Heartbeat International Academy offers life-affirming leaders, staff members, volunteers, and supporters access to pregnancy help training through various educational formats tailored to the needs of pregnancy help professionals. Webinars provide on-demand training accessible anytime and anywhere with an internet connection, featuring a growing selection of programs at cost-effective prices. Online courses offer customizable options for group instruction or self-paced study, available 24/7 with dynamic, multi-media activities and progress-tracking features. Additionally, Heartbeat Academy hosts live virtual classes each quarter, taught by Heartbeat faculty members. These classes, varying in topic and length, provide in-depth training designed to enhance your expertise over a few weeks.
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Plus, the Academy offers an online Store with a library of previously recorded training and in-depth Manuals.
Essentially, with Academy, we hope to offer a one-stop shop where pregnancy help leaders can access sector-specific training that will help them and their organizations continue to serve their clients and communities with excellence. We recognize the difficulty of trying to research where to go get training on raising funds, leading organizations, and serving clients, while simultaneously doing all of those things so our goal is to come alongside you to make it a bit easier. With our new learning plans feature, it’s even easier to identify what you need to know about any given topic and locate those trainings and resources that you need to raise funds, lead your organization, serve clients, etc. It doesn’t take much effort in today’s age to find a piece of information or training video online, but what sets Academy apart is our training goes beyond social work, Christian counseling, and nursing education, instead offering training and information through a Christian worldview specific to our pregnancy help community. With the expertise that we tap into through our faculty, we’re able to provide sector-specific training which means we’re not just training nurses in the physics and technical stuff on ultrasound, but training nurses to perform ultrasound in a pregnancy help organization as part of the process of building a relationship with that client. Not just the latest information on chemical abortion, but how best to respond to clients in this shortened window of opportunity. Now with our learning plan feature added in, even if you don’t know where to start, and don’t know what you don’t know you have a built-in guidance system of sorts to help make sure you find the right training for you. The short answer is anywhere and everywhere! When Heartbeat Academy was first launched, we focused on creating online coursework and a virtual learning space; that was what we were missing! Since 2020, we've brought those virtual and in-person worlds together so that now by completing the surveys offered onsite you can receive credit for training you’re doing in person with Heartbeat as well as credit for those digital and online training.
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Plus, Affiliates receive 20% in the Academy! Click here to learn more.
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With each webinar in the Heartbeat Academy, we now include an affiliate bonus registration for another member of your staff!
Each registration gives you access to the live presentation for yourself AND access for 1 additional person from your affiliated organization to access the recording through Heartbeat Academy! That recording access includes all the benefits of the webinar, including any CEUs offered.
How? Just register for yourself, and when the recording becomes available, you'll have the opportunity to enroll your additional staff member. That's one more benefit of being a Heartbeat International affiliate!
Staffing with Confidence: Hiring, Evaluating, and Retaining Great Staff
Presented by Robin Fuller
Staffing can be one of the most difficult things for an executive director or CEO or management. What are best practices for interviewing and hiring? How do you deal with an employee who has poor conduct? How do you terminate when it is necessary?
In this series we will cover 12 steps to not only hire, but also to keep staff. Click "Register Now" to read more!
Session will take place from 12pm - 1pm Eastern Time:
- January 21 - Preparing to Hire New Staff
- February 11 - Hiring and Onboarding New Staff
- March 4 - Evaluating and Addressing Staff Performance
How to Record and Manage Donations Affordably and Accurately
Tuesday, January 27, from 12 pm - 1 pm Eastern Time
Presented by Tony Gruber, Heartbeat International
Processing a high volume of small donations can quickly become time-consuming, expensive, and overwhelming. In this practical webinar, we’ll share ways to streamline donation tracking while staying organized, accurate, and cost-effective.
You’ll learn an efficient record-keeping process for proper donor management and accounting, explore affordable software solutions, and discover common processing pitfalls—and how to avoid them.
Join us to gain practical tools and insights that will help you save time, reduce costs, and steward donor gifts with confidence.
Fundamentals of Maternity Housing Ministry for College Students
Wednesday, January 28, from 12 pm - 1 pm Eastern Time
Debbie Capen, Executive Director for Mira Via - maternity housing for college students, is making her knowledge and well-earned expertise available in this webinar. Participants will learn some of the fundamental differences between traditional maternity housing and education-based maternity housing, as well as 3 specific keys for success.
Ultrasound Image Review: Feb - Jul 2026
Next review is Tuesday, February 3 at 12 pm ET
Join us once a month for a live image review, discussion, and case study. Click the button below for individual classes and bundle pricing!
Featured Courses
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