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Public Trainings

As a nonprofit staff or board member, you want your nonprofit to thrive. Our trainings provide you with the competence, confidence, and capability you need. We offer a comprehensive curriculum on a variety of financial management and board governance topics. Our trainers are engaging and insightful experts who want to help you be the best in your role.

With Propel Nonprofits workshop and webinar trainings, you will develop practical skills, engage in strategic thinking, and build advanced management capabilities. After attending our trainings, you will understand how mission and money work together, and the important relationship between planning, strategy, and sustainability. Your organization will not only be prepared for what’s ahead but will be proactive in making changes to meet your mission.

Contract Trainings

Propel Nonprofits can provide trainings or webinars just for your organization! We work with you to adapt our trainings to your audience. You can choose from a variety of finance and board governance topics including, but not limited to, Board Roles and Responsibilities, Fundamentals of Nonprofit Finance, Financial Clarity for Boards, or Fundamentals of Nonprofit Board Governance.

Don’t see a training or webinar you are looking for? Call us and we’ll talk with you about creating a customized finance or board governance training for you. We are currently booking for winter and spring trainings and retreats. Reaching out to our team well in advance of when you’re hoping for a training is recommended so we can get you on our schedule!

To discuss scheduling a training for your organization, contact Elizabeth Appel at [email protected] or give her a call at 612.249.6829.

Note: Contract trainings are reserved for nonprofits and nonprofit leaders in Minnesota, the surrounding states, and the Native Nations that share this geography.

Fundamentals of Nonprofit Board Governance

While this training is open to all, it is designed for those new to serving on a board or those who are contemplating joining a board.

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$95
Register for Fundamentals of Nonprofit Board Governance

Managing Cash Flow

This workshop will help you anticipate and prepare for the ebb and flow of cash coming in and going out of your organization and identify ways to avoid and manage cash flow challenges.

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$70
Register for Managing Cash Flow

Fundamentals of Nonprofit Finance

This workshop is right for you if you are new to the nonprofit sector, nonprofit finance, or your position as staff or board member.

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$95
Register for Fundamentals of Nonprofit Finance

Assessing the Financial Health of Your Nonprofit Organization

In a constantly shifting nonprofit landscape, financial stability is on the forefront of everyone’s mind. Join Propel Nonprofits for a workshop designed to help nonprofit leaders assess their organization’s financial health.

This session will guide you through 10 key indicators of financial health, blending both financial metrics and leadership practices that contribute to long-term sustainability.

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$70
Register for Assessing the Financial Health of Your Nonprofit Organization

Dashboards: Making Your Data Work for You

In this webinar, we’ll discuss the purpose and use of dashboard reports, learn the components of useful dashboard reports, and share some examples.

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Free
Register for Dashboards: Making Your Data Work for You

Building an Effective Executive Director + Board Chair Partnership

We recommend the nonprofit’s executive director and board chair attend this session together to explore their critical relationship and to discuss how they will support each other in leading their organization to success.

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$95
Register for Building an Effective Executive Director + Board Chair Partnership

Fundamentals of Nonprofit Budgeting

Learn to use budgeting as another tool for you to tell the story of your organization’s plans, priorities, and aspirations.  Propel’s 10-step budgeting process will also highlight ways to engage your board as well as staff across the organization.

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$95
Register for Fundamentals of Nonprofit Budgeting

Project Budgeting for Nonprofits

Budgets are more than just numbers—they are powerful tools for planning, decision-making, and storytelling. In this training, we’ll explore how to use project budgeting not only to manage resources effectively but also to communicate your organization’s values, priorities, and aspirations.

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$70
Register for Project Budgeting for Nonprofits