Accelerate your professional growth and team performance with this 6-month advising and mentoring program designed exclusively for first-time Marketing Communications Directors in the social sector
You’ve done it — landed your first Director role heading up the marketing and/or communications function at a nonprofit you believe in.
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But it’s your first time managing direct reports, managing a budget, hiring contractors or agencies, and being responsible for the performance of an entire function. You have exceptional strengths and creative talent — it’s what got you the gig. But you’re struggling to find your footing. You have so many questions. And while your supervisor is great, most likely they lack any functional expertise in your field.
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I’ve been exactly in your shoes.
Feeling like I was on an island. Struggling to balance “getting the work done” with the need for strategy. Learning how to confidently advise senior executives. Staying on top of our constantly changing field.
And without a mentor or advisor who’d been there, I found myself making a lot of mistakes. My growth slowed as a result. Fast forward, and so did my career advancement and earning potential.
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Every rising creative leader needs a peer in their corner who's been there.
I launched the “Rising Director” program so I could be the advisor/mentor I never had for first-time leaders like you.
You'll learn THE most important steps to take in your first 1-2 years in your role; how to overcome the biggest mistakes new Directors make; and gain critical skills and confidence that you'll use throughout your career.
And, equally important, you'll learn to advance your team's performance, your career, AND your earning potential at a pace you can be proud of.
HOW IT WORKS
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Month 1: Your custom leadership Roadmap
Using proven strengths assessments and goal setting we'll build your custom Leadership and Team Development Roadmap—an action plan to enhance your executive presence, build your confidence as an executive advisor, learn proven skills to tackle the most common nonprofit marketing leadership challenges, improve team systems, strengthen team performance, and accelerate your professional advancement.
YOUR ROADMAP WILL BE UNIQUE TO YOU, AND WITH A GAME PLAN TO:​
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Articulate and operationalize your team vision and performance expectations
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Effectively recruit and onboard your best-fit team of FTEs and agency partners OR enhance the roles of the team you have
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Center your team's strengths for better performance and wellbeing
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Optimize creative team engagement and collaboration
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Build your confidence and effectiveness as a multichannel strategic advisor
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Introduce best-fit marcom technology, proven creative workflows, and tools to help your team work smarter and prioritize the right work​
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Enhance your executive presence to earn critical trust
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Better position your team as essential, high-performing MVPs
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Months 2-6: Customized 1:1 mentoring and advisement to accelerate your leadership gains
​With your Leadership Roadmap as our guide, we move into ongoing 1:1 advisement and mentoring to help you achieve meaningful leadership and team performance gains. You’ll receive four hours a month of one-on-one support with Numa Principal, Tiffany Meyer, giving you access to more than 25 years of hard-won knowledge and expertise heading up similar marketing and communications functions in the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors.
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Months 2-6 and beyond: Master mind workshops
Our periodic, virtual master mind workshops are open to all program enrollees and alumni and are offered about once per month. Typically, we begin with a 10-15 minute presentation and real-world story from Tiffany Meyer on a key topic. We then open it up to celebrate wins, and unpack your current challenges in real time, either as a small group, live problem solving or creative workshopping, or break out activities. This is a great way to put your skills into practice, crack open challenges in a safe group space, and forge career-long relationships with likeminded peers.
WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL?
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First-time leaders/heads of marketing and/or communications functions in a US-based nonprofit organization — with less than 3 years in your first Director role.
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Ability to commit up to 4 hours per month for 6 consecutive months, including at least one 1-hour video call per month.
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Strong desire to grow as a leader and strategic advisor within the social sector.
HOW DO I ENROLL?
To ensure every enrollee has an exceptional experience, we can’t accept everyone, and we cap enrollment at just five leaders per 6-month session.
Your first step to enrollment is to schedule an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) free advisory session + enrollment screening with Tiffany Meyer, CEO and Principal of Numa Strategy Partners. On the call we'll answer any other questions you may have, like what to expect, program fees, and more.
Following the screening, if you’re accepted to enroll, you’ll complete our enrollment agreement and pay a 50% deposit to hold your spot. The remaining balance of the enrollment fee will be due 10 days prior to the session start.
Our next session begins May 15, 2025* or as soon as we have our session filled. To secure your spot, schedule your AMA session now:
*Dates subject to change