Course summary:

This Essential Management Skills for Nonprofits program is a series of classes developed to help you gain an overall understanding of the current trends, opportunities and challenges, as well as key functional areas and responsibilities within nonprofit organizations.

With case study discussions related directly to current issues and industry guest speakers, you will leave each class with the ability to immediately apply your in-class learning to your workplace. Class sizes are limited and enable you to establish a network of colleagues and mentors who can provide resources and referrals through your career.

With the benefit of feedback and input from your peers and instructor, your capstone project enables you to
identify and resolve or improve a current workplace issue that you may already be facing.

This program is designed for those who are:

• New to management or the nonprofit sector
• Looking to enhance their management skills
• Ready to explore new techniques to effectively lead their organization or department

Series topics include:

• Overview of the nonprofit sector
• Nonprofit management fundamentals
• Strategic thinking
• Strategic communications
• Financial management
• Program development and evaluation
• Building collaborations and partnerships
• Capstone project