Building Stable Resources in Tough Economic Times
A Strength-based Approach to Finding Resources
that are Hiding in Plain Sight
Let's be honest:
Funding right now is scary. Relying on funding sources that feel less and less reliable has a lot of people worried.
There is an alternative. It's not about competing better for scarce resources.
It's about seeing what you already have to build upon - resources that are hiding in plain sight - that no one can take away from you.
Between threats to government funding and threats to clamp down on foundations...
Between the uncertainty of the stock market and the overall uncertainty of these politically unsettling times...
Nonprofits need approaches to funding that reduce our dependency on forces we cannot control.
- Would you like small steps you can try - with BIG impact - while you're waiting for your other resourcing efforts to bear fruit?
- Are you curious to think about resources in a whole new way - one that is rooted in the things that bring stability to EVERYTHING in our lives?
- Are you hoping to find a more strength-based approach for resourcing your work?
What is this Webinar? Who is it for?
This webinar is for anyone looking for more consistent, stable, and sustainable resources for your projects and programs.
The class will introduce you to a strength-based approach to resources - the economic principle of Collective Enoughness, that "together we have everything we need."
The class will briefly review the brain science and economics of why standard fundraising approaches reinforce scarcity, and what will create more stable resource streams.
Then you will immediately put that theory into practice.
Seeing resources in a whole new way, you will immediately begin identifying new sources of resources for whatever you want to do.
Whether you've been doing fundraising for decades or you are brand now to this work...
What You'll Learn:
- Aha’s that will allow you to retrain your brain, to see resources that have been there all along
- Steps you can take right now, to immediately find new resources for anything you are trying to accomplish - things you can do while you're waiting for grants to be approved or for donors to make decisions.
- The brain science and economics of WHY traditional approaches keep you on the fundraising hamster wheel (and what WILL get you off that vicious cycle).
- How to identify assets and resources you already have to build upon - even if you think "we've got nothing"
- How small changes to what you’re currently doing can create big results
- Why scarcity, competition, and dependency on government and foundation grants PREVENT us from accessing our creativity and wisdom (hint: it's all rooted in brain science!)
- Real-world examples you can use as a model for your own efforts
- How to turn “things you can try” into systems that create repeatable results
- Bust the myths of sustainability we've all been taught - and learn what really does sustain your work
- How sharing resources helps you build community while building resources
- And much more!
How It Works (And What this Learning Opportunity Includes)...
This webinar uses a "flipped classroom" approach - providing the content ahead of time, so that you have time to absorb the material at your own pace. We find this makes the live portion of the webinar far more effective, as you have slow time to think about the material and formulate questions at your own pace. The content includes everything listed below.
Then on June 10, we will get together for a full 2 hours of Q&A and discussion, answering your questions about applying the material directly to your own work. The live portion will be recorded and provided to you in both video and audio-only, in the event you'd like to listen while you work out or during your commute.
After the webinar, you will have the open invitation to ask Hildy any quick questions that arise while you are putting what you learned into practice. And that invitation extends FOREVER!
Here's what you'll get...
• 1 hour of video classes to watch at your own pace, taught by instructors who practice strength-based resourcing and Collective Enoughness in every aspect of their daily lives.
• Study Guide with worksheets and thought-starters, to help embed your learning, while you watch or as a “quiz” after you’ve finished.
• Copies of key slides from the videos
• Additional readings - articles sharing examples of this approach in action in a variety of settings
After watching the videos and working with the worksheets, a 2-hour live Q&A session for discussion, stories, reflections, and exploring what is possible for applying the material to your own life and work. The live discussion will be recorded in both video and audio, for you to listen / watch again.
The live discussion will happen via Zoom on June 10, 2025 at 1pm Eastern time / 12noon Central time / 11am Mountain time / 10am Pacific time.
Our faculty will answer any question that can be answered in just a few minutes, to help as you implement what you learned AFTER the session. And yes, when we say "forever," we mean it!
Tuition
In the spirit of Collective Enoughness - that together we have everything we need - YOU will determine the tuition for this webinar!
On the registration form, you’ll see a suggested tuition. You will also see the ability to choose a different amount that is entirely up to you.
“No less than you believe it’s worth,
and no more than you can afford.”
~ Gayle Valeriote, founding board member, Creating the Future
No one will be turned away.
Because we never want money to stand between you and learning approaches that will help to create a more humane, healthy future for our world.
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