Program
Planning and Evaluation
Rigorous and honest program evaluation helps ensure that nonprofits
are not only reaching program goals, but also staying true
to the organizations' missions. Funders have noted the positive
affect of quality evaluations and are directing nonprofit
organizations to evaluate their programs. This course provides
an overview of how to create effective evaluations that can
be used for program development and grantwriting.
Through this course, students will learn how to:
• identify strategy effectiveness
programmatically and in different communities
• illuminate accomplishments
from specific funding sources
• assess the cost-effectiveness
of different strategies
• position high quality projects
for future funding opportunities
• increase the effectiveness
of project and program management
• contribute to policy development
For more information about this course, click
here.
Certificate
in Nonprofit Management
The University of Illinois at Chicago Online Certificate in
Nonprofit Management emphasizes interactive learning, with
seasoned instructors guiding every class. You will learn management
principles across disciplines through dialogue with other
nonprofit practitioners and interaction with Certificate in
Nonprofit Management faculty. The program is entirely online,
which allows participants from across the country and around
the world to work together and learn from each other in a
stimulating e-classroom. The Certificate is comprised of six
non-credit, intensive five-week courses delivered via the
Internet. Each class can be taken on a stand-alone basis,
but you must successfully complete all six courses to earn
the Certificate*. For more information about the program,
http://cnm.cuppa.uic.edu
To download
a PDF of the CNM brochure, click here.
*non-credit Certificate of Completion
Planning Commissioner
Online
The course provides busy plan commission members an affordable,
quality
educational experience while allowing them the flexibility
of accessing the course when their schedules allow. Communities
throughout the Chicago area and the United States can use PCO as
a critical first-learning experience for new commissioners.
Students will develop the necessary tools to do their job
effectively and gain leadership in planning and development
that their
communities need. For more information about the program,
http://pco.cuppa.uic.edu
Mastering
Grant Writing
Master the art and science of grant writing through this highly
interactive online seminar, offered in conjunction with the
UIC Great Cities Institute. Working with an expert grant writer/instructor,
participants will probe and practice the basic steps of writing
a successful grant proposal. Through hands-on writing exercises
and case study critiques, you will learn how to shape proposal
concepts; needs statements; goals, objectives and strategies;
program budgets; evaluations and more. Learn from nonprofit
practitioners in other cities and countries as you dialogue
collectively with your instructor on a password-protected
course web site. For more information about the seminar, http://www.uic.edu/depts/oee/writers/grant.htm
Leadership
Ethics for Nonprofit Professionals
Leadership
Ethics for Nonprofit Professionals explores the complex and
subjective topic of organizational ethics. The course teaches
participants how to recognize, analyze and address ethical
issues in the nonprofit workplace. You will have the opportunity
to discuss case studies of management problems in today’s
nonprofit organizations and you can bring your own ethical
questions and workplace issues to our Discussion Forum.
For more
information about this course, click here.
Nonprofit Management Series
The University of Illinois at Chicago
is pleased to present as part
of the
Great Cities Institute
Seminar Series
The Nonprofit Management Series Great Cities Institute, Suite 400 CUPPA Hall, 412 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Martin Berg
IF YOUR TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST, BE SURE IT MAKES A SOUND:
Marketing Challenges for Nonprofit Organizations
Too often nonprofits assume that because they are doing good work, somehow everyone will know about it; nothing could be further from the truth. Nonprofits are a type of business, and like all businesses they must know how to promote themselves to appropriate target markets. CNM Adjunct Instructor Martin Berg will discuss why marketing is vital to nonprofits, and will offer some practical insights.
Martin Berg Director of Marketing and Communications for Community Investment Corporation, specializes in marketing, fundraising management and operations management.. Mr. Berg is a member of the Publicity Club of Chicago, Public Relations Society of America, American Marketing Association, Independent Writers of Chicago and the Chicago Newspaper Guild/CWA Local #34071, AFL – CIO. Mr. Berg has over 25 years of nonprofit public relations/marketing experience.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Dottie Johnson
Instituting the “Platinum” Standard via Sarbanes-Oxley
The public accountability of nonprofits has increased dramatically in the last three years. With the recent high-profile scandals, nonprofit organizations are under significant scrutiny. Nonprofits should leverage proven best practices stemming from Sarbanes-Oxley implementation in the corporate world in order to promote a solid infrastructure and to create a “platinum” standard of operations and governance. Practical tips for leveraging the power and value of SOX requirements within nonprofit organizations will be provided.
Dottie Joohnson CPA, and Director of Consulting Services for Lumity has more than twenty-five years of nonprofit experience, with personal expertise in accounting and financial management for nonprofit organizations. Ms. Johnson is an active member of the Illinois Society of CPA and of the Nonprofit Education Sub-Committee and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
For more information: (312) 996-8700
We look forward to seeing you.
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