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Program
Descriptions
Advanced Nonprofit Board Governance
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High-performing boards are essential to the success of nonprofit organizations. One of a leader’s critical challenges is building and motivating boards that perform in an exceptional manner. This executive education program will challenge senior staff and board members to confront how their boards and organizations measure up and how to apply new frameworks which can serve as keys to success.
Dates: April 24, 2008
Developing High Performing People
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Successful nonprofit organizations have strong leaders who develop those within the organization leading to greater success. This program will present key concepts they need to attract, retain, and develop high performing people committed to the organization. Topics include Managing Communication, Leadership Succession and Critical Issues in Human Resources.
Dates: March 2-4, 2008
Fundraising & Marketing I
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The objective of this course is to allow nonprofit leaders
the opportunity to develop skills to evaluate, change
and implement new and effective marketing and fundraising
programs. Learn how to assess your current situation
and to think creatively when searching for resources
and tools relevant to advancing your organization.
Dates:
September 21-23, 2008
Fundraising & Marketing II - Challenges
for Decision Makers
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This advanced program will focus on high level strategies
to enhance image and improve fundraising. This program
will address key marketing and fundraising concepts
including defining and exploring brand image in the
community, the role technology plays in raising funds
and broadening a nonprofit’s appeal as well as
solicitation strategies for today’s donors.
Dates:
January 27-29, 2008
Fundraising
& Marketing III - A Practicum
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A highly interactive program offering personalized attention
to each organization's critical issues. A pre-season
audit will determine the issues covered by faculty and
practitioners. This program will include small group
work around common issues, clinics where participants
can receive individual feedback on their marketing materials,
internet strategies and major gift efforts.
Dates:
June 1-3, 2008
Fundraising & Marketing for School Leaders
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In today's increasing competitive marketplace, schools need to promote their unique educational philosophy and programs. This program is specifically designed for school leaders who want to learn how to understand their audiences and identify ways to involve donors, volunteers, community and business leaders leading to increased financial support, broader awareness of the unique features of the school, and stronger community engagement.
Dates: March 9-10, 2008
Leading
for the Future
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This advanced program will discuss key developments
in the theory and practice of effective leadership including
team building, social networking and crisis management.
Highlighted by Kellogg School of Management Dean Dipak
Jain, this program will engage participants in dialog
and exercises throughout the experience.
Dates: May 18-20, 2008
Leading Successful Schools I & II
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These programs, specifically designed for school leaders,
will provide outstanding, interactive academic experience
focusing on key leadership topics. The programs will
combine theory and practice enabling school leaders
to more effectively manage their budgets, staff, external
constituents and organizations to better meet the educational
needs of the children in their schools.
Dates: Part I: June 22-24, 2008 / Part II: June 24-26, 2008
Leveraging Your Resources Through
Partnering
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This course deals with how nonprofits can better partner
with each other and particularly where nonprofits and
businesses both succeed through strategic partnering.
Much attention is given to alliance success and failure
and how to negotiate and manage alliances.
Date: November 2-4, 2008
Nonprofit Finance
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Knowing the “numbers” is a complex task for most nonprofit leaders. This session will help senior executives improve their understanding of the entire financial picture of their organization. Through lectures and small work groups, 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.
Dates: January 25-27, 2009
Nonprofit
Board Governance - Accountability at the Top
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This program focuses on means and methods to enable
boards to maximize organizational effectiveness. Participants
will learn how to assess and improve effectiveness,
how to recognize typical governance problems, and the
best practices for dealing effectively with their successful
resolution.
Dates:
July 17, 2008
Performance Counts!
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This program will teach nonprofit leaders and board
members why measuring performance is important, how
to measure results in any type of organization, how
to implement performance measurement within their organization,
and how measurement can be linked to raising more money.
Dates:
April 13-15, 2008
Social Entrepreneurship
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Social Enterprise is a new model in the nonprofit sector that helps to generate a vital source of funding and support for the social missions of many organizations. This one day program explores how nonprofits can generate sufficient resources to become sustainable organizations. The nonprofit leader will learn how to successfully identify and expand new programs, generate revenue for these programs and increase their missions' reach.
Dates: April 30, 2008
Strategic Leadership
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This program will address the needs of those responsible
for leading major organizational change to better understand
and manage the strategic planning process. Learn how
to translate a mission into objectives, develop plans
and programs to accomplish objectives, and to implement
plans and programs.
Date: October 5-7, 2008
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