Shifting Power Accelerator
Next Official Start Date: February 15th, 2025
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🚀 Master the POWER framework to build resilient leadership and co-creation skills for civil society partnerships that create lasting impact in 90 days
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The non-profit sector is facing unprecedented crises - funding cuts, rising authoritarianism, burnout, partnership breakdowns, and broken trust.
Lead the change and become indispensable by mastering the movement skills that matter most: how to transform extractive relationships into empowering and unstoppable partnerships.
THIS IS AN HISTORICAL MOMENT
You work for a non-profit or civil society organization that talks a lot about shifting power, locally-led and community-led development.
Your organization has partnership or localization plans, but power-shifting and trust-building are clearly missing for the plans to really work.
You are ready to focus and work hard on one specific project or partnership. You can spend 90 days working part-time to transform your partnerships for good.
You're not stuck. You're working inefficiently without a proven method.
THE TRUTH
Mistrust breeds more mistrust. The partnership norms and agreements you've inherited are misguided.
Googling is getting you nowhere and asking ChatGPT for support just doesn't work when stakes are high and context is critical.
You do NOT have a motivation problem (that much is clear).
This is a problem of approach.
And you and your partners deserve a better one.
Shifting Power Accelerator
THE SOLUTION
That's why I've designed a partnership transformation program for civil society professionals, nonprofit leaders, and partnership managers who are tired of transactional relationships and ready to co-create high-trust and high-impact partnerships that are built to last.
Transform your most challenging partnership from transactional to collaborative using proven power analysis and co-design tools. Improve your partnership effectiveness and build relationships that withstand funding cuts.
Strengthen your partnerships.
Navigate barriers to co-creation.
Learn how to effectively influence.
Future-proof your career and impact.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Sustain and scale your movement.
Master the art of change leadership without formal authority. Develop skills to navigate resistance, build coalitions, and advocate for community-centered approaches that advance your career while creating real impact.
Break through the systemic obstacles that prevent authentic partnership. Learn to address power imbalances, organizational constraints, and cultural barriers with practical frameworks that actually work in crisis situations.
Master the skills that make you indispensable in a rapidly changing sector. Position yourself as a leader who can navigate uncertainty, adapt to new funding models, and build sustainable impact regardless of external pressures.
Connect your partnership transformation to broader social change. Build a network of global practitioners and learn to scale individual relationship improvements into organizational culture change and sector-wide impact.
🚀 Grow your leadership and co-creation skills for impactful partnerships in 90 days.
Shifting Power Accelerator enriched me in so many ways. First, it boosted my optimism that change is possible. Maya doesn't just share theory or concepts, but practical ways, paths to walk on, and so importantly, partnership and guidance.
And not only from herself! I still get lots of strength and inspiration from the cohort and my community partners (with whom I continue to meet). This course completely transformed my work and my perspectives and I would definitely do it again and again!
Larissa Seibel
Action Aid International
This course completely transformed my work!
Lilla Watson and the Aboriginal activists group, Queensland, Australia
If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.
The POWER Method
COURSE FRAMEWORK
Liberatory Futures: Develop a clear vision for power-shifted partnerships and understand your role as a change agent in the social impact ecosystem.
Tools: POWER Assessment, Vision Canvas, Personal Theory of Change
Power & Decision-Making: Master power analysis tools to understand dynamics in your partnerships and identify leverage points for change.
Tools: Power Mapping Template, Stakeholder Analysis, Decision-Making Assessment
Influence & Organizational Change:
Learn to navigate organizational resistance and build coalitions for partnership transformation.
Tools: Influence Strategy Canvas, Change Readiness Assessment, Coalition Building Toolkit
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Participatory Grantmaking: Transform funding relationships by sharing decision-making power with communities and partners.
Tools: Participatory Funding Framework, Community Assessment Tools, Resource Sharing Templates
Movement-building: Scale your impact by connecting individual partnerships to broader social change movements.
Tools: Movement Mapping, Network Analysis, Collective Action Strategies
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Sustainable practice: Master the art of sustainable activism through trauma-informed approaches, somatic practices, self and community care.
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Tools: Somatic Practice Library, Community Care Toolkit, Burnout Prevention Framework
Mutual Capacity Strengthening: Build systems for shared learning, mutual accountability, and sustainable partnership development
Tools: Capacity Assessment Matrix, Learning Partnership Framework, Accountability Templates
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Community-Led Design: Implement participatory approaches that center community voice and decision-making in program and partnerships design.
Tools: Community Design Toolkit, Participation Assessment, Co-Design Templates
Integration & Sustainability: Create your 90-day implementation plan and build systems for ongoing partnership transformation.
