Learning Institute Certificate Series: All Eight Courses

The Learning Institute Certificate series consists of eight courses, each covering a different aspect of nonprofit management. Each course presents standard nonprofit concepts, vocabulary, and strategies through a video presentation. A downloadable participant guide reinforces the presentation and contains worksheets and an Organizational Assessment Tool to assist with post-training implementation. Courses take from six to nine hours to complete.

A certificate is not part of the TechSoup offer; it is available through the Learning Institute program of the Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO). Participants can earn 0.6 of a continuing education unit (CEU) for each course from Michigan State University by paying an additional fee to the Learning Institute and submitting completed assignments for evaluation. Successful completion of CEU assignments for the entire series entitles them to the Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from SNPO and Michigan State University.

The series includes the following eight courses:

• Strategic Planning — Formulating long- and short-term objectives based on the organization’s vision and a realistic assessment of its current situation
• Resource Development — Acquiring and retaining donors through relationship building; attracting various types of donors and moving them to higher levels of support
• Board Governance — Determining what kind of board will best suit the organization; knowing how and where to find and recruit diverse board members; building board commitment to the organization’s mission
• Marketing — Developing a marketing plan that is based on understanding the organization's clients and constituents and that effectively employs all the resources available to the organization
• Mission-Based Management — Assessing the organization's financial status and developing strategies to improve financial performance that are in line with the organization's values
• Social Entrepreneurship — Using entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage programs with the goal of both social and financial return on investment
• Volunteer Management — Determining the types of volunteers that best suit the organization and the roles they will play; finding and recruiting such volunteers and managing their relationships with paid employees
• Strategic Alliances — Exploring a variety of cooperative arrangements between two or more parties in pursuit of mutual goals; implementing such arrangements for mutual benefit

Important: Before enrolling, test the computer's ability to play the video presentation by clicking the Video Presentation (5 minutes) link at: http://www.nonprofitcourses.org/li/preview.php.

Registering with the Learning Institute: When your request has been approved, an email will be sent to your organization's email address containing a coupon code and enrollment instructions.

Students can activate courses at any time, but once a course is activated, it must be completed within 30 days. The course is available online at all times during those 30 days.

Choose carefully: The administrative fee for this online product is not refundable.