Executive Director Confab! Fall 2025

501 Commons is excited to be partnering with Incite! Consulting to bring this professional development opportunity to you. The training is ideal for new nonprofit executive directors and those who have been on the job for a while but still need support (due to no orientation, lack of job structure, and strained relationship with the board/board chair). We are limiting registration to 25 participants.

There will be five two-hour virtual sessions and an in-person capstone session.

Self-care and Time Management

Thursday, September 4 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PT)

Success as a nonprofit leader starts with you. How you spend your time, whom you spend your time with, strategically managing your calendar, and prioritizing critical work. We’ll work together to craft a schedule that works for you to accomplish your best work at work and home.

Staff and Volunteer Coaching

Thursday, September 18 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PT)

Delegation as a form of leadership is the topic of discussion today. Holding effective – and energizing – team huddles. The agenda for an actionable one-on-one staff or volunteer meeting. Coaching up and coaching out. You’ll leave with tools to shift the workload to everyone involved with your organization.

Board – Director Relations and Board Development

Thursday, October 2 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PT)

Hear the sounds of a tango? The board-executive director dance and developing the board is one if not THE most important aspects of serving as a nonprofit executive. With stats that say that you’ll only stay 18-24 months if this relationship sours, digging deep into your role as a dance partner is critical. I’ll share some “to-do's and not to-do’s” from my time in the field.

Fundraising and Community Outreach

Thursday, October 16 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PT)

You’re the chief rainmaker and the face of your organization! You need to build relationships to raise money and awareness and build credibility in your community. Daily. The best way to accomplish this is by managing your calendar (there’s that time management thing again) and to curate a story bank of successes.

Succession Planning and Systems for Success

Thursday, October 30 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (PT)

People. We all leave. Whether that means retirement, a new opportunity, or burnout, we still need to leave the joint healthier than we found it. We’ll discuss templates and planning systems that help sort out the work that must be done and systems to create efficiencies while you’re there and help sort out the work that must be done, and systems to create efficiencies while you’re there and as you’re transitioning. You’ll also receive tools to start conversations with your board about their succession planning!

Session Capstone (location TBD, centrally located in WA state)

Thursday & Friday, November 13 - 14, 2025

We’re coming together to celebrate your wins and progress during this five-part series! During our time together, each session participant will have a chance to share with their peer’s mini case study: an area you choose to dig deep in, key learnings, and habits that you’re changing or learning to become a more effective leader.

Presenter/Coach/Consultant: Kari Anderson, Principal Incite! Consulting

Kari Anderson - Nonprofit wrangler. Board border collie. Professional people herder. Some of the titles nonprofit maven Kari Anderson wears running Incite! Consulting, a boutique coaching and consulting practice. What's her niche? Building nonprofits up. From the inside out. A Montana native, Kari is based in Coeur d’Alene, ID and Jackson, WY. She brings the office and toolkit to her client and works with nonprofits to support people, increase revenues and rethink strategies to move missions forward.

Fee:

$1,099 per person for EDs at nonprofits with revenues > $1M/year

$899 per person for EDs at nonprofits with revenues < $1M/year

Includes:

• Five two-hour virtual sessions

• Attendance at in-person capstone session

• Workbooks and action items between monthly sessions

• One hour of additional coaching/consulting with Incite! Consulting during 2025

• Opportunity to present at capstone, November 13 - 14, 2025 (location TBD)

All participants are required to pay the total fee, and the costs for lodging and meals.

Host or Publisher 501 Commons