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Starting a Nonprofit
Instructor: Linda Kissam

Do you dream of starting and running your very own nonprofit? This unique course carefully details the many aspects of taking a nonprofit start-up from vision to reality. Filled with savvy advice and plenty of assistance from an industry veteran, this is the perfect how-to course for anyone interested in building a thriving nonprofit organization up from the grassroots.

Introduction to Nonprofit Management
Instructor: Linda Kissam

Develop the skills and strategies you need to become an integral part of one of America’s fastest growing service sectors. In this course, a seasoned veteran in the nonprofit management field will show you how to transform your good intentions into a professional plan of action. You'll understand the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations while mastering the core knowledge necessary to become an effective leader in the nonprofit arena.

Marketing Your Nonprofit
Instructor: Linda Kissam

Discover marketing practices that will help you further the ideals and goals of your nonprofit. In the face of stiff competition, an increase in the number of worthwhile causes, new regulations, more oversight, and fewer funding opportunities, you need to work smarter--not longer. This course, packed with practical strategies that you can put to immediate use, will help you compete more effectively for members, media attention, donors, clients, and volunteers.

Wow, What a Great Event!
Instructor: Cynthia Grzelak

Learn how to create and coordinate successful special events. Develop skills, find resources and gain confidence to plan and produce any size or type of event. Find out what the experts and master planners already know so that you can avoid embarrassing and costly planning errors or production mistakes. After just a few weeks, you will become a knowledgeable event planner poised to produce any type of event.

A to Z Grantwriting
Instructor: Linda Vallejo

A to Z Grant Writing is an invigorating and informative course that will equip you with the skills and tools you need to enter the exciting field of grant writing! You'll learn how to raise needed funds by discovering how and where to look for potential funders who are a good match for your organization. You'll also learn how to network and develop true partnerships with a variety of funders, how to organize a successful grant writing campaign, and how to put together a complete proposal package.

Get Grants!
Instructor: Bo Morton and Janet Levine

Learn how to develop successful, fundable grants from experts whose proposals have garnered millions in funded projects. This course will give you the skills you'll need to prepare professional, competitive, and compelling grant proposals. You'll understand what funding agencies are looking for and how best to approach them. Your proposals will help you and your organization successfully Get Grants!

Writing Effective Grant Proposals
Instructor: Jillian Poole

Learn to prepare grant proposals that get solid results for your favorite organization or charity. Over $200 billion annually is available for worthy causes and most people don’t know how to prepare the application that will deliver needed funding. Avoid the mistakes that get applications for wonderful projects tossed into the wastebasket! Learn how to write professional proposals that actually succeed.

Advanced Grant Proposal Writing
Instructor: Beverly Browning

Do you know the best way to present information in a grant proposal? In this course, an experienced grantwriter will show you how to research and write winning proposals that get funded. Learn what to do--and, more importantly what not to do--on every part of your proposal. Gain a full understanding of the criteria funders use to determine whether your grant proposal gets funded or rejected. You'll become expert at ferreting out corporate, foundation, and government grantmakers, and you'll know how to tailor your responses to information found in the peer review criteria. You'll also discover a number of significant finishing touches that can give your project the edge over others. You'll know the best type of paper to use, which buzzwords to include, which fonts work best, and which types of graphics and formatting techniques will make your proposal more competitive.

Becoming a Grant Writing Consultant
Instructor: Beverly Browning

Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Learn how you can use a basic knowledge of grant or proposal writing to become an expert in the red-hot grant consulting field. This is one field where your creative writing skills can touch thousands of people and literally make a difference in their quality of life.