Space is limited.

We'll set the meeting day and time around the availability of those who register.

eddy (noun)

A pocket of water behind a rock where the current turns and slows. Paddlers pull into one to rest, look downstream, and choose their next line before reentering the rapids.

Made for executive directors

• You lead a nonprofit, whether it has served for fifty years or is just launching.

• You check email on vacation and feel guilty either way.

• You want peers who understand the job, in a room where you can leave the title at the door.

• You joined us in May and want to keep going, or you are hearing about the eddy for the first time.

Details

FORMAT

Six one-hour, in-person sessions with a small, confidential peer cohort

BEGINS

January 2027. Day and time set around the availability of those who register

WHERE

Boulder County, Colorado. Exact venue to be announced

COST

$600per leader for all six weeks

HOSTED BY

Bridges of Opportunity, a nonprofit for nonprofits

FINDING YOUR EDDY

A six-week, in-person cohort for nonprofit executive directors who need a rest among the rapids.

• 6 weeks

• 1-hour sessions

• In person

• $600per leader

• Jan 2027 launch

Rest is not a detour. It is part of the route.

Executive directors carry the mission, the budget, the board, and the team. It is easy to get swept up in the work and skip the care we need to keep going.

In May of 2026, local nonprofit leaders gathered for our Finding Your Eddy workshop. This cohort goes further: six weeks with the same small group of peers, building rhythms you can keep long after it ends.

One stretch of river at a time

Across six one-hour sessions, we'll move from why we need eddies to how we head back into the current with intention. Some themes may take more than one session, so we'll follow the group's pace.

• Resiliency

  Why leaders need eddies, and what happens when we never pull out of the current.

• Rapids

  Naming the obstacles you are facing right now, in your organization and in yourself.

• Rhythm of Rest

  What truly brings you rest, and how to build it into your weeks instead of waiting for vacation.

• Reflection

  Pausing to look back at the water you have come through and reevaluate what matters.

• Reconnaissance

  Scouting what is ahead so you can navigate it rather than react. Do you eddy out, or change your path?

• Reengage

  Heading back into the current with a plan, a rhythm and a group of peers in your corner.

SAVE YOUR SEAT

Pull into the eddy before the next set of rapids

Six one-hour sessions, one small group of executive directors, and room to breathe. We launch in January 2027 and will choose a meeting time that works for the group. Seats are limited so the group can stay close.