2024 programme outcomes
What did the 2024 programme achieve?
The 2024 Resource Alliance Leadership Programme brought together an incredibly diverse group of 104 leaders from 38 countries. The cohort met in four full-group Leadership Summits, three of which took place online with one in-person meeting, and six smaller-group Action Labs. The key focus of the programme was on exploring and finding solutions to some of the biggest issues facing the social impact sector.
To apply to join the 2025 programme, email lead programme coordinator James Tennet.
Leadership Summits
Four full-group Leadership Summits took place throughout the year, three of which were virtual with one in-person meeting in the Netherlands ahead of the International Fundraising Congress. The Summits each covered specific topics and featured expert speakers:
- Facing the Future (February 2024) with Amitabh Behar of Oxfam International and Jeroo Billimoria of Catalyst 2030
- Indigenous Action (May 2024) with Michelle Schenandoah of Indigenous Concepts Consulting, Simeon Rose of Nature On The Board, Nana Afadzinu of WACSI, and Topaz Zega of the Anti-COP Movement
- Collective Action (August 2024) with Tasneem Essop of Climate Action Network
- Youth Rising (October 2024) with Martijn Lampert of Glocalities
Key Leadership Summit outcomes and resources
Summit 1: Facing the Future
This Summit addressed pressing global challenges, including decolonisation, structural inequities, and the need for systemic change and courageous leadership. Outcomes included commitments to reevaluate governance models and foster equitable collaboration across sectors.
Summit 2: Indigenous Action
This Summit explored the integration of Indigenous wisdom into nonprofit leadership, focusing on sustainability, equity, and collective responsibility. Discussions highlighted the transformative potential of Indigenous practices in governance and philanthropy. Outcomes included the wider implementation of the Nature On The Board model.
Summit 3: Collective Action
This Summit highlighted the power of networked collaboration. Participants explored strategies for building trust, addressing power imbalances, and fostering equitable partnerships across sectors. Outcomes centered around implementing the learnings to improve group collaboration in the Action Labs.
Summit 4: Youth Rising
Focusing on youth disillusionment and polarisation, this Summit emphasised data-driven and empathy-centered approaches to youth engagement. Outcomes included the creation of the Youth Rising Framework, a comprehensive tool to empower Gen Z as changemakers and to help counter misinformation with authentic narratives.
Action Labs
Action Labs are small working groups in which where participants collaborate and problem-solve around the issues that are of most interest and urgency to them. Six virtual Action Labs took place as part of the 2024 programme, centred around four different topics.
Key goals, outcomes, tools, and resources:
Innovation (Group 1)
- Identify and collate global examples of innovation (through a fundraising lens)
- Develop and implement a sector-wide innovation readiness survey (launching in 2025)
- Cultivate a culture of innovation
Download the full report: Action Lab: Innovation 1 >>
Innovation (Group 2)
- Develop deeper understanding of AI’s potential and associated challenges
- Develop a comprehensive AI toolkit
- Develop an ethical AI implementation framework for nonprofits
Download the full report: Action Lab: Innovation 2 >>
Strategy & People (Group 1)
- Collect case studies on successful recruitment, workplace experience, and motivation/retention mechanisms with a focus on younger generations
- Collect quality quantitative data on the same topic by designing and implement a sector-wide survey on staff retention in the nonprofit sector
- Build a repository of people management case studies, with a focus on younger generations to help identify strategies to engage and retain younger staff
Download the full report: Action Lab: Strategy & People 1 >>
Strategy & People (Group 2)
- Find, share, & optimise effective strategy & people management models, tools, & templates
- Develop and disseminate toolkits and templates (e.g. one-page strategy template, strategy & culture checklists) that aid in the practical application of strategic concepts
- Document and learn from pragmatic applications: Compile case studies that highlight both successful and challenging strategy implementations to serve as learning tools for current and future leaders
Download the full report: Action Lab: Strategy & People 2 >>
Shift the Power
- Build and launch a collaborative Shift the Power advocacy campaign with the Climate Action Lab
- Create a shared resource pool of Shift the Power case studies and success stories
- Publish a powerful thought-piece on why shifting power is so difficult in our sector
Download the full report: Action Lab: Shift the Power >>
Climate
- Develop a global climate campaign focusing on climate justice as the pivotal area of action
- Spearhead change in our sector through utilising climate justice action as a platform to address broader systemic injustices
- Build a robust community of practice with shared resources and knowledge
Action Lab: Climate full report will be available soon.
Want to apply for the 2025 programme? Email lead programme coordinator James Tennet.