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🍁 Our October newsletter is here!Catch up on the latest programs, partnerships, and leadership-development work happenin...
10/16/2026

🍁 Our October newsletter is here!

Catch up on the latest programs, partnerships, and leadership-development work happening in communities and on campus.

Take a look at this month’s edition by visiting the link below!

📝 Leading through complexity takes more than a procedural solution. It requires an adaptive approach.During an interacti...
10/12/2026

📝 Leading through complexity takes more than a procedural solution. It requires an adaptive approach.

During an interactive workshop with Augusta University School of Public Health, faculty and leaders explored complex institutional challenges, worked through competing priorities, and participated in peer-coaching circles.

Participants left with small, actionable experiments designed to turn their insights into meaningful progress.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to such an engaging and thoughtful session!

Ready to take your nonprofit leadership to the next level? Applications are open for the  2027 Executive Leadership Prog...
10/07/2026

Ready to take your nonprofit leadership to the next level? Applications are open for the 2027 Executive Leadership Program for Nonprofit Organizations (ELPNO)!

Join nonprofit leaders for an immersive week of professional growth, practical learning, and meaningful connections. Space is limited, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply early!

📅 January 10–15, 2027
📍 Athens, Georgia
🔗 Apply using the link below!

✨Change may be inevitable, but strong leadership can help teams navigate it with confidence.Earlier this month, faculty ...
10/05/2026

✨Change may be inevitable, but strong leadership can help teams navigate it with confidence.

Earlier this month, faculty members Brendan and Emily led Piedmont Newton Hospital’s “Navigating the Unknown: Leading Through Change” retreat, bringing participants together to strengthen their skills, build connections, and prepare to lead through uncertainty.

💡Interested in bringing a similar leadership development experience to your organization? Email us at [email protected] to start the conversation.

Creating greater economic stability takes a regional effort. 🤝We recently joined nearly 60 nonprofit leaders, employers,...
10/02/2026

Creating greater economic stability takes a regional effort. 🤝

We recently joined nearly 60 nonprofit leaders, employers, and public agency representatives for the kickoff of United Way of Northeast Georgia’s ALICE initiative. ALICE, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, represents working households that earn above the federal poverty level but still struggle to afford necessities.

As consultants for the initiative, our nonprofit team will help examine the services and policies supporting economic stability and mobility across the region and conduct focus groups to gather community perspectives.

Fall is bringing fresh opportunities for learning, connection, and leadership growth across Georgia. 🍂From engaging conv...
09/30/2026

Fall is bringing fresh opportunities for learning, connection, and leadership growth across Georgia. 🍂

From engaging conversations and hands-on learning to relationships built along the way, we spent the month helping communities and organizations strengthen leadership and move ideas forward.

- Smarr County Management & Leadership Development Program (MLDP)
- Youth Lead Georgia: Columbus Session
- Pulaski County Grant Accelerator Workshop
- Leadership Colquitt: Opening Retreat
- Georgia Possible Session Two

Take a look at some of the people and moments that made September meaningful. ✨

✨ The next generation of leaders keeps stepping forward, and we are honored to be part of their journey!Earlier this mon...
09/28/2026

✨ The next generation of leaders keeps stepping forward, and we are honored to be part of their journey!

Earlier this month, Jay Edwards and Brandy Walker facilitated two sessions at Darlington School’s Student Leadership Retreat. Students completed the Real Colors personality assessment and participated in interactive activities designed to strengthen self-awareness, communication, teamwork, and collaboration.

Thank you, Darlington School, for hosting us and inviting us to invest in your student leaders! 📚

🐾The Grant Accelerator Workshop Series is a cohort-based capacity-building initiative delivered in partnership with the ...
09/24/2026

🐾The Grant Accelerator Workshop Series is a cohort-based capacity-building initiative delivered in partnership with the Archway Partnership. By bringing University of Georgia resources directly into local communities, the program helps rural municipalities, nonprofits, and civic leaders turn pressing community needs into competitive, fundable projects.

Through a structured four-part curriculum, participants learn to navigate public and private funding databases, align local priorities with grantmaker guidelines, develop clear logic models and evaluation frameworks, craft compelling proposal narratives, build line-item budgets, and form sustainable multi-sector coalitions. These interactive sessions equip community leaders with the skills and connections needed to secure funding and create lasting impact.

✨We facilitated cohort sessions in Hart, Pulaski, and Newton counties, as well as a separate one-time session in Colquitt County.

The Youth Lead Georgia 2026 cohort made a splash during its third session in Columbus! 🌊The cohort kicked things off by ...
09/18/2026

The Youth Lead Georgia 2026 cohort made a splash during its third session in Columbus! 🌊

The cohort kicked things off by rafting the Chattahoochee River before diving into leadership development activities. Beyond the river, participants explored leadership in action across the Columbus community.

At WC Bradley Co., cohort members connected with local business leaders and heard their perspectives during a leadership panel. The experience concluded at Columbus State University with a hands-on aerodynamics activity at the Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center and a tour of the Communication Department at Columbus State University, including a visit to the 88.5 FM WCUG Cougar Radio station.

Thank you to our speakers and community partners for giving these young leaders an unforgettable look at the people, organizations, and opportunities shaping the state.

Did you miss what we’ve been up to? Don’t stay in the dark! 🙈Take a look back at last month’s highlights, updates, event...
09/16/2026

Did you miss what we’ve been up to? Don’t stay in the dark! 🙈

Take a look back at last month’s highlights, updates, events, helpful resources, and more in our latest newsletter. Click the link below to catch up!

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