Tools: Partnership Sustainability Scorecard, Implementation Roadmap, Success Metrics
TThe POWER Framework offers a systematic methodology for transforming extractive relationships into generative partnerships that strengthen during crisis rather than break. POWER represents six interconnected practices that successful change leaders use to shift power dynamics and build sustainable collaborative relationships:
PICTURE
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What will you learn?
COURSE MODULES
WEEK 0
Orientation & Community Building
- Meet your facilitator Maya, who will share what to expect in the course
- Connect with fellow practitioners in your cohort and learn about their current challenges
- Agree on community norms and expectations for peer accountability for your learning journey
- Assess your current partnership effectiveness and set intentions for transformation
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Workshop with Maya (90 min)
WEEK 1
PICTURE: Liberatory Futures
- Create a compelling vision for liberatory partnerships in your specific work context
- Complete a comprehensive assessment of your current partnership effectiveness
- Map your role and sphere of influence within the broader development ecosystem
- Connect your personal values and motivation to partnership transformation practice
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Office Hour with Maya (60 min)
WEEK 2
ORGANIZE: Power & Decision-Making
- Analyze power structures using proven power mapping and analysis tools
- Identify key stakeholders, decision-makers, and influence networks through strategic organizing
- Map specific opportunities for coalition-building and partnership transformation
- Assess your organization's readiness for implementing power-sharing approaches
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Workshop with Maya (90 min)
WEEK 3
REST: Sustainable Practice
- Develop personal somatic practices for sustainable change work
- Build community care systems with your partners, colleagues, and cohort members
- Create sustainable approaches to challenging work by leaning into rest as resistance
- Understand and integrate rest and renewal as revolutionary practice, not luxury
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Office Hour with Maya (60 min)
This is your time to check in with yourself and choose an activity that best suits your needs.
Or just be.
WEEK 4: REST WEEK
Integration & Community Building
- Process learnings from the PICTURE, ORGANIZE, and REST components of the POWER framework
- Connect informally with cohort members
- Practice new tools at your own pace
- Rest in whatever way you choose. No pressure.
KEY OUTCOMES
🌻 REST WEEK: No Structured Activities
WEEK 5
WIN: Influence & Organizational Change
- Design specific influence strategies for partnership transformation in your organization
- Learn practical approaches to navigate organizational resistance to power-sharing
- Build internal coalitions and find allies for equitable partnership approaches
- Create compelling concept notes for change that address ethics AND organizational effectiveness
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Office Hour with Maya (60 min)
WEEK 6
ORGANIZE: Mutual Capacity Building
- Build systems for reciprocal learning and mutual accountability with partners
- Move beyond extractive capacity building to authentic capacity sharing approaches
- Design learning partnerships where all parties contribute and benefit from expertise
- Create sustainable systems for ongoing partnership development
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Workshop with Maya (90 min)
WEEK 7
Guest Expert Session
- Learn from an expert practitioner's real-world experience with partnership transformation
- Connect new approaches and strategies to the POWER framework
- Expand your professional network and build relationships with fellow change-makers
- Apply expert insights and strategies to your specific partnership challenges
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Q&A with Guest Expert (60 min)
This is your time to check in with yourself and choose an activity that best suits your needs.
Or just be.
WEEK 8: REST WEEK
Sustainable Practice & Care
- Focus on personal sustainability practices
- Connect informally with cohort members
- Practice new tools at your own pace
- Reflect on your transformation journey so far
- Prepare for the final implementation phase with renewed energy and clarity
- Rest in whatever way you choose. No pressure.
KEY OUTCOMES
🌻 REST WEEK: No Structured Activities
WEEK 9
ENGAGE: Community-Led Design
- Design community engagement processes that share real decision-making power
- Implement participatory planning and co-design methods in your current work
- Make the concrete shift from consultation to shared decision-making
- Create systems and structures for ongoing community leadership in your programs
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Office Hour with Maya (60 min)
WEEK 10
Guest Expert Session
- Learn from a second expert practitioner's experience with partnership transformation
- Deepen your understanding of diverse applications of the POWER framework
- Build broader professional networks and connections for ongoing collaboration
- Integrate multiple approaches and strategies for partnership transformation in your work
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Q&A with Guest Expert (60 min)
WEEK 11
REPEAT: Graduation & Collective Action
- Connect your partnership work to broader movement goals and social change strategies
- Build networks for collective action, mutual support, and ongoing collaboration
- Design specific strategies for scaling partnership transformation beyond individual relationships
- Create a concrete 90-day implementation plan for continued transformation after the course
KEY OUTCOMES
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: Workshop with Maya (90 min)
WEEK 12: BONUS WEEK
Integration & Sustainability
- Access advanced bonus content modules for extended learning and skill development
- Explore options for deepening your work through personalized 1:1 coaching with Maya
- Transition into the Flourish Fellowship membership community for ongoing support
- Complete your partnership transformation journey with bonus tools for sustained change
👩🏻🏫 Live Session: 1:1 Coaching with Maya (60 min)
KEY OUTCOMES
I cannot recommend the Shifting Power Accelerator enough! This course gave me invaluable insight into how I can actually shift power within my international development work. The course is intensely practical—focusing on how you really shift power in decision-making, partnerships, program design, and funding.
