For nonprofit Executive Directors
You can still love this work and need the job to change.
A different version of this career is within reach. One where the mission is well supported and your life still belongs to you.
The role was built to need three people and funded for one.
Most nonprofit operating models were built a little at a time, revised under tight budgets, and patchworked together by deeply capable leaders. Everyone brought good intentions. The result still left the Executive Director carrying a burden that was too heavy for one person.
Start here
Choose what would help most right now.
You do not have to move through every offer in order. Begin with the kind of support that fits the decision in front of you.
Free guide
Begin safely.
A policy starting point and practical boundaries for your team.
Get the free guide02Digital Resource Collection
Learn at your own pace.
Paid editorial editions translated for the seat you are in.
Explore digital resources03The Founding Cohort
Learn in a small room.
Live guidance with ten nonprofit leaders and individual attention.
Now enrolling · Begins August 19Explore the cohort04AI Readiness Assessment
Bring the organization with you.
A focused two-week assessment and board-ready path forward.
See the assessment
Free field guide + editable policy starting point
Before your team touches AI.
Your team may already be using AI on grant drafts, donor letters, meeting notes, or client-facing work. A clear policy replaces guessing with a shared standard before a tool gets approved by accident.
- Seven non-negotiables for safer use
- Approved and prohibited-use guidance
- An editable AI Acceptable Use Policy starting point
- Approval, reporting, acknowledgment, and rollout forms
Delivered through Flodesk. Educational information only; review policies with qualified HR and legal counsel before adoption.
The Jule Group® Press
The Digital Resource Collection
Paid editorial guidance for nonprofit Executive Directors leading through the AI era.
I turn years of headlines, hands-on lessons, failures, and wins into the decisions you need to make next.
Each edition stands on its own and is made to be kept, marked up, and returned to. Becoming, Collection 001, begins with the weight you carry and a more useful way to think with these tools.
The real return
Less work following you home.
Dinner without the laptop. A walk before dark. Sleep that begins before tomorrow’s list. The open hours do not need another assignment.
Now enrolling · The Founding Cohort · Ten seats
You do not have to learn this alone.
Confidence, possibility, and a baseline you can use.
I spent years working through the confusing parts of these tools. I bring those lessons to a small room of nonprofit leaders as cleanly and practically as I can. The room is intentionally small so we can go deep with questions, concerns, and the places where you need individual attention.
Enrollment is open for the founding cohort. The room is capped at ten, and this first group begins August 19.
Tricia Smith · Founder
I know the theory. More importantly, I know the chair.
I completed my master’s in Organizational Leadership with current working philosophies still fresh. I also lived the job as a nonprofit Executive Director.
Residing in Greater Seattle, serving clients nationally.
Read Tricia’s storyPrivate organizational consulting
Know where AI belongs before you spend more time or money on it.
The AI Readiness Assessment gives your leadership team a clear current-state picture, a practical risk view, and a board-ready path forward in two weeks.
The engagement is designed to cause as little disruption as possible. I concentrate the interviews, review the work between meetings, and return with the policy, priorities, and decisions your organization needs next.
Speaking and teaching
Rooms that trust me with the subject.
Leadership and consulting testimonials
What people remember about the work.
“The Jule Group® never cut corners, allowing me to focus on my current team while they handled the process from start to finish.”
Chris M.
“The Jule Group® had the best judgement for tricky situations and changed the relationships across teams, leading to successful transformation.”
Vivien J.
“I’ve really appreciated The Jule Group®’s dedication to understanding all involved stakeholders’ perspectives when addressing a problem and solution.”
Karen G.
Common questions
Before you spend a dollar.
I know how hard nonprofit money is to earn. Every dollar spent began with a grant, a donor, an event, or a board decision. You deserve enough detail to ask your questions and decide whether this work belongs in the budget.
Where should I begin?
Begin with the free Before Your Team Touches AI guide. It gives you practical boundaries, an editable Acceptable Use Policy starting point, and a way to begin the conversation with your team.
What is the Founding Cohort?
A live, online working group for ten nonprofit Executive Directors. You complete short publication-led pre-work, then build a practical AI foundation for your organization together over four Wednesdays.
What does my organization get back from the cohort?
You leave with an organizational AI constitution, an Acceptable Use Policy, documented voice and identity guidance, a stronger philosophy for creating instructions, repeatable workflows, and a governance habit your team can continue using.
What if my organization needs a private starting point?
The AI Readiness Assessment is a focused two-week consulting engagement. It gives your leadership team a current-state assessment, risk and policy guidance, quick wins, and a board-ready roadmap before you make a larger investment.
Do I need technical experience?
No. The work begins with leadership decisions, safe-use boundaries, and your nonprofit’s identity. The tool comes later.
Which AI tool will I use?
The foundation is tool independent. You can work in the AI platform your organization can access and support. The judgment, structure, and working habits travel with you when tools change.
Is this only for Seattle nonprofits?
No. Tricia resides in Greater Seattle and serves clients nationally. The Founding Cohort is live and online.
A path that meets you where you are