Planting Seeds to Grow Community: Strengthening Connection and Capacity
Join us for Nonprofit Lift’s spring workshop, “Planting Seeds to Grow Community: Strengthening Connection and Capacity” on Wednesday, May 27th from 1pm-4pm:
“Join us for this opportunity to work collaboratively on the next chapter of shaping a shared vision for a resilient, connected nonprofit sector in Greater Milwaukee. This interactive workshop aims to move nonprofits, funders, and consultants from collective understanding to real commitment to action for building local nonprofit capacity.
This workshop will build on the outcomes of our November nonprofit leaders and consultants workshops and incorporate input from our recent meeting with approximately 20 funders who serve the Greater Milwaukee community. During the funder session, a rich discussion about key themes from November led funders to organize into cohorts for further collaboration, identify aligned work already underway, and take next steps on new opportunities. Representatives from local foundations will share additional information about this at this May workshop.
The collective work completed so far will serve as the foundation for activities led by facilitators Angie Asa-Lovstad and Jill List from ASA Facilitation. Through in-depth discussion and collaborative exercises, this 3-hour session will yield concrete commitments for next steps.
Nonprofit Lift and the Nonprofit Management Fund invite nonprofit leaders (executive staff and board directors), nonprofit consultants, and funders who serve the Greater Milwaukee community to participate.
Agenda
Doors open! Connection before content
- 12:30pm: Join us early for connection and networking before we start right at 1:00pm.
See, Explore, Evaluate, Do (SEED) convening
- 1:00pm-1:45pm: See – review of and reflection on nonprofit community visioning work previously done, framing the full arc of these nonprofit community convenings.
- 1:45pm-2:30pm: Explore – cross-sector table conversations to connect our collective knowledge and individual experiences and surface current themes impacting our nonprofit community and its capacity.
- 2:30pm-3:00pm: Evaluate – harvest collective knowledge—naming patterns, surfacing themes, and identifying progress in our nonprofit community
- 3:00pm-3:45pm: Do – discuss and “seed” the ideas that we can drive, build, or share to strengthen nonprofits and the sector that supports them.
- 3:45pm-4:00pm: Closing, wrap-up, and what’s next.
Address & Directions
Redeemer Lutheran Church: 1905 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Parking: There is a lot available behind the building off of 19th Street. There is ample street parking available as well.
The church is transit accessible to MCTS Routes Connect 1, 30 and 14. Visit www.ridemcts.com to plan your trip.
Please note: The venue is working on facility improvements to improve accessibility to the space. If you have any questions or accessibility needs, please reach out to info@nonprofitlift.org.
About Nonprofit Lift
Nonprofit Lift is committed to making capacity-building services and resources more accessible to nonprofits in the Greater Milwaukee area. These resources include a directory of almost 200 consultants specializing in advocacy, governance, marketing, and more, and a resource library of more than 150 links to articles, data, templates, trainings, and more.
Nonprofit Lift strategic partners include:
The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at UW-Milwaukee, Jobs That Help, LISC Milwaukee, the Nonprofit Management Fund, and the Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin.
Learn more at nonprofitlift.org.
About the Nonprofit Management Fund
The Nonprofit Management Fund accelerates the effectiveness of nonprofits to build strong and vibrant communities by providing capacity-building technical assistance grants to nonprofit organizations for governance planning, training, and assessment.
Since 1994, the Nonprofit Management Fund has operated as a collaboration of private funders in the metropolitan Milwaukee area. Collectively, the funders have contributed over $10 million for grants to nonprofit organizations and to implement capacity-building related initiatives.