What made it transformational was the cohort design and partnering with a Global South colleague. My classmates and partner challenged me and kept me accountable in ways I didn't expect. Maya is an incredible facilitator—inclusive, flexible, and she challenges you toward meaningful action that continues long after the course ends.
Anat Cassuto
International Women's Development Agency
Intensely practical with lasting impact
Civil Society Leadership Trainer
Mahrukh Maya Hasan
As the child of South Asian refugees and immigrants, speaking 10+ languages, and having lived across 5 continents, I bring deep multicultural understanding to leadership and partnerships development.
Recent highlights include developing curriculum for the Global Executive Leadership Initiative hosted by LSE and Harvard, serving as senior adviser to USAID's Partnership Incubator, and being an award-winning community builder for 30,000+ professionals across 100 countries.
MEET YOUR COACH
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Interactive, Cohort-Based Learning
Join a supportive cohort of ~25 global partnership practitioners and values-driven leaders who are actively shifting power—not just talking about it.
🌍 Changemaker Community
Get matched with an accountability partner and engage in weekly projects with peer support and real-time feedback.
🤝 Peer Learning & Accountability
Practice POWER framework tools with real partnerships in your current work—making transformation immediately relevant and impactful.
🎯 Apply While You Learn
Why Choose Shifting Power Accelerator
Flexible Learning: On-Demand + Live Sessions
Complete POWER Framework + Toolkit
Flourish Fellowship Community Access
Risk-Free, Money-Back Guarantee
Certification + LinkedIn Badge
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Course Portal + Lifetime Access
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"Shifting Power Accelerator takes you on a journey of deep learning and discovery. Maya's structure, content, and design all work together to create insights you can actually use in your work.
Maya isn't just knowledgeable about shifting power—she's an expert facilitator who knows how to help you digest key concepts and integrate them into your professional context. You leave with practical tools, not just theory.
If you want to learn #ShiftThePower principles and practices, you don't want to miss this immensely valuable course!!"
Margherita Sgorbissa
Vitala Foundation
Margherita Sgorbissa
Vitala Foundation
An immensely valuable course...don't miss it!!
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8 video modules
Comprehensive workbook
6 detailed case studies
Extensive library of resources
Lifetime course access
3 months community access
Email support
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SPA Essentials
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*LIMITED TIME PRICING: At Fearless, we know that social impact organizations worldwide are facing unprecedented funding cuts, restructuring, layoffs, and shutdowns. The following starting rates have been significantly reduced in 2025 to provide this course at a highly accessible rate (90% off) at this critical time.
The actual value of this course is up to 10x more (SPA Essentials: $997; SPA Premium: $2,470). If you or your institution can afford a higher rate, we invite you to get in touch and pay it forward through our Access Fund. With your integrity and support, you can help us continue to offer this course well into the future. To get in touch about sponsorship or if you have any pricing related questions, please feel free to contact us.
What's included
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INVESTMENT
Level up your partnership and co-creation skills
$247*
Self-Paced + Live Sessions
Includes all course modules,
PLUS all live sessions
Everything in Essentials PLUS
4 live workshops with Maya
2 live guest expert sessions
2 live office hours with Maya
1:1 coaching with Maya
+3 months of community access
Priority chat support
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SPA Premium
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🎓 Get reimbursed by your employer
Did you know that 80% of our students get this course paid for by their employers? Your enrollment puts you on the path to promotion! You won't know until you ask.
Use Professional Development Funds
It can be awkward to ask your boss for funds. So we've made it easy. Just use this professional development fund request template and send it to your manager and budget authority.
Copy-paste this request template
Upon completion, we will email you a certificate of completion, as well as a link to a LinkedIn Badge you can upload to your profile.
Certificate & LinkedIn Badge
This course teaches leadership skills and frameworks for 21st century social impact work.
Complete the full SPA program and if you don't see a real improvement in your partnership effectiveness, we'll refund your entire investment.
Here's how it works:
✔️ Participate fully in the 90-day program
✔️ Apply the POWER Method to your real partnership challenges
✔️ Within 30 days of completion, if you haven't improved your ability to navigate partnership conversations, influence stakeholders, or build trust with local partners, email us.
