4.8
(10 ratings)
7 Weeks
ยทCohort-based Course
Join a community of global aid and development leaders not just talking about shifting power but actually doing it.
4.8
(10 ratings)
7 Weeks
ยทCohort-based Course
Join a community of global aid and development leaders not just talking about shifting power but actually doing it.
Course overview
Are you looking for a non-judgmental, compassionate space to learn how to shift power?
This is it.
Designed for busy professionals working for Global North institutions in the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors, this course will help you navigate barriers to reaching your shifting power goals by exploring and applying key frameworks and concepts:
๐ Liberatory futures
๐ Power and decision-making
๐ Ethical influence and advocacy
๐ Mutual capacity strengthening
๐ Community-led design
๐ Participatory grantmaking
๐ Movement building
I've carefully crafted a practical, cohort-based course drawing from industry-tested frameworks in each focus area. I've also curated case studies from sector leaders who candidly share their challenges and steps to incremental change.
Besides group discussion with your peers (which you'll get plenty of), the most exciting part of the course is the experience of shifting power in real time.
At the start of the course, you will invite a local partner of your choice (e.g., a local civil society leader or a Global South colleague) to participate alongside you.
Using the course frameworks, you will share frameworks with your partner between each workshop, actively listen and reflect on the dynamics of your partnership, and work together on prioritized areas of power imbalance.
I'll be available during weekly office hours and 24/7 via the online course platform to offer personalized support for your specific and immediate challenges and goals.
Together, we will actively contribute to long-overdue changes across the global non-profit sector.
I can't wait to see you in the course!
Maya
Facilitator, Shifting Power Accelerator
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Youโre a non-profit, philanthropic, or public sector professional committed to shifting power and decolonizing aid.
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Your organization has localization or partnership plans but you need tools and support to successfully implement them.
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You are ready to practice shifting power meaningfully and can invite a local and/or community leader to join you on the journey.
Shifting power requires critical inquiry. Youโll ask key questions to interrogate your motivations and your role, as well as measure how equal or community-led your partnership really is.
Embrace a mutual capacity-strengthening model over outdated top-down capacity-building approaches. You'll prioritize areas for partner-led growth.
Unrestricted funding can seem like a compliance nightmare. Youโll learn how flexible funds and participatory grantmaking works so that you can build your own mechanisms with partner and donor support.
Inviting input on project ideas is not enough for equal partnership. Youโll practice participatory and co-design methods for a truly community-led and bottom-up approach.
Shifting Power Accelerator
Anat Cassuto
Alexis Cooley
Bethlehem Mengistu
Matthias Naab
Kate Cummings
Samantha Dickson
Marisa
Guido van Heugten
Egbert Wits
Dylan Dellosa
Want to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Shifting Power Accelerator?
This is a recording of a 50-minute informational session on the Shifting Power Accelerator, a transformative 7-week cohort-based course for global aid and development leaders ready to take action and shift power in their organizations and partnerships.
This recording includes:
Sr. Technical Advisor. UN & NGO Consultant. DEI Expert. 20+ years of experience.
Mahrukh (Maya) Hasan is the founder of Fearless Project, an online education start-up for diversity, equity, and inclusion. In her 20-year career, Maya has managed partnerships, grants, design, M&E, communications, and research teams at NGOs supporting civil society in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, CAR, DRC, Myanmar, and South Sudan.
Maya was also a course developer and facilitator for the Global Executive Leadership Initiative (GELI) hosted by UNOPS, USAID, LSE, and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She has an MA in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS.
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Week 1: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 1: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 2: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 2: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 3: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 3: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 4: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 4: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 5: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 5: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 6: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
Week 6: Thursday, 8:00 am -9:00 am EDT
Week 7: Tuesday, 8:00 am -10:30 am EDT
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Monthly - To be determined
Following the end of the course, all Shifting Power Accelerator alumni will get an invite to stay in touch via:
You're now part of the community ๐
A Cohort of Applied Practitioners
You will join a supportive community of aid and development leaders not just talking about shifting power, but actually doing it.
Shared, Collaborative Learning
Through Maven, an award-winning e-learning platform, and Zoom, you will collaborate with peers via group discussions, discussion boards, and team projects.
Practical & Experiential, Tools-Based
Between workshops, you will report to a local partner of your choice (e.g., a local civil society leader or a Global South colleague). Using course frameworks, you will actively critically reflect on this partnership, working together on prioritized areas of power imbalance.
If you attend the sessions, actively participate, and still donโt find the course valuable, weโll happily refund your full payment up to 7 days after the end of the course.ย
๐ Use your organization's Professional Development budget
80% of our students get this course paid for by their employers.
Since the course is industry-relevant and teaches job-critical skills, this course could even get you promoted.
You will never know unless you ask!
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๐ Course certificate & LinkedIn Badge
Once you complete the course, we will email you a certificate of completion that proves you completed the course, as well as a link to upload a LinkedIn Badge on your social media profile.
Here's what it will look like: https://maven.com/certificate/tFQXcwOW
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Want to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Shifting Power Accelerator?
This is a recording of a 50-minute informational session on the Shifting Power Accelerator, a transformative 7-week cohort-based course for global aid and development leaders ready to take action and shift power in their organizations and partnerships.
This recording includes: