Strategic Resilience Bootcamp

Hosted by Colorado Nonprofit Association in partnership with Community Foundation Boulder County

 

In times of uncertainty, resilience isn’t just a survival skill—it’s a strategic advantage. This one-day bootcamp is designed to equip nonprofit leaders with both the inner resilience and the practical strategies needed to navigate today’s uncertainty. Together, we’ll explore how conscious leadership and innovative funding approaches can help organizations move beyond short-term fixes and create lasting systems change.

Lead the Shift: A Leadership Evolution Lab with Renelle Darr

In today’s rapidly shifting world, nonprofit leaders are facing more complexity, pressure, and paradox than ever before. Old leadership models built on control, reactivity, and quick fixes no longer serve. What’s needed now is a deeper, more adaptive approach — one that starts from within.

This 4-hour interactive training offers nonprofit professionals a powerful introduction to vertical leadership development and The Leadership Circle framework — tools that support leaders in navigating change with clarity, grounded presence, and purpose. Through real-time exercises, group conversation, and guided reflection, participants will explore what it means to evolve as a leader in the face of tension, uncertainty, and change.

At the heart of this session is the belief that inner evolution is the foundation for lasting external impact. When leaders grow in self-awareness, emotional presence, and perspective, they become more capable of guiding systemic and cultural change — within their teams, their organizations, and the communities they serve. This lab builds the bridge between personal development and collective transformation, offering a path forward for leaders ready to meet this moment with both courage and humility.

Securing Your Funding Future with Charlyn Moss

In challenging times, sustainable funding depends on more than chasing the next grant or donor. It requires a clear understanding of your organization’s readiness, strategy, and execution. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the principles of Fundability, Strategy, and Implementation as defined by Working Within. You will assess where your organization stands in terms of fundability and financial health, explore more than ten distinct funding streams, and learn best practices for each. The session will conclude with setting clear revenue goals and innovation goals for new or emerging funding opportunities so you leave with a focused plan to strengthen your organization’s funding resilience.

Bootcamp Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the connection between leadership growth and systemic change, and apply tools from vertical leadership development and The Leadership Circle framework.
• Build greater self-awareness, emotional presence, and adaptability to navigate organizational and sector-wide uncertainty.
• Assess your organization’s current fundability position and identify strategies to strengthen financial resilience.
• Learn best practices for more than ten funding streams to diversify and stabilize revenue.
• Establish clear revenue and innovation goals that align with your mission and support long-term sustainability.

By the end of the day, participants will walk away with both the personal leadership practices and the concrete funding strategies needed to meet this moment—and to lead their organizations.

 

Who Should Attend:

Executive Directors, Board Members, Finance Staff, Development Directors, and anyone involved in nonprofit leadership or governance.

 

About the Presenters:

 

Renelle Everett Darr is a strategic advisor working at the intersection of strategy, culture, and leadership. She partners with executives, founders, and organizations to navigate complexity, evolve systems, and lead meaningful transformation from the inside out. As founder of InSight, Renelle has built an integrated ecosystem of offerings including strategic advisory, leadership labs, executive evolution, and systemic design. Her work spans Fortune 500 companies, high-growth ventures, and purpose-driven organizations. She brings a foundation in large-scale consulting and organizational change from previous roles at EY, Deloitte, United Way, and The North Highland Company. She is the host of Conscious InSights, a podcast and video series exploring innovative leadership practices and emerging paths forward. Renelle has mentored founders through Techstars and Bridge Entrepreneur Network, served on numerous nonprofit boards, been published with Forbes, and spoken at events on transforming leadership and systems. She draws deep inspiration from nature, travel, and embodied wisdom. She lives in Golden, Colorado with her family and is most alive at the edge—where complexity meets clarity, and systems begin to shift.

 

Charlyn Moss is the Founder & CEO of Working Within, a community-based fractional fundraising services firm dedicated to helping non-profit leaders grow and diversify their revenue. To date, she has raised more than $1 million for her clients. With a strong background in the C-Suite and management consulting, Charlyn has previously served as Chief of Staff and Analyst at leading consulting firms. One of her most notable projects involved overseeing the strategy refresh for a client’s $300 million portfolio of national K-12 education investments. Charlyn’s accomplishments extend beyond consulting. She was named an Inno Under 25 honoree by the Denver Business Journal, recognizing her as one of Colorado’s top entrepreneurs and innovators under 25. She studied Finance, with minors in Legal Studies and the Business of Social Impact at Washington University's Olin Business School. During her academic journey, she was awarded the prestigious Nelson Mandela Award, Frankie Muse Freeman Award, and Dean’s Special Award for her work with Teaching Racial Understanding Through Honesty (TRUTH).