Succession Planning: Creating a Plan to Preserve Your Team’s Wisdom
Event Details
This event is offered in partnership with the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN).
Leaders know that the most important assets in their organization log off and go home at the end of every day – and one day – they won’t come back. Whether due to retirement or resignation, for happy or sad reasons, a Knowledge Exodus is inevitable. To sustain your impact and avoid the frustration of having to relearn how to succeed, nonprofit organizations must understand the value of their team’s knowledge and proactively preserve it.
In this session, we’ll explore how to identify and preserve institutional knowledge. Attendees will learn proven frameworks and practice building a prioritized action plan. By the end of the session, attendees will have their own roadmap and know the specific next step to take to reduce their risk.
This workshop is designed for nonprofit leaders who want to strengthen their organization’s resilience and reduce single points of risk. No need for a new platform or big initiative. Just simple, strategic steps your team can take starting now.
Attendees will be able to:
- Describe and prioritize the specific people and institutional knowledge that matters most to their success
- Select the best tools and approaches to preserving wisdom – most of which they likely already own and use
- Build 30-day and 12-month plans for knowledge retention that are achievable and impactful
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Cost + Registration
- MANP members save $40!
- MANP members $95 / Nonmembers $135
- Enter code NCN when registering to receive the member discount. Please note that a separate user account is required on MCN's website to register.
- This virtual event will take place on the Zoom platform. Your access link will be emailed to you the day before the event after 12 p.m.
- This session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants after the live event.
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About the Presenter
Ben Bomar is the founder and president of Lithyus Group, a Minnesota based consulting firm that helps organizations celebrate and preserve the wisdom of key people before it’s lost. With over 20 years of leadership experience across corporate, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial sectors, Ben brings a practical yet strategic lens to succession planning, institutional knowledge transfer, and organizational resilience.
He is the developer of the STONE framework, a proven model for building knowledge continuity without adding complexity. A regular speaker and contributor on leadership transitions and continuity planning, Ben is known for his ability to coach leaders through change while helping them build systems that last.