CALLING ALL NONPROFITS: LEADERSHIP SUCCESS ACADEMY UPCOMING IN THE UPPER KEYS

15th annual Leadership Success Academy registration open

The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys has opened enrollment for its 2022 Leadership Success Academy, a “bootcamp” for nonprofit board members. The Community Foundation’s signature training program will be held at the College of the Florida Keys’ new Key Largo campus on Feb. 10 and 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days.

Registration is available online at cffk.org/lsa. The cost of the two-day program is $100 per person, or $200 for three people from one nonprofit. The first day will focus on leadership styles and board member roles, and the second day will focus on nonprofit finance, fundraising, communications and strategic planning. Individuals who participate both days will receive a certificate of completion. For more information, call 305-292-1502.

“I’m thrilled that for the first time ever we are offering our Leadership Success Academy in the Upper Keys,” said Jennifer McComb, president and CEO of the foundation. The annual training event has been held 10 times in Key West and four times in Marathon.

“Since 2008, we have trained more than 500 nonprofit leaders from throughout the Keys from over 100 different nonprofits,” McComb said, “Board members who have completed our program have learned to ask more questions, think beyond the way things have always been done, and take steps to move the organizations they care about to the next level.”

Coaches for the 2022 Leadership Success Academy include nonprofit expert Alex Counts. Together with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, Counts co-founded the Grameen Foundation, a global nonprofit which has helped loan over $6.5 billion to the poorest of the poor, while maintaining a repayment rate consistently above 98%. Counts is a faculty member at the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland, and frequent contributor to The Washington Post, The Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. 

His newest book, “When In Doubt, Ask for More: And 213 Other Life and Career Lessons for the Mission-Driven Leader,” was released in 2020.The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys, In Paradise for Good, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The foundation has made over $32 million in grants from Key Largo to Key West, supporting arts and culture, beautification and preservation of the Keys, health and human services, disaster relief, scholarships, and youth programs. The foundation helps individuals and families leave a legacy in the Keys by inspiring giving and by connecting people, resources and needs through philanthropy. More information is available at 305-292-1502 or at cffk.org.