Becoming Fundable Expert Pod — with Jessica Hodgson from Keystone Impact Solutions
Looking for tailored support to understand why winning grants isn't in the writing, but in your preparation? This expert pod is for you!
Join Jessica Hodgson, Founder from Keystone Impact Solutions for this 2-part, small-group pod designed to help you go from idea to action.
By the end of these workshops you will have a clear readiness signal for one real project, and a practical decision framework to decide whether to proceed, pause, or adapt before pursuing funding or recognition.
Who is this Pod best for?
This pod is best for purpose-led founders and leaders with an active project who are considering grants or recognition and want to assess readiness with clarity and integrity. Participants should bring a real project and be open to reflective decision-making, including the possibility of pausing or adapting before applying.
Note: Expert Pods happen on the first and third Thursdays of the month, at the same time for both sessions.
What to expect from Session 1
Identify the top failure patterns that cause otherwise strong projects to be rejected.
Learn how funders assess clarity, alignment, and delivery capability — not effort or intention.
Apply a readiness check to your own project to surface gaps before progressing further.
What to expect from Session 2
Interpret your Clarity to Impact readiness signal and what it reveals about your project’s current readiness.
Decide whether to proceed, pause, or adapt before pursuing funding or recognition.
Leave with clarity on how to engage with grants responsibly and strategically moving forward.
Between sessions
Virtual Coworking sessions are available for those interested in accountability support. Hosted on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 10:30am - 12pm AEST, see your Slack channel for details and the link to add the reminder to your calendar.
About Jessica Hodgson
Dr. Jess Hodgson is the quiet powerhouse behind environmental victories. A PhD ecologist turned strategic partner, she exclusively serves environmental organisations—transforming their operational chaos into grant-winning excellence. As the behind-the-scenes force, she handles funding applications and systems so that leaders can focus on saving the planet, not paperwork.
Connect with Jessica Hodgson
facebook.com/keystoneimpactsolutions25,
Securing Your Spot
Request to join the pod to register your interest. If accepted, calendar invites will be issued for both dates + virtual coworking, click “yes” on all invites to ensure they show in your calendar.
If a ticket isn’t issued within 1-2 working days it means you have been added to a waitlist for this pod and you will be notified if we find you a space.
What's an Impact Collab Expert Pod?
Expert Pods are two-part, small group mentoring sessions, designed to help founders and organisational leaders build better systems for business, impact and/or wellbeing.
Facilitated by an Expert member from the Impact Collab, they are intimate, interactive, and personalised to your unique challenges, creating an environment for tailored advice, actionable feedback, accountability and growth.
How do they work?
Hosted during a single month, the pods are run as 2 x 1-hour online workshops, two weeks apart. The Workshops are interactive, with lots of Q&A, live feedback, and direct, tailored support.
At the end of Workshop 1, participants set a list of items to action or exercise. In Workshop 2, these items are reviewed, additional feedback is given, and next steps are provided. This is by far one of our most valuable knowledge and relationship-building programs in the community.
And the best part… it’s included in the Impact Collab membership with first time visitor guest passes available for just $5!
Cancellations and No Shows
Seats in the pods are extremely limited and our experts’ time is highly valuable so our cancellation policy is designed to reflect this.
If you are unable to attend your expert pod please email yaama@impactcollab.com.au as soon as possible to increase our chances of filling your seat.
If there are more than 7+ days until Workshop 1 your ticket will be re-released. No further action is needed and cancellation fees will not apply.
If there are less than 7 days until workshop 1, we will check the waitlist to see if we can find a replacement for your seat and best efforts will be made to fill your seat. If a replacement cannot be found, the following cancellation fees will apply. Both Sessions*: $30* | Session 2 only: $15.
You may also opt in for a $75, 30-min make up session for the following circumstances:
If you’ve missed session 1 to be able to join session 2
If you’ve only missed session 2
* Due to the private nature of the Expert Pods they will not be recorded. If you cannot attend session 1 then session 2 will be automatically forfeited if you do not do a makeup session.
Can’t make the pod dates, but would still like to work with the Expert 1:1?
You are welcome to contact yaama@impactcollab.com.au for a warm introduction, or reach out to the expert directly via their contact details above.