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Nonprofit Management Foundations

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Overview

A primer on nonprofit management and leadership, including topics such as fundraising, talent recruiting and retention, governance, finance, and accounting.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The power of nonprofits
1. Leadership Strategies for Successful Nonprofits
  • Shaping your vision
  • Sharpening your theory of change
  • Mapping out a winning strategy
  • Adapting and innovating continuously
2. Effective Fundraising and Marketing
  • Understanding sources of revenue
  • Fundraising from individuals
  • Foundation grants
  • Pursuing government grants and contracts
  • Creating value through business partnerships
  • Earning revenue through services and products
  • Fundraising at different stages of growth
  • Using social media to raise money
3. Recruiting and Retaining Talent
  • Building your board
  • Hiring staff
  • Working with volunteers
  • Motivating and keeping top talent
4. Governance, Finance, and Accounting
  • Understanding board governance
  • Understanding nonprofit financial leadership
  • Financial management and accounting
  • Understanding different legal entities for social purpose organizations
5. Expanding Impact beyond Your Nonprofit's Walls
  • Strategies for scaling the organization
  • Strategies for scaling impact
  • Advocating and serving: Changing public policy
  • Making markets work: Changing business models
  • Inspiring evangelists: Motivating people to join your cause
  • Working with peers and foundations
  • Collective impact
6. Developing Your Personal Leadership Potential
  • Discovering the level six leader within
  • Honing your vision and sense of calling
  • Sharing power and authority inside and outside of the organization
  • Assessing your readiness to lead
  • Considerations before you launch
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Leslie Crutchfield

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