Center for Nonprofit Management Programs

Leaders of nonprofit organizations face many new challenges in this increasingly competitive world. The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University provides outstanding academic programs for nonprofit practitioners to hone their skills and to develop additional competencies to take their enterprises to even greater success.

Designed by teams of Kellogg School faculty and experienced nonprofit practitioners, these programs are directed at senior managers — executives who have direct impact on the goals of the organizations. Board members and trustees will also gain valuable insights. In addition to lectures and cases, instructors use problem-solving and role-playing exercises to promote group learning, and they invite leading practitioners to share their experience with participants.

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  • July 9-11, 2013

  Building Strong School Leaders

  Today’s school leaders are expected not only to be academic thought leaders but also to be effective leaders setting vision and strategy, creating change and managing the teams necessary to improve their schools and build a successful school community. This new program offered at the Kellogg School of Management will provide school leaders (including principals, assistant principals, superintendents, lead teachers, board meetings, executive directors of education based nonprofits) with theories, tools and tactics to build their leadership capacity and support their ability to move their schools to greater success.
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  • March 10-11, 2014

  Developing High Performing People

  This program will teach participants to effectively communicate expectations, visions and values to various stakeholders. Participants will also learn how to develop and bring to life a focused people strategy, to understand emotional intelligence and the role it plays in having difficult yet effective conversations and to prepare the organization for a leadership transition.
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  • September 16-18, 2013
  • September 29 - October 1, 2014

  Essentials of Fundraising & Marketing

  This program will give nonprofit leaders the tools necessary to effectively evaluate their fundraising and marketing efforts. Participants will learn the role of leadership in fundraising & marketing, solicitation & marketing strategies for different types of donors, the role that brand image plays in an organization and how to engage the board in fundraising & marketing efforts.
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  • October 23-24, 2013
  • October 22-23, 2014

  Innovation & Social Entreprenuership: New Ideas for a New Reality

  This new program will look at the concept of innovation and what that means for individual organizations and the nonprofit sector as a whole. Participants will gain an understanding of social entrepreneurship and how to lead a team effectively in a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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  • May 5-6, 2014

  Leading for the Future

  This program will teach participants to effectively communicate expectations, visions and values to various stakeholders. Participants will also learn how to develop and bring to life a focused people strategy, to understand emotional intelligence and the role it plays in having difficult yet effective conversations and to prepare the organization for a leadership transition.
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  • October 8-10, 2013
  • February 18-20, 2014

  Nonprofit Finance

  This program will help senior executives improve their understanding of the entire financial picture of their organization. Participants will have the opportunity to better understand their financial statements, to spot financial trends, to identify areas of cost containment and to predict the implications of their management decisions.
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  • March 31 - April 1, 2014

  Selling Your Impact

  This program will teach nonprofit leaders and board members why measuring performance is important, how to measure results in any type of organization and how measurement can be linked to more money for your organization.
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  • October 21-22, 2013
  • October 20-21, 2014

  Strategic Leadership

  Through lecture, exercises and interactive dialogue, participants will learn how to build on their own leadership strengths and the strengths of team members to leverage their organization for success. Participants will also discuss how leaders engage others by communicating vision, message, core purpose and story to compel others to take action.
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  • January 27-28, 2014

  Successful Fundraising Strategies

  The current fundraising environment is more challenging than ever before. This program will help fundraising professionals better understand the current trends and learn tactics that they can employ to reinvigorate their fundraising efforts.
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  • November 11-12, 2013
  • November 3-4, 2014

  Winning Strategies

  This program will focus on three separate components that will lead to the organizational success of a nonprofit: mission, finance and strategy. Specifically, participants will learn about the link between mission and finance, how to determine the organization's competitive advantage and strategy and they will be given tools for effective strategic planning.

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