The program is designed to help you – as leaders, front line staff and professionals within central Minnesota nonprofits and local units of government – better understand the concepts and tools of organizational continuous improvement, helping you to take action to improve your operations, improve your outcomes, and become stronger, more vibrant agencies.

Your nonprofit needs grants to sustain operation and local government departments need grant to provide programming, but how do you identify and apply for the right grants? In this workshop, learn from an expert about the basics of preparing for and writing a high-quality grant application.

This is an introductory-level course. This course is also being offered at the intermediate level on April 27, 2023. Learn more >

Take your grant writing to the next level and learn skills and tools for successful grant writing. This workshop will cover intermediate skills and tools for preparing and writing a high quality grant for nonprofit organizations and local government entities.

This is an intermediate-level course. This course is also being offered at the introductory level on April 26, 2023. Learn more >

This is a specialized training on both practical and legal considerations of open meeting laws and data practices. Participants will gain an understanding of these very complicated laws,  learn how to access appropriate tools, and leave with practical knowledge for working within the laws’ parameters.