Location: Mile High United Way, 711 Park Ave W, Denver, CO 80205

Dates: Tuesday, June 16 & Wednesday, June 17 2026

Time: 9am - 5pm MT both days

Target Audience: Professionals working in public and nonprofit spaces looking to build their strategic collaboration skills and implement equity-driven strategies for thriving communities. 

Contact: hello@collabcapacity.com

Learn about the workshop trainers.

Strengthening Systems Through Collaborative Leadership
Learn how to bring people together across organizations, sectors, and jurisdictions to address complex challenges. This session focuses on practical approaches for uniting diverse groups, aligning efforts, and building shared ownership that drives meaningful improvements for thriving communities.

Building Effective Partnerships Through Collaboration Dynamics
A thriving collaboration depends on how people work together. Learn how to create conditions that support open communication, shared responsibility, and constructive problem-solving. Participants will gain tools to cultivate strong working relationships and a collaborative environment where every voice can contribute to the group’s success.

Maintaining Collaborative Efforts for Lasting Results
Keeping a partnership productive over time takes intention and skill. Explore proven ways to maintain focus, renew energy, and adapt to challenges as they arise. Learn how to nurture relationships, clarify roles, and create simple structures that help collaborative efforts stay effective and resilient for the long haul.By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clear understanding of effective collaboration strategies and developed plans for applying sustainable, equity-driven approaches to strategic collaboration in their communities. 

Day 1 Learning Objectives

Laying the Foundation for Collaborative Success

By the end of Day 1, you will be able to:

• Identify practical strategies for building connections that span boundaries and align efforts.

• Apply at least one collaboration framework or tool to analyze a real-world system or challenge.

• Recognize the key factors that influence how groups work together effectively.

• Begin assessing your own collaborative work using approaches like partnership analysis to explore relationships, roles, and group dynamics.

Day 2 Learning Objectives

Strengthening, Sustaining, and Taking Action

By the end of Day 2, you will be able to:

• Use network mapping tools to visualize relationships and uncover opportunities for stronger connections.

• Describe techniques to foster trust, shared responsibility, and productive group dynamics in your partnerships.

• Develop strategies for keeping collaborative efforts organized, focused, and resilient over time.

• Identify common pitfalls that cause partnerships to lose momentum—and practical ways to avoid them.

• Leave with a clear action plan to strengthen your collaborative work and build thriving community partnerships.

Day 1 | 9am-5pm

Laying the Foundation for Collaborative Success

• Welcome & Framing (30 min)

• Building Workshop Foundations (45 min)

• Break (15 min)

• Strengthening Systems Through Collaborative Leadership (2 hours)

• Lunch Break (1 hour)

• Interactive Case Study: Applying Collaboration Frameworks (1 hour)

• Break (15 min)

• Building Effective Partnerships Through Group Dynamics (1 hour 45 min)

• Reflection & Wrap-Up (30 min)

Day 2 | 9am-5pm

Strengthening, Sustaining, and Taking Action

• Welcome & Check-in (30 min)

• Strengthening Group Dynamics (1 hour)

• Break (15 min)

• Measuring Collaborative Systems (1 hour 15 min)

• Lunch Break (1 hour)

• Mapping Collaborative Systems (1 hour 30 min)

• Sustaining Collaborative Efforts (2 hours)

• Action Planning & Closing Reflections (1 hour)

Cost: $0 - $800

If cost is a barrier, we invite you to email us at hello@collabcapacity.com to request a fully covered ticket. We ask that you use this option when needed—and pay when you can—to help sustain accessible training for all.

We offer a tiered pricing structure to support equitable access and collective sustainability:

• Sustainer Rate ($950) - For those able to help offset reduced and fully covered tickets.

• Standard Rate ($800) - To best support the cost of delivering trainings.

• Reduced Rate ($600) - For those who need financial support.

• Additional Team Member ($200) - Pair this option with another ticket type to register additional team members

• Fully Covered (Free) - Making trainings accessible to all.

  • Email us at hello@collabcapacity.com to request a fully covered ticket.

Registration closes Monday, June 1, 2026.

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