This comprehensive course will help you develop the skills needed to grow your start-up business and show you everything you need to know to transform good intentions into a professional plan of action as an entrepreneur.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 12 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment.
The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in Nonprofit Manager :
The following textbooks will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in Entrepreneurship: Start-Up and Business Owner Management:
- Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice
Please note: You will receive a digital book if the physical book is on backorder.
Ready to develop the skills and strategies to become a leader in the nonprofit sector while learning the fundamentals needed to launch your own business? In this course bundle, you will learn the most important aspects of nonprofits, including how to start a nonprofit and delve into the world of business, from generating an idea to writing a plan and much more.
The Nonprofit Manager course will teach you how to start a nonprofit, including the most important aspect—your mission and how to define that. You will also study governance and leadership issues, looking at the laws that regulate nonprofits and codes of conduct as you learn how to run a nonprofit further. From there, you will be looking at how best to manage your volunteer program. You will learn how to handle nonprofit finances and, critically, how to create a budget. This course will also teach you how to market and raise funds through fundraising and earned income. Lastly, you will understand the importance of diversity considerations and how to achieve this within your organization.
In the Entrepreneurship: Start-Up and Business Owner Management course, you will refine your start-up idea as you prepare for the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Certification. You will learn all business areas of an entrepreneurship venture, such as legal structure and requirements, funding sources, intellectual property law, operations, marketing, advertising, and finances. By course completion, you will create a comprehensive business plan to get your start-up idea off the ground and into the market.
This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the Entrepreneurship and Small Business ESB Certification certifying exam upon eligibility.
- The Nonprofit Sector
- Defining Your Mission/Imagining Your Vision
- Governance and Leadership
- Volunteer Management
- Nonprofit Finance
- Fund Development
- Other Revenue Sources
- Other Revenue Sources
- Other Revenue Sources
- Human Resources
- Human Resources
- Change is The Only Constant
- Nonprofit Manager Final Exam
- The Entrepreneur
- Opportunity Recognition
- Starting Up
- Funding the Venture
- Ethics and Sustainability
- Human Capital
- Intellectual Property
- Operating Procedures
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Financial Statements
- Cash Flow Management
What you will learn
- Differentiate between the different nonprofit sectors
- Define your nonprofit's mission and vision
- Identify the roles of governance and leadership
- Apply management skills to lead volunteers
- Create a fundraising plan
- Identify marketing and communication tools
- Apply diversity considerations within your organization
- Identify the characteristics, risks, benefits, opportunities, and drawbacks of being an entrepreneur
- Assess the demand of an opportunity and its value proposition
- Determine the appropriate legal structure, required licenses, and regulations for your business
- Investigate intellectual property law for entrepreneurs
- Determine your operational costs and growth strategy for your business
- Use financial statements to assess profitability and break-even analysis for your business
- Design a business plan for your venture
How you will benefit
- Learn skills and develop strategies to get your nonprofit organization successfully off the ground
- Obtain an understanding of how to be a strong leader in this field
- Gain confidence in your ability to work at a nonprofit organization and get closer to achieving your personal career goals
- The Entrepreneurship and Small Business certification ensures tomorrow's business leaders are prepared with the toolkit they need to get ahead in today's competitive landscape
- The completed business plan is a dynamic planning tool which can be updated at any given time to allow the entrepreneur up-to-date information for decision-making
- Every entrepreneur must have knowledge of the foundational business principles to progress forward, as all principles are interrelated, and this knowledge allows for better business decisions
Dr. Beverly A. Browning
Dr. Beverly A. Browning is a grant writing consultant and visionary who uses thought leadership to work with nonprofit organizations struggling with the woes of revenue stream imbalances. She has been researching grant funding, grantmaking trends, and board-related barriers to nonprofit capacity building for over 40 years. Together she and her team have helped her clients win over $750 million in grant awards. Dr. Browning is the founder and director of the Grant Writing Training Foundation and Bev Browning, LLC. She is the author of 44 grant writing publications, including six editions of Grant Writing for Dummies and the 6th edition of Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (to be published in 2021). Dr. Browning holds graduate and post-graduate degrees in organizational development, public administration, and business administration. She is also a Certified Strategic Planning Facilitator (CSPF), has a McNellis Compression Planning Institute Facilitation Training distinction, and is an Approved Trainer for the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) and the Certified Fund Raising Executive International (CFRE).
David Harkins
David Harkins is a business leader with a background in executive coaching and consulting. His work focuses on entrepreneurial thinking, leadership development, and operational innovation to help businesses and organizations deepen social impact and strengthen performance. His past roles include Vice President of Strategic Services at the Jackson Group, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for software engineering firm Geneer and Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for Nykamp Consulting Group. He earned a Master of Entrepreneurship from Western Carolina University and a BBA in entrepreneurial and small business management from American Public University.