The AI Power Hour: 30 Tools in One Webinar
2026-04-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | zoom.us/j/94050021104
Course Description:
Join us for a dynamic session that dives into how marketers can harness the latest wave of AI innovation to boost creativity, speed, and impact. You’ll get a rapid tour of 30 cutting-edge tools spanning; language, video, image, and audio generation. We’ll show how AI is streamlining content creation, automating analytics, and transforming everyday workflows. Whether you’re testing the waters or ready to scale your AI capabilities, you’ll walk away energized and ready to put these technologies to work right away.

Learning Objectives:
Get grounded in the current AI landscape: Explore where today’s generative AI tools fit within marketing and which emerging players are driving the next wave of innovation.
Uncover must-try tools: Discover 30 standout AI platforms designed to boost creativity, streamline production, and elevate campaign results.
Master AI-driven efficiency: Learn how to weave automation into your marketing stack to refine targeting, scale analytics, and personalize engagement.
Anticipate the next evolution: Gain forward-looking insights into how generative AI and real-time optimization will reshape marketing strategies moving forward.

Making Volunteer Selection Objective - Building Thoughtful Criteria
2026-04-14 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/97734637107
Course Description:
Volunteers are an associations most engaged members. They regularly find the most value in their membership. Yet many associations obfuscate the process to becoming a volunteer, either relying on who they know, or creating a process that is difficult to navigate. This session will focus on how associations can better outline their process for volunteer selection to help engage more members, providing more value to both members and the association.

Learning Objectives:
Understand the value of creating volunteer selection criteria
Create potential evaluation criteria for volunteers
Develop criteria outlining both skills and competencies for volunteer roles.
Identify opportunities to remove subjective steps from their own selection process

Building an Ai-Enabled Education Program: Practical Strategies for Associations
2026-04-15 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/92126251031
Course Description:
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how education programs are designed, delivered, and scaled. For associations and mission-driven organizations, the question is no longer whether to explore AI, but how to do so thoughtfully and strategically.
This practical webinar provides a clear, non-technical look at how AI can support content creation, curation, learner engagement, and program operations. Using a real-world association case example, participants will explore lessons learned, governance considerations, and strategies for balancing innovation with risk management.
Attendees will leave with actionable ideas, a simple framework for AI adoption, and concrete steps they can begin implementing right away.

Learning Objectives:
Identify practical applications of AI across the education lifecycle, from content creation to delivery and operations.
Explain why AI is becoming strategically important for associations facing competitive and resource pressures.
Recognize key governance and risk considerations when implementing AI in education programs.
Apply a simple roadmap for AI adoption, including how to start with low-risk pilots.
Outline immediate next steps to explore AI responsibly within their organization.

Communication Killers: Why Smart C-Suite Leaders Lose Their Jobs—And How Not to Be Next
2026-04-16 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94675406323
Course Description:
You didn’t get to the top because you lack skills. But what takes down even the best association CEOs and C-suite leaders isn’t performance—it’s communication. Misread your board or misjudge your staff dynamics, and your credibility can erode fast, taking your reputation and role down with it.
This one-hour, high-intensity webinar pulls back the curtain on the silent career derailers that sideline association executives. You’ll get a candid look at how subtle missteps in messaging, tone, or alignment can turn collaboration into confrontation, and what you can do today to stop it.
Walk away with a clearer sense of how your leadership voice is heard, where it might be misfiring, and how mastering this one skill may be the reason you keep your job… or start planning your next move.

Learning Objectives:
Decode board and staff dynamics before they blow up your leadership credibility.
Adapt your communication style to defuse conflict and build trust.
Spot early warning signs that your leadership message isn’t landing—and fix it before it’s too late.

Beyond Certifications: Core Principles of Professional and Corporate Recognition Programs
2026-04-23 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/98660477341
Course Description:
Unlock the untapped potential within your association. While many organizations prioritize traditional membership benefits, recognition programs offer a powerful tool that simultaneously drives revenue, enhances member engagement, and fosters long-term industry impact. This course outlines the common best practices used across recognition programs and provides association leaders with a framework for understanding program structure and hierarchy. You’ll gain practical knowledge in developing, implementing, and maintaining certificate, certification, and company recognition programs.

Learning Objectives:
Identify key principles for developing and implementing effective recognition programs
Align recognition initiatives with the association’s mission and strategic goals
Apply best practices for marketing recognition programs to members and stakeholders
Build and nurture relationships with partner organizations to enhance program value
Understand financial implications and expectations for program sustainability
Analyze case studies to identify successful recognition strategies and common pitfalls

What's New in BC 2026 Wave 1
2026-04-23 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94761713917
This event is eligible for CPE Credit only~

Course Description:
Here is an opportunity to learn what’s new in BC.
Business Central has two major updates each year. Today you will get the highlights of what’s new in the latest release. This will cover multiple areas of BC.

