Nonprofit Navigator: Charting Your Course for Sector Success

The Nonprofit Navigator course is offered by the Nonprofit Help Center designed to provide professionals with the essential knowledge and skills needed to thrive in the nonprofit world.

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28 Learning Paths to Explore

15 Minute Microlearning Lessons

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Nonprofit Navigator!
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is diversity, equity, and inclusion?
3. Why does diversity, equity, and inclusion matter to our nonprofits?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with DEI
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is mission-focused leadership?
3. Why does mission-focused leadership matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Mission-Focused Leadership
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is community leadership?
3. Why does community leadership matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Community Leadership
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is organizational capacity?
3. Why does organizational capacity matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Organizational Capacity
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is environmental context?
3. Why does environmental context matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Environmental Context
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is program success?
3. Why does the capacity for program success matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Program Success
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is Performance Assessment?
3. Why does staff performance assessment matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Performance Assessment
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is nonprofit advocacy?
3. Why does nonprofit advocacy matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Advocacy Success
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What does it mean to understand our population’s needs?
3. Why does understanding our population’s needs matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Population Needs
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is staff fundraising?
3. Why does staff fundraising matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Staff Fundraising
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is board fundraising?
3. Why Board Fundraising Matters
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Board Fundraising
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is partnership?
3. Why does nonprofit partnership matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Partnership
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is donor cultivation?
3. Why does donor cultivation matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Donor Cultivation
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is marketing?
3. Why does nonprofit marketing matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Marketing
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What defines grantmaker relationships?
3. Why does grantmaker relationship management matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Grantmaker Relationships
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is staff professional development?
3. Why does professional development matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Professional Development
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is staff deployment?
3. Why does staff deployment matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Staff Deployment
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is community collaboration?
3. Why does community collaboration matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Community Collaboration
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is recruitment and retention?
3. Why does recruitment and retention matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Staff Recruitment and Retention
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is volunteer engagement?
3. Why does volunteer engagement matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Volunteer Engagement
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is nonprofit facilities management?
3. Why does nonprofit facilities management matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Facilities
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is program implementation?
3. Why does program implementation matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Program Implementation
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is nonprofit technology?
3. Why does technology matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Technology
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is implementation accountability?
3. Why does implementation accountability matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Implementation Accountability
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is impact accountability?
3. Accountability’s Importance in Managing Outcomes and Impact
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Impact Accountability
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is financial oversight?
3. Why does financial oversight matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Financial Oversight
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is decision making?
3. Why does decision making matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Decision Making
1. What you can expect in this lesson
2. What is strategic planning?
3. Why does strategic planning matter?
4. Check your learning
5. Going Further with Strategic Planning

About this course

$150.00
141 lessons
5 hours of video content

Meet the Creator!

Hi, I'm Dr. Emilie Socash,
founder of the Nonprofit Help Center

After working in the nonprofit sector for over 20 years, I knew that I wanted to do more to support the amazing people who power our communities. My career has included launching a nonprofit theatre company, building a $50m community foundation, leading a community center capital campaign, and revitalizing the community perception of a struggling nonprofit. While each of these roles were exciting (and challenging!), I saw first-hand how limited budgets too often led to limited access to the resources that could really help every staff and board member develop their fullest capacity...and make their fullest impact.

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