Transform systems. Drive results.

Poorly run meetings cost communities time, momentum and accountability. This course equips the staff who run your meetings, coalitions and working groups with Results-Based Facilitation, a structured method for moving discussions from talk to action through clear decision-making and shared accountability.  

In 5 sessions over 12 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• Facilitators equipped to run more productive, action-oriented meetings and working groups across your organization 

• A repeatable framework for turning discussion into decisions, with clear ownership and accountability for results 

• Practical self- and team-awareness tools, including an MBTI personality assessment, that help staff communicate more effectively across differences 

•  Practice with methods and approaches your team can build on over time, extending the training’s value beyond the course itself  

Sustainable improvements in outcomes for a community require shifting the structures, policies and mindsets that create gaps in opportunity, not just addressing symptoms. This course prepares staff and partners leading systems change work to drive change that lasts, so every person in your community is better served.

In 3 sessions over 6 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• Leaders equipped to identify and address the structural and policy-level factors driving unequal outcomes in your community​ 

• A shared framework for examining how your organization’s own beliefs and practices may contribute to the problem, reducing blind spots that undermine your strategies 

• Practical, tested strategies for leading change at the personal, interpersonal and systemic levels — building durable capacity instead of one-time fixes 

Leading through complex systems demands more than technical expertise. It requires the ability to navigate uncertainty, respond to resistance and adjust course without losing sight of the goal. This course builds adaptive leadership competency: the skills and habits leaders need to guide their organizations with clarity and resilience under pressure. This course is designed for leaders and emerging leaders carrying that responsibility. 

In 3 sessions over 6 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• Leaders trained and practiced in applying adaptive leadership principles to real organizational challenges 

• The ability to tell technical problems apart from adaptive challenges, and respond to each the right way, so effort doesn’t go toward the wrong solution
• Habits for leading through ambiguity, so change holds even when the path isn’t clear

Improving outcomes for a community requires expanding access and removing the barriers standing in the way. This course equips the staff responsible for driving those outcomes with a disciplined process for identifying and prioritizing the strategies most likely to produce results. 

In 3 sessions over 6 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• A structured method for identifying the factors contributing to a problem, then analyzing and prioritizing which strategies to pursue 

• Shared language and alignment across your team on the issue at hand, reducing miscommunication and duplicated effort 

• A set of identified strategies ready for your team to implement after the course 

No single organization can solve community-level problems alone. Collaborative Improvement™ is StriveTogether’s proven approach for aligning multiple organizations, including schools, nonprofits, employers and local government, around a shared goal. This cross-sector effort produces measurable change rather than duplicated work. 

This course introduces the eight steps of the Collaborative Improvement process and the tools your team will use to apply it. It’s designed for organizations and communities looking to strengthen their ability to collaborate, including those new to place-based partnership work. 

In 5 sessions over 12 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• A defined target population, desired result and structure for measuring progress toward the goal 

• A shared process for identifying root causes behind a problem and strategies that directly address them 

• Practical tools and techniques for putting collaborative improvement into practice 

• Direct experience applying the process to an outcome or condition your organization is working to improve 

• Exposure to how other communities are applying collaborative improvement to their own outcomes 

• A deeper understanding of how collaborative improvement supports lasting systems change 

Data-driven decision-making requires more than access to data — it requires a strategy for using it well. This course prepares your team to shape and implement a data strategy grounded in community knowledge and expertise, paired with the continuous improvement skills needed to test, learn and adjust over time. The offering is designed for organizations looking to strengthen data-driven decision-making. 

In 3 sessions over 6 weeks, your organization will gain: 

• The ability to put a community-centered data strategy into practice
• Staff skilled across the full arc of data in action — collecting and analyzing data, engaging partners to apply insights, and communicating results and impact to stakeholders 
• An approach to using data to guide policy decisions that make a difference