Training Collaborative of Junior League

The Training Collaborative of Junior Leagues started as an idea in 2021 after the Junior League of Orange County, CA realized how important training is to our Mission, but also how hard it is to plan and implement training opportunities throughout the year for members. After reaching out to other Junior Leagues, they created the Training Collaborative of Junior Leagues to address the issue through a supportive network.

The 2024-2025 Training Collaborative of Junior Leagues is a collection of 84 Junior Leagues from all over the world with one goal: to provide engaging and meaningful training opportunities for our over 15000 total members. The overall theme this year is Advancing Nonprofit Leadership. There are three additional specialized training tracks as well: Junior League Basics, Advocacy, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging. Each League in the Collaborative plans and implements one virtual training around this theme during the year and invites all of the members from the member Leagues to attend.

Training opportunities this year will focus on:

• the basics of being on or leading a team;
• project management for a nonprofit organization;
• how to get the most out of a mentor-mentee relationship;
• diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging;
• identifying and lifting up future leaders;
• storytelling;
• advocacy;
• effective networking;
• how to make and amplify civic connections; and
• delegation and transitions

Each League’s training team actively learns how to plan a training opportunity, identify speakers/trainers, and organize the logistics of the event. Each training opportunity is recorded and made available to each League’s members, so that every member has an opportunity to view the content. Each League is able to add up to 84 training opportunities during the 2024-2025 League year and only be responsible for planning and implementing one training opportunity. This is how our Leagues will work smarter and more efficiently.

The Training Collaborative is drawing world-class trainers and speakers, community leaders, nonprofit pioneers, and entrepreneurs to speak and is providing engaging and meaningful training opportunities to the over 15000 members in the Leagues involved. The Training Collaborate allows us to expand our reach outside of our own individual League to meet and network with members from Leagues all over the world. We are absolutely stronger together.

If you are a woman who wants to learn more about joining the Junior League of Cincinnati, please email recruitment@jlcincinnati.org.