Strategically Supported Teams: Workforce Relief Planning Series
Curated Resilience · For nonprofit supervisors and managers
Strategically Supported Teams: Workforce Relief Planning Series
You, your team and your partners are all stretched, and new resources aren't coming right now. There are still things you can do in this moment to provide relief by leveraging the policies, supports and meetings you already have.
Three live, 90-minute working sessions in January. Each one gives you a practical tool to use with your team the next week. Join one session or all three.
Series details
Thursdays: January 14, 21 and 28, 2027
12:00 to 1:30 PM ET · Live on Google Meet · $97 per session
Session 1 · Thursday, January 14
Relief With What You Have
There are things you can do right now to provide relief by leveraging existing policies, supports and meetings. We'll map your existing workforce assets, put some of them to use right away, and launch a plan for real relief for your team.
You leave with: a Workforce Support Asset Map and a one-page 30-Day Relief Plan.
Session 2 · Thursday, January 21
Stemming the Tide
You and your team wear too many hats when it comes to administering grant programs and services. Service delivery always comes first, but quietly, on evenings and weekends, you handle the administrative tasks that keep operations running. We'll see where that weight sits and lighten it with four moves: simplify, automate, delegate and stop.
You leave with: a team Administrative Weight Inventory, at least two tasks lightened, and a short note asking leadership for one structural fix.
Session 3 · Thursday, January 28
Strategic Support & Presence: Helping Your Team Take a Growth Leap
Managers can transform teams by aligning workload support, professional development and leadership opportunities. The conversations you hold, the questions you ask and how you offer your expertise when your team is stretched all matter. We'll map consistent opportunities for support and presence, then use that steady base to help your team take a growth leap.
You leave with: a Support & Presence Map, a Growth Leap Plan, and a one-page Workforce Investment Ask if the leap needs funding or time.
Led by Shawndell Dawson
Founder and CEO of Dawson Visionary Enterprises and former federal executive. Shawndell has sat in the leadership chair: crunching the numbers, talking with her team about their futures, and building partnerships to support their workloads. She grew her team from 15 to 37 people when her portfolio tripled, and her guidance documents and FAQ cut technical assistance requests in half. In this series, she shares the strategies and tools she used, and every session uses ready-made tools from the Curated Resilience for Managers app.
Who it's for
Supervisors, program managers and team leads in survivor-serving and community nonprofits who are holding their teams together while the work, funding and pace keep shifting.
Funders: you're welcome to sponsor seats for your grantees' managers. Reply to any DVE email to arrange seats.
This series supports managers and their teams. It is not clinical care, and DVE does not advise on layoffs or personnel decisions. Personnel questions stay with your organization's HR and legal counsel.
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