is shifting—are you prepared? From evolving policies to unexpected challenges, staying ahead requires knowledge, strategy, and adaptability. This program will equip you with the tools to confidently navigate legal uncertainties, analyze the impact of policy changes, and develop proactive strategies to safeguard your mission.

Through interactive discussions, participants will gain valuable insights to strengthen resilience, ensure compliance, and navigate legal complexities with confidence.

Join us on Wednesday, April 23rd for this dynamic session, offered exclusively for Virginia Organizing affiliated organizations!

Tracking impact and using the data you collect can feel complicated and daunting. The innovative Strategic Impact Map helps you set up straightforward and practical evaluation of the success of your programs, helps you communicate why what you are doing is important, and links the immediate impact patrons get from library programs with the system-level impacts you know are most important.

During this 2-hour workshop, you'll learn:

• What a Strategic Impact Map is and how it helps libraries and social sector partners identify the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of success.
• How to go about starting to create your own Strategic Impact Map (all participants also receive the Strategic Impact Map How-to Guide and templates!) 
• Learn how a Strategic Impact Map sets you up for telling your most powerful impact stories to staff, donors, and other stakeholders

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Please note that:

• This workshop will take place online. 
• Please bring your experience to share and your curiosity for learning more. Our trainers work to create an interactive learning environment for all participants. For this reason, use of video is recommended where possible. 
• We will be recording this workshop. Participants will receive a copy of the trainer's presentation and other relevant resources