The Importance of Team Happiness in a Nonprofit
FREE 30-Minute On Demand Session
Happy Teams = High Impact
We spend a lot of time at work. With our team. In the mission. And although individual friendships form and matter in their own way, your team’s overall, measurable happiness is one of the strongest indicators of performance.
Yet most nonprofits don’t track team happiness.
Most leaders don’t ask about it, or don’t know about it at all.
And most teams don’t know how much it matters, until burnout or disengagement shows up.
In This 30-Minute Webinar, You’ll Learn:
- Why team happiness is a powerful (and often overlooked) performance metric
- Simple, practical ways to measure team happiness—no fancy tools required
- How you (regardless of your title) can launch small experiments to boost morale and performance
What You’ll Take Away:
- A new lens to view team performance and culture
- Tools to start tracking and talking about happiness at work
- Actionable ideas you can test right away, no approval needed
Perfect For:
- Nonprofit teams looking to improve collaboration and performance
- Leaders who want to support well-being
- Anyone who believes that mission-driven work shouldn’t come at the cost of team happiness
Because when your team is happy, your impact literally multiplies.
Watch the Free Webinar Now
Meet the Presenters
Bethany Planton, GPC
Bethany Planton is the Founder and CEO of bmpconsulting, a consulting firm located in Louisville, Kentucky. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Studies from Ball State University, Bethany got her start in the grant profession as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in 2011. Bethany has worked with many different organizations such as arts and culture, after school youth programming, historic preservation, healthcare, community centers, etc. to secure more than five million dollars in federal, state, and foundation funds. Bethany earned a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Administration from Western Kentucky University in 2015, the Grant Professionals Certification from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2016, and the Social Media Strategist certification from the National Institute for Social Media in 2020. Bethany loves reading and talking about it in bmpconsulting’s nonprofit book nook, traveling (anywhere and everywhere), and cheering on The Ohio State Buckeyes.
Diane H. Leonard,
GPC, RST
Diane Leonard is a Registered Scrum Trainer, Registered Scrum Master, Registered Product Owner, and Scrum@Scale Practitioner 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 along with a Certified Virtual Trainer through espeakers.
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 $122.5 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.