Develop the skills and strategies you need to become a leader in the non-profit sector. This course will show you everything you need to know to transform good intentions into a professional plan of action.
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:
- Nonprofit Management 101, by Darian R. Heyman and Laila Brenner
Please note: You will receive a digital book if the physical book is on backorder.
This course will look at the most important aspect of nonprofits—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. 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 achieve an understanding of the importance of diversity considerations and how to achieve this within your organization.
Throughout the course, you will have an opportunity to look at how nonprofits of all sizes and from all subsectors accomplish their goals and learn how you can ensure that your nonprofit is successful. This is meant to be a very interactive course, and the more you interact, the more you will get out of this course. You will also have the opportunity to start working on the steps to create your own nonprofit.
- The Nonprofit Sector
- Defining Your Mission/Imagining Your Vision
- Governance and Leadership
- Volunteer Management
- Nonprofit Finance
- Fund Development
- Other Revenue Sources
- Marketing and Communications
- Meeting Your Mission: Programs, Accountability, and Measurement
- Human Resources
- Diversity Considerations
- Change is The Only Constant
- Final Exam
What you will learn
- Differentiate between the different nonprofit sectors
- Articulate your nonprofit's mission and vision
- Identify the roles of governance and leadership to ensure ethical, inclusive, and mission-aligned nonprofit management
- Manage volunteers through effective training and programs
- Create a revenue generation strategy and fundraising plan in alignment with your nonprofit's mission
- Utilize marketing and communication tools to build an impactful marketing and public relations plan
- Apply principles effectively to create a fair, inclusive, and culturally competent environment in your organization
- Design programs to accomplish your nonprofit's core mission
- Implement strategies and tools to respond to changes and opportunities impacting your organization
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
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), the Certified Fund Raising Executive International (CFRE, and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI).