WRAPAROUND SERVICES
STATE OF THE FIELD
PROGRAM ARCHIVE
2024-2025
Patterns of Opportunity:
8RES Capacity Building Services for DYCD CBOs
3 Sessions helped leaders learn about upcoming capacity-building for DYCD-funded CBOs in for 2024-2025, including A Nonprofit Trends Workshop Series, Executive / C-Suite Salons, A Cohort for New / Transitioning Executives, and more.
What's Your GQ? Generational Quotient:
Tailoring Leadership for a Multi-Generational Workforce
2 sessions focused on effectively leading staff from different generations. This session explored the characteristics, values, and work styles of various age groups, from Baby Boomers and Xs to Zs and Alphas. Leaders focused on bridging generational gaps, fostering collaboration, and adapting leadership approaches to meet the diverse needs of a multi-generational workforce.
Strategic Planning for Executives:
Essentials to Drive Organizational Direction
Two sessions focused on the fundamentals of strategic planning to equip leaders guiding the generation and management of cohesive and effective roadmaps for their organization's future. The session provided invaluable insights and tools to drive organizations forward with clarity and purpose.
Standing Out:
Differentiating Your Org through Competitive Analysis & Market Research
This session explored the importance of competitive analysis and market research for nonprofit leaders. Participants learned how to assess their organization's positioning in the nonprofit landscape, identify unique differentiators, and uncover opportunities for growth.
2023-2024
Unlock your Nonprofit Potential!
Capacity Building Info Session for DYCD CBOs
These 3 information sessions informed leaders about 8RES' organization and our capacity-building programming for DYCD-funded CBOs. The session introduced the suite of offerings that included Executive Level Workshops, Cohort Series for New and Seasoned Supervisors, and Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation Workshops, among others.
The Nonprofit Board 101:
Building and Maintaining a Strong Board
2 sessions provided nonprofit leaders with the tools and insights necessary to identify and recruit board members who bring valuable skills and diversity to their organizations. It covered best practices for creating a balanced board, defining board roles, and identifying and reaching out to potential candidates.
Partnership Power:
Understanding Strategic Partnerships
This workshop guided emerging leaders through the process of forming and sustaining strategic partnerships, engaging participants in meaningful dialogue, shared experiences. Participants defined their partnership needs, understood best practices in partnerships, and left with tools to select potential partner organizations.
Seamless Shift:
Strategies for Transitioning Volunteers to Paid Roles
This session explored approaches to converting volunteer passion into paid positions, equipping leaders with an understanding of the legal and financial considerations of hiring from a volunteer pool. Participants identified the roles and responsibilities required to transition volunteers and explored effective communication strategies to manage expectations of volunteers and current staff, creating a clear roadmap for the process.
Alliance in Action:
Executing and Evaluating Partnerships
This session explored the execution and evaluation phases of collaborative relationships, focusing on best practices for operationalizing partnerships, navigating challenges, and measuring success to ensure continual alignment and effectiveness. Leaders left with methods for ongoing monitoring and troubleshooting of partnership activities, skills for reporting outcomes and progress to stakeholders to sustain partnership strength.
