Training - IAC Bermuda

IAC provides services that strengthen programmes, organisations and leaders. See what opportunities are currently available. IAC endeavors to offer all IAC members training at a rate that is subsidized between 60 and 80%. Visit our Membership Pag e to learn more.

Advanced Supervision in the Healing Professions

Supervisors and managers with advanced skills in supervision will build on previous training to support the continued development of existing competencies. The training will explore wider system issues, the client and agency in the delivery of supervision, and will include reflective learning tasks, practical examples and demonstrations.

This is a joint partnership with Solstice.

An Introduction to Social Enterprise: Advancing Your Nonprofit Mission Through Enterprising Business Opportunities

As nonprofits seek to create sustainable funding sources and diversify their revenue, this 1-day workshop will provide you with the space better understand social enterprise and guide you in exploring and evaluating alternative revenue opportunities. Participants will learn a four-phase process, explore ideas and opportunities, and leave with a feasibility assessment plan. We recommend 2 participants per nonprofit attend to allow for collaborative brainstorming.

Led by Suzanne Smith, MBA. Suzanne is the foundation and CEO of Social Impact Architects, a social impact consulting firm with expertise in delivering nonprofit consulting and learning experiences that provide the tools and expertise to accelerate and increase social sector impact.

Bullying and Harassment Awareness Workshop

Addressing Bullying in the workplace can be a difficult and fearful undertaking and in turn it often goes unaddressed. Participants will be able to answering important questions such as:

What is workplace bullying?
How do we recognize bully behaviours?
What impacts do bullies have on the workplace?
How should bullies be addressed?
How do we create a bully free workplace?

Led by Laurie Schiell, Executive Director of the Centre Against Abuse.

Certificate in Nonprofit Financial Management

Knowing the “numbers” is a complex challenge for all leaders. For senior executives of nonprofit organizations, this practical program will improve your understanding of — and ability to manage — the entire financial picture of your organization. Through lectures and small group projects, you’ll explore current issues and challenges in nonprofit finance, acquire essential budget and financial tools and learn how to build operating, and cash budgets.

Guided by experts in nonprofit finance and accounting, you’ll develop analytical skills for understanding your financial position more fully, work hands-on with audited financial statements and learn how to ask the right questions and identify threats to the financial sustainability of your nonprofit organization. You’ll leave with enhanced financial acumen and better equipped to manage your organization’s financial resources successfully.

This is a partnership programme with Northwestern University Kellogg School of Nonprofit Management’s Nonprofit Finance: Toolkit for Leaders

Certificate in Nonprofit Marketing and Fund Development

Funders and donors are growing savvier and more sophisticated in the way they make giving choices. Hence, the need for nonprofit organizations to understand the changing ‘donor market’ and engage their stakeholders in meaningful ways has become more imperative than ever. It is crucial to revisit organizational fundraising strategy, learn new engagement techniques and create compelling messages to ensure that the organization is on the right track for continued growth.

In this live virtual program, you will learn from faculty and practitioner experts on topics related to strategies for growing fundraising capacity, fundraising cultures and infrastructures required for achieving fundraising goals and simply why people give. This program will also include marketing and branding strategies that attract and engage key stakeholders for a mutually sustainable relationship.

This is a partnership programme with Northwestern University Kellogg School of Nonprofit Management’s Marketing Essentials: Elevate Your Fundraising Strategies

Certificate in Social Programme Design

Nonprofits are challenged with how to stand out from other players in the field. The public may struggle to understand the difference between organizations. To combat this, we must periodically reenergize and refocus our strategy and how we communicate it, starting with our programme design. This is an intensive 3-day training certification that will take your nonprofit leadership skills to the next level and help you design social programmes that get funded and have impact. It will guide learners through the essentials of programme design and evaluation, and have them apply learnings to a real-world programme.

This is an IAC programme designed in house in partnership with Dr. Claudette Fleming.

Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential Programme

A nonprofit credential programme preparing professionals for nonprofit management. The programme combines multi-media virtual learning strategies, real-world exercises, targeted self-reflection, and peer networking to build leadership skills that can meet any challenge. The programme includes a 6-month virtual learning programme, and a 3-day live virtual leadership conference, and 3 Bermuda-cohort peer learning sessions. Successful completion requires evidence of 300 hours of verifiable nonprofit work experience.

