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We are excited to announce our newest program, the Nonprofit Leadership Circle. The topics for this series are based on feedback from nonprofit members of the Chamber and are strategic, focused on leadership challenges, and designed to foster deep, peer-to-peer discussions. This bi-monthly, lunchtime series will take place at Innovate Newport. The following 6 topics will be covered in the 2025 Series.

Special thanks to our series sponsor, Partridge, Snow & Hahn.

Building a Resilient and High-Performing Nonprofit Culture 

with Elizabeth Manchester and Sean Fontes, Partridge Snow & Hahn 

- Focus on cultivating a healthy organizational culture through policies that should be in place and employment recruitment and retention strategies that can weather challenges like financial instability, staff burnout, and public scrutiny.  

- Address how nonprofits and businesses can attract and engage younger generations of volunteers, board members, and supporters. Discuss trends in volunteerism, ways to engage Gen Z and Millennials, and the role of social media in activism and community engagement. 

- CEOs can share strategies for fostering employee engagement, board collaboration, and creating a unified mission-driven culture.