Through the Mastermind Program we help educational nonprofit leaders explore and embrace the knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to manage sustainable businesses, deliver meaningful programs, and prepare for valuable partnership opportunities. This easy to use workbook is designed to help you organize and prepare for funding to achieve your mission.
Here you’ll find a series of prompts and exercises to help identify and articulate personal values, organizational goals, desirable leadership qualities, brand message, program impact, and partnership opportunities.
The guiding questions are perfect for individual reflection and journaling, and can be used for board planning and team visioning workshops. Once completed, you’ll have the rationale and language to begin conversations with funders and other stakeholders.
Each section includes:
Big Idea: Explains what each essential is, why it’s important and how it helps build better nonprofits
Key Concepts: Includes important words and phrases
Prompts: Open-ended and provocative questions that inspire discovery of the big idea
Task: An activity that reinforces the big idea and supports development of an executive summary
Resources: Examples, templates, videos and other media that support the big idea
The workbook is organized around 7 professional service-learning essentials:
Self-Reflection, Meaningful Service, Servant Leadership, Inquiry and Research, Planning and Assessment, Community Partnerships, Presentation.