Peer Networks

CompassPoint's Peer Networks

Join the Human Resource and Finance Professionals Networks!

Thanks for your interest in (re)joining one or both of our Peer Networks! Registration and renewal is now open for the Feb 1, 2025 – February 2, 2026 period. 

 

Our Approach

The work of human resources and finance leaders is intertwined with how we live into values of justice. 

Questions of organizational design (how we make decisions, how we’re structured, and how we build our internal culture and systems) are all related to equity. The way we approach things such as budgeting, hiring, and financial transparency, can either replicate or interrupt oppression.

We want this to be a space where we are learning to interrupt and dismantle oppressive practices instead of building on inequities of the past. 

If that vision speaks to you, we hope you'll join us! 





FPN/HRN membership includes:

  • Access to an active members-only listserv for peer exchange about on-the-job questions, referrals, and advice. 
  • A 20% discount to one CompassPoint workshop or offering in 2025, OR a 20% discount to two CompassPoint workshops in 2025 if you purchase a Combined Membership. (Discounts CANNOT be used to purchase additional memberships.)
  • Structured and unstructured opportunities to be paired with a mentor or mentee for the year
  • 6 Peer Network Gatherings

2025 Gathering Dates 

There will be a total of 6 gatherings in 2025, which will alternate between in-person/hybrid and virtual. We may hold additional gatherings depending on need and staff capacity. Dates are tentative and subject to change.

  • Friday, February 28
  • Thursday, April 10
  • Friday, May 30
  • Thursday, July 17
  • Thursday, September 4
  • Thursday, October 23

How Do Our Networks Build Peer Power?

Through our listservs, hundreds of nonprofit leaders exchange questions, advice, challenges, and wisdom as a form of mutual support. The listserv is very active, populated with many experienced folks, and full of helpful information. Joining is a great way to break out of the isolation that usually comes with holding finance and human resource roles in nonprofit organizations. 

Our Peer Networks Cafés (online and/or in-person gatherings) are open and honest gathering spaces that prioritize connection. This is a space for leaders in our networks to:

  • share fears, challenges, and hopes
  • explore how to center equity in our leadership and decision-making 
  • discuss day-to-day responses and longer-term planning
  • offer peer support (including hope and love)! 

Some of the cafe topics from 2024 included:

  • compassionate offboarding
  • finance scenario planning
  • book club for Management in a Changing World
  • reviving organizations in crisis
  • bringing humanness to budgeting
  • institutional knowledge & succession planning
  • 4-day work week
  • organizational culture building & preventing burnout
  • equitable performance reviews
  • bringing humanness to onboarding

2025 Memberships

Combined Membership (Finance Professionals Network + Human Resources Network)

  • $425 Combined Membership - (The person registered, plus ONE additional person from your organization, will both have access to both the FPN & HRN listservs)

    Combined Membership also includes 20% off two 2025 CompassPoint workshops or offerings. 


    Sign up for a Combined Membership here!
     


Finance Professionals Network

  • $300 Individual Membership - (The person registered, plus ONE additional person from your organization, will have access to the FPN listserv)

    Individual Membership also includes 20% off one 2025 CompassPoint workshop or offering. 


    Sign up for a FPN membership here!
     

Human Resources Network

  • $300 Individual Membership - (The person registered, plus ONE additional person from your organization, will have access to the HRN listserv)

    Individual Membership also includes 20% off one 2025 CompassPoint workshop.


    Sign up for a HRN membership here!
     

Questions about Registration? 

Read our Peer Networks FAQ here. > 

If you still have questions, reach out to workshops@compasspoint.org

 

 

 

 


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