{"id":252,"date":"2021-09-06T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rainmkr.com\/choose-abundance\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:33:30","slug":"choose-abundance-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rainmkr.com\/choose-abundance\/choose-abundance-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Abundance Intensive Virtual Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rainmkr.com\/choose-abundance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fish.png\" alt=\"fish\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"222\" width=\"1500\" title=\"fish\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rainmkr.com\/choose-abundance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Choose-abundance-Intensive.png\" alt=\"Choose abundance Intensive banner\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"727\" width=\"2024\" title=\"Choose abundance Intensive\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\tA course with a powerful and proven curriculum that enables not-for-profit organizations<br \/>\nto dramatically increase revenue, resources and community engagement.\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rainmkr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Choose-Abundance-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudy on Culture of Philanthropy course shows <br \/>unprecedented breakthroughs!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h5>The Harold Grinspoon Foundation commissioned a study to track the outcomes of a 9 month Culture of Philanthropy course led by Laurie Herrick. <br \/>This course is the inspiration for the Choose Abundance Intensive.<\/h5>\t\n\t<p>&#8220;We raised $1.6M for our capital campaign and increased our annual fundraising from $80,000 to over $400,000 in the last 2 years. 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Your team will be doing the work &#8211; not simply taking notes to bring back to the office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tIs the course a fit?\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Good question. <\/b><b>The course is right for your team if<\/b><b> you are ready to commit to:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Engaging a team\u00a0<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Showing up &#8211; your team commits to attending all sessions and coaching calls<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Doing the work &#8211; readings, homework and additional implementation work called for in your plan (approx. 2-4 hours per month)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\tCourse Content\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Kickoff Session:\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessing your organization: all team members will complete an online assessment<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the fundamentals of a Culture of Philanthropy<\/li>\n<li>The unique role of culture and how to alter it<\/li>\n<li>Establishing an organizational Culture of Philanthropy plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Second Session: <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Levers &amp; Tools for Transforming &amp; Leading Culture Change<\/li>\n<li>Leadership strategy<\/li>\n<li>Address the obstacles to success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Work Session: <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-assessment. 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