Many recent events have collided, radically changing the landscape for nonprofits. What can you do to come out of this uncertainty and get back to serving your stakeholders well? How do you nimbly adapt and move your NPO in the best direction? This webinar was led by Nancy Cummings of Cummings Collaborative, LLC.

1. The Empowered NPO
South Lake Chamber of Commerce
May 13, 2020
9:00am
Dr. Nancy H. Cummings, EdD
Founder & President; Chief Collaborator
Cummings Collaborative, LLC

2. Agenda
• Part 1 - #TheEmpoweredNPO
• Part 2 - Remaining relevant and viable
• Q & A
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3. Part 1 - #TheEmpoweredNPO
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4. Our Mission - Collaborating to create bold solutions that
empower breakthrough innovation.
Our Vision - Empower extraordinary.
Our Core Values - Innovation. Challenge. Zeal. Integrity. Trust.
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5. #ALONETOGETHER
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6. #TheEmpoweredNPO

7. #TheEmpoweredNPO
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8. #TheEmpoweredNPO - Brief History
• First few weeks - listening, interviewing, collaborating.
• Really tense, scary times for nonprofits.
Survey closed.
Data mining
begins.
Logistics for
Online
Resource
Pages and
Online
Community
forums
discussed.
Survey for
NPO leaders
drafted.
Community
Partners join
us - 1) CFSL,
2) Clermont
Police
Department
and Chief of
Police, Chuck
Broadway.
Survey for
NPO leaders
drafted.
Conversations
continue with
NPO’s and
Cummings
Collaborative,
LLC
3) BACE
Digital LLC
joins us.
Initiative
launched by
Cummings
Collaborative.
Build Online
Community
forum and
Resource
Page.
4) Lake
County
Commissioner,
Sean Parks,
joins us.
3/17/2020 3/20/2020 3/23/2020 3/25/2020
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3/16/2020 3/19/2020 3/22/2020 3/24/2020 4/6/2020
Virtual
Conferences
and
Roundtables
begin for NPO
ED’s.
Invitations into
private forums
begin.
Survey sent to
Lake County
NPOs
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9. • “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all
the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the
times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever
you can.” ~ John Wesley
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10. • Think Big
• Start Small
• Act Now
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11. Who?
• #TheEmpoweredNPO is for NPO Leaders.
• Founding Initiative Partners - BACE Digital LLC, Clermont
Police Department, Community Foundation of South
Lake, Cummings Collaborative LLC, Lake County
Commissioner Sean Parks, Live Well Foundation of South
Lake.
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12. What?
• #TheEmpoweredNPO - you asked for 2 things…
• 1) Resources and tools to empower your best next steps.
• 2) Online community(s) to share, collaborate, brainstorm,
in a safe space.
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13. Where?
• 1) Cummings Collaborative, LLC website - Resources and
Tools.
• 2) Private online forums on LinkedIn and facebook.
(Invitation required to join these groups.)
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14. When?
• RIGHT NOW!
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15. Why?
• 1) To encourage collaboration, sharing, trust, collegiality.
• 2) Foster deep connections and relationships.
• 3) Mitigate fear and uncertainty.
• 4) Provide timely, relevant tools to guide NPO leaders to lead
well walking forward out of crisis; any crisis.
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16. Part 2 - Remaining relevant and viable
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17. SSIR (April, 2020)
• 1) Social Impact - Why do you do what you do?
• 2) Economic Viability - How do you fund what you do?
• 3) Capacity to Deliver - What supports what you do?
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18. What’s next?
• 1) There’s a new challenge - We need a new way forward
for philanthropy.
• 2) Stay true to your purpose - Refocus on what matters
most and keep your eye on your true north (Mission and
Vision - finances and organizational capacity).
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19. Resources and Tools…
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20. #ALONETOGETHER
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Nancy H. Cummings
407-720-7168
nancy@cummingscollaborative.com

21. Thank you!
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22. Q & A
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