Capacity Building Opportunities

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is committed to helping you scale change faster. We do this through grants, technology and capacity building. With weekly trainings and expert advising we support the CZI community to grow key capacities to unlock greater impact over the long-term.

Our trainings span a wide range of capacity building topics. Each live session is 90-minutes and includes time for Q+A.

Below you can sign-up for upcoming trainings. You can also opt-in to receive monthly invitations about these sessions here.

Past sessions are currently available via our Wistia page. We upload past session recordings within two weeks after they have taken place.

If you would like to attend a CZI community session and need ASL or Spanish interpretation, please let us know at least 7 days prior at capacitybuilding@chanzuckerberg.com.

*The trainers leading these CZI-sponsored sessions are external vendors. The views and advice they will present are based on their deep experience in their respective fields or sectors and do not necessarily represent the views or advice of CZI. Please note that CZI may record their session(s) through Zoom. This means that any visual (if you choose to put your camera on) and audio will be recorded. By registering for this session(s), you consent to being recorded. If you do not wish for your visual and/or audio to be recorded, you can switch off your camera, and/or remain muted throughout the entire session or decide not to register. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact privacy@chanzuckerberg.com.

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Current Sessions

You can re-watch any of our past training sessions on our Wistia page.

Organizational Culture and Structure

Hosted by Ananda Valenzuela

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Generative Conflict

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand how conflict can be a healthy part of a diverse, effective workplace
  • Learn the strengths and challenges of different conflict styles
  • Access tools for navigating conflict effectively


Practicing Giving and Receiving Feedback

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand effective approaches to giving and receiving feedback
  • Access a variety of hands-on feedback tools to bring back to the workplace
  • Practice a real-life situation where you need to give challenging feedback


Exploring Power Dynamics and Principled Accountability

Learning Outcomes:

  • Unpack assumptions about how power and decision-making need to be held in organizations
  • Understand what it looks like to move from power-over to power-with in the workplace
  • Learn how to build a high-integrity workplace by developing effective accountability agreements

Communications

Design for Digital Communications

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand what a brand system is, how to effectively leverage it to create compelling and brand-aligned content, and the dos and don’ts of compelling design
  • Learn about accessibility standards and how to make your designs accessible
  • Receive access to helpful tools that can help streamline your design process


Website Design and Strategy 101

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand the importance of having a website strategy and how to implement a successful strategy, with a focus on how people interact with websites, copywriting for the web, and trusted tools to use
  • Learn the basics of website design and how to effectively leverage design psychology to tell a compelling brand narrative
  • Become familiar with the website development process, from discovery to launch
  • Receive access to helpful tools that can help streamline your website development process


Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Engagement

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn what is new in social media in a rapidly changing landscape
  • Understand the fundamentals of a strong social media strategy that is accessible and encourages engagement
  • Get the best practices for popular social media platforms


Digital Rapid Response Tactics and Techniques

Learning Outcomes:

  • Get tips on how to prepare for the unexpected, whether good or bad
  • Learn the fundamentals of digital rapid response on social media, email, and more!
  • Understand the tools that can be used to implement digital rapid response