Learning Objectives:
Analyze what is new in BC
Evaluate the update rollouts
Understand how to manage your update schedule

Turn Your Association Into a Growth Platform for an Entire Profession
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/93284644334
Course Description:
Association executives must rethink what business they are really in at a time when LinkedIn, AI, peer networks, and on-demand platforms like YouTube have become their members’ default teachers. This session makes the case that associations no longer compete on content or events, they compete on their ability to cultivate real-world capability, professional judgment, and trusted communities of practice. Participants will explore how learning is already happening in the flow of work, why traditional program models are losing gravity, and how forward-looking associations are redesigning themselves as living learning ecosystems that drive relevance, loyalty, and long-term impact. Executives will leave with a clear framework for identifying their association’s most critical practice gaps and a concrete experiment they can launch to begin shifting from episodic programming to continuous professional growth.

Learning Objectives:
Diagnose the real competitive threat to your association
Distinguish between a “program provider” and a “learning ecosystem”
Reframe member engagement as a learning-in-the-flow-of-work problem
Envision a next-generation role for your association

Cybersecurity in a Nutshell: A High-Level Guide for Executives
2026-05-07 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/91992885484
Course Description:
When you’re running an association, you don’t have time to get into the weeds of how every cyberattack works or why one detection tool is better than another.

All you need to know is what you’re susceptible to and how to know you’re as protected as you should be. Our session will cover:

* Your biggest threat: AI-powered financial fraud
* Outdated defenses: multi-factor authentication
* Signs you’re protected: pessimistic permissions
* Action items to delegate: 5-point framework

We’ll keep it high-level, plain-English, and practical.

Learning Objectives:
Identify AI-powered financial fraud as the primary cybersecurity threat facing associations.

Evaluate current security measures, including the limitations of multi-factor authentication.

Apply pessimistic permissions principles to assess organizational protection levels.

Implement a 5-point cybersecurity framework through appropriate delegation to staff.

CFO Financial Communications and Interactions With Boards
2026-05-21 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/91665921432
Course Description:
The relationship between a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a nonprofit’s Board of Directors is critical to the organization’s success, stability, and mission achievement. This session is designed to equip CFOs and senior finance leaders with the essential communication skills and strategic insights needed to effectively partner with, educate, and influence the board. We will explore how to move beyond basic reporting to deliver financial information that is strategic, clear, and action-oriented, helping board members fulfill their fiduciary duties. Topics will include translating complex financial statements into key organizational narratives, managing the budget process with board oversight, communicating about risk and reserves, and handling challenging questions from diverse board member backgrounds

Learning Objectives:
Adapt financial reports and presentations to meet the distinct information needs of different board committees (e.g., Finance, Audit, Investment).

Translate complex financial data into clear, concise, and compelling narratives that directly connect financial performance to the organization’s mission and strategic goals.

Facilitate productive board discussions on the annual budget, presenting it not just as a spending plan, but as a roadmap for executing strategy.

Employ best practices for anticipating and responding to challenging or technical financial questions from board members with non-financial backgrounds.

Getting Your Organization Ready for AI
2026-06-25 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/99796191995
This event is eligible for CPE Credit only~

Course Description:
We will review the foundational activities that should be taken to allow your organization to get the most out of AI. We will explore protecting your data, governance, allowed tools and other gotchas. This will be done from the perspective of running Business Central as your ERP system.

Learning Objectives:
Define what data you want to use
Discuss how to secure data
Review AI tools with a focus on CoPilot and BC Agents

Building a Culture of Inclusion Through Budgets, Financial Reporting and Communication
2026-09-22 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/92190428486
Course Description:
In this presentation we will discuss actions and tactics you can use to better connect project managers and staff with budget planning and budget building processes including adding an annual budget process assessment, engaging staff with rolling projections and looking forward, budgeting for revenue and support, special tactics for budgeting for salaries, and how decentralizing the budget building process and documenting budget assumptions is key to success. We will also discuss how creating an inclusive culture about the budgeting process is critical to the above.

Learning Objectives:

Employ tactics to better connect project managers and staff with the budgeting process.

Create an inclusive culture to facilitate a better budgeting process

Develop and document more accurate budget projections.

What's New in BC 2026 Wave 2
2026-10-20 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/91041321099

Using Pipeline Reports to Navigate Funding and Improve Sustainability
2026-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/95678306303
Course Description:
For nonprofit organizations, a robust and well-managed funding pipeline is the lifeblood of long-term sustainability. This session provides a deep dive into the creation, analysis, and strategic application of pipeline reports, which track and project incoming revenue from all sources, including grants, major gifts, individual donors, and contracts. Participants will learn how to transition from reactive fundraising to proactive financial forecasting by establishing clear pipeline stages, accurately estimating close rates, and identifying potential gaps in future funding. We will cover how to use this data not only to manage the development team but also to inform the annual budget, guide strategic decisions about program expansion, and communicate a reliable vision of financial health to the board. Mastering pipeline reporting is key to ensuring continuous operations and achieving mission impact.

Learning Objectives:

Design a Pipeline: Structure a comprehensive funding pipeline that incorporates various revenue streams (grants, individual giving, etc.) into a single, cohesive reporting system.

Forecast Revenue: Utilize pipeline metrics, such as close rates and average gift size, to generate accurate and reliable revenue forecasts for the current and subsequent fiscal years.

Identify Funding Gaps: Analyze pipeline reports to proactively identify potential shortfalls or high-risk areas in future funding and develop contingency plans.

Communicate Sustainability: Leverage pipeline reports to effectively communicate the organization’s current funding trajectory and long-term sustainability outlook to the board, staff, and external partners.
