Investing in Staff Development: Empowering Your Team for Success

This interactive workshop dives deep into the importance of staff development for nonprofits in 2025. You’ll gain crucial insights into the evolving skills landscape and learn how to identify the specific areas where your team needs the most support. Through practical activities and discussions, you’ll explore a range of development strategies; including training programs, mentorship opportunities, and professional development resources. Ultimately, you’ll leave the workshop with a roadmap for creating a customized staff development plan that empowers your team and fuels your organization’s success.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify the key skills and knowledge needed for nonprofits to thrive in the current environment.
• Develop a framework for assessing your team’s current skillset and development needs.
• Explore diverse staff development strategies to address identified gaps.
• Create a cost-effective and sustainable staff development plan for your organization.
• Evaluate the impact of staff development initiatives on team performance and organizational goals.

Nonprofit Austin reserves the right to postpone this opportunity if there is not adequate registration.

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More about our facilitator:

Sheila Armitage is a trusted advisor for nonprofit leaders seeking to enhance their leadership skills, organizational performance, and impact. As a leadership development facilitator and executive coach, she brings extensive experience working with Fortune 10 companies, small businesses, public sector organizations, and nonprofits. Sheila specializes in improving leadership effectiveness, crafting strategic initiatives, and cultivating resilience, agility, and collaboration within teams and organizations. Her resilience model and assessment programs are designed to increase agility and address the challenges of stress and talent turnover.

Sheila’s diverse experience includes collaborations with organizations like the HE Butt Foundation, Ascension Healthcare, City of Austin, Texas Water Development Board, IBM, and Dell. She has presented her insights at conferences such as South by Southwest and Women in Engineering. Committed to community service, Sheila actively engages in nonprofit activities and serves on boards including Dripping Springs Service Dogs, Red Arena, and The Austin Community Fund – Women’s Fund.