Take Your Organization to the Next Level

Do you and your staff struggle to keep up with all the demands of their organization? There’s so much work and management needed to be successful - fundraising, programs, finances, board development, staff management, and more!

The Nonprofit Operations Workshop provides the training, tools, and resources to help you run your nonprofit effectively and efficiently. This comprehensive, year-long operations training program is custom-designed for the issues and needs of executives and operations staff of small and mid-sized nonprofit organizations.

We help you create efficient day-to-day operations to prevent problems, avoid crises, and increase efficiency.

The Nonprofit Operations Workshop includes:

  • 22 hours of classroom training from experts in their fields - HR, finance, law, and nonprofit operations.

  • 3 hours of one-on-one consulting with an expert team member.

  • Tools and templates to build and secure your organization’s operational foundation.

  • A cohort group of up to 20 people from 10 organizations to collaborate, share successes, brainstorm solutions, and discuss the changing landscape via Slack and Zoom.

  • Referrals to providers offering services to help with benefits, banking, legal, insurance, hiring, and more to make your organization more efficient and effective.

CURRICULUM

Join a cohort for eleven 2-hour sessions throughout the year. Each session includes classroom instruction and Q&A time covering topics critical to nonprofit operations:

  • Board Management

    • Roles & Responsibilities for the entire board, individual members, and officers

    • Committee Charters

    • Board composition

  • HR

    • Employee Handbooks with an equity focus

    • Insurance Benefits

    • Paid Time Off

    • Retirement Plans

    • Job Charters

    • Performance Management

  • Financial Policies and Procedures

    • Organizational Budgeting for small and multi-corporate or multi-departmental

    • Grant Budgets & Project Budgets

    • Banking, Credit Cards, and Investing

    • Reading Profit & Loss statements and Balance Sheets

    • Internal Financial Controls (checks and balances)

    • Program, Fundraising, and Administrative Costs (“Functional Expenses”)

  • Legal Issues for Nonprofits

    • Nonprofit Law 101

    • Insurance Coverage

In addition to your classroom instruction, you’ll receive tools and templates to assist you in implementing the knowledge gained:

  • Comprehensive Financial Policies & Procedures for 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations

  • Grant and project budget templates

  • Financial forms

  • Employee Handbook through an equity lens

  • HR procedures and forms

  • Benefits cost comparison tool

  • And many more!

Plus

  • Recorded sessions to review while attending the workshop.

  • 3 hours of one-on-one consulting with an expert team member of your choice, including nonprofit CPAs, a nonprofit attorney, and experienced professionals in HR, board development, benefits, fundraising, and nonprofit management.

  • Slack and Zoom access to interact with your fellow attendees during and between sessions.

  • Referrals to providers offering employee benefits, retirement services, investing services, accounting, auditing and taxes, payroll, and more.

FAQs

  • All sessions are online - no time lost in commuting. The sessions will be in the afternoon EST to accommodate students from across the country. We will adjust the draft schedule to ensure there are minimal conflicts for attendees because we know how crucial the work is that you do. Each session will last for 90 minutes, followed by an optional 30 minutes of Q&A time. Most importantly, your time investment in the Nonprofit Operations Workshop will make your organization more efficient and effective.

  • Each organization will receive three hours of consulting time to be used during their workshop attendance and up to one month after their workshop attendance ends. You will submit a consulting request and we’ll send you a calendar link to easily schedule with the corresponding team member.

  • We know it’s essential to have information available to you when you need it, so we’re happy to offer recordings of the sessions during your workshop attendance. You will only have access to the recordings for 3 months after the workshop concludes.

  • We are confident that the Workshop provides exceptional quality and value. The training, tools, and templates have been developed and honed by Big Change Consulting leadership and our colleagues over decades of working in and with nonprofit organizations. There’s no need to take our word for it — check out the testimonials from our clients <link> or reach out <link> for referrals to talk to some of our clients.

  • Contact us today, and we’ll get right back to you!