Professional Development to continue learn and improve my knowledge
Winter 2016 Idealware Redesigning Your Website
2016.09.13 FASB Accounting Standards Update on Not-for Profit Financial Statements
2016.10.05 Understanding NonProfit Financials
2016.10.18 Protective Behavior - Special Olympics
2016.10.18 SafeSport Refresher - US Paralympics
2016.12.08 Leadership and Management Skills for Women
Nonprofit Technology Professional Certificate - the certificate covers best practices in technology planning and investment, digital strategy, and leadership.
Certificate Core - Fall 2016 (10 weeks)
Leadership: Culture and Change Management
Technology Project Planning
Digital Strategy
Social Media
IT Planning
Data Management
Metrics and Evaluation
Campaigns
In addition to the 8 weekly topics, there is a final project which provides further opportunity to receive direct feedback from faculty on the topic most relevant to you.
Electives:
Intro to IT Security - October 2016
Uncertainty about what potential IT security risks your organization may be facing
How to identify common mistakes and bad practices within nonprofits
The need for practical procedures and process you can implement immediately
Advanced Digital Engagement in Fundraising - February 2017
Think holistically and strategically across all digital channels
Create a roadmap for a digital fundraising campaign
Develop an understanding of how marketing funnels create donors.
Volunteer Management - March 2017
Identify the why and how of a successful volunteer initiative, both in person as well as online.
Define leading practices for building an effective volunteer system.
Identify ways to integrate technology throughout the cycle of volunteer engagement.
Intro to Community Engagement - April 2017
Define the meaning and purpose of community engagement
Identify community engagement needs and opportunities that advance your organization’s mission
Understand various ways that technology can support your community engagement initiatives and goals
Digital Literacy within Leadership - April 2017
Clearly articulate to leadership the value of investing in digital for your organization
Demonstrate using facts and the current state of the digital landscape
Have tools, tactics and processes to encourage organizational change needed
Sustainability Institute - Fall/Spring 2017
Sustainability and business models
Defining programs
Identification of strategic issues
Matrix Map process
Articulating intended impact
Mission impact criteria
Sample mission impact survey
Program overview sheet
Profitability overview
Assessing your competitive market
Analyzing revenue streams and trends
Distribution and review of Matrix Map
Key messages from the map, revenue stream, and market analysis
Trends impacting governance & fundraising in the nonprofit sector.
Why some nonprofits confuse volunteering with governance.
Legal obligations of nonprofit boards.
How great boards profile before recruiting.
Why term limits are essential for a fundraising board.
How successful fundraising is not about asking for money.
Who Should Attend?
To maximize the benefit of this session, we recommend attending as a staff/board team.
2017.05.22 - Volunteer NH's Governor's Conference on Volunteerism
Managing Volunteer and Director Risks in Charitable Organizations
Making Meetings Matter: Tips for Effective Meeting Design and Facilitation
Business and Nonprofit Partnering
Performance Management
2017.07.14 - Becoming a Digital First Organization (NTEN)
Focus on how to optimize the people, processes, and structures that facilitate digital success. We begin with the question: How do you build a digital program that works? We’ll explore different organizational models for digital success, using real-world examples of those models in action, and practice adapting those models to organizations of different sizes, causes, and cultures.
2017.12.01 - Developing your Emotional Intelligence
The Rise of Emotional Intelligence and Its Importance in the Workplace
Identifying and understanding the 4 main components of emotional intelligence (E.I.)
Why emotional intelligence is vital to succeeding in today’s workplace
The top 3 reasons you need E.I. to reach your full potential
How strengthening your emotional intelligence will have a lasting, positive effect on you … your team … your department … and your organization
Increasing Interpersonal Success Through Self-Awareness
Taking the first step: Measuring your own emotional intelligence
Tips for developing emotional intelligence
Exploring your emotions: Becoming familiar with your psychological and physical reactions
Analyzing various communication styles and recognizing your own
Self-Management Skills That Will Keep You in Control
Strategies to help you manage your emotions
How to stop your emotions from hijacking your ability to think in difficult situations
How to keep emotions from causing you to react without reason in the moment
Learning to maintain control of your emotions no matter how tense the situation
Self-regulation methods that will work every time – even when you think you’re going over the edge!
Building a “Sixth Sense” to See Problems Before They Happen
Learn when your emotions can be your greatest asset – and when they’re your greatest liability
How to immediately and accurately read and identify other people’s emotions
Why certain emotions make people do what they do
Understanding the causes of each emotion and how you can turn them to your advantage
How to identify – and identify with – other people’s emotional states
Learn why having empathy for others is NOT a sign of weakness
Use empathy to understand different perspectives
What’s really being said? Essential active listening strategies
Listening to the unspoken: Body language and what it means
Recognizing trigger words, non-verbal cues, and emotionally sensitive situations
Questions you can ask others to more quickly and easily reach consensus
Strategies for effectively interacting with communication styles different from your own
Using Emotional Intelligence to Create a Positive Work Environment for Continued Career Success
Know how to use awareness of emotions to manage your relationships with colleagues
Using emotional intelligence to help create a powerful and positive work environment that allows everyone to succeed
How E.I. can be used to motivate and inspire
Use E.I. to be flexible and more easily adapt to change
Using E.I. to analyze problems from more than one perspective in order to find the best solution
Know how to use E.I. to influence and build consensus
Know how to manage emotions in decision making – when to consider your head and when to consider your heart
Use emotional intelligence to interact with your team and enhance group dynamics
Using Emotional Intelligence in Times of Conflict and Other Difficult Situations
5 ways to control your emotions when you feel like you’re on the verge of losing it
8 foolproof stress-busters that will help you remain calm, cool, and collected all the time
How to walk the tightrope between empathizing with someone’s emotional state and contributing to their problem
Knowing exactly what questions to ask to instantly get to the root of a messy situation
Tough and emotional situations that many people trip over when trying to work with others