Arizona Nonprofit + Grantmaker Conference

Intercultural Creativity® for NonProfit: The Ace Up Your Sleeve for the Future of Work

Speaker: Genein Letford

Advance Your Breakthrough, Avoid the Breakdown

Speaker: Dr. Roderick Logan, Senior Faculty with the Arizona Trauma Institute

When you think about you, your work, and your workplace, do you feel liberated and empowered, or do you feel fatigued and overwhelmed? Are there seasons when it seems there is a wall between you and where you are wanting to go. Is there a sense of desperation inside you that is hoping for a breakthrough, but you fear a breakdown is more likely? Dr. Roderick Logan, Senior Faculty with the Arizona Trauma Institute, will share a simple but profound idea that many have reported has helped them to regain their momentum and renew their mission.

Strengthening Volunteer & Board Engagement

Speaker: Ben Burke

Be the Chief Storytelling Officer for Your Brand

Speaker: Matthew Clyde, IDEAS Collide

Whether you run a large non-profit or starting to get your idea off the ground, we all have a compelling story to tell. This session, ‘How to be the Chief Storytelling Officer for Your Brand,’ will arm you with strategies and tactics to embody the traits and mindset of a Chief Storytelling Officer (CSO). The proven framework will inspire you and your essential stakeholders, members, supporters, investors, and advocates to action. In addition, this informative and interactive discussion will also include practical examples and steps where you will workshop your brand story and content.

Using the 3P’s to Create Innovative Solutions

Speaker: Kevin Holt

In this workshop, you will learn how a team-size group can use the “3Ps” to do a better job of thinking together when creating an innovative solution to a problem or a new or improved product or service. The first P is to use proven PROCESSES, both group processes, like the nominal group technique, and task processes, like the jobs-to-be-done method for identifying innovation opportunities and analogical thinking for generating creative ideas. The second P has to do with new collaboration PLATFORMS, like collaborative workspaces and combining electronic brainstorming technology and AI tools like ChatGPT. (Electronic brainstorming technology was largely developed by the University of Arizona and IBM.) The third P is about PEOPLE–using a meeting facilitator to help assemble a team of people who have the needed knowledge and to manage the meeting. In this workshop, you’re going to have the opportunity to apply what you learn. Some of the PROCESSES you learn will be mapped to the electronic brainstorming PLATFORM, which the workshop group will use to brainstorm a solution to a problem that is common to nonprofits. Remember to bring your laptop so you can participate!

Creative Reflective Leadership: Improve Self-Awareness & Authenticity

Speaker: Genein Letford

Being able to understand yourself is an integral part of understanding and leading others.Improving reflective practices that develop self-awareness and emotional regulation is now acritical skill in this VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) environment.Learn how to develop your self-awareness so you can better understand how others see youand better align your actions with your intentions. In this course you will learn tangiblestrategies for reflective and creative leadership.

Successes and Challenges of Using Trust-Based Philanthropy

Speakers: Panel

Being able to understand yourself is an integral part of understanding and leading others.Improving reflective practices that develop self-awareness and emotional regulation is now acritical skill in this VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) environment.Learn how to develop your self-awareness so you can better understand how others see youand better align your actions with your intentions. In this course you will learn tangiblestrategies for reflective and creative leadership.

Love the Ones You’re With

Speaker: Kim Madrigal

Perennial Differentiation

Speaker: Emily Soccorsy

Being different is a necessity in the crowded, noisy world we live in. While every brand is unique, few are able to confidently express what makes them different. Brands that can express their uniqueness to their defined audience and can create memorable experiences are the ones that remain in the heart and mind long after you’ve left the room. Differentiation includes the key disciplines of articulating your differentiators, knowing your audience, designing your customer experience and owning your brand category.

MORE SESSIONS TO COME!