Rising Leaders Summit 2026

Join your nonprofit industry peers from nonprofit organizations and agencies serving nonprofits for a day of inspiration, professional development, and networking.

As a rising leader, you divide your time and focus between three levels of impact: ME, yourself as a smart and savvy professional with a track record of success and a list of ambitious goals;  WE, your organization, team, or other growing circle of influence; and COMMUNITY, the social impact sector as a whole, your professional “why.” Balancing all three requires intentional practice. If you are ready to up your game, you’re in the right place.

Participation is recommended for midlevel managers and future executives who:

• have a solid foundation of tactical skills;
• are increasingly being recognized as subject matter experts;
• lead a team and/or manage one or more direct reports; and
• are motivated to “think big” and develop strategic planning skills.

The TNPA Rising Leaders Summit blends peer conversations and podium speakers.  We use Liberating Structures, facilitation techniques that stimulate critical conversations and elevate the expertise in the room. Attendees will take these facilitation tools and skills back to their own organizations to help ensure all voices are being heard and to spur greater engagement and innovation.

Loved this event so much! I came back with a positive attitude, motivated to do my job better, and so many good ideas of next steps. I’ve already shared with a couple of our partners how helpful this was and plan to “borrow” some ideas in our upcoming company retreat.  

Incredibly appreciative of the interactive and actionable content of the conference. As someone looking to step up in my career, I walked away with a plan of action and about a dozen new peer connections. 

Good sessions that were different from the usual career development material. 

I rarely give 5s, but this felt so fresh and different — and also very actionable. I gained so many key insights from the panel and also the [peer consulting] session, in particular. 

This is the first conference I’ve been to in my career where I’ve walked away feeling like I have an action plan to solve the current problems I’m facing.  Additionally, it was geared toward me and where I am at in my career.

Loved the interaction, networking, movement and stretching of the mind in terms of thinking through things differently.

Networking was invaluable and the wisdom panel was second to none in terms of other events I have attended within the nonprofit industry.

I loved how interactive and convicting it was.  It was interesting, engaging, helpful and refreshingly unique.  I often don’t leave one-day events with any ah-ha’s or big takeaways or action plans, but I did with this Summit.