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In this era of dramatic social and economic change, nonprofit leaders are being challenged as never before — and the need for leadership development has never been greater.
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Customized Learning
for your leaders and for your challenges
Nonprofit Custom Programs
Learning solutions designed specifically for your organization
Nonprofits face unique business challenges that determine their organizations' health. Since 2001, The Center for Nonprofit Management has partnered with nonprofits to develop solutions and help executives solve tomorrow's business and leadership challenges today. Whether you're facing fundraising challenges, seeking to broaden your impact, or interested in strengthening your team's leadership skills, we can help.
"Custom programs provide a setting for leaders to learn from senior academic faculty and outstanding practitioners in an environment that fosters leadership and innovation."
Liz Livingston Howard, Executive Director, Center for Nonprofit Management
Our Program Design Approach
The Center is uniquely equipped with nonprofit sector experts and Kellogg faculty who write the books on cutting-edge business practices. Together, we assess your learning needs and your employees' learning capacities. We then design a preliminary academic plan, evaluate and refine that plan by engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the organization and deliver an outstanding educational experience that builds on your organization's unique strengths and addresses your most pressing challenges. Often our programs are designed to help:
- Build individual leadership and management skills
- Enhance team leadership capacity
- Develop stronger organizations
Our Partnership Philosophy
We create custom programs and experiences based on the learning needs articulated by our client organizations. Custom programs are highly tailored and can range from day-long intensives, to multi-year cohort experiences offered in-person, live virtual or a hybrid of various learning modes.
Impact Measurement
We believe that meaningful impact measurement is a partnership and occurs at four levels:
Reaction / Did participants find the program favorable, engaging and relevant?
Learning / Did participants acquire the intended knowledge and skills?
Behavior change / Are participants applying the learning on the job?
Organization results / What are the measurable human capital or organizational results?
During your program, we assess participant reaction through individual session evaluations. We also partner with you to define program learning objectives and assess achievement of that learning with our overall program evaluation. Behavior change and organizational results are assessed post-program by our client organizations, and the approaches used vary widely. We can work with our clients to inform their desired approach to this level of impact measurement.
Custom Clients Include
Leadership and Management Education
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Academy of Urban School Leadership Accelerate Institute The Allstate Foundation American Association of Museums Arts Alliance of Illinois Association of Academic Museums & Galleries Association of Art Museum Directors Association of Fundraising Professionals (Chicago) Bexley Seabury Seminary Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Illinois BMO Harris Bank Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago Catholic Charities Chicago Area Childcare Executives Chicago Community Trust Chicago Public Education Fund Chicago Public Schools Chicago United Circle of Service Foundation Commonweal Foundation Cristo Rey Network of Schools The Family Institute Fond Du Lac Library Garrett Evangelical Seminary Gorton Community Center Hillel International Hispanics in Philanthropy Jack Miller Family Foundation Illinois Chamber of Commerce Illinois Library Association Illinois Network of Charter Schools Illinois Parks & Recreation Association Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) Lake County Community Foundation Lake Forest Open Lands LEAD National Lumpkin Family Foundation Lyric Opera of Chicago National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) National Association of State Treasurers Night Ministry North Suburban Library System Northwestern University Office of Research Northwestern University Program on African Studies Office of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of Chicago Ronald McDonald House Charities Global Rotary International Schools That Can Milwaukee United States Olympic Committee University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary YMCA of the USA |
Nonprofit Board Governance Training
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ComEd/Exelon GE Capital JP Morgan Chase LaSalle National Bank Novartis William Blair & Company Utility Economic Development Association |
Contact Us
Questions about which Center for Nonprofit Management programs are right for you? Please contact us at 847-491-3415 or nonprofit@kellogg.northwestern.edu. We look forward to helping you in your lifelong-learning journey.