The Board Academy is a three-hour workshop providing knowledge and skills to current board and staff members, and community members who wish to serve on a nonprofit board. Through an engaging presentation and interactive role-playing, participants learn a board member’s responsibilities and how these responsibilities relate to others within the organization. The Board Academy workshop […]

Join us for a day of learning about:  Operations!  From Accounting to Cybersecurity, Operational Tips and Pitfalls and Strategic Planning, we all have questions about whether we are managing our nonprofit business to the best standards.  Learn from and connect with local experts as we explore critical operational issues in invoices and accounting, use of […]

New Executive Roundtables are held quarterly the first Tuesday of the month in January, April, July, and October for CNE leaders on the job less than 5 years. It is a great way to connect you with your cohort and discuss the unique challenges that come with leading NP work.  Come for a lunch and […]

Leaders today face a landscape of continuous change, fear, and uncertainty. Now more than ever, many leaders and managers are feeling stuck – especially if they’re in the dreaded “middle”- that is, supervising teams, being supervised by boards or individuals, and having to make rationale, sound decisions in challenging environments. Often these managers find themselves […]

Collaboration is key to the success of our nonprofit ecosystem. Using the model of Coordinated Community Response, we can identify areas of shared need, program overlap, and collaborative approach. None of us want to be terminally unique, so let's start the process of finding ways to work together to achieve our individual missions. This will […]

Executive Roundtables will be held quarterly the first Tuesday in February, May, August and November for CNE member organization leaders.  Come for a snack, and enjoy a directed conversation on essential topics you have identified and time for sharing and problem solving. RSVP Here for Q2

Need to better demonstrate your effectiveness? Looking for unique ways to tell your story? Searching tips on turning numbers into meaningful reports? Join Dr. David Diehl and Dr. Kim Wiley from Family, Youth and Community Sciences at UF and learn how program evaluation and data analysis can improve your reporting, grant applications, and marketing.

This is a HYBRID meeting with a Zoom option that will be emailed.

Nonprofit 101 is an opportunity to discuss the ins and out of staring a nonprofit.  Should you start a nonprofit?  How do I find a partner in the work I would like to do?  What are the steps to I need to take?  Discuss all this and more in a recorded Zoom format.  Held quarterly […]

Join us for a dynamic training focused on proactive processes. This session is designed to help individuals and teams shift their mindset and approach from reactive problem-solving to proactive planning and execution. The goal is to develop skills that prevent issues from arising rather than merely addressing them after they occur.