About This Event
Far too many caring and capable people have found themselves serving in the highest positions of nonprofit leadership wondering if they’re ‘doing it right’ while struggling to feel like they are maximizing their impact. It’s not their fault! Most nonprofit executive leaders and Board Members have never received training on what it takes to be a successful in their role, much less how to work best together as an executive leadership team.
This two-hour workshop, designed for members of executive staff and Boards of Directors, will equip attendees with knowledge, frameworks, and practices essential to creating and sustaining a high-functioning executive leadership team. Together, we’ll unpack and explore concepts of role (what, exactly is the Board’s job vs. the ED’s?!), rules for engagement (how do foster dynamics that support challenging conversations?), and how to avoid (or at least see coming!) common pitfalls that prevent us from bringing our best selves to service. And, if all that sounds a bit heavy, don’t fret. We’ll frequently practice one of the most important fundamentals of team dynamics – taking our work seriously, but not ourselves.
📅 Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
🕙 Time: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: 510 W. 3rd St. Pueblo, CO 81003
💲 Cost: $25.00
Presenter: Brandy Bertram
Founder and Principal
Great Big Good, LLC - Moving Forward What Matters Most
Biography for Brandy Bertram, Founder and Principal, Great Big Good, LLC:
For over two decades, Brandy has been dedicated to helping leaders and organizations move forward what matters most by attracting, engaging, and growing resources that fuel impact.
Brandy’s work has taken her all over the globe where she has led fundraising, stakeholder engagement, and strategic growth initiatives in sectors ranging from livelihoods and workforce development, educational equity, homelessness, land conservation, and rural transportation infrastructure. She’s had the opportunity to serve in multiple executive roles, both permanent and interim, including as CEO / Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, Vice President of Development, Vice President of Talent, and Deputy Director
In addition to her professional efforts, Brandy enjoys supporting her community through volunteer service. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable, (Chair 2024-2025), as well as for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Colorado chapter (Co-VP of Education). She additionally serves as a fundraising advisory member for Engineers in Action.
Brandy has been named to the Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 (2007), was named a Top 25 Young Professionals by CoBiz Magazine (2013, profiled again in 2024), was honored with the Peter Bowes Award from the Downtown Denver Partnership (2016), and was recognized as the Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable Volunteer of the Year (2023). She is a proud graduate of the University of Wyoming and loves spending time with her husband and rescue wonder-dog, Wallace.
About This Event
Far too many caring and capable people have found themselves serving in the highest positions of nonprofit leadership wondering if they’re ‘doing it right’ while struggling to feel like they are maximizing their impact. It’s not their fault! Most nonprofit executive leaders and Board Members have never received training on what it takes to be a successful in their role, much less how to work best together as an executive leadership team.
This two-hour workshop, designed for members of executive staff and Boards of Directors, will equip attendees with knowledge, frameworks, and practices essential to creating and sustaining a high-functioning executive leadership team. Together, we’ll unpack and explore concepts of role (what, exactly is the Board’s job vs. the ED’s?!), rules for engagement (how do foster dynamics that support challenging conversations?), and how to avoid (or at least see coming!) common pitfalls that prevent us from bringing our best selves to service. And, if all that sounds a bit heavy, don’t fret. We’ll frequently practice one of the most important fundamentals of team dynamics – taking our work seriously, but not ourselves.
📅 Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
🕙 Time: 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: 510 W. 3rd St. Pueblo, CO 81003
💲 Cost: $25.00
Presenter: Brandy Bertram
Founder and Principal
Great Big Good, LLC - Moving Forward What Matters Most
Biography for Brandy Bertram, Founder and Principal, Great Big Good, LLC:
For over two decades, Brandy has been dedicated to helping leaders and organizations move forward what matters most by attracting, engaging, and growing resources that fuel impact.
Brandy’s work has taken her all over the globe where she has led fundraising, stakeholder engagement, and strategic growth initiatives in sectors ranging from livelihoods and workforce development, educational equity, homelessness, land conservation, and rural transportation infrastructure. She’s had the opportunity to serve in multiple executive roles, both permanent and interim, including as CEO / Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, Vice President of Development, Vice President of Talent, and Deputy Director
In addition to her professional efforts, Brandy enjoys supporting her community through volunteer service. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable, (Chair 2024-2025), as well as for the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Colorado chapter (Co-VP of Education). She additionally serves as a fundraising advisory member for Engineers in Action.
Brandy has been named to the Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 (2007), was named a Top 25 Young Professionals by CoBiz Magazine (2013, profiled again in 2024), was honored with the Peter Bowes Award from the Downtown Denver Partnership (2016), and was recognized as the Colorado Planned Giving Roundtable Volunteer of the Year (2023). She is a proud graduate of the University of Wyoming and loves spending time with her husband and rescue wonder-dog, Wallace.