Workshops

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Patti Dobrowolski

Up Your Creative Genius


BIOGRAPHY

Patti Dobrowolski, author of multiple books – most recently Creative Genius You: The Equation that Makes YOU Great and illustrator of The Game of Innovation is founder of Up Your Creative Genius, a consulting firm that uses visuals and creative processes to help companies and individuals around the world accelerate growth and change. A critically acclaimed comic performer, four-time TEDx and internationally recognized speaker, writer and business consultant, she has brought innovative visual and game storming practices to Fortune 100 companies, government, non profits, education and small businesses. Patti holds an Masters in Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Her large format strategic illustrations grace the walls of Nike,  Mastercard, Starbucks, Pepsico, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Seattle Space Needle to name only a few. 

Workshop

  • Title: Draw Your Future with Agilities Live Session 
  • Description: Patti will host an interactive energy-filled, and beneficial career planning workshop. Be sure to complete the DeBruce Foundation's Agile Work Profiler and use this workshop to identify and visualize your goals for the future.
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Anne Kotleba, MFA, CNP

Assistant Teaching Professor & NLA Campus Director, Arizona State University

BIOGRAPHY

As an artist and educator, Anne Kotleba, is arming people with the tools and courage to define their own identity and build a more just world. Her passion for community organizing through art was forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and strengthened on the streets of East Baltimore. Anne is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University teaching nonprofit leadership and management and is the Campus Director for the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance at ASU. She graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, has an MA and MFA in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is pursuing a Master of Legal Studies degree from the University of Arizona College of Law. Anne is a proud AmeriCorps Alum.

Workshop

  • Title: Choosing Your Own Adventure: A Fearless Guide to Ethical Decision Making
  • Description:
    • This live interactive session will engage attendees in a forum applying a theoretical framework to real-world ethical dilemmas facing nonprofit leaders such as:
      • Compensation
      • Conflicts of Interest
      • Publications and Solicitations
      • Financial Integrity
      • Accountability and Strategic Management
      • Investment Policies (Rhode & Packel, 2009)
    • The presenters will guide participants through a series of examples utilizing group reactions and individual decisions to navigate real scenarios in a “choose your own adventure” style workshop.
    • Volunteer participants will explore multiple choices triggering different subsequent events and choices based on each decision they make.
    • The presenters will introduce the Making Ethical Decisions Roadmap developed by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and other tools as participants consider the consequentialist, duty-based, and virtue-based frameworks for decision making.
    • The session will conclude with an overview of the ethical challenges common to nonprofits and the different decision-making frameworks available to leaders facing these challenges.
    • Participants will receive resources to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and habits when tackling complex ethical situations as current and future nonprofit professionals.
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Kelly Rutt, CNP

Development & Communications Director, Environmental Information Association

BIOGRAPHY

Kelly Rutt is the Development and Communications Director for the Environmental Information Association, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Community Resources and Development with a focus in Nonprofit Management. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration/Nonprofit Management from Florida State University and has 20+ years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Kelly’s experience includes conference and event planning, membership management, publications and marketing management, grants writing, volunteer and Board coordination, and budgeting. As a Ph.D. candidate, her aim is to continue to research and analyze municipal, state, and federal government funding and the economic and policy impact on not-for-profit organizations, social entrepreneurship, and ethics in nonprofit organizations.

Workshop

  • Title: Choosing Your Own Adventure: A Fearless Guide to Ethical Decision Making
  • Description:
    • This live interactive session will engage attendees in a forum applying a theoretical framework to real-world ethical dilemmas facing nonprofit leaders such as:
      • Compensation
      • Conflicts of Interest
      • Publications and Solicitations
      • Financial Integrity
      • Accountability and Strategic Management
      • Investment Policies (Rhode & Packel, 2009)
    • The presenters will guide participants through a series of examples utilizing group reactions and individual decisions to navigate real scenarios in a “choose your own adventure” style workshop.
    • Volunteer participants will explore multiple choices triggering different subsequent events and choices based on each decision they make.
    • The presenters will introduce the Making Ethical Decisions Roadmap developed by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and other tools as participants consider the consequentialist, duty-based, and virtue-based frameworks for decision making.
    • The session will conclude with an overview of the ethical challenges common to nonprofits and the different decision-making frameworks available to leaders facing these challenges.
    • Participants will receive resources to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and habits when tackling complex ethical situations as current and future nonprofit professionals.
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UyenThi Tran Myhre, MA

Coordinator, Movement Building, Building Movement Project

BIOGRAPHY

UyenThi (pronounced “Wing-T”) Tran Myhre is the Movement Building Coordinator with the Building Movement Project, supporting communications work, curriculum development and trainings, and solidarity cohorts. Prior to joining BMP, UyenThi held leadership roles at the YMCA of the North Equity Innovation Center and the University of Minnesota Women’s Center, where she worked with college students, K-12 and higher education faculty and staff, as well as nonprofit professionals in various sectors. She holds a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota.

UyenThi is interested in storytelling and narrative-shifting as strategies for social change and creating a better world. She is part of the team at Project Yellow Dress, a platform uplifting voices and stories from the Southeast Asian diaspora. As a daughter of refugees, writer, and facilitator, her work explores the intersections of family, feminism, abolition, and beyond, often through a pop culture lens.

Workshop

  • Title: Sustaining Our Social Change Practices
  • Description: During a time of unprecedented and overlapping crises, many are experiencing overwhelm, fatigue, burnout, and uncertainty. As individuals, how can we anchor our vital work to advance equity and justice? As organizational staff and leaders, how can we create the scaffolding to meet the moment? During this session, participants will have the opportunity to identify challenges, identify individual commitments and organizational systems, and learn about tools and resources that can sustain social change practices.