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Building the Board Your Organization Needs
This class aims to explore what your nonprofit board’s role must be, what your board’s goals could be, and what it means for board members to be effective, both collectively and individually. Whether you are a long-serving, aspiring, new, or simply curious board member, this course will give you a contextual view of nonprofit boards, governance, and a fresh look through an equity lens at the balance of power between boards, executive leadership, and the people and communities they impact.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
07:00 pm to 09:00 pmOnline
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Mission Critical Marketing
This class will help you understand the necessary elements of building a mission critical marketing program, prioritize and attract the right audiences, and develop results-oriented objectives so that you can focus on delivering on your mission.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
09:00 am to 03:30 pmOnline
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Understanding and Growing Leadership Capacity
Leadership starts with the personal. Everyone loves to talk about their own or someone else’s “leadership style”, but the reality is if you have just one way to demonstrate leadership you will never be an effective leader. Effective leaders have a toolbox filled with styles and strategies for success. This class will take you through a series of reflective exercises to help you understand what leadership is—and what it is not—and where you see yourself as a leader—or not.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
09:00 am to 03:30 pmOnline
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Understanding Finance for Nonprofits
Without understanding how nonprofit finance works, you cannot assess your business practices, evaluate your decisions, nor be informed by their results. This class will give you a broad understanding of business finance and equip you with simple, practical tools so you know where to look and can understand what the data is telling you about your organization.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
09:00 am to 04:00 pmBallard Spahr, LLP
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Discovering the Power of Program Evaluation
Effectively evaluating organizational programming is critical to improve your work, deepen equity and share your impact. This class will cover the value of intentional program evaluation, methods for collecting, analyzing and using data, and offer a step-by-step model for evaluation design. At the end of this class, you will leave with tools, approaches, techniques and ideas that you and your team can implement to learn how effective your programs are and to share those results with clients, stakeholders, and donors.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
07:00 pm to 09:00 pmOnline
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Fundamentals of Human Resources
This course provides a practical foundation in nonprofit HR essentials, with a focus on legal compliance and effective people management. You’ll explore the major workplace laws that shape the employment relationship, the value of sound policies and procedures, and core responsibilities like performance management, hiring, and compensation strategy, and gain tools to help your organization build inclusive and diverse teams, promote equity in decision-making, and create a culture where all employees can thrive.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
09:00 am to 03:30 pmOnline
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The Power of Connection: Communication That Builds Trust, Alignment & Action
In this class, you’ll learn about different communication styles and how you can communicate and work more effectively with others, including those who have different approaches to communication, are from a different generation, or are resistant to change/new ideas. We’ll also provide a framework for how to engage in difficult conversations to address challenges and pursue opportunities to improve your outcomes.
Friday, April 10, 2026
09:00 am to 03:30 pmOnline
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Fundamentals of Successful Fundraising
Regardless of your role, this class will help you to understand how to build a fundraising program that generates support for the mission while aligning with your organization’s values. Participants will learn about the giving trends that are influencing approaches to raising money, explore the varied motivations of today’s donors, and understand how to convey their organization’s impact in ways that inspire donors to give. This class covers the fundamentals that everyone involved with nonprofits should know in order to position an organization for fundraising success.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
07:00 pm to 09:00 pmOnline
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Discovering the Power of Program Evaluation
Effectively evaluating organizational programming is critical to improve your work, deepen equity and share your impact. This class will cover the value of intentional program evaluation, methods for collecting, analyzing and using data, and offer a step-by-step model for evaluation design. At the end of this class, you will leave with tools, approaches, techniques and ideas that you and your team can implement to learn how effective your programs are and to share those results with clients, stakeholders, and donors.
Friday, April 24, 2026
09:00 am to 03:30 pmOnline
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Mission Critical Marketing
This class will help you understand the necessary elements of building a mission critical marketing program, prioritize and attract the right audiences, and develop results-oriented objectives so that you can focus on delivering on your mission.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
07:00 pm to 09:00 pmOnline
