Current Offerings
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When the Piggy Bank Feels Empty – Strategic and Strengths-Based Fund Development Planning
Thursday, September 4th l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
Thursday, October 2nd l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
Thursday, October 30th l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
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Program Evaluation Made Simple
Thursday, September 11 l 10 - 12:30 MT
Thursday, October 9 l 10 - 12:30 MT
Thursday, November 6 l 10 - 12:30 MT
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This sh!t is hard! Navigating leadership, decision-making, and radical reimagination
Friday, October 31st l 10:00 - 1:00 MT
Friday, November 21st l 10:00 - 1:00 MT
Friday, December 5th l 10:00 - 1:00 MT
When the Piggy Bank Feels Empty – Strategic and Strengths-Based Fund Development Planning
If you are an executive director, development director, or other staff person responsible for fundraising for your organization, you know that 2025 has been a WEIRD year for fundraising. Whether or not your organization has been directly impacted by changes in the federal funding landscape, the reduction of federal dollars flowing into the social change sector— along with diminishing individual, foundation, and corporate donations—has created funding vacuums for many organizations. If you are finding that your organization is in need of more creative approaches to fund development planning—this training series is for you!
Over the course of three, 3-hour virtual trainings, we will:
Explore and establish your organization’s financial baseline - What’s been happening with your revenue and expenses this year? How sustainable are you in the current environment?
Reaffirm or reevaluate your organization’s unique value proposition (UVP) – Why do you do what you do in the way that you do it? Does your work still uniquely meet community needs?
Discuss band-aid solutions and how to avoid them - Are you relying on quick fixes that are only temporary solutions? We can help you find a better approach.
Explore strengths-based approaches to revenue diversification – What might work for YOU and your organization?
Help you build a fund development plan that leverages your strengths and highlights the unique value of your organization—and that is grounded in a spirit of abundance – Are you ready to strengthen your organization’s long-term sustainability?
In addition to learning alongside a consistent cohort and delving into content developed specifically to help fundraisers meet this moment, you will receive up to four hours of individual technical assistance and coaching from experts at Point b(e) Strategies. You can use the time to talk through fundraising strategies, receive feedback on your fund development plan, and/or experience coaching from a seasoned fundraiser or other executive.
You will leave this training series with a better understanding of your organization’s financial situation, clarity on how your organization’s UVP impacts fundraising, a clear fund development plan, and new strengths-based strategies to ramp up your fundraising.
Session DatesThursday, September 4, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
Thursday, October 2, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
Thursday, October 30, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
*All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom
the Facilitation teamJulia Alvarez l she/her l CEO & Founder
Meghan Camp l she/her l Chief Strategy Officer
Early Bird Register before July 31st $3,200 l Full Price Register after July 31st $3,500
Program Evaluation Made Simple
This hands-on training is designed for nonprofit professionals who want to strengthen their skills in program evaluation—from beginning to end. Participants will learn what evaluation is and why it matters, explore the principles of culturally responsive evaluation, and walk away with a theory of change, a logic model, and a practical evaluation plan tailored to their own program. Participants will also understand various tools and techniques for collecting, analyzing, and telling their story in meaningful ways that support continuous learning and accountability.
At the end of this training, you’ll be equipped to do the following:
Understand what program evaluation is and why organizations do it
Consider key elements of culturally responsive evaluations
Develop a theory of change statement and logic model for your program
Create an evaluation plan for your program
Identify different data collection tools and methods
Create a data collection tool for your program
Understand strategies for analyzing your data and sharing the results
In addition to learning alongside a consistent cohort, you will receive up to six hours of individualized technical assistance to support in the development of your own logic model, evaluation plan, tools, and more. Each participant will receive two hours of technical assistance between each training session. The sessions are as follows:
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR EVALUATION: Thursday, September 4, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
UNDERSTANDING DATA COLLECTION TOOLS AND STRATEGIES: Thursday, October 2, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
ANALYZING DATA AND TELLING YOUR STORY: Thursday, October 30, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
the Facilitation teamNancy Zuercher l she/her l Director of Evaluation
Melanie Tsuchida l she/her l Senior Managing Catalyst
Early Bird Register before August 7th, $3,200 l Full Price Register after August 7th $3,500
All session will be held virtually via Zoom.
This Sh!t is Hard! Navigating Leadership, Decision-Making, and Radical Reimagination
Y’all, I knew 2025 would be a doozy for social change leaders, but I certainly didn’t know just how bonkers it would be! The policy, programmatic, and funding landscapes seem to change in the blink of an eye, the employment landscape has been just as volatile, access to financial resources remains unpredictable, and still community needs continue to grow. As usual, the nonprofit sector is being asked to do impossible things, and organizational leaders are showing up with grit, resilience, patience, and grace. This sh!t is hard—but it’s also presenting an opportunity for a new world to emerge from this one. What would it look like to provide leadership that results in a radically reimagined approach to social change?
If you are an organizational leader who is looking for a community of support and opportunities for tangible skill-building, join us for this three-part workshop series where we will:
Dig into your leadership superpowers and explore how you can leverage those superpowers to continue leading authentically
Explore the needs of your staff, board, and community, and think through meaningful ways to meet those needs through your approach to leadership
Deepen your understanding of values-based and appropriately inclusive decision-making
Identify and discuss the impacts of decision-making—from disappointment and disagreement to relief and trust
Examine internal communication structures at your organization—what’s helping and what’s hindering?
Create opportunities for radical reimagination of your work and the sector as a whole through leadership, decision-making, and communication
In addition to these highly informative sessions—where you’ll learn and grow with a cohort of peers—you will receive up to four hours of individualized coaching from the Point b(e) Strategies team. Coaching sessions can be used to help you tackle your most pressing challenges, to troubleshoot specific decisions, to discuss communication plans, or for any other reason! We can’t wait to co-create a different future for all of us!
Session DatesFriday, October 31, 2025 l 10:00am - 1:00pm MT
Friday, November 21, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
Friday, December 5, 2025 l 1:00 - 4:00 MT
*All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom
the Facilitation team
Julia Alvarez l she/her l CEO & Founder
Danny Alvarez l they/them l Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Early Bird Register before September 26th $3,000 l Full Price Register after September 26th $3,200
AccommodationsIf you require specific accommodations (for example, receiving screen reader-friendly versions of learning materials ahead of time, more breaks, or extra processing time), please notify us at registration so that we can do our best to meet your needs.
All trainings are facilitated in English.