Trainers
Jana Ledvinová
Jana has been working in the nonprofit sector for more than 35 years and became a respected international expert for management for the civic sector development. Her leadership training is based on the experiential learning principles. She believes that a leader does not need only assistance with learning professional knowledge. Strong leadership also requires other essential skills and abilities – the passion for the mission, respect to others following the path, team spirit and self-confidence. To support these critical skills during training, she utilizes experience from her career as an Outward Bound instructor in special games and simulations. Jana is an author of various books and handouts for civic sector management translated to different languages. As a co-author of the game Labyrinth of the World she became a Prize Winner in the International Management Game Competition (1995-1997).
Jan Kroupa
Jan has 20+ years of experience as an international consultant, trainer and researcher focused on philanthropy, resource mobilization and leadership in civil society from more than twenty countries worldwide, primarily in Europe. With PhD in philosophy and ethics, he is the co-founder of the Czech Fundraising Center, a leading CEE capacity building non-profit and the Chair of NETT, the Civil Society Think Tank – both based in Prague, Czech Republic. Jan teaches at the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University Prague and serves on the boards of several non-profits. “I believe that the future remains open and that it matters what we do and do not do, what we say and do not say. That is why I serve leaders in the philanthropic sector who search for and pursue their mission so that they can walk the Earth with their heads up high.”
Peter Guštafík
As a trainer and facilitator, Peter specializes in designing and delivering learning experiences for people active in civil society. He is a fan of gamification and generative AI tools to enhance learning. He promotes reflective practice as part of experiential learning to help learners uncover actionable insights and challenge themselves into unlearning and re-learning. As a facilitator he helps groups identify challenges and guides them through organizational development processes such as strategic planning or visioning, including pushing teams out of their comfort zones and overcoming biases, as well as supporting them in the process of aligning organizational mission with core values. He finds inspiration in philosophy and rabbinic texts.
