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Upcoming events and webinars
The Matrix Map: Applying 15 Years of Insights To Today’s Nonprofit Realities
In today’s turbulent funding environment, financial stability and community needs can feel like they’re pulling your nonprofit in opposite directions. The Matrix Map was built to bring you back to center. Using a simple visual framework, the Matrix Map places impact and finances side by side to demystify the relationship between them — building clarity about which programs and strategies to prioritize. Over the past 15 years, thousands of nonprofits have used the Matrix Map to identify organizational risks and opportunities, help board members engage with key financial and strategic issues, and make informed decisions grounded in both impact and profitability.
In this webinar, Spectrum Principal Steve Zimmerman will reunite with Matrix Map co-creator Jan Masaoka to reflect on what they’ve learned and how the framework can guide nonprofit decision-making today.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of how to:
- Use the Matrix Map to get a holistic view of both your impact and your finances
- Equip board members and staff to be more effective financial leaders
- Follow your impact and finances to greater sustainability
Past Events and Webinars
Nonprofit Finance Pulse Check: What the Data Tells Us
Nonprofit leaders are working harder than ever to bring in revenue. But as funding strategies grow, so does financial complexity, making confident decision-making even more challenging. Drawing on recent industry data, including results from Spectrum’s 2026 Nonprofit Finance Pulse Check, this webinar explores a pattern emerging across the sector. Financial pressures are prompting organizations to add new revenue, creating complexity that strains already lean finance, operations, and HR teams and reduces financial clarity. While leaders are resilient and generally prepared, they are increasingly clear that what they need isn’t more revenue ideas, but better, forward-looking financial insight.
Built for nonprofit executives, finance and operations leaders, and board members, this webinar will unpack:
- What the survey data reveals about revenue pressure, complexity, and burnout across the sector
- Why revenue diversification isn’t always delivering the resilience it promises, and what to consider instead
- The hidden costs of financial complexity on finance, operations, and HR teams
- Key metrics and tools to help your organization gain financial clarity, evaluate your business model, and navigate organizational change.
A Conversation on Preparing vs. Planning for 2026
In this 45-minute webinar, Spectrum Principal Steve Zimmerman will introduce scenario positioning — a flexible framework that works with, not against, your “what-ifs.” Unlike traditional planning, scenario positioning helps leaders adapt swiftly and strategically to changing conditions while keeping every part of the organization aligned. From navigating funding shifts to determining the future of key programs, this conversation will equip you to meet turbulence with confidence — and prepare your team to take on what’s ahead.
Learn how to apply scenario positioning to your 2026 planning by:
- Assessing your organization’s strengths, vulnerabilities, and strategic levers
- Anticipating multiple possible futures
- Acting quickly and decisively when change arrives or plans shift
A Conversation on Strengthening Culture and Aligning Impact Through Uncertainty
As nonprofit teams today face profound pressures—from a perilous funding landscape to growing burnout—how can leaders bolster organizational cohesion and resilience? Join Strategy Consultant Samantha Maldonado for a conversation about what it takes to keep teams moving forward in uncertain times. Through this 45-minute webinar, you will:
- Explore the “why” and the “how” of investing in culture from both the nonprofit and funder perspective.
- Learn how real nonprofits are addressing funding cuts and DEI-related orders with their teams.
- Gain tools and tips for leading with empathy, navigating DEI shifts, and building an inclusive culture that supports both your people and your mission.
A Conversation on Nonprofit Funding
Managing the ups and downs of nonprofit funding can feel overwhelming, especially when you don’t know whether you can still count on federal dollars. Join Strategy Consultant Maggie Corry as she outlines how to assess your organization’s revenue strategy to generate income more effectively — with insights from Executive Director Catherine Shugrue dos Santos (Fresh Youth Initiatives, New York City) on how they’re approaching revenue generation this year.
The 2024 Nonprofit Playbook: Aligning People and Purpose
Spectrum Strategy Consultant Samantha Maldonado will lead a discussion on:
- Strategies to engage and align your staff, board, and mission
- The role of people-based assessments in team development
- How to foster an inclusive culture for greater success
This free webinar is designed for nonprofit leaders who want to build effective, purpose-driven teams.
The 2024 Nonprofit Playbook: Governance
Strategy Consultants Maggie Corry and Shelly Schnupp provide an overview of several nonprofit governance models that go beyond the typical fiduciary responsibilities.
2023 Webinar Series: The True Cost of Nonprofit Programming
Principal Steve Zimmerman provides an overview of how to allocate shared and administrative costs amongst an organization’s programs and details their importance for nonprofit sustainability and budgeting.
2023 Webinar Series: Setting Your Board Up for Success
Strategy Consultant Shelly Schnupp facilitated a conversation with Executive Director Jennifer Bolger of Milwaukee Riverkeeper and Board Member Yvonne McCaskill of Northwest Side Community Development Corporation to discuss how they fostered a strategic culture with their boards.
2023 Webinar Series: How To Build A More Strategic Culture
Strategy Consultant Maggie Corry chats with Maggey Opplinger of Florentine Opera and Mike Mitchell of CelticMKE about the methods they used to develop a more strategically minded organization.
The Nimble Nonprofit: Funding a Sustainable Future
Strategy Consultant Maggie Corry walks us through several strategies to generate sustainable revenue that is aligned with your organization’s impact.
The Nimble Nonprofit: Uncovering Your Impact
Strategy Consultant Shelly Schnupp provides an overview of how leaders can leverage their organization’s intended impact statement to develop an impact strategy and to improve programming.
The Nimble Nonprofit: Staying Strategic in Changing Times
Principal Steve Zimmerman is joined by CEOs Chris Her-Xiong of Hmong American Peace Academy, Clarence Johnson of Wisconsin Community Services, Inc., and Angie Moellering of Lutheran Social Services of Indiana for a conversation on how to remain strategic during uncertainty.
Alabama Association of Nonprofit Leadership – Financial Leadership
Principal Steve Zimmerman provides an overview of the tenets of financial leadership.
Rethinking Your Organizational Model to Ensure Agility (Maine Association of Nonprofits)
The nonprofit organizational model and its influence on strategy.
Fiscal Strategy Clinic (Hoffman Haas Fellowship)
An in-person seminar on financial literacy and sustainability.
2021 Leadership Conference (Nonprofit Leadership Center)
Annual leadership conference for nonprofits within the Tampa Bay area.
2021 Nebraska Nonprofit Conference (Nonprofit Association of the Midlands)
Annual conference for Nebraska-based nonprofit organizations.
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