Feedback Champions

What is a Feedback Champion?

The goal is to identify a diverse set of emerging leaders in the feedback field in the U.S. and provide support as they become feedback champions in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors.

The Feedback Champions Fellowship supports US-based professionals who have experience in the nonprofit or philanthropic sector and have demonstrated commitment to listening and acting on feedback but are not yet established as known leaders in their field.

What does the Fellowship look like?

The Feedback Champions fellowship is a one-year fellowship to support individuals to:

• Gain confidence and support in talking about feedback, its benefits to the sector, and how it supports their work
• Receive training and mentorship in writing and public speaking
• Become a part of a broader feedback community
• Directly connect with speaking and writing opportunities.
  

 

Through a cohort model over the course of a year, Fellows will have access to the following benefits:

• In-depth feedback training through Feedback Crash Course;
• Six virtual cohort learning talks to dive into topics ranging from good feedback practice to public speaking;
• Training intensives on professional skills, such as writing and public speaking;
• Writing support, publication, and promotion of at least one blog piece focusing on the benefits of listening and feedback to their work;
• Conference ticket and travel support to attend Feedback+Bozeman;
• Professional one-on-one coaching from an experienced professional; 
• Connections to the broader feedback community through a personal mentor and other Feedback Champions;
• Guaranteed speaking opportunities at Feedback+Bozeman;
• Guaranteed feature slot at a 2025 Feedback Labs LabStorm 
• Access to Feedback Labs and its membership, including feedback tools, trainings/presentations/webinars, and writing opportunities

*Champions in the nonprofit sector will also receive a grant of $10,000 to their organization to cover their time to participate in Fellowship and to attend and speak about feedback at related sector events.

What are the expectations during the Fellowship?

The Feedback Champions Fellowship is a one-year partnership among the Feedback Champion, their organization, and Feedback Labs. The graphic below is intended to communicate the expectations to which each partner will commit during the Fellowship.

Feedback Champion	Host Organization	Feedback Labs
Attend and speak at the Feedback Summit in Bozeman, Montana from June 4 – 6, 2025	Provide institutional support for participating Feedback Champion, including time to engage in all expected Feedback Champion activities	Provide financial support for ticket and travel to Feedback Summit
Actively participate in one-on-one coaching from an experienced professional	Time off “regular” work to participate in Fellowship activities (Feedback Summit, Crash Course, cohort meetings, etc)	Provide training and coaching in writing and public speaking
Attend six virtual meetings with your cohort group and actively participate	Permission to discuss the organization’s work, successes, and challenges in the Feedback Summit sessions, blog, and LabStorm	Match Feedback Champions with a professional coach and provide support to the coaching relationship
Serve as a featured presenter in a 2025 Feedback Labs LabStorm	*For nonprofits: complete MOU to receive a grant of $10,000 to cover Feedback Champion’s time to participate in Fellowship and to attend and speak about feedback at related sector events	Provide a Feedback Crash Course training
Create a blog post about the work you’re doing to share with the feedback community		Lead six virtual meetings to dive into topics on good feedback practices (i.e. cohort meetings)
		Promote the work of the Feedback Champion and their Host Organization in our external communications, including our website, blog, and social media
		Facilitate community and shared learning experiences among the cohort Fellows
		With partners, provide writing support for the completion of the Feedback Champion blog
		Host the LabStorms in which Feedback Champions and their Host Organization receive real-time support and solutions for solving a feedback challenge
		Identify additional opportunities for Feedback Champions to publish their writings, conduct public speaking engagements, or otherwise promote their work and the work of the Host Organization