Overview
-
A primer on nonprofit management and leadership, including topics such as fundraising, talent recruiting and retention, governance, finance, and accounting.
Syllabus
-
Introduction
- The power of nonprofits
- Shaping your vision
- Sharpening your theory of change
- Mapping out a winning strategy
- Adapting and innovating continuously
- Understanding sources of revenue
- Fundraising from individuals
- Foundation grants
- Pursuing government grants and contracts
- Creating value through business partnerships
- Earning revenue through services and products
- Fundraising at different stages of growth
- Using social media to raise money
- Building your board
- Hiring staff
- Working with volunteers
- Motivating and keeping top talent
- Understanding board governance
- Understanding nonprofit financial leadership
- Financial management and accounting
- Understanding different legal entities for social purpose organizations
- Strategies for scaling the organization
- Strategies for scaling impact
- Advocating and serving: Changing public policy
- Making markets work: Changing business models
- Inspiring evangelists: Motivating people to join your cause
- Working with peers and foundations
- Collective impact
- Discovering the level six leader within
- Honing your vision and sense of calling
- Sharing power and authority inside and outside of the organization
- Assessing your readiness to lead
- Considerations before you launch
- Next steps
