• Middle, upper and senior-level executives of nonprofit organizations who lead teams
• Leaders who must motivate and energize others in an organizational setting

• Think strategically about the people resources of your organization
• Learn to communicate your values to all stakeholders
• Understand the importance of a leadership succession plan for the paid and volunteer leaders of your organization

Engaged: The Art & Science of Sustaining Motivation

• Gain keen insight into how to motivate people to do their best and keep their heads, hearts and hands engaged once they’ve come onboard
• Learn by leveraging insights from the social and behavioral sciences to offer strategies for how to prevent demotivating talent
• Discuss how to drive sustained engagement at every level of the organization
• Know how to transform your organization’s culture into a competitive advantage in the competition for top talent

Well Being & Vitality: Maximizing the Performance of Self and Others

• Identify and develop your employees' strengths
• Discover how to unleash the potential of team members
• Uncover best practices in giving feedback

Creating & Enhancing Trust in Your Organization

• Understand the business case for developing trust
• Learn how to build and convey interpersonal and organizational trust

Difficult Conversations

• Understand what makes confrontations in the work place difficult
• Master strategies for approaching confrontation, instead of avoiding it
• Practice and perfect your style of handling difficult conversations
• Learn to shift perspectives to a learning conversation

Elise Madrick - Academic Director; Associate Director, Nonprofit Executive Programs

Michelle L. Buck - Clinical Professor of Executive Education

Nicholas A. Pearce - Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations

Brooke Vuckovic - Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations

Adam Waytz - Professor of Management & Organizations

Location

Nonprofit Management Programs are held at Northwestern University's Chicago Campus.

Wieboldt Hall
340 East Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Directions

Chicago Campus Parking Map - Please Note: the Huron Superior Parking A lot and the Erie Ontario Parking C & D lots are available to the public and should be used when attending programs at Wieboldt Hall.

Application Deadline

The deadline for registration is 10:00 am one business day prior to the program start date.

Scholarship Assistance

Up to 50% scholarships are available for all of our nonprofit executive education programs for those working in nonprofit organizations. All scholarship requests are reviewed by our Registrar and any scholarships granted will be reflected in the amount charged to your credit card.

Payment

• If you request a scholarship, your credit card is submitted upon registration and will be charged once your request is approved (allow 1-2 business days for review).
• If you do not request a scholarship, your credit card will be charged upon application submission.

Cancellation Policy:

Participants must notify the Program Manager five business days in advance of the program start date if they are unable to attend. Otherwise, participants will be charged 20% of the stated program fees.

When canceling a program registration, participants may choose to rollover their payment to a future program or receive a refund. Participants are allowed two rollovers, after the second rollover, participants forfeit the money paid to the Center for Nonprofit Management.

*Refund or rollover must be requested at the time of the program cancellation. Once a program payment has been rolled over, a monetary refund is no longer an option. The participant must continue with the rollover process.

Northwestern University reserves the right to cancel a program at any time for any reason. In the unlikely event of a course cancellation, paid program fees will be refunded, but the university is not responsible for any travel or other related expenses accrued by the program registrant.