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What it is

Leadership United is a comprehensive community leadership and board development program of United Way of Central Indiana offered each year from September through May. During the nine-month term, participants commit to approximately 10 business days of training, or roughly one day per month. That translates to an impressive 75 hours of leadership and board development training.

Areas of Concentration

• Leadership development retreats: Participate in full-day learning experiences centered around interactive activities, group problem solving, team building and evaluation.
• Community issues workshops: Discuss community issues in Central Indiana relevant to United Way’s areas of impact: Education, Income, Health and Basic Needs.
• Board education: Learn from experts in the field of leadership and board development, then serve as an intern for a local nonprofit board.

How You Can Benefit

• Gain perspective about our community, its most urgent areas of need, and the effective ways the nonprofit sector, including United Way, is helping.
• Develop the skills to become an effective nonprofit board member with the capacity to affect future outcomes and make meaningful, lasting change in Central Indiana.
• Learn about the mission and impact of United Way and form a personal relationship with United Way of Central Indiana.
  
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What it is

The Nonprofit Learning Center offers learning opportunities for nonprofit leadership and staff to grow their skills, their knowledge, and their impact. To achieve our vision in which ALL our community residents' needs are met, we offer NLC services to ANY nonprofit organization serving in Central Indiana.

The NLC provides practical, affordable learning opportunities through:

• Workshops led by expert facilitators addressing the most relevant and challenging issues facing nonprofit organizations
• Referrals to reliable and ethical consultants
• Recommended articles, books, websites and other resources to help organizations improve their operations and increase their impact

Upcoming Opportunities

The Nonprofit Learning Center has launched a series of trainings geared towards a variety of topics around nonprofit management and community impact. Register below for August. Exact dates and facilitators are being confirmed for future meetings:

August 14, 2019
Logic Model Workshop
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September 2019
Diversity, Inclusion & Staffing

October 2019
Storytelling

November 2019
Donor Engagement

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What it is

Immersive Learning Experiences are powerful, experiential opportunities designed to deepen our understanding of complex issues that exist in our local community. By participating in an immersive learning experience, community members walk in the shoes of a neighbor, a fellow citizen struggling for self-sufficiency and a better life. Our programs focus on education about the issue at a local level, facing the issue through a virtual experience and then debriefing as a group to share our perspectives with others.

Immersive Learning Experiences

How You (or your company) Can Benefit

• Gain perspective about our community, its most urgent areas of need, and the effective ways the nonprofit sector, including United Way, is helping.
• Develops deeper understanding and helps initiate discussion of daily struggles for those living in challenging circumstances.
• When we explore our own behavior we are better able to create change through advocacy, giving, volunteering and generating conversations that can transform systems.

Corporate Benefits

• Corporate Social Responsibility activity that is experiential and meaningful
• Unique team-building experience -- Helps to develop empathy among participants
• Diversity and inclusion training
• Community engagement opportunity