Nonprofit Management Certificate

With the increased demand for sustainable funding streams, program metrics verifying outcomes, and new technical skills surrounding nonprofit management, community leaders have requested our help. Oakland University’s NPMC requires completion of 6 courses listed below. All six will be offered in rotation and students can begin the certificate instruction with the next available course. These are non-credit courses offered as 10 person minimum cohorts.

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Course Descriptions

Management Best Practices in the Nonprofit Sector

Course provides an overview of the nonprofit sector, its diversity and impact on the economy, legal and ethical frameworks in which nonprofits exist, and basics of the nonprofit system of governance and trends in nonprofit governance. Weekly topics:

Nonprofit sector: history, diversity and impact
Legal frameworks and Governance
Ethical issues (what are the ethical issues and boundaries of nonprofits in the U.S.)
Leadership Models and Challenges
Advocacy, Lobbying, and Collaborations
Nonprofit challenges and how to cope with it
Summary of the best management practices in the nonprofit sector

Entrepreneurship & Fund Development

Course provides knowledge about innovative solutions to social problems, as well as about traditional and new forms of organized fundraising, such as individual giving, special events, understanding grant writing, managing annual giving campaigns, and developing planned giving initiatives. Weekly topics:

Fundraising and accountability
Innovations and entrepreneurial ideas in the sector
Understanding grant writing
Relationship building
Planned giving
Managing annual campaigns
Summary of innovative activities and fundraising in the nonprofit field

Financial Management & Accountability for NP Managers

Course covers financial, fiscal and budgeting management topics integral to nonprofit management, transparency and stewardship of proper financial management, application of accounting principles, and proper reporting. Weekly topics:

Strategic financial planning
Financial reporting for nonprofits
Accounting for nonprofit managers
Budget development
Financial investment and savings
Managing of restricted and unrestricted funds, cash-flow problems
Overview of principles of proper financial management in nonprofits

Performance Metrics in Nonprofit Management

Course addresses issues in performance evaluation in nonprofit organizations, setting program goals and metrics, and managing evaluation with limited resources. Weekly topics:

Measuring, assessing and evaluating impact at organizational level
Measuring, assessing and evaluating impact at programmatic level
Developing measurable and feasible ways of success
Quantitative & qualitative data
Sustainable strategic planning
How to report performance
Trends and challenges in social impact measurement

Leadership & Human Resource Management in NPOs

Course addresses board’s roles and responsibilities, board structure and recruitment, ways to better lead nonprofit staff, such as attracting, recruiting, retaining, motivating, supervising employees and volunteers, and personnel regulation related to nonprofits at the state and federal level. Weekly topics:

Leadership within a nonprofit organization (BOD and CEO) and their roles and responsibilities
Employment Law
Staff management and development (attracting, recruiting, retaining, motivating, supervising)
Volunteer management and development (attracting, recruiting, retaining, motivating, supervising)
Cultural competency and diversity
Leadership challenges and moral expectations
Summary of the best personnel management practices in the nonprofit sector

Communication, Marketing & Outreach for NP Managers

Course introduces the application of marketing theories in nonprofits, strategies in organizational communication and public relations, use of social media and other means of communications, stakeholder and donor management. Weekly topics:

Marketing/advertisement
Ethical use of communications and PR
Donor management
Community outreach
Effective Information/communication technology
“Big data” in advancing the causes of nonprofits
Trends, challenges and best practices in communication, marketing & outreach

Program Schedule & Pricing

Cost per course: $695
Course frequency: One 3-hour instructor-led session and 3 hours online per week
Total course length: 7 weeks
Total contact hours: 42 hours

Minimum 10 person cohort. (Class will begin as scheduled if 10 students have registered.)

Course Start & End Dates 2018/2019	Course Title	CRN	Dates Instructor-Led	Times
Start Date: October 30, 2018 End Date: December 11, 2018	Management Best Practices in Nonprofit Sector Instructor: Allandra Bulger	90027	October 30 November 6, 13, 20, 27 December, 4 & 11	Tuesday Evenings 173 South Foundation Hall 6 - 9 PM
Start Date: January 8, 2019 End Date: February 19, 2019	Entrepreneurship & Fund Development Instructor: Aimee Argel	90026	January 8, 15, 22, 29 February 5, 12, 19	Tuesday Evenings 206 Varner Hall 6 - 9 PM
Start Date: February 26, 2019 End Date: April 9, 2019	Performance Metrics in Nonprofit Management Instructors: Rebecca Chamberlain and Chelsea Landry	90034	February 26 March 5, 12, 19, 26 April 2 & 9	Tuesday Evenings 206 Varner Hall 6 - 9 PM
Start Date: April 23, 2019 End Date: June 11, 2019	Leadership & Human Resource Management in Nonprofit Organizations Instructor: Dennis Blender	90032	April 23, 30 May 7, 14, 21 June 4 & 11	Tuesday Evenings 206 Varner Hall 6 - 9 PM
Start Date: June 18, 2019 End Date: July 30, 2019	Financial Management & Accountability for Nonprofit Managers	90033	June 18, 25 July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30	Tuesday Evenings Elliot Hall Rm 204 6 - 9 PM
Start Date: September 10, 2019 End Date: October 22, 2019	Communication, Marketing & Outreach for Nonprofit Managers	90001	September 10, 17, 24 October 1, 8, 15, 22	Tuesday Evenings South Foundation Hall room 173 6 - 9 PM

Instructors

Aimee Argel

Consultant
Social Innovation Institute

Allandra Bulger

Executive Director

Center for Nonprofit Support, Techtown

Rebecca Chamberlain-Creanga
Internal Communications Officer
External Affairs and Communications
Kresge Foundation

Marc Craig
President and CEO
Community Housing Network

Dennis Blender
President

Blender Consulting Group

Judy Muhn Organizational Development Consultant, NEW

Christian Marcillo Founder Future Help Designs