Nonprofit Management Certificate Course Curriculum

Organizational Assessment and Planning (2 Days)

This session focuses on the basic theories and functions of strategic planning and management, and introduces students to the planning/ monitoring/ evaluation cycle. Financial aspects of strategic planning and management are emphasized.

Financial Oversight (1 Day)

This session emphasizes the communication and interpretation of financial information for decision-making by managers, governing boards, granting agencies and donors. Techniques and principles of cash flow prediction, resource allocation, financial statement analysis, and budgeting and control are presented.

Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations (2 Days)

This session provides a basic introduction to the use and benefits of technology as a tool for information access, management, and dissemination. Topics include electronic bulletin boards, using online search engines, and other Internet resources.

Technology as a Management Tool (1 Day)

This session focuses on three aspects of leadership: developing and working within a multi-cultural management team, understanding management styles, and conflict resolution.

Human Resources Management (2 Days)

This session trains managers in selected aspects of personnel management, including interviewing and selection, employment law, classification and compensation, career development, and performance assessment.

Program Management and Decision Making (1 Day)

This session covers the dual requirements of nonprofit organization and their importance for decision making, planning and management.

Volunteer Management (1 Day)

This session covers the design and management of successful volunteer programs.

Advocacy (1 Day)

This session is designed to enhance nonprofit managers’ understanding of the importance of advocacy and government relations in serving their mission, and to equip them with skills and knowledge to be effective in influencing public policy.

Marketing and Fund Raising (2 Days)

This session emphasizes marketing, public relations and fund raising. Approaches to developing systematic marketing and fund raising strategies are presented. Sources of nonprofit revenue, historical philanthropic patterns, and strategies to achieve a stable and diversified funding base are reviewed.

Program Evaluation (1 Days)

This session presents basic concepts and models for determining how efficiently and effectively the organization is performing. Strategies for incorporating the results of evaluation into program planning, program implementation, and justifying resource requirements are covered.