This is an exciting time of transition at the Communications Leadership Institute (CLI).  We have recently welcomed a new executive director, Michael Chihak, and have concluded a comprehensive five-year strategic plan that will guide CLI with a strong vision for the future.

Michael Chihak's bio can be found in our Leadership page here.  You may also read a letter from the Board of Directors welcoming him and accepting the new strategic plan here.

CLI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing nonprofits with the training and tools they need to increase their communications capacity and use high-impact communications campaigns to achieve their goals. CLI offers the gold standard in communications training to enable nonprofits to use their voices in the most powerful way possible. The gold standard gets higher every year, as CLI is committed to using the best and most current communications approaches in all its trainings.

Developing a strategic approach to communications can significantly increase an organization’s impact. However, when it comes to creating effective communications campaigns, nonprofits can face a host of challenges – from staffing shortages to tight budgets to competing demands from members, directors and other audiences. CLI is dedicated to addressing these challenges by arming nonprofits with the training and tools they need to achieve their social change goals. Nonprofits large and small can confidently learn how to apply communications practices to increase the impact of their work.