Book a custom workshop with our team or attend one of our public workshops below.
WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Our workshops can be remote or in person, anywhere in Canada. We will customize your workshop to your needs or you can attend one of our public workshops below. Topics could include:
Equity Approaches to Organization Policy Development
Diversifying Revenue and Increasing Sustainability: Practical Strategies for Canadian Non-Profits
Values-Based Leadership in Non-Profit Settings
Board Governance Training - Introduction and Advanced Levels
Qualitative Research Skills for Non-Profits
Grant and Proposal Writing for Success
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED WAY WINNIPEG
Diversifying Revenue and Increasing Sustainability: Practical Strategies for Canadian Nonprofits
December 4th, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
United Way Winnipeg’s Learning Centre at 580 Main Street
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In 2023, demand for services from Canadian nonprofits rose by 46.1%, while organizational capacity to meet that demand fell by 13.2% (Statistics Canada, 2024). This growing gap, alongside shifting socio-political and cultural dynamics, underscores the urgent need for nonprofits to diversify revenue streams and strengthen long-term sustainability.
This half-day, in-person workshop offers a clear snapshot of current trends affecting the nonprofit sector and introduces practical strategies that organizations can adapt to their own contexts. Participants will explore approaches such as social enterprise and self-generating revenue initiatives, strategic fund development planning, and data-driven advocacy to strengthen their competitive edge.
By the end of the session, participants will leave with both insight and practical tools to help reduce reliance on government funding while enhancing their organization’s overall sustainability and resilience.
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Examine the new realities increasing complexity for Canadian nonprofits through recent data and case studies, with attention to equity considerations and sector/regional differences.
Identify and assess practical strategies—such as social enterprises and self-generating revenue initiatives, fund development planning, and data-driven advocacy—that enable nonprofits to reduce reliance on government or grant funding and strengthen their competitive positioning.
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Board Directors, Executive Directors, CEO’s, Senior Management Team members, Directors, Program Managers and Coordinators of health, social service, education, or union sectors
Nonprofit start-ups
Students in human services (social work, psychology, nursing, health sciences, etc.)
NEW HALF-DAY IN PERSON WORKSHOP
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED WAY WINNIPEG
Values-Based Leadership in Nonprofit Settings
January 22nd, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
United Way Winnipeg’s Learning Centre at 580 Main Street.
NEW FULL-DAY IN PERSON WORKSHOP
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Values-based leadership is an approach that emphasizes authenticity, alignment, and integrity in decision-making and organizational culture. In today’s complex nonprofit environments, leaders are often called upon to navigate competing priorities, ethical dilemmas, and challenges of trust and accountability. This full-day, in-person workshop introduces participants to the core principles of values-based leadership and provides practical tools to help leaders integrate values into their daily work.
Through a mix of large group discussions, case scenarios, and small group activities, participants will explore their personal leadership stories, surface and reflect on individual and organizational values, and learn how to apply a structured Values-Based Decision-Making Matrix (VBDM) to real-world issues. The training balances theory and practice, ensuring participants leave with concrete strategies they can apply to strengthen governance, enhance trust, and model leadership rooted in shared values.
By the end of the session, participants will be better equipped to build a values-driven culture, make transparent and ethical decisions, and support alignment between personal commitments and organizational goals.
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Understand the principles of values-based leadership and why they matter in nonprofit and union contexts.
Reflect on their own leadership journeys and the role of personal values in shaping their approach.
Explore the interaction between personal and organizational values and how misalignment can be navigated.
Learn and practice using the Values-Based Decision-Making Matrix (VBDM) to assess complex decisions through the lens of values, stakeholder impact, and ethical considerations.
Identify strategies to foster a values-driven board or organizational culture rooted in trust, integrity, and respect.
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Board Directors, Executive Directors, CEO’s, Senior Management Team members, Directors, Program Managers and Coordinators of health, social service, education, or union sectors
Students in human services (social work, psychology, nursing, health sciences, etc.)
Equity Approaches to Organization Policy Development
April 22nd, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Zoom Meeting
HALF-DAY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
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Organizational policies an essential aspect of strong governance within non-profit organizations, however updating and revising them is often a low priority on the executive to-do list! Despite this, they are a crucial component to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and play a key role in an organization’s efforts to weave, diversity, equity, inclusion and decolonizing values into their work.
This half-day, virtual workshop will review contemporary trends in policy development across the non-profit sector while sharing resources and tools for leaders to begin engaging in policy development as transformative, social justice work.
Participants will leave with policy audit tools, policy templates, and other resources to support them in reviewing and updating their operational and governance policies.
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Understand the role and function of policies within non-profit environments with respect to mitigating risk and managing human, financial and other resources
Identify what policies are required by law and when, including those recently introduced by the Accessibility for Manitobans Act.
Gain awareness of equity-focused approaches to policy analysis, review and development, including tools and resources to support updating policies to reflect the complex needs of non-profit organizations.
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Board Directors, Executive Directors, CEO’s, Senior Management Team members, Directors, Program Managers and Coordinators of health, social service, education, or union sectors
Non-profit start-ups
Students in human services (social work, psychology, nursing, health sciences, etc.)