Mission and Metrics: Cultivating Our MEAL Systems through Holistic Practices
ECHO, HOPE International, Oakland University
This interactive workshop equips practitioners with practical tools to strengthen MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) systems. Participants will be introduced to four core pillars for effective MEAL practice, developed through a global symposium and published in an ECHO whitepaper, along with a complementary framework of holistic MEAL from the new book Mission & Metrics.
Shift the Power: An Executive Table Debate
Bridgely
Every NGO Executive carries a double burden: the fiduciary duty to safeguard compliance, and the moral calling to foster true local power. But where does necessary oversight end and local paralysis begin? Join host Heather Neely for an interactive executive think-tank designed for leaders ready to lean into the friction. No lectures. No boilerplate answers. Just unfiltered, table-level debates with fellow leaders.
A Conversation on the Applications of the Global Flourishing Study
Brian Fikkert & Byron Johnson
A look at what the landmark Global Flourishing Study reveals for Christ-centered relief and development work. Full description coming soon.
Session to be announced
A fourth Programs workshop is in development — details coming soon.
Expand Your Donor Appeal Using High Impact Measurement Tools
Radiant Global Insights
Institutional-style reporting was built for compliance, not connection. Your donors are investors who want to feel their impact. This session gives executive and marketing teams new frameworks that attract donors.
AI Jumpstart: Build Your Marketing Assistant In One Hour
Dan Kennedy
For marketing and fundraising leaders ready to practically integrate AI into their workflow: build a working AI marketing assistant in Claude - live, in the room. Watch the demo, follow the steps, leave equipped. This session is for marketing, development, and executive leaders who are past curious, and ready to make AI practical in their day-to-day work. No technical background required.
US Government Foreign Assistance: Navigating in a Time of Rapid Change
Foreign Assistance Community Group & USG Senior Foreign Assistance Official To Be Announced
Full description coming soon.
Thinking in New Ways About Your Funding Model
Jon Hirst
Often we make huge assumptions about how a new program or initiative will be funded. Funding Model Innovation is often overlooked with tragic results. Learn to innovate with funding models and unlock new opportunities to expand your ministry impact. We will practically assess your current funding models, expand your view of funding model options and explore how to test different models with your new efforts.
Session to be announced
A fourth People & Operations workshop is in development — details coming soon.
When Values Don’t Travel: Closing the Gap Between What We Say and Do
The Meros Center, Chalmers Center, Orange Sky Initiatives
Mid-level leaders in Christian development organizations carry values they cannot fully enact. In this session, participants will name specific structural gaps affecting their team and leave with a diagnostic practice they can use the following week.
Measuring Spiritual Safety in Christian Spaces
The Spiritual Safety Center
Spiritual safety is protection from the harm of spiritual abuse and freedom to flourish in one's relationship with God, others, and oneself. Spiritual Safety Center Co-founders, Lianna and Abram, will share about a new validated measure for spiritual safety in a Christian community, the Spiritual Safety Survey, and how you can use it to create healthier teams and cultures that prevent spiritual abuse.
AI Tools in Nonprofit Finance: Real Examples You Can Use Today
Accord Finance Community of Practice and Hope Rises
AI tools are already showing up in nonprofit finance offices — the question is whether we're using them intentionally. In this hands-on session, finance staff from Hope Rises International will share real examples of how they are using AI to streamline reporting, build financial dashboards, improve efficiency, and take on work that used to require outside help or hours of manual effort. Whether you're already experimenting with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or something more advanced, you'll leave this session with practical ideas and a tool you can put to work right away.
AI Strategy in Practice: From Clarity to Application
Strategy & Execution Community Group
This workshop equips leaders with shared language for AI strategy, principles, policies, tools, and training, so they can discern, compare, and apply AI approaches with clarity and confidence across diverse organizational contexts.
Beyond Intention: What Global NGOs Are Learning in Disability Practice
Accord Disability Community of Practice
Explore real-world disability inclusion through global NGO case stories from diverse geographic and programmatic contexts, including education, economic development, WASH, M&E, and inclusive ministry. The session culminates in small-group discussions where participants will translate insights into practical next steps for their own agencies.
From Silos to Synergy: Growing Your Knowledge Management Maturity
Knowledge Management Community Group
Better understand how KM maturity models can help you move from siloed knowledge to collective wisdom. Hear from a variety of voices and organizations. Walk away with a personalized KM assessment plan that fits you.
Session to be announced
A fourth Innovation workshop is in development — details coming soon.
