Nonprofits & Funders

Written By Iris Patten
 

The Pivot Approach is a transparent system that coordinates data insights, funding, initiatives and interventions, community partners, citizen participation, and assessment and evaluation to solve the most challenging problems. Our system is efficient because it gives purpose and value for every decision and requires that each action makes valuable progress toward a goal. Flexibility in the way forward is a must. Spending money or providing a specific service because “we’ve always done it that way”, is no longer acceptable.

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Available Courses

ADAPTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

This course is for both FUNDERS (i.e., individual philanthropists, corporate CSR staff, foundations, community outreach staff, etc.) and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONISTS (i.e., nonprofit staff/leaders, corporate social responsibility staff, sustainability champions, etc.).

For eight (8) days this training provides structured leadership development, specifically tailored for staff responsible for identifying community or organizational problems, developing strategies to address those challenges, and implementing or funding interventions.

Participants come in with an issue, project, or organizational challenge that we work through over the course of the class demonstrating how data and structured collaboration can more quickly achieve visible results in their community.

Participants will develop core leadership competencies enabling them to confidently deliver on organizational goals.

Topics included in this session include:

 

  • Issue Processing

  • Observing and understanding the current situation, identifying patterns, and gathering data

  • Analyzing the implications of the observed patterns, understanding the underlying causes, and exploring potential impacts.

  • Impacts of my organization’s work to the broader society, stakeholders beyond those we serve, or how our success (or failure) fits into the broader ecosystem of life.

  • Strategy development, Goal setting

  • Using data to guide implementation strategies, understanding and setting metrics that benefit your org and those that you impact

  • Active Listening

  • Empathy Mapping

  • The Edge of Disruption: Being okay with trying a new approach

  • Building (partner) networks from the ground up

  • Trust, building strong internal teams

  • How to share your (proverbial) sandbox!

  • Impact evaluation, empowerment and ownership

  • How to communicate, interpersonal skills,

  • Adaptability and flexibility, transforming obstacles

  • Mindfulness

  • Taking action, decision-making, metrics tracking

  • Assessment and evaluation, Continuous learning and improvement

  • Reflective Journaling

  • Feedback Loop

 

Additional Details

COURSE TYPE: Non-Technical

DELIVERY: Live-Virtual or In-Person

HOURS: 24 hours (M-Th, 3 hours per day, for two weeks)

PRE-REQUISITES:

None

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