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Certificate Program:
Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate
Educating Leaders Who Change the World The Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate program draws from Georgetown University’s world-renowned faculty and resources to provide participants with the expertise required of today’s nonprofit leaders.
OverviewThe Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program is designed to strengthen the leadership and management capacity of nonprofit practitioners. The program gives participants the skills necessary to respond to the complex challenges and opportunities of nonprofit organizations. Designed as an experiential leadership lab, this program provides a stimulating and supportive climate for exploring the pressing issues facing current and future nonprofit leaders.
Each participant takes part in a sequence of class sessions that explore the various aspects of nonprofit management and undertakes a management project that addresses a major organizational issue or need. Such a project might involve strategic planning and evaluation, board development and staff relations, financial management and accountability, fund development, issues management and advocacy, or strategic partnerships and mergers. Faculty serve as advisors in their area of expertise to assist students in the real-world application of their management projects.
The program also gives participants the opportunity to create a network of local, regional and national nonprofit leaders committed to working across organizations, communities, and sectors to address public needs. Many of our former students have found these networking opportunities to be invaluable.
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Who Should Apply The program is also valuable for experienced professionals contemplating a career change into the nonprofit sector or those in government and business interested in learning more about the nonprofit organizations with whom they work.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit. At a minimum, an applicant should hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and have several years of professional or management experience. We accept a limited number of students for each program and
therefore encourage applicants to send in materials early as classes can fill before the application deadline. 2010 Certificate Program Details Spring 2010 Session Dates: Tuition: $4900 Summer 2010 Session Dates: June 12-19 All sessions meet from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage applicants to apply early. The final application deadline is May 3, 2010. Tuition: $4900 Description of Session TopicsOverview of the Nonprofit SectorThis session provides participants with an historical overview of the sector from its origins to the current trends and legal issues in the United States.
• Instructors: Kretman, Eisenberg, Greeley and Williamson
GovernanceBuilding and sustaining a strong leadership team is essential to the success of any nonprofit organization. In this session, participants examine the elements of effective nonprofit governance, the relationship of the board to the staff, and the respective roles and responsibilities in leading the organization.
• Instructor: Perrone Strategic PlanningParticipants learn the fundamentals of strategic planning, from mission clarification and goal setting to implementation. They gain both a strategic perspective and the practical tools they need to effectively lead a strategic planning effort. • Instructor: Perrone Evaluation The nonprofit sector is increasingly under pressure to show meaningful results. In this session, participants learn how to manage this expectation and how to lead an evaluation that answers that haunting question, “What public good has the organization accomplished?” • Instructor: Boccalandro Financial ManagementThis session integrates financial management into executive decision making and addresses the struggle to match mission with financial resources. Topics include: understanding the components of nonprofit financial statements, accounting for contributions, overview of federal awards and grants as well as financial accountability.
• Instructors: Gellman and Calabrase Resource and Fund DevelopmentIn a climate of devolution in government and an ever-changing economy, nonprofit leaders need to think creatively in identifying new and varied sources of income to supplement the traditional grant and contract support. In this session, participants will learn about the latest trends in giving and explore traditional and nontraditional approaches to generating new public financial support.
• Instructor: Lassiter Private-Nonprofit PartnershipsFor-profit businesses are increasingly showing an interest in social sector aims. This session explores how nonprofit organizations can tap into the corporate sector to boost their impact through partnerships, cause marketing, employee volunteering, community service sabbaticals and other innovative tactics. • Instructor: Boccalandro Managing Organizational ChangeNonprofit organizations must constantly adapt to changing conditions, internally and externally. This session provides participants with tools to diagnose key organizational problems, assess their organization’s culture, apply theoretical and applied frameworks to implement change, and analyze their personal styles of managing conflict in the change process. • Instructor: McGuire Human ResourcesOne of the most important assets of any nonprofit organization is its human capital—the skills, talents, and motivation of the people who deliver or support services, both staff and volunteer. Too often, however, these assets are underutilized. In this session, participants learn to design and implement effective systems for motivating, managing, and rewarding people in a nonprofit environment.
• Instructor: McCabe Volunteer Management A well-managed volunteer program can catapult a nonprofit organization to otherwise inconceivable levels of effectiveness and impact. This session shows what it takes to do this. • Instructor: Van der Veer Advocacy in the Public InterestHistorically, nonprofit organizations have played a crucial role in influencing public policy, leading social movements, building coalitions, and organizing issue campaigns. This session highlights successful advocacy strategies used by nonprofit leaders to advance their organization’s mission for the public good, highlights what nonprofits can and cannot do, and engages participants in developing an advocacy strategy plan. • Instructor: Bass Marketing and CommunicationsMarketing and communications strategies can be used to advance organizational goals, aid in decision-making, and promote causes. In this session, participants learn to apply these methods in improving the effectiveness of their own organizations.
• Instructor: Williamson Capstone Management ProjectParticipants will examine promising practices learned in the program and identify ways they will use the knowledge and tools in their roles as nonprofit leaders in a management project due one month after the final session.
• Instructor: Kretman For more information, contact us at:
Phone: (202) 687-5541
Fax: (202) 687-5544 Email: npmcert@georgetown.edu
Web: http://cpnl.georgetown.edu
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