We'll process your full refund within 7 business days.
We're confident in our proven approach because 95% of graduates report improved partnership confidence within 60 days. This guarantee reflects our commitment to your transformation, not just course completion.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
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Our Most Popular Questions
FAQ
Everything you need to know about joining SPA and transforming your partnerships
How is SPA different from other partnership or leadership courses?
How is SPA different from other partnership or leadership courses?
Our POWER method combines power analysis with hands-on implementation, so you're working with your real partnerships and challenges, not just learning theory. We've also built in rest periods and flexibility because we know how demanding our work can be.
If you're not sure whether SPA is the right fit for your goals, I'd love to help you explore your options. You can join one of our upcoming free workshops, take our free 5-day partnerships email course, or book a 20-minute discovery call to discuss what approach might work best for your situation.
What exactly will I learn in 90 days?
What exactly will I learn in 90 days?
- Picture - Vision setting and power analysis
- Organize - Community coalition building
- Win - Campaign strategy and implementation
- Engage - Relationship building and difficult conversations
- Repeat - Sustainability and scaling systems
How much time will this actually take per week?
How much time will this actually take per week?
SPA Premium: 3-4 hours per week including:
- 90-minute live workshops (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7)
- 60-minute live office hours or guest expert Q&As (Weeks 4, 8)
- Self-paced learning and reflection (1-2 hours)
- Optional peer practice sessions
Can I get professional development credit or reimbursement?
Can I get professional development credit or reimbursement?
- Professional development request template
- Official invoices for accounting
- LinkedIn certification badge upon completion
What is the difference between SPA Essentials ($197) and SPA Premium ($247)?
What is the difference between SPA Essentials ($197) and SPA Premium ($247)?
- Complete 8-module POWER framework training
- 6 detailed case studies and success stories
- Comprehensive workbook with all tools
- 3 months access to professional community
- Lifetime access to all materials
SPA Premium includes everything above in SPA Essentials PLUS:
- 5 live workshops with Maya (90 minutes each)
- 2 guest expert Q&A sessions
- Demo day for presenting your transformation
- 6 months total FREE Flourish Fellowship membership
- Peer coaching circles and accountability partnerships
When does the next cohort start and how many spots are available?
When does the next cohort start and how many spots are available?
Upcoming Schedule:
- Winter Cohort: February 15 - April 25, 2026
- Spring Cohort: May 15 - July 25, 2026
- Summer Cohort: August 15 - October 25, 2026
What if I don't see improvements within 30 days?
What if I don't see improvements within 30 days?
If you're not seeing the improvements you expected by day 30, we'll work with you to identify what's blocking progress, adjust the approach for your context, and provide additional support. We're committed to your success, not just your enrollment.
Our satisfaction guarantee covers you through week 5 - if you attend sessions, participate fully, and still don't find value, we'll provide a full refund.
Will this work if I am not a senior leader in my organization?
Will this work if I am not a senior leader in my organization?
In fact, many of our most successful transformations were led by mid-level professionals who used our stakeholder mapping and coalition-building tools to gain organizational buy-in. You don't need formal authority to shift power - you need the right frameworks and community support.
The beauty of working in small cohorts of 25 people is that you'll connect with professionals at similar career stages who understand your challenges and can share strategies that work within different organizational contexts.
Can I speak with a graduate who had a similar role/situation as me?
Can I speak with a graduate who had a similar role/situation as me?
Available perspectives include: INGO Professionals, Foundation Staff, Consortia Staff, Government Agency Staff, Consultants, and professionals at various career stages from Program Officers to Directors.
During your discovery call, let me know your specific role and context, and I'll connect you with 1-2 alumni who share similar backgrounds.
What if SPA doesn't seem like the right fit for me right now?
What if SPA doesn't seem like the right fit for me right now?
- Join our free upcoming workshops to get a taste of the POWER framework
- Take our free 5-Day Equitable Partnerships Now! email course
- Subscribe to our newsletter for ongoing power-shifting insights
- Book a brief chat to explore what preparation might be helpful
Do you have any free resources to get me started?
Do you have any free resources to get me started?
- Equitable Partnerships Now! Email Course - 5-day series on transforming partnership challenges
- Quarterly Power & Partnerships Workshop - Free 60-minute sessions on key topics (coming soon!)
- 20-minute Partnerships Strategy Session - Book a call with Maya to unpack a partnership challenge
These resources represent years of work with partnership professionals and are genuinely useful whether or not you ever join a paid program.
I still have questions. Who can I contact?
I still have questions. Who can I contact?
- Email: hello@fearlessproject.co
- Discovery Call: 20-minute chat to discuss your specific situation
- LinkedIn: Connect with Maya for quick questions
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