Grow your nonprofit’s mission and reach through online communities.

Nonprofits rely on Participate because of our expertise in adult education and strong core values. As former educators, instructional designers and education researchers, our team designed our social learning platform to meet the needs of growing organizations and their constituents. We focus on mission-alignment and intentionally partner with organizations who share the same values of working together for the greater good, being kind, creating meaningful solutions and growing from successes and failures.

If your nonprofit has existing content, events or training you’d like to move online, our instructional design team is here to help you transform those learning experiences. We’ll take you through a guided process of online learning experience design and draft courses alongside you. Most nonprofits come to us with some content, but if you’re just getting started that’s fine too! We can help you develop content and elearning experiences based on your nonprofit’s unique needs and goals.

Most traditional learning management systems will focus solely on e-courses or forums to guide e-learning opportunities. Within a single learning experience in a Participate community, members have the opportunity to pick a personalized pathway of growth and engage with multiple users through courses, discussions, resource collections, direct messaging and more. Our tool was built for adult learning and collaboration, whereas Learning Management System competitors were often built student-facing first then adapted for adults.

Participate communities are similar to a social network combining its power with a Learning Management System. If your nonprofit only needs electronic courses or forums, then a Learning Management System may suffice. If you need a community to facilitate connection and collaboration, then a community will be a better fit. We know that adults learn best when they talk to each other and use what they learn. Unlike traditional LMS course structures, Participate communities go beyond course completions and short-term discussion engagement to intentionally put authentic learning and connection at the center of your community.