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Nonprofit Management Certificate

The next offering of this program is planned for Spring 2009

  • Learn to handle the key management challenges facing nonprofit organizations
  • Survey important principles of nonprofit organization management
  • Get a framework for applying management concepts in your agency
  • Participants who successfuly complete the program will earn 9.8 CEUs

About the Nonprofit Management Certificate

This certificate provides a comprehensive, systematic, and integrated approach to managing a nonprofit organization. It includes training in these key areas:

  • Strategic planning—how to keep your organization moving and on the right course
  • Technology—how to get the most out of available networking and Internet
    resources
  • Controlling finances—how to produce good reports and what can be learned from analyzing them
  • Fostering leadership—using multicultural teams and conflict resolution strategies to your advantage
  • Developing human resources—how to best use the people you have and where to find the ones you need
  • Marketing and fundraising—how to identify markets and donors and when
    to get your board involved
  • Conducting effective advocacy—how to get your message across to policy makers and have an impact on government action
  • Designing and evaluating programs—what programs work and why they
    meet your goals and objectives

Who should participate?

You will benefit from participating in this program if you are a:

  • Staff member of a small- to mid-sized nonprofit organization
  • Board member or trustee of a nonprofit organization

Class size is limited to 25 participants, and priority is given to registrants who currently hold a management or board position in a nonprofit organization.

Faculty

Conducted by University of Delaware faculty, executives of nonprofit organizations, and other management experts, the program develops professional skills and teaches practical techniques to enhance your job performance in a nonprofit setting.

Course schedule and location

The Nonprofit Management Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of one 16-week course. The next offering of the program is planned for Spring 2009 (16 full-day seminars). Classes are held at the Community Services Building, Wilmington.

For more information about this program, please contact:

Melissa Watson
Tel. 302/573-4475
E-mail:
mwatson@udel.edu


Registration Form
Click here to print out the registration form for the Nonprofit Management Certificate.

 

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