North Carolina’s annual gathering of nonprofit leaders for networking, engaging speakers, and interactive sessions! This year’s conference theme is “Belonging…” We value your health and safety! The 2021 conference will continue as a virtual event, with hopes to return to...

Celebrating the Power of Our Stories The American novelist Joan Didion once wrote, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” In many ways Didion was right. Stories may not seem like a basic survival need, but our brains naturally...

Getting Back in the Zone From volunteers, to grant writers, to leadership, to human resource and everyone in between, those in the non-profit world face unique challenges when it comes to combatting managing symptoms of burnout. The Community Resiliency Model...

Metrics Matter – Utilizing Research to Drive Programming Research is tantamount to effective advocacy and impactful programming.  In order to maintain program effectiveness, organizations must evolve with the needs of those they serve, and that is impossible if they do...

When We All Get Together, What a Day of Learning It Will Be Over the last two years, the learning and action network Learning for Equity: A Network for Solutions NC (LENS-NC) has focused on increasing educational equity for low-income...

Advancing Equitable Fundraising: Partnering with Communities To Achieve Results Equity and inclusion are at the center of a nonprofit’s mission. What can nonprofits do to build strong partnerships among the communities served and donors? How does an organization expand its...

Beyond Race: DEI Tools To Use for Staff Development In this very powerful workshop, practitioners will be exposed to various tools that professionals can use to present (virtually or in-person) some of the most pertinent conversations on diversity and inclusion....

Building Equity into Your Employee Health Plan Design Societal structures exist in America that enable healthy lives for some and unhealthy lives for others. Leaders are uniquely positioned to drive social movement in the communities they serve. They are also...