nonprofit Leadership Courses:
NPLR 515
Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
The role of nonprofit organizations, their history, traditions, values, ethics, legal, tax, and economic base, and emerging issues facing the sector.
(Intersession 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 525
Leadership
and Interpersonal Behavior for Nonprofit Executives
Theoretical and applied knowledge about concepts of leadership, leadership styles and situations, communication skills, techniques of inspiration, motivation, conflict resolution, negotiating and building consensus, coping with change, and fostering innovation. This class will include six week days of full time study.
(Intersession 1st year - 6 credits)
NPLR 535
Planning
Understanding the function of strategic, long range and tactical planning, developing the framework and tools to design a variety of planning models, motivating and managing stakeholder involvement with different planning initiatives, integrating learning organization and systems principles, creating vision, mission, values, strategic thinking.
(Fall 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 536
Management Analysis and Control
Planning, reporting and controlling of fiscal resources and overall management control systems, budgeting, terminology and principles of financial accounting and program evaluation, analysis of financial statements, responsibility and program structure, internal controls and audit responsibility, managerial financial controls and pricing.
(Spring 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 537
Boards and Volunteers
Organizing and leading volunteers to provide governance and other assistance, board and staff relations, systems and tactics of volunteer motivation, recruitment, development, utilization and retention, strategies and best practices for creating an effective, diverse and committed organizational leadership team.
(Winter 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 538
Leading Staff
Best practices for implementing the management competencies needed to lead staff, political realities of staff operations, fostering creativity, coaching for excellence, achieving diversity, nonprofit aspects of personnel recruitment, administration, retention and evaluation policies and procedures, laws and regulations.
(Winter 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 539
Service Quality Leadership
The role of the executive director in creating a customer/stakeholder-driven organization through the seven levels of work, service quality definitions, quality management concepts, continuous process improvement thinking and tolls, the system of creative work, planning and measuring success with the quality scorecard.
(Intersession 2nd year - 3 credits)
NPLR 540
Program Evaluation
Program evaluation as a management practice that relates to strategic planning, program development and improvement, resource allocation, and marketing. Application of outcome-based evaluation and results-based accountability frameworks.
(Spring 1st year - 3 credits)
NPLR 541
Public Policy, Advocacy and Collaboration
Understanding how nonprofit organizations can work productively with governments and businesses to develop and maintain sound public policies that serve the interests of the organization and their customers, framing public problems and developing policy proposals, building effective partnerships, constituencies and advocacy campaigns, and complying with lobbying regulations.
(Fall 2nd year – 3 credits)
NPLR 542
Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
Marketing an organization’s image, mission and services, developing and implementing a public relations strategy, working with the media, and tying these functions to the ability of the organization to attract financial support.
(Summer 2nd year - 3 credits)
NPLR 543
Resource Development for
Nonprofit Organizations
Specific skills, knowledge and understanding required of executives to lead and manage the resource development and fundraising functions, integrating fundraising and stewardship throughout the organization, organizational readiness measures, materials and tools of resource development, best practices for involving volunteers, boards and staff in researching and soliciting contributions, methodologies for creating and using an effective, diversified and comprehensive resource development plan.
(Summer 2nd year - 6 credits)
NPLR 544
Persuasive Communication for Nonprofit Executives
Principles and practices of speaking effectively to persuade an audience, methods of assessing audience communication preferences, preparing for formal and informal speaking opportunities expected of nonprofit executives including radio and television presentations, assessing your communication strengths and opportunities for improvement. This class will emphasize practice and feedback.
(Fall 1st year – 3 credits)
NPLR 590
Summary Project.
Independent research analyzing and proposing resolution to a significant nonprofit leadership issue or management problem that synthesizes, through application, a wide variety of the leadership management skills and knowledge taught throughout the program. The course requires completion of a physical product and an oral presentation. (Fall 2nd year - 3 credits)
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