Save the Date - November Nonprofit Learning Series

About the Nonprofit Learning Series 
The Nonprofit Learning Series is a program of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Impact Initiative, offered in partnership with University of Wisconsin–Green Bay’s Nonprofit Education & Development Network. This series offers free, in-depth virtual learning opportunities focused on practical tools and strategies to support nonprofit executive directors, staff, board members, and volunteers in their everyday work.  

Who Can Participate?  
This virtual learning series is available and offered at no cost to nonprofits serving Brown, Kewaunee & Oconto Counties. Registration is limited to support meaningful engagement and discussion, with priority given to nonprofits that primarily serve these counties.   

November Learning Series

• Date & Time: November 5 & 12 (12 PM – 1 PM CT)
• Capacity Building Topic: Governance & Boards
• Series: No Ask, No Problem: Fundraising Roles for Every Board Member
• Description: Many board members join a nonprofit because they care about the mission, not because they want to ask friends for money. Yet fundraising becomes one of their biggest expectations, frustrating staff and volunteers alike. This interactive workshop helps nonprofit leaders rethink board fundraising, starting with recruiting and onboarding the right members and continuing through engaging every board member in meaningful, non-ask fundraising roles. Designed for organizations of all sizes, including those with limited staff capacity and rural communities, it will focus on realistic, relationship-centered strategies. Participants will leave with a customizable Board Fundraising Engagement Matrix and a between-session assessment to build toward an actionable plan.
• Participant Learning Outcomes:
  • Understand what motivates today's board members to become engaged in fundraising.
  • Match fundraising activities to each board member's interests, skills, and comfort level.
  • Create meaningful fundraising roles beyond making the ask.
  • Equip board members with practical, confidence-building opportunities to support philanthropy.
  • Develop an action plan to increase board engagement that fits their organization's size, capacity, and community.
• Presenter Bio: Susan Kahan is a Chicago-based fundraising strategist, frequent speaker, and the Founder and Principal of Sapphire Fundraising Specialists, now celebrating five years in business. With more than 15 years of nonprofit experience spanning major gifts, mid-level donors, planned giving, capital campaigns, and fundraising strategy, Susan has raised tens of millions of dollars and held hundreds of donor meetings over her career. She helps nonprofit leaders navigate generational change, strengthen donor relationships, and make strategic decisions, including growth and potential mergers, with clarity and confidence. Susan also serves on the board of Beber Camp, an overnight summer camp in Wisconsin, where she puts her fundraising expertise to work directly at the board level, the same lens she brings to this session.

How to Register 
To request a spot in this learning series, please complete the registration request form here: Registration Request Form.   

Registration & Confirmation 
This calendar event is a placeholder to help you reserve the series dates. Submitting a registration request does not guarantee participation. All applicants will receive an email confirming whether they have been selected to participate or placed on a waitlist. Confirmed participants will receive a separate calendar invite with the Microsoft Teams meeting link prior to the first session.