The Nonprofit Resource Group's Learning Circles team includes (from left to right) Sunny Yates Kellerman, Kendra Milligan, Joseph Hill,
Lisa Jimenez and Marty Eberhardt.Silver City, NM: With support from the McCune Charitable Foundation, the Nonprofit Resource Group (NRG), a program of the National Center for Frontier Communities, will launch a new opportunity for rural and frontier nonprofit organizations. Our LEARNING CIRCLES allow nonprofit directors, board members and others to engage in dynamic conversations to support them in their roles. Learning Circles are designed to accomplish three goals: (1) to build constructive, engaged peer learning around challenging topics; (2) to enhance leadership skills, and (3) to form new, coordinated alliances. The content is customized to address the needs of each group as they engage to achieve the goals of each participant. Leaders can attend one or all four sessions.

Learning Circles topics include:

• Lessons Learned About Being a Successful Fundraiser
• The Best Things to Do to Build Nonprofit Leadership
• How to Make a Good Board into a Spectacular Board
• The Top 10 Things That Make a Great Nonprofit

Each of the four 90-minute sessions will take place in Silver City, Las Cruces and Deming from August 2017 and through January 2018. All Learning Circles are held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To foster participant engagement and discussion, seats are limited to 15 persons people per session; participants can attend in-person or remotely via video conference.

"The learning circle concept was sparked by feedback we received from nonprofit leaders through our annual survey, trainings and focus groups," said Susan Wilger, Executive Director of the National Center for Frontier Communities and one of the learning circle key developers.

Wilger adds, "Nonprofit leaders in rural and frontier communities often work in isolation. The Learning Circles provide them with a free and convenient way to connect with, share and learn from their peers who are facing similar challenges."

The NRG, is dedicated to providing comprehensive, expert capacity building services to the nonprofit sector, particularly in underserved and under-represented rural and frontier communities. Since 2008, NRG has offered custom-tailored services designed to help nonprofits operate efficiently and effectively, so that they may continue providing the myriad services that are so vital to our region's health, well-being and quality of life

For a full schedule of the NRG Learning Circles visit our website at www.NResourceGroup.org.

For more information on the workshop, call Kendra Milligan at (575) 597-0035 or email NRG@swchi.org.