Maximize NWMO Community Development Leadership Programs and Classes

Promising Practices that Can Maximize Your Community and the Region's Potential

What puts your community on the map?

Is it what you want now and for future generations? Are you frustrated with how long it takes to get things done?

Join us for our programs listed below and meet others across the region who are responding to these questions with a new approach to bringing people together and removing barriers to making communities and the region an excellent place to live, learn, work, and play. Scroll this page for more details and links to registration forms!

• The Top 5 Impacts on Community Success - 30-45 minutes
• An Introduction to The Maximize [My Community] Journey - 90-120 minutes
• Reaching Common Goals Faster: Introduction to Community Excellence - One Full Day OR 6 sessions, 50 minutes each over 6 weeks OR On-Demand Mini-Modules Coming Soon!
• Building Strong Teams for Community Excellence - 12 sessions over a year

SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN MORE AND FIND REGISTRATION LINKS FOR EACH!

Program Descriptions

SPECIAL OFFERING: An Introduction to the Maximize [my community] journey

Join us at the Annual Celebration Summit being held in downtown St. Joseph, MO, at inspireU. All attendees can participate for FREE to hear community success stories, learn from a national keynote speaker on community building, and gain an introduction to a community development approach and program that is helping leaders across the region collaborate on shared priorities.

Register Here for Maximize NWMO's 4th Annual Celebration Summit!

THE TOP 5 IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY SUCCESS

Gain an Understanding of What The Maximize [My Community] Journey™ is All About

Check out the FREE and quick recording in the Video Library on this page.

Reaching common COMMUNITY goals faster

Learn How with The Maximize [My Community] Journey™

WHY

By participating in this engaging and interactive introductory program, you will:

• GAIN network connections and new community leadership skills.
• DISCOVER how to prioritize multiple goals and understand what is needed for decision-making in a thriving community.
• IDENTIFY who should be invited to ensure goals are reached.
• LEARN strategies for addressing urgent and important challenges and opportunities as you maximize your community's potential!

To help leaders in communities and counties work together to solve challenges, take quicker advantage of opportunities, and achieve shared goals beyond what any individual entity can accomplish on their own.

WHO

Individual leaders, organizations, community groups, and regional groups.

WHEN

The program is being offered several times over the next year. See below for dates. | 6 Zoom sessions | Every Wednesday

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN at https://bit.ly/MNWMOIntroRegistration!

COMING SOON! RELEASE OF SELF-PACED ON-DEMAND SERIES

• Watch this page and our Facebook page for the release of a series of 15 pre-recorded mini-modules scheduled for Spring 2026.

LIVE ONLINE SERIES OF SIX 50-minute SESSIONS

• Available Upon Request (6 Zoom sessions) | Register to let us know you are interested in discussing the possibilities for your group!

WHERE

Online Sessions: A link for the Zoom sessions will be shared with you before the beginning of each session.

In-Person Full-Day Session: Location TBD based on number and location of participants.

INVESTMENT

In-Region*: $300 per person or $750 per group of 3 people from one community/county group.

Beyond Region*: $475/person

*Region is defined by the 18 counties served by The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri including Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Davies, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth.

The pricing shown reflects a significant reduction thanks to generous financial and in-kind donors.

REGISTER NOW!

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORM ONLINE (Or, download it from the document library on this page.)

CLICK HERE TO PAY ONLINE (Just note that you are paying for your Introduction Program.)

BUILDING STRONG TEAMS FOR COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE

Embark on Your Own Maximize [My Community] Journey™

WHY

Now that you've been introduced to Maximize NWMO's approach to creating community excellence, this is your opportunity to take action together in the places you live, learn, work, and play. By participating you and your group members will:

• GAIN clarity of your community's strengths, needs, and dreams.
• DEVELOP a doable action plan for making those dreams a reality.
• GATHER the right people at the right time for the best experience and results.
• MAKE connections across the region that make your collaborative work easier, faster, better, and more fun.
• DISCOVER your community's potential!

Build a strong team of leaders with voices from many areas of the community/county coming together to solve challenges, discover opportunities, and achieve shared goals faster beyond what any one entity can accomplish on its own.

WHO*

Meaningfully and conveniently connect with your local team as well as other teams of leaders across the region! Organizations, community groups, regional groups, and Individual leaders are welcome.

* The Introduction to Community Excellence: Reaching Common Goals Faster program, or a similar community development leadership program, is a prerequisite to this Building Strong Teams for Community Excellence program.

WHEN & WHERE

This is a yearlong program with sessions on the second Wednesday of each month. A link for the Zoom sessions will be shared with you before the beginning of each session.

2025-2026 Class: September 24, 2025 - September 23, 2026 | Please contact Christel Gollnick at together@maximizenwmo.org with any questions.

• September 24, 2025 - 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. In-person (Chillicothe, MO - The Comfort Inn & Suites)
• October - August (except July) - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Online via Zoom
• September 23, 2026 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. In-person (St. Joseph, MO - Venue TBD)

2027 Class: January 13, 2027 - December 8, 2027

• Introduction to The Maximize [My Community] Journey - September 23, 2026 - 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. In-person ( inspireU, St. Joseph, MO) - FREE to any Annual Celebration Summit Attendees!
• January 13 - December 8, 2027 - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Hybrid (In-Person and via Zoom) monthly on the second Wednesdays

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW! RESERVE YOUR GROUP'S SPOT!

Not sure your group is ready to participate? Download the FREE Readiness Assessment on this page to help you determine what it takes to get started.

INVESTMENT

In-Region*: $3,000 per collaborative community/county group (Include as many people from your team as you'd like.)

Neighboring Counties of the NWMO Region**: $9,000 per collaborative community/county group (Include as many people from your team as you'd like.)

Beyond the NWMO Region and It's Neighboring Counties*: $12,000 per collaborative community/county group (Include as many people from your team as you'd like.)

*Region is defined by the 18 counties served by The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri including Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Davies, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth.

**Neighboring Counties of the NWMO Region include in Missouri - Platte, Clay, Ray, Carroll, CHariton, Macon, Adair, and Schuyler Counties; in Iowa - Appanoose, Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Page and Fremont Counties; in Nebraska - Otoe, Nemaha, and Richardson Counties; and, in Kansas - Brown, Doniphan, and Atchison Counties.

The pricing shown reflects a significant reduction thanks to generous financial and in-kind donors.

REGISTER NOW!

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE REGISTRATION FORM ONLINE (Or download it from the document library on this page.)

CLICK HERE TO PAY ONLINE (Just note that you are paying for your Introduction Program.)