• why focusing on individuals builds power as well as income
• how to build a team of people willing to ask
• how to build equity and inclusion into your fundraising program
• how to find new prospects even in rural areas
• how to start or expand a major donor program

In order to be successful, nonprofit organizations require strong leadership from their Board of Directors. The Board’s responsibility is to oversee the effectiveness of management policies and decisions, including the execution of its strategies. Learn the key roles and responsibilities of the board and the essential areas of Board oversight. Discuss strategies to increase board members’ commitment to the mission and purpose of your organization, and how boards must be active and engaged to fulfill their legal and governance duties.  This course is taught by Leslie Anderson.

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People support nonprofits and the causes they champion because of an emotional connection. Hope, compassion, guilt, fear, and other emotions drive people to tackle the war/d’s problems – or support others who are working on the front lines. That’s where stories come in. Facts and figures can be mind-numbing, but a story opens ears, eyes, minds and hearts. In this interactive course, you will learn how to find compelling stories about people your nonprofit is helping; tell great stories; create a story bank to pull in stories from clients and volunteers; use your stories for maximum effect. Learn tools to build stories that will not only spearhead your fundraising and advocacy efforts, but also strengthen your organization’s culture and reinforce its values. This course is taught by Marilyn Ball.

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As nonprofits work with multiple cultures within the US and throughout the world, understanding how to foster optimal interaction among staff and boards is critical to developing high-performing and high-functioning teams. In this class, you will explore why these concepts are important for nonprofit organizations, their teams, their boards, and themselves. We’ll explore the different ways in which Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and Millennials communicate. And we’ll begin developing action plans for use within your organizations to create high performing teams in a multi-cultural and multi-generational workplace. This course is taught by Althea Gonzalez.

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This course provides an understanding of financial management for nonprofits and focuses on topics integral to nonprofit fiscal management. Learn finance terms as they relate to the effective operation of a nonprofit organization. Discuss how to track income and expenses to specific programs to fulfill expectations of funders, donors and the IRS. The role of the board, staff and committees are covered. Become familiar with the standards of excellence for nonprofit organizations and gain an understanding of financial statements, budgeting, and surviving an audit. Participants will gain an understanding of the broader financial realm of nonprofit organizations – where they work or volunteer. This course is taught by Kathi Ballard.

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Most funders today think of themselves as “investors” who want to get the most community impact “payoff” they can for the resources they have. In recent years, these resources have been more limited and more organizations are competing for less money. This course will help you understand the factors that underlie which projects and organizations get grant funding, and will teach you tools to plan and prepare winning foundation grant proposals and letters of intent/inquiry. We will explore the information that will be requested in grant applications and use actual funded proposals as examples. This course is taught by Mark Goldstein.

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Do you dread the financial responsibilities of nonprofit management? Understanding transactions, financial reports, and statements are essential, often-neglected aspects of operating a successful nonprofit. This course will offer participants the level of accounting expertise appropriate for an executive director of a nonprofit organization. Develop skills in recording transactions, preparing reports, and analyzing financial statements. You may be surprised at how much fun accounting can be!  This course is taught by Michelle Tracz.

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Public policy advocacy is a powerful tool to help nonprofits fully realize their missions. Every day nonprofits and their clients, volunteers, and communities interact with and are shaped by public policy. Leveraging influence on these decisions can realize changes and benefits that reach beyond the scope of direct services. In this course, we will explore a values-based advocacy model; understand advocacy tools; learn the basics of advocacy campaign planning and messaging; and develop an initial plan for creating or strengthening your organization’s infrastructure and decision-making to effectively engage in public policy advocacy. This course is taught by Greg Borom.

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How do you measure your nonprofit’s success? This course is designed to help you understand the ways in which you can measure the success of your organization relative to your mission and vision. You will leave this class with an idea of the metrics you can use to measure organizational impact, as well as a clear understanding of metric development and measurement, and an action plan to take back to your organization. This course is taught by Catherine Brown.

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