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Nonprofit Management Program
February 4, 2011 Dear Martinsville-Henry County and Danville-Pittsylvania County Nonprofits: As a complement to the many offerings available in our region, The Harvest Foundation and the Danville Regional Foundation are teaming up to sponsor a nonprofit training series offered through the Nonprofit Management Program, a unit of Duke University Office of Continuing Studies. The Nonprofit Management Program was created two decades ago to address the sustainability and impact of nonprofit workers and volunteers through accessible training and community based networking with over 2,500 certificates issued to date. The Program provides accessible, affordable, and practical training that prepares those in the nonprofit sector with tools to strengthen the communities they reach. It integrates Duke University's commitment to research and academic excellence with the practical wisdom of the instructors and the realistic work experience of the participants. The Program offers courses, retreats, customized training, and certificates for nonprofit staff and volunteers and draws participants from across the country. The series will be offered at the New College Institute and the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research and class size for each session will be limited to twenty-five (25). Registration is required for session participation and will be accessible through the Foundations’ websites only (NMP Registration Form). There will be a fee of $35 for each session; however, if you register for all eight sessions, the cost will be $250. Registration is first come first serve. We ask, however, that you limit your organization's representation to no more than two individuals, ideally one staff member and one board member. In order to ensure an accurate count for our instructors, we ask that you register for individual courses no later than the 15th of each month. Session descriptions and professor bios are listed below for additional detail. Coursework may be applied towards the Duke University Certificate in Nonprofit Management. For further information on the Duke University Certificate in Nonprofit Management, please go to www.learnmore.duke.edu/nonprofit. For more information on the regional offerings for the Duke Nonprofit Intensive Track, please go to http://www.theharvestfoundation.org/page.cfm/topic/nonprofitmgt Sincerely, Allyson K. Rothrock Karl Stauber Duke University
David Walker In this age of uncertainty over government funding and the priorities of other funding sources, it is a wise course of planning and action for nonprofit organizations to develop new "funding streams" and to expand current ones. Learn the risks of becoming overly dependent on certain major funding sources and how to decrease that dependency. Discuss innovative concepts and strategies for developing and sustaining new sources of funding. Focus on direct mail fundraising, special events, funding from religious organizations, how to get the board of directors involved in fundraising, fundraising auxiliaries, and the involvement of volunteers in fundraising.
Learn ways in which program evaluation impacts potential funding and organizational sustainability. Gain a better understanding of the impact of your services, by linking activities to outcomes and cost. This framework is relevant to all nonprofits regardless of their region on the United States, as they are all impacted by the economy. As federal, state, and local dollars become more competitive, telling your board, staff, and and funders about your good work takes more than story telling.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Learn how to use social media to enhance your non-profit marketing and fundraising efforts. Attendees will learn: What's the buzz: Discussion of the most useful social media platforms; What works: Site integration tips, SEO, conversion, etc.; Budgeting and Policy: Time requirements, budgeting guidelines, creating social media policy, etc; Taking action: Discussion on how to develop a social media road map with short-term and long-term goals in mind. Tuesday, July 26, 2011 This course covers the elements of a business plan including the major sections that comprise the operational, fundraising/marketing and financial portions of the plan from a strategic focus including potential social enterprise opportunities. Students will discuss the process for converting strategy into an operational and financial document through a business plan and why a business plan is important for their organization. An offsite visit to a local nonprofit (social enterprise) may be included.
Improve your accounting practices so they will track income and expenses to specific programs in order to fulfill new expectations of funders, donors, and the IRS for financial management. Participants will learn how to utilize cost centered accounting via a straightforward Excel-based system. This course will be interactive-using sample worksheets and small group work, It will also include methods for reporting the cost centered results via financial statements and to the year-end auditor. Participants are encouraged to bring their nonprofit's chart of accounts and/or budget, which will be used as a starting point for the coursework.
Today’s nonprofit organizations cannot compete without the entrepreneurial edge. Is your team ready? In this session, participants will be coached through the entrepreneurial path, including awakening to opportunity, envisioning the future, developing entrepreneurial goals and strategies, taking action, and making a difference.
The roles and responsibilities of the executive director and the board can become complicated-so complicated that resolving territorial rights can consume all of an agency's energy. This course will help sort out the roles, responsibilities, and potential strengths of this unique, yet vital, partnership.
"What Grantmakers Want" (9am-2pm) – Sabrina "Bri" Niggel FACULTY Jonathon Poston is Director of Social Media Communications at FastPivot.com, a company specializing in building custom ecommerce stores, mobile web-store design, and social media road mapping for national brands since 1997. David Walker directs the M.A. Program in Nonprofit Management at High Point University and teaches classes in fundraising, public policy, advocacy, evaluation/assessment, governance, and volunteer administration. He previously directed five nonprofit organizations and has extensive fundraising and resource development experience. Teresa Thompson-Pinckney, Ph.D. is President of T. Pinckney & Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in program and management services for nonprofit, education and governmental agencies. Naomi Takeuchi is Founder and President of 1000 Cranes Business Consulting, assisting small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, grant writing, financial analysis and business plan development. She has been a Duke instructor since June 2002. Melissa Metcalf LeRoy, a graduate of the Duke University Non-Profit Management Program and the Duke Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership, teaches non-profit management classes throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. She is a board member of the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits, and has been designated as a nonprofit mentor for the western region of NC. She contributes a regular "Non-Profit Leadership" column to the Tryon Daily Bulletin, and offers her services as a consultant through her firm, On Fire Non-Profit Consulting. Don Wells is a nonprofit journeyman. He is the former director of the Duke Nonprofit Management Program and the Duke Institute in Nonprofit Leadership. Don is the lead consultant of Don Wells Consulting, Inc. Sabrina "Bri" Niggel currently consults with private foundations and public charities while attending college as a Health Policy Ph.D. student. She has held leadership positions with nonprofit organizations of all sizes, from a national healthcare agency to a grassroots, community-based organization. She has nearly two decades of nonprofit management experience, including seven with a philanthropic foundation. Duke Nonprofit Management Program,
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