Shape Change: A Scenario Planning Lab

Take Charge of Your Organization's Future

In a time of significant federal administration changes, your organization's future isn't something that happens to you—it's something you can actively shape. This focused working session brings together mission-driven leaders to move from general worry about potential policy impacts to concrete, strategic action.

A Confidential Space for Scenario Planning

Limited to just 12 participants, this intimate virtual lab creates a secure environment where you can:

• Work through specific challenges related to federal policy changes

• Share concerns and strategies with peer leaders

• Develop concrete plans for multiple scenarios

• Build connections with others facing similar challenges

This Working Session Delivers:

• A clear framework for identifying specific scenarios that could impact your mission

• A structured approach to assess and prioritize potential challenges

• Practical tools for scenario development you can use immediately

• Actionable steps to prepare for various futures

• Peer insights from fellow mission-driven leaders

• Renewed confidence in navigating uncertainty

Designed for Decision-Makers Who:

• Lead nonprofits, educational institutions, or other mission-driven organizations

• Have authority to implement strategic changes

• Want to move from general worry about federal changes to targeted action

• Are ready to engage deeply with peers facing similar challenges

Your Facilitators

Thomas Showalter is a seasoned policy expert and former nonprofit executive with extensive experience in education, workforce development, and disability advocacy. With a deep understanding of how our system of government really operates – gained through his work on Capitol Hill, supporting service providers around the country, and shaping public narratives – Thomas helps leaders discover and shape their future.

Judy Oyedele, MSOD, ACC is an executive leadership coach and organization development consultant with almost 15 years of experience helping mission-driven organizations navigate complex change. As the founder of Joyedele Consulting, she specializes in creating environments where leaders can think strategically and take purposeful action, even in uncertain times. Her work with federal agencies, nonprofits, and educational institutions combines human-centered design with the psychology of behavior change to help organizations break out of reactive patterns and find creative ways forward.

Investment Tiers

We offer flexible pricing to ensure accessibility while supporting sustainability:

• Solidarity: $25

• Sustain: $50

• Full Cost: $75

• Redistribution: $100

Choose the tier that best matches your circumstances. Higher tiers help make solidarity pricing possible for others.

Space is limited to 12 participants to ensure meaningful interaction and individual attention.

Sliding scale for individuals

This sliding scale assessment is for you if you are paying for the training or program without financial support from an organization.

Please reflect on the self assessment below to help you consider what rate to pay to attend this offering. We know that all of our experiences regarding these factors are different and complex. We hope that this list of questions supports reflective discernment.