How will you build resilience?
Cultivate resilience together
in this interactive course
for nonprofit leaders
Four consecutive Thursdays for 2-hours at a time.
Stay tuned for our next offering.
designed and facilitated by
Susan Howlett
and David Westerlund
You know many people count on you to deliver on multiple fronts, and you wonder how you’ll stay grounded, confident, and inspiring when you’re struggling with uncertainty yourself.
This four-part course offers you the opportunity to discover, create, and practice strategies that result in increased personal and organizational resilience in challenging times.
Hands-on exercises and interactive conversations with other leaders on the same path will equip you to navigate the shifting landscape ahead.
This course is for you
if you want to:
Create powerful virtual engagement with others that energizes
Invest in relationships that are essential to your health and your nonprofit’s
Explore complex leadership issues in a confidential, trust-filled environment
Bring your whole self - vulnerable and imperfect - to the conversations
By the end of this course
you will have:
Amy Lee Derenthal,
Executive Director
Senior Center,
West Seattle
David and Susan have two different styles, personalities, and teaching methods and they fit perfectly together. I got what I needed from being around other smart leaders who felt comfortable sharing and learning from each other. If you’re looking for tools to help with resilience you'll find them here!
Vicci Hilty,
Executive Director
Domestic Violence Services
of Snohomish County
Everett, WA
Honestly I think we all need this right now during the pandemic. It’s caused a lot of stress within our agency and in all of our lives. So to have the tools that we need is really important for me as I help with my staff and my family. I thoroughly enjoyed the class. Every day when I stepped back, I walked away feeling better with some new tools in my toolbelt that I was able to use immediately with my team and my family. It’s been a beautiful thing. I highly recommend taking this course!
Brent Mason
Executive Director
Foss Waterway Seaport
Tacoma, WA
David and Susan gave us tools to use in our professional lives and our personal lives. They helped us all feel safe and we realized that we were not alone. The variety of activities we engaged in meant it wasn’t just content being spewed at us. It felt like we were on a weekend retreat, where we had the chance to bond with other great colleagues.
Developed Personal Resilience
Developed and refined personal practices that foster resilience
Improved Organizational Resilience
Identified strategies for increasing organizational resilience
Practiced New Tools for Richer Engagement
Practiced exercises to promote richer engagement virtually
Co-created a Community of Practice
Co-created a community of practice that supports you during and after the course
Intentionally designed for
leaders who want to lean in
Skilled facilitators will help you identify your biggest challenges and discover simple, no-cost ways to address them as we solve problems and tap into hidden resources, using
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guided personal reflection
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carefully crafted group conversations that build deep connections
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new virtual tools and resources
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time for making plans to bring it all to life in your world
What's unique about our virtual course?
This is NOT a Webinar.
This course is highly engaging, interactive course in real time, with an intimate cohort of nonprofit leaders
We're Going Deep.
If you want to cultivate the resilience of your nonprofit, it's critical that you cultivate your own resilience.
There is so much changing and in flux in the world right now. Now is an opportune time to examine our mindset, and choose growth over stagnancy.
We're creating a cohort of accountability so that you can take clear action to develop your personal and organizational resilience.
Stay tuned for our future offerings of this course.
Past cohorts
Cohort #1 October 2020
Cohort #2 January 2021
Meet Our Team
Susan and David design and facilitate virtual, real-time, workshops, courses, and retreats that amplify engagement to unlock hidden resources within individuals and organizations.
Susan Howlett
Susan has been strengthening nonprofits for over 40 years, as a board member, development director, executive director, and consultant to thousands of nonprofits across the continent. Author of two award-winning books (Getting Funded: The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals, now in its 6th edition, and Boards on Fire: Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully), Susan has also been lead faculty in the University of Washington’s year-long certificate in Fundraising Management Program since 1990. Longtime leader in professional associations, she facilitates dozens of board retreats each year and speaks, trains, and consults nationally, known for offering practical solutions to thorny problems, delivered with humor, stories, and chocolate.
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David Westerlund
David delights in listening to the aspirations of leaders and helping them unlock hidden resources by facilitating meaningful engagement. This unleashes innovation, and leads to resilient, supportive, joyful, and agile workplace cultures that allow organizations to have greater momentum and impact towards their mission. His work as a consultant, facilitator, and coach is informed by the philosophy and practice of Liberating Structures and Applied Improvisation, both of which amplify our ability to connect and build trust. He believes that in order to solve the complex problems we are facing we must be collaborative and intentionally develop skills of presence, agility, and creativity. He worked in the non-profit sector for 15 years and continues to serve nonprofits. His clients include: United Way of King County, PeaceHealth, Skagit Valley College Foundation, Non-GMO Project, Bastyr University, Catholic Community Services, and the USDept of Agricutlure’s Center for Training and Development. He currently serves on the board for AFP/AdvancementNW.