Individuals and Interactions OVER Processes and Tools
Working Product OVER Comprehensive Documentation
Customer Collaboration OVER Contract Negotiation
Responding to Change OVER Following a Plan
*The Agile Manifesto is an internationally accepted set of values and principles. While it originated in software development, we know and have proof of how these same values and principles work in nonprofit and charitable organizations.
Agile in Nonprofits strives to support nonprofit organizations that are looking to achieve greater impact in their communities faster than they ever have before. Led by Scrum Trainer, Product Owner and Scrum Master, Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST the Agile in Nonprofits team supports nonprofits through training and coaching to assist in each organizations’ agile transformation.
Agile in Nonprofits, started in 2018, is a product of DH Leonard Consulting.
We offer pre-recorded webinars to help you learn how Scrum can help your nonprofit. We can also work with you on scheduling a live webinar or in person training
We offer in-person and web based public and private Registered Scrum Master Credential Training
We offer in-person and web based public and private Registered Scrum Product Owner Credential Training
We provide affordable coaching and consulting packages that increase the efficiency of your organization and help create maximum impact on your community. To achieve this, we offer in-person and virtual coaching and consulting sessions to nonprofit organizations
Our team can help your nonprofit launch or expand stable high performing Scrum teams that embody the Scrum values. The team launch support provided by our team is everything you need to launch your organization’s new teams at your nonprofit
Agile Coach in Your Pocket is a convenient one time call with a member of our team to help your nonprofit with your Agile and/or Scrum Framework needs
A community of practice is, in essence, a group of people talking together about a shared goal. Our team offers services such as our Facebook Group, free Office Hours, and Book Club
Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST, is a Registered Scrum Trainer, Registered Scrum Master, and Registered Product Owner by Scrum Inc.
Diane is credentialed by the Agile Education Program powered by Scrum Inc.
Diane is also a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) and Approved Trainer of the Grant Professionals Association.
Diane’s passion for building capacity in nonprofit organizations is the link between her early career work as a grantmaker and now as a nonprofit consultant. Diane and her team at DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services have secured more than $80 million dollars since 2006 in competitive grant awards for their clients. The team began utilizing the Scrum framework in 2016 both to run their own teams, and also to help their nonprofit clients improve their grant seeking processes and overall operations efficiency. As a result of adopting Scrum, the daily operations and efficiency of the DH Leonard Consulting team has significantly improved and more importantly, their nonprofit clients that are engaged in the Scrum framework have seen an increase in their success percentage for applications as well as overall dollars awarded.
When not working with her team on improving the capacity of nonprofit organizations, Diane can be found in the 1000 Islands, out for a run, or drinking a strong cup of coffee.
Diane H. Leonard, Jessica Crowley, and Megan Shane talk about why Agile in Nonprofits was called Agile and not Scrum in Nonprofits.
