{"id":616,"date":"2025-04-10T21:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T21:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:21:27","slug":"the-nicholson-foundation-and-the-center-for-nonpro-ts-philanthropy-jointly-sponsor-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/the-nicholson-foundation-and-the-center-for-nonpro-ts-philanthropy-jointly-sponsor-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nicholson Foundation and the Center for Nonprofits &#038; Philanthropy Jointly Sponsor \u201cUnlocking Systems Thinking: Tools for Transformation\u201d Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nicholson Foundation is partnering with the Center for Nonprofits &amp; Philanthropy to sponsor \u201cUnlocking Systems Thinking: Tools for Transformation,\u201d a 3-hour virtual webinar on May 13, for professionals working in the systems change arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Center, located at Texas A&amp;M University\u2019s Bush School of Government and Public Service, supports high-quality research, professional outreach, and engaged learning to promote a vibrant nonprofit and philanthropic sector in Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlocking Systems Thinking,\u201d which will be held on May 13, introduces systems thinking principles and their vital role in driving meaningful change. Through interactive discussions, expert presentations, and real-world re ections, participants will gain practical insights and tools to help enact change in the complex social systems in which they work, such as health and human services and education systems.<\/p>\n<p>The core of the webinar will be an exploration and application of the systems change framework developed by William A. Brown, PhD of Texas A&amp;M University and Wynn Rosser, PhD, Texas Commissioner for Higher Education. Drawing on extensive literature from systems change and performance management, this framework includes seven key components of successful systems change. The framework applies, and expands on, the \u201cNicholson Model,\u201d a systems change approach used by The Nicholson Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newprt1\">\n<div class=\"boxnewprt1-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tamu.edu\/bushschool\/event\/340234-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/center-for-non-rpofit.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div class=\"boxnewprt1-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tamu.edu\/bushschool\/event\/340234-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/part-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"boxnewprt1-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tamu.edu\/bushschool\/event\/340234-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/part-2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"boxnewprt1-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.tamu.edu\/bushschool\/event\/340234-unlocking-systems-thinking-tools-for-transformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/part-3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"red-line\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\" \/>\n<p><strong><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/changing-systems-changing-lives-book-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to download or receive a free copy of the book<\/a><\/strong> <em>Changing Systems, Changing Lives: Reflecting on 20 Years<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit The Nicholson Foundation\u2019s blog series<\/a><\/strong> to learn more about how the Foundation\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.gvsu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1678&amp;context=tfr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Brown W, Rosser W. \u201cA Framework for Creating Systems Change.\u201d<\/a><\/strong> The Foundation Review, 2023;15(4):50-6.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bush.tamu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To learn more about the Center and the Bush School<\/a><\/strong>, visit the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bush.tamu.edu\/nonprofit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Nonprofits &amp; Philanthropy<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bush.tamu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bush School of Government and Public Service<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For all other inquiries, click here to send an <strong><a href=\"mailto:lmaher@graphicimagery.com\">email<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"header-button-wrap\">\n<div class=\"header-button-inner-wrap\"><a class=\"button header-button button-size-medium button-style-filled\" href=\"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/changing-systems-changing-lives-book-request\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">REQUEST YOUR FREE BOOK NOW<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nicholson Foundation is partnering with the Center for Nonprofits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenicholsonfoundation.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}