Board Workshops Series
Olio's Board Workshops are designed to help boards build, not just manage, their organizations. We use Human-Centered Design to provide a focused space for generating creative, mission-driven ideas that lead to tangible outcomes.
at a Glance
| Duration: | Kickstarter (60-90 min) vs. Deep Dive (2.5-4 hours) |
| Best for: | Board members looking to move beyond the status quo to co-create a culture that is collaborative, purposeful, and accountable. |
| Core Benefits: | Our workshops give your board the tools to craft their own solutions and build a sustainable vision for the future. |
Overview: Why This Workshop Matters
Human-Centered Design can help your board go from managing the organization to truly building it. Our workshops focus on helping you solve the right problems by using a process that is grounded in direct feedback from leaders and other stakeholders. By moving beyond traditional lecture formats, we help you build your board's capacity from the inside out.
What to Expect: Our Human-Centered Approach
Each session is a hands-on experience that empowers your board to collaboratively design more effective, inclusive, and engaging experiences. We believe that by teaching your board these methods, they can continue to utilize and recycle them over time.
Key Activities: We'll guide you through a series of facilitated exercises, including empathy mapping, interactive data review, and collaborative prototyping.
How We Do It: We use a process rooted in inclusive co-creation, encouraging empathy-driven problem-solving and an iterative approach to growth and change.
Example Outcome: You'll leave with a refined set of tools and a detailed, co-created action plan for sustainable change.
Workshop Topics
Choose the topic that best fits your board's needs:
The Board's Role in Fundraising: Build confidence and practice skills for engaging with donors.
Prototyping a Culture of Engagement: Co-create new practices to improve participation and accountability.
Ideating for Impact in the Next Five Years: Spark visionary thinking and generate actionable ideas to inform strategic planning.
Co-Designing Your Board Experience: Collaboratively design a more effective, inclusive, and engaging experience for your board.
Example Takeaways
Depending on the workshop topic, participants will walk away with a differing set of tools and action plans for sustainable change, such as:
A personal value proposition for fundraising.
A comprehensive "Team Charter" with new engagement practices.
A designated "Culture Champion" to steward new practices.
Refined concepts for key opportunities to inform future strategic planning.
