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We are looking forward to connecting with you soon through our upcoming CommUniversity and CommUnity  virtual sessions.  Be sure to check back often and keep an eye on our social media for updates about exact dates, times and other details!

Virtual CommUniversity Sessions

  • Building and Sustaining Strong Boards of Directors for Strong Organizations
    April 9, with 2020-21 Nonprofit Board Leadership Course graduate students, Kelvin Alfaro and Mary Beth Collins. Check out the recording of this session HERE.

  • Former and Current YALI Mandela Fellows' Community Efforts in Africa
    May 7th, 8:30 a.m. with Dorothy Mayne, Mary Beth Collins, and YALI Mandela Fellows. Click here for the event flyer.

  • How Can Design Thinking and Social Innovation Concepts Help in the COVID-19 Era
    May 12th, 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. with Jeff Snell, Michelle Kwasny, Javier Soto, and Lauren Usher.
    Watch a recording of the event by clicking on the video below! Click here for the transcript.

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  • "Funding and Social Change" Considerations In Uncertain Times
    TBD - *Co-hosted with the Wisconsin Philanthropy Network​

  • Do We Need to Form a New Nonprofit Organization, and If So, What's the Process?
    TBD - with Mary Beth Collins and guests.

  • "Where Mission Meets Advocacy" in the Face of COVID-19
    TBD - *Co-hosted with WisNRG partners from across Wisconsin. 

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  • Youth-Serving Organizations
    April 14th, 8:30 a.m.

  • Community Centers and Basic Needs Organizations
    April 16th, 8:30 a.m. 

  • Global Partners
    April 21st, 8:30 a.m.

  • Funders
    April 23rd, 8:30 a.m.
    *This discussion will be co-hosted with the Wisconsin Philanthropy Network; all are welcome to join the discussion on the role and approaches of Funders in the COVID19 Era

  • Environmental and Healthy Community Organizations
    April 28th, 8:30 a.m.

  • Preparing our Students, Graduates, and Next Generation of Change Agents for Next Steps in their Careers and Missions in the COVID19 Era
    April 30th, 5 to 7 p.m. 

CommUnity Conversations

 

These events bring together front-line practitioners, thought leaders, and learners to share about current challenges and opportunities, in the following subject-matter groups. Dates are subject to change, so check back often and keep an eye on our social media accounts. CommUnity Conversations are co-hosted by UW-Extension Organizational and Leadership Development Program.

  • A conversation on "how failure can be the best teacher"
    TBD - with "Failing Forward on the Road to Social Impact" filmmaker Kate Robinson 

  • Strategies and Lessons Learned: Community-Engaged Learning and Research from Nonprofit and Community Studies Campus Centers
    TBD - with ARNOVA colleagues

  • The Corporate World and Philanthropy: Trends and Opportunities
    TBD

  • Celebrities as Change Agents and Funders 
    TBD

  • Affiliate Book Talks
    TBD - hear about some of the latest publication of CommNS affiliates and how their work relates to pressing issues in the sector! 

  • Telling the Story of Community Responses, Civil Society Efforts, and Nonprofit Organizations in the COVID19 Era
    TBD

  • The CommNS Nonprofit and Community Leadership Certificate Program
    TBD - exploring how to best prepare and support high impact change agents in Wisconsin and the World 

Special Topics Podcasts and Broadcasts

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