Since not-for-profits have experienced a substantial and sustained downward trend in funding, the need for demand and sustainable income are increasing. We wish to provide a not-for-profit program for our members and community to help them develop organizational foundations and learn how to create additional streams of revenue that will provide them the support to better fulfill their important missions.

Causelmpact, LLC (Causelmpact) has partnered with us to implement a multi-phased program to support our Hamilton County organizations to develop successful and sustainable social enterprises.

By attending these programs (lunch-and-learns, workshops, and bootcamps), we hope our organizations can better understand fundamentals of social enterprise and investments. These will lead to the awareness of assets and best practices in identifying opportunities, development, planning, funding, and sustainability for their organizational mission and goals.

This series will be held at the Collaboration Hub – a regional, membership-based not-for-profit coworking, meeting, and event space – in a unique hybrid fashion that allows our county’s organizations maintain schedule flexibility with a digital viewing option. 

The Schedule

Below is the schedule for all programs in this series for Hamilton County. Although all dates are the current plan, these remain tentative in the event of unanticipated circumstances.

The Listed by date section is linked to registration pages and event materials. The Listed by topic section is purely informational.

Listed by date:

    • Date TBD (previously on March 22):
      • 9 – 11 a.m. | Workshop
        • Setting prices for products & services
    • March 2022 (tentative):
      • Coaching Session 3 (four one-hour sessions)
        • Not-for-profit organizational development
    • April 14, 2022:
      • 9 – 11 a.m. | Workshop
        • Selling social innovation – sales techniques for social enterprise products & services
    • April 2022 (tentative):
      • Coaching Session 4 (four one-hour sessions)
        • Not-for-profit organizational development
    • May 5 – 6, 2022:
      • 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Two day Boot Camp
        • Social enterprise

Listed by topic:

  • Board member rights, responsibilities & best practices:
    • Hub Hour (Oct. 26, 2021 | 12 – 1 p.m.)
  • Crisis communications:
    • ½ day workshop (Dec. 3, 2021 | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Coaching Session 1:
    • Four one-hour sessions (January 2022; tentative)
  • Coaching Session 2:
    • Four one-hour sessions (February 2022; tentative)
  • Coaching Session 3:
    • Four one-hour sessions (March 2022; tentative)
  • Coaching Session 4:
    • Four one-hour sessions (April 2022; tentative)
  • Why strategy? An overview of how strategic thinking can make your organization stronger:
    • Lunch-and-learn (Dec. 3, 2021 | 12 – 1 p.m.)
  • Zero-based strategic planning, building from the ground up to change the world:
    • ½ day workshop (Dec. 14, 2021 | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Vision to action, using data and dashboards to make your organization more nimble, efficient, and effective:
    • Virtual workshop (Jan. 20, 2022 | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Social enterprise 101:
    • Lunch-and-learn (Feb. 1, 2022 | 12 – 1 p.m.)
  • Effective market research:
    • ½ day workshop (Feb. 24, 2022 | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Setting prices for products & services:
    • ½ day workshop (date TBD | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Selling social innovation – sales techniques for social enterprise products & services:
    • ½ day workshop (April 14, 2022 | 9 – 11 a.m.)
  • Social Enterprise Boot Camp:
    • Two day boot camp (May 5 – 6 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Email CollaborationHub@cicf.org for your opportunity to become a member of the Collaboration Hub, a not-for-profit space created just for our Central Indiana communities!

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