This is a partnership programme with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s CNP Professional Track

Cyber security Workshop

Cyber security risks are present in every aspect of our daily business operations. Over the course of two separate sessions, this training will cover ransomware, email threats, password security, wifi and remote work risks and issues facing the businesses operating in Bermuda.

Led by Derick Burton, Cyber security Specialist, Founder and Owner Lantern Consulting.

Deloitte Impact Week

This workshop series is designed to provide nonprofit leaders with insight into the important aspects of effective business operations. Topics include:

Understanding Financial Statements
Preparing Operational Budgets
Developing a Risk Management Plan
Recruitment Best Practices

Led by industry experts from Deloitte.

Healing the Practitioner Workshop Series

It is critical that social sector professionals understand the root causes of social inequities and the often hidden and uncertain historical truths that impact or work with the clients we serve. Through guided facilitation, participants will explore how historical racism and injustice plays a part in our own lives as human service providers.

This is a partner programme with CURB.

Introduction to Nonprofit Management Certificate Programme

An introductory level programme that introduces learners to key current management issues for non-profit organizations. Fundraising, board and volunteer development, budgeting, reading financial statements, leadership, marketing, and setting strategic direction are all addressed.

This is a partnership programme with the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Introduction to Nonprofit Management Certificate.

Introduction to Social Impact Measurement

As a non-profit you are the change makers of our world. You are the ones who are tirelessly working to create a positive impact. But, do you have the right process in place to measure, and then communicate that impact? Deciding on the data you wish to collect and how to go about it is no easy feat.

This is an IAC programme designed in house and led by IAC’s Executive Director Dr. Nicola Paugh.

Introduction to Supervision

Supervisors and managers working in the helping professions field and are new to supervising others will be introduced to two popular models of supervision and reflective practice.

This is a joint partnership with Solstice.

Meeting Facilitation Tools Workshop

A 1.5 day experiential, engaging and interactive in person training to build the facilitation skills of social sector professionals and nonprofit board leaders to facilitate more effective group meetings. Participants will leave with an experience of using basic meeting facilitation skills and concepts to lead meaningful and inclusive dialogue during meetings.

This is delivered in partnership with the Mirrors Programme Facilitation Trainer Jeanene Todd

Nonprofit Board: The Critical Role of Good Governance Series

Effective Board functioning is vital to nonprofit success. Key to this is ensuring all Board members understand their role and responsibilities and have a framework for understanding good governance best practice and for evaluating Board strength’s, weakness and plans for growth. IAC’s Certificate in Nonprofit Board Development is for Board Members, potential Board Members and Nonprofit Managers and is a 4-part series to help Board’s develop Board best-practices.

This is an IAC programme designed in house and led by IAC’s Executive Director Dr. Nicola Paugh.

Nonprofit Business Planning and Pitching Workshop

Business plans are a great place to start before launching a social program or growing a social impact organization. A well-developed business plan creates a road map for your social sector or nonprofit venture and includes detailed analysis on your market, competitors, resource considerations, financials, and risk mitigation plan. This 1-day in person workshop for nonprofit managers and leaders to increase their business planning and pitching competencies. Participants will learn a 5-step process to creating a business plan, and templates and tools for creating a business Prospectus, Business Model Canvas and full business plan. They will also practice pitching their idea.

Nonprofit Storytelling Workshop

Storytelling- Stories are the universal language among humans. The good news is that social sector organizations have great stories to share – if you learn how to tell them in the right way. This is a ½-day virtual storytelling workshop to help nonprofits to tell their impact story with greater success. You will learn a variety of tools to provide a holistic picture of the impact you have including anecdotes, internal/external data analysis, and social return on investment analysis.

Privacy Act Compliance – 4 Part Series

What do we mean when we talk about “privacy”? How is this different from “cybersecurity” Why is privacy so important and what do organisations have to do to be in compliance with Bermuda’s PIPA act? This training series will prepare you and your organization to answer these questions and more as you protect the privacy of your employees and clients.

This is a partnership programme with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.