Sara is available to present/engage on a range of topics related to the capacities of healthy organizations. Topics addressed are ever-evolving and customizable, running the gamut from broad overview to detailed treatment of specific issues, from 1-hour presentations to 3-hour workshops. The structure will depend on your needs and goals.
General Categories
Good Governance
Financial Oversight
Strategic Planning
Organizational Change
Understanding Conflict
Research & Evaluation
Effective Grantmaking
Sample Topics
Governance
Demystifying Generative Governance: A Three-Part Series
Good Boards & Good Governance: When the basics aren’t so basic…
Good Governance: Implementing Practices & Principles
Boards of Directors in Recession Mode
Understanding Boards of Directors
Management & Finance
Ready. Set. Policy!
Process Improvement in Pooling
Development v. Finance: Healthy Balance or Organizational Liability
Breaking Down the Silos: Cross-Functional Collaboration in Organizations
Planning & Strategy
Sustainability: A Way of Being
Succession Planning: Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders
Planning & Organizational Change
Understanding Strategic Planning
Living Your Mission: Making Change Happen
From Strategy to Action: Effective Implementation & Adaptability
Conflict
Conflict at Clients
Conflict in the Council Chamber: How Staff Can Help
Evaluation & Research
Evaluation: Where Mission, Planning & Accountability Unite
Finding the Value in Evaluation
Benchmarking for Success
Research Methods
Workshops
"You did a fantastic job on the Q&A and the webinar broadcast turned out fantastic.
This – for me – has been a real treat to get to work with you on this series and to learn more from you."
~ Webinar Partner
Participant Feedback
Sara was easy to listen to.
Expert qualifications and experience.
Respectful, warm, intentional
facilitator.
Sara is a very good presenter,
professional and engaging.
Sara did a very good job introducing a subject to a diverse audience.