Upcoming Webinars & Workshops
We are dedicated to connecting grantees with relevant, affordable, and diverse resources to help their organization's growth and development. Check out the upcoming webinar and workshop opportunities below. This page is updated weekly, so check back regularly for added opportunities. Click the accordion menu to expand additional information for each session.
August 2026
8/10-13 | Ask the Expert
Hosted four times per year, Ask the Expert connects nonprofits with BVU’s network of skills-based volunteers to help you make a bigger difference! Choose from over 20 hour-long virtual sessions where you will connect one-on-one with a subject matter expert in marketing, fundraising, HR, technology, or another specialty. Get advice, answers and recommendations that you can implement right away. Ask the Expert is FREE to attend for all nonprofit organizations. Once live, sessions can be found at the registration link below.
Host Provider: Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)
Date: August 10-13, 2026
Time: Various
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free
8/19 | Advanced Board Trainings: Succession Planning
Virtual Advanced Board Trainings are designed to go beyond the learnings of our signature Role of the Board event, with each webinar highlighting expert board insights from our senior staff. This 90-minute webinar is designed to help nonprofit boards build the strategies and structures needed to navigate leadership change with confidence. From identifying future leaders to creating a roadmap that protects your organization’s mission, this session will give board members and executives practical tools they can put to work right away. Don’t leave succession to chance – register today and invest in the long-term strength of your organization.
Host Provider: Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: Free-$50
September 2026
9/10 | Small-Shop Fundraising: Punch Above Your Weight
America’s nonprofits are overwhelmingly small: Nearly 60 percent of charities raise less than $50,000 annually, and 97 percent have budgets under $5 million. Yet supporters often focus only on the largest organizations, which have more visibility and resources to invest in outreach. Join us to learn ideas and tactics that smaller shops can adapt from the giants to capture donors’ attention and supercharge fundraising.
Can’t attend live? Register now and access the full recording on demand after the webinar. An email with a link to the recording will be sent to you the day after the event.
Host Provider: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: $69-$89
9/16 | Quarterly Creative Summit, Presented with Collide: Cuyahoga Falls!
Join ArtsNow and Collide: Cuyahoga Falls for a special Quarterly Creative Summit!
These gatherings bring together artists, arts and culture organizations, community partners, and supporters to share updates, build relationships, and explore how arts, culture, and creativity strengthen the quality of life across our region. Each session offers a balance of learning, conversation, and dedicated time to connect with peers and collaborators.
Learn more about Collide: Cuyahoga Falls and join us on the 16th!
Host Provider: ArtsNow
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: The Business Commons of Cuyahoga Falls (111 Stow Ave. Suite 200)
Cost: $0-$17.85
9/17 | Succession for Key Roles: Make a Plan
Most nonprofits know they should have a succession plan. Far fewer have one in writing. When a key staff member leaves, steps away temporarily, or is suddenly unavailable, the challenge is rarely limited to filling a position. Leaders can find themselves scrambling for passwords, donor histories, operational know-how, and key information that has never been documented.
That vulnerability can show up anywhere in the organization, not just in the CEO role. Without a plan, even routine staffing changes can slow programs, delay reporting, disrupt funder relationships, and create gaps in critical financial or operational processes.
Join this 75-minute webinar to learn from expert speakers who bring both a practical succession-planning process and real-world examples.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify the roles, knowledge, and relationships that would be hardest to keep moving if one person left or stepped away
- Decide what information to document first and how to build backup coverage into existing workflows
- Prepare staff and board leaders to maintain stability when a transition happens
- Plus, you’ll get practical tools and examples you can adapt — and see how the process can help your organization clarify roles, close gaps, and identify where responsibilities may need to shift before a transition happens.
Can’t attend live? Register now and access the full recording on demand after the webinar. An email with a link to the recording will be sent to you the day after the event.
Host Provider: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: $69-$89
9/24 | Running a Successful Midlevel Giving Program
Midlevel donors — typically those who give $1,000 to $10,000 a year — often fall through the cracks as fundraisers focus on annual and major donors instead. But that can be a costly mistake: These supporters bring in 30 to 50 percent of annual fundraising revenue at many nonprofits. Plus, they tend to be more loyal than other donors and often give major and planned gifts over time, when cultivated well.
How can you build a strong midlevel giving program and boost the bottom line?
Join us to get practical advice from our expert guests. They’ll walk through key steps to take when getting started, explain how to staff the program even with a limited budget, and share key ways to secure buy-in from your leaders and team to prioritize midlevel giving.
Plus, they’ll explain how to find more of these donors, use data to better understand them, and communicate with them in personalized ways, so you can give this valuable group special treatment without spending too much.
You’ll also receive tips on how to use AI and other tech tools to streamline this work, including automation techniques on a budget.
You’ll learn:
- How – and why – to weave midlevel giving into your broader fundraising strategy instead of treating it separately
- Ways to build trust with donors and strengthen ties
- How to track results and adapt if something isn’t working
Can’t attend live? Register now and access the full recording on demand after the webinar. An email with a link to the recording will be sent to you the day after the event.
Host Provider: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: Virtual
Cost: $69-$89
9/24 | Assessing Your Organization's Strategy and Structure in a Changing Environment
Most nonprofits today are running strategies and operating models that were designed for conditions that have already shifted… sometimes in obvious ways, often more quietly. When the environment moves faster than the design, the gap between intent and impact widens. Strategies stop guiding. Structures stop carrying the work. Effort goes up. Results don’t.
This seminar offers nonprofit leaders a practical, high-level lens for assessing whether their current strategy and operating model are designed for each other, and for the world they’re actually in. Through examples and patterns from across the sector, we’ll look at what causes the drift, where the gaps tend to open up first, and what some nonprofits are starting to do differently in response.
Practical, not theoretical. Come away with a sharper read on your own organization and a clearer sense of what to pay attention to next.
Host Provider: Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU)
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 8:30-10:00 am
Location: MAGNET (1800 E 63rd St, Cleveland OH 44103)
Cost: $50/$100
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