2026 PANO Licensed Consultant Training (Virtual)

2026 PANO Licensed Consultant Training (Virtual)

Wednesdays, February 25, March 4, & March 18, 2026 | 1:00-4:00 PM | Online Workshop Series

Presented by: Melissa Sines, Interim Standards for Excellence Director, PANO

The Standards for Excellence PANO Licensed Consultant Program is a professional development initiative that gives consultants the knowledge, skills, and tools of PANO’s Standards for Excellence program. The training required to become a Standards Consultant develops skills and empowers consultants to help organizations implement change and become accredited in the Standards for Excellence Program.

Participation in this Program will:​​​​​​

• Solidify your background, knowledge, and understanding of the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector, including:
  • Overview of the Standards for Excellence program and the specific content contained within the guidelines.
  • Facilitation and training skills development to support program utilization in your practice.
  • Take-home tools to help assess and improve organizations and support nonprofit leaders.
• Give you access to training tools and knowledge base, including:
  • Educational tools for all Standards for Excellence trainings including PowerPoint slides, curricula notes, and resource handouts;
  • 45+ Educational Resource Packets;
  • 5 Copies of the Standards for Excellence Codebook (with additional copies available for purchase at a reduced rate)

Participants must attend all three sessions and be an active member of PANO in order to become licensed. Upon becoming a member and completing training, participants will:

• Sign a License Agreement;
• Receive access to all of the Standards for Excellence materials;
• Be featured on PANO’s website;
• Be invited to quarterly networking calls;
• Have access to all PANO Member Benefits.

*Already a licensed consultant and want to refresh/update your knowledge of the Standards? Look for an email from Melissa Sines with a coupon code to attend at a discounted rate!  

Join us to take your consulting practice to the next level!

REGISTRATION FEES

• $500 per person for PANO Members | $350 per person for existing Licensed Consultants (see email from Melissa Sines for details!)
• N/A for Not-Yet Members – To become a Standards Licensed Consultant, you must be a PANO Member. Please join or renew here before registering for this program! Need assistance with your membership? Contact Membership & Consultant Collaborative Manager Stephanie Chapuis at stephanie@pano.org.

Terms of Participation
Your purchase entitles you to a single login. Please do not share the login information with others, as it may interfere with your ability to join. If multiple individuals from your organization would like to attend, please purchase separate tickets for each person.

Group Screening Cost (4-10 individuals): N/A
 

MATERIALS, LOGIN INSTRUCTIONS & RECORDING
Materials (PowerPoint and other handouts), along with login instructions, will be emailed to attendees a week in advance. PANO uses Zoom as our webinar platform; you can familiarize yourself with Zoom and/or join a test meeting prior to these sessions.

Attendance in real time is required for this series. Recordings of each session will only be shared with those who are present in the virtual room so that they may revisit parts of the training afterward. If you'd like to attend but can't make the dates, please look for opportunities to join us again later in 2026.

About the Facilitator:

Melissa Sines, PANO

Melissa Sines is a dynamic leader and strategist and one of the co-founders of Colmena Consulting. Melissa brings deep expertise to her work with public sector organizations, focusing on building collective vision, nurturing emergent strategy, and developing and holding meaningful spaces for building community, learning together, and supporting leadership at all levels for nonprofit and philanthropy boards of directors, executive leadership, and program and operations staff.

At her core, Melissa’s purpose is to build deep and authentic connections, share knowledge, and be the voice that questions assumptions and challenges the status quo. She is a sense-maker, connector, and network strategist that can help navigate the space between what we are and what we have the ability to become – a sector full of people, movements, and organizations that live our values through our work.

Learn more about Melissa here.