The Network supports members with online workshops on community development initiatives, skills training, and the sharing of best practices and inspiring success stories. See below for upcoming opportunities for connection, peer networking, and workshops on critical topics. If there are other topics or convening opportunities you would like to see added to this list, please reach out to [email protected] to share your ideas.
Uncertain Times Office Hours: Learning from Practitioners
Monthly in Nov, Dec, & Jan | 12:00 – 1:00 PM on Zoom | Registration Below
Nonprofits are seeking ways to come together, to collaborate, and to share services as we face uncertainty. Join Vermont nonprofit practitioners already collaborating and sharing services for a one-hour office hour. Come with questions, challenges you are facing, requests for tools and templates. Each office hour will have a specific focus, from how to share benefits, partner on operations and services, and collaborate on programs.
Co-sponsors: Common Good Vermont, Vermont Council on Rural Development, and Leaves of Change VT
Shared Services: Benefits
November 7 | 12-1 PM | Virtual Recording Here
You asked questions about how nonprofits can reduce benefit costs by sharing. Come hear how one network of nonprofits are doing just that. Bring questions and an openness to learn.
Shared Services: Operational Back Office
December 5 | 12-1 PM | Virtual
Want to know how current nonprofits started sharing services? Want to know what should be included in agreements to share services? Ask questions of the nonprofit practitioners who manage shared services and meet other nonprofits interested in sharing services. Register here.
Collaborating and Partnering
January 12 | 12-1 PM | Virtual
Beyond sharing services, nonprofits can partner to deepen impacts, ensuring clients receive the support and services they rely on. In this time of reduction, how can partnerships help ensure programming doesn’t come to a stop? Come with questions for practitioners who have worked in, formed, and managed collaboratives. Register here.
Reimagining Community Technical Assistance
September 30, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Virtual
An audience-led discussion which contributed to the Vermont Evaluation of Rural Technical Assistance (VERTA), a statewide effort to improve the systems of technical assistance that your town might need. We were joined by leadership from the UVM Center for Rural Studies, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and other partners participating in VERTA. Find the Recording Here