What will we learn on the Merit Nonprofit Professional Development platform?
View Merit's learning paths here.
The Merit platform builds up 6 core nonprofit proficiency areas: leading, learning, resource generating, planning, managing, and overseeing. Within each of these, we look at a number of capacity areas.
Leading proficiency: community leadership and mission-focused leadership.
Learning proficiency:advocacy success, environmental context, staff performance assessment, organizational capacity, population needs, and program success.
Resource Generating proficiency: board fundraising, grantmaker relationships, donor cultivation, marketing, partnership, and staff fundraising.
Planning proficiency: decision-making and strategic planning.
Managing proficiency: community collaboration, facilities, program implementation, staff deployment, staff professional development, staff recruitment and retention, technology, and volunteer engagement.
Overseeing proficiency: financial oversight, impact accountability, and implementation accountability.