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The CIVIL Executive Series™

No institution gets stronger alone.

Ongoing cohort intensives that build coherence from the inside, grounded in The CIVIL Framework™, so leadership teams can hold the systems they build long after the work is done.

Cohorts through 20284 nonprofits per cohort3 intensives
What the Series Is

A structured redesign, not a webinar track.

The CIVIL Executive Series™ is a structured, hands-on redesign of how an institution operates, worked through by a cohort of peer organizations and grounded in The CIVIL Framework™, the same methodology Civil applies in its consulting practice.

What Each Intensive Covers
I Intensive I · Operations

Operating Foundation and Structure

Brings clarity to how decisions get made and how work gets done, so leadership and teams move with less avoidable friction and more discipline.

Governance Operations
II Intensive II · Programs

Program Architecture and Resource Discipline

Aligns what an organization delivers with the people and resources required to sustain it, so impact is built to hold rather than stretched thin.

Programs Finance
III Intensive III · Communications

Relational Communications and Institutional Voice

Builds communication practices rooted in how an organization operates, so its public voice matches its internal reality.

Communications People & Culture
A facilitator leading a cohort working session
The premise

Coherence is not a document you receive. It is a practice a team builds together, and keeps.

The Schedule

When you can start

Each intensive runs 12 weeks, and the full series about 24. Join for a single intensive or the full sequence.

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Set
Cohort 1
Denver
Starts Jan 4, 2027
Set
Cohort 2
Portland
Starts Jan 4, 2027
Open
Cohorts 3 to 5
Open
All start Mar 29, 2027
What you can expect
01 The CIVIL Dashboard™ A pre-intensive diagnostic, with one interview of 45 to 60 minutes per leader. Findings arrive before the retreat, so no preparation is required.
02 A two-day executive retreat A structured working session at the midpoint, where your team works the findings into decisions alongside the cohort.
03 A 90-day activation plan, with coaching Built by your own team at the retreat, then carried into practice with Civil coaching alongside.
Ways to take part
1The full track

Join the Series

Move through all three intensives working across the three institutional functions the Series addresses, Operations, Programs, and Communications, in sequence over the full track.

2One function

Attend a single intensive

Take the one your team needs most, Operations, Programs, or Communications, on its own and at its own pace.

3Together

Bring your whole ecosystem

Bring all four organizations from one ecosystem through together, so a whole community strengthens at once.

Find the Series in Your City

Cohorts form city by city.

Five cohorts run in 2027 and five more in 2028, and cities are named where leadership teams register. Choose your city and Civil will confirm dates and seats as the cohort forms.

1West Coast
2Midwest and Intermountain West
3East Coast

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Don’t see your city? You can request a new city. Tell us where →

Go Deeper
For Foundations

Fund cohorts in your portfolio

How foundations fund cohorts, where they are forming, and what that support makes possible for nonprofits across a region.

How foundations engage →
For Nonprofits

Bring your team into a cohort

What each intensive covers, how to find your city, and how to request a seat. Cohort costs are covered by supporting foundations.

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Sign Up for Information

Bring the Series to your community.

Tell Civil a little about your organization or foundation. You will receive the Series overview, upcoming cohorts, and how seats are funded through a foundation sponsor.

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