The Trainer Academy
$100.00
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All our courses include downloadable workbooks paired with step-by-step video instruction.
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Curso de Certificado de la Junta Sin Fines de Lucro
$100.00Le interesa la misión de su organización sin fines de lucro y quiere hacer todo lo posible como miembro de la junta, profundizando su comprensión de los desafÃos y oportunidades que enfrentan las juntas. El Curso de Certificado de la Junta sin fines de lucro es una experiencia de aprendizaje a pedido diseñada para personas ocupadas que necesitan información práctica y herramientas sobre las juntas sin fines de lucro.
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Disaster Planning for Nonprofits Program
$100.00Disaster Planning for Nonprofits is an easy-to-use program that walks you through the process of creating a customized, comprehensive disaster plan for your nonprofit. It features a unique assessment tool to help you examine the different types of disasters that might impact you, from a power outage to a wildfire, hurricane, tornado, or earthquake. The resulting Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) ensures that your nonprofit will will be safe & ready, no matter what comes your way.
The package includes three downloaded components and a series of 6 videos:
- An action-oriented PDF workbook that walks you through the process, step by step. It provides a framework for writing your custom plan, checking off the steps as you get them done.
- An extensive set of templates in Excel and Word that you can use to create your disaster lists, plans, and documents. You can use the fields provided to create your documents in other formats, such as an existing database or Google Doc.
- Instructions for using the templates.
- 6 short videos explain everything and walk you through the process.
Intended for executive directors, board members, and staff members involved in planning for Continuity of Operations.
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Graphics and Design in Learning
$50.00Your content can either land flat or come alive with the right graphics and design. If you use the right balance of color, graphics, fonts, and empty space, you can inspire more engagement and greater impact from your workshop or webinar. You can go from a hum-drum PowerPoint to a visual experience that reinforces learning.
What’s included
- 75 minutes of instruction
- 1 module with webinar video
- 5-page workbook (PDF)
- “Bye Bye Bullet Points,” a 16-slide PowerPoint template
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How to Raise Money for Your Nonprofit Organization
$25.00This workbook is a hands-on fundraising tool for board members, staff members, and volunteers. Print it out and make sure you have a pen or pencil ready, because it’s made up of powerful worksheets to jumpstart your fundraising! When you’re done, you’ll know the following:
- How to use the three categories of the fundraising cycle
- Who in your organization is good at different activities in each category
- Who cares about your mission now and in the past
- How to create a Case for Support
- How to create a Fundraising Plan
- How to engage with supporters at events
- How board members can connect with community members to keep the organization on track
16 pages, PDF, color
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How to Raise Money for Your Organization: Fundraising for your nonprofit
$100.00How to Raise Money for Your Organization is a clear, step-by-step method to jumpstart your nonprofit fundraising. If you’re overwhelmed by the thought of fundraising, and all you can find online are exhausting lists of “fundraising ideas,” this show-me-how approach is for you.
We’ll explain what you need to know to create a strategic fundraising plan, using the power of relationships to start raising money for your cause.
“People throw the word ‘strategy’ around – but you made it FANTASTICALLY concrete and approachable.”
The full program is explained in four videos and is based on the 16-page Nonprofit Learning Center workbook. In the workbook, you’ll find a sample nonprofit fundraising plan, as well as all the worksheets you’ll need to develop your own plan.
What’s included- “How to Raise Money for Your Organization” workbook (PDF, 16 pages)
- A sample fundraising plan and all the worksheets you need to create your own
- Four clear, animated videos that walk you through the workbook and the process (about 20 minutes of instruction time)
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Let’s Talk Money
$100.00Let’s Talk Money is an online course in nonprofit finance basics from the Nonprofit Learning Center. Designed for busy people, the course goes over the basics of nonprofit finance, including the differences between nonprofit and for-profit finance. Intended for board and staff members, Let’s Talk Money will get everyone up to speed and on the same page when it’s time to talk about the following:
- The balance sheet
- The income statement
- Cashflow
- Budgeting
- The IRS Form 990
- Internal controls
What’s included
- 30 minutes of instruction, plus time for practice with both sample financial statements and your own nonprofit’s financials
- 4 modules with 4 videos
- Let’s Talk Money workbook (PDF, 22 pages)
- Course certificate
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Nonprofit Board Certificate
$100.00You care about the mission of your nonprofit and want to do your best as a board member, deepening your understanding of challenges and opportunities facing boards in 2024. The Nonprofit Board Certificate Course is an on-demand learning experience designed for busy people who need practical information and tools about nonprofit boards.
What’s included:
- 2 hours of instruction
- 4 modules with 7 videos
- 24-page workbook, including the Powerhouse Boards Checklist(TM) and the Powerhouse Boards Small Actions Checklist(TM)
- Instructor check-ins
- Certificate of Completion
To enroll as an individual, use the Add to Cart button. You can also enroll your entire board — not only will you save money, but by learning together, your board and your nonprofit will benefit from new levels of knowledge, confidence, and effectiveness.
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Nonprofit Board Workbook in English
$25.00A 24-page PDF guide to creating your nonprofit’s Powerhouse Board(TM). This is a standalone download of the booklet that accompanies the Nonprofit Board Certificate Course. Also available in Spanish.
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Nonprofit Board Workbook in Spanish | Libro de Trabajo de la Junta Sin Fines de Lucro
$25.00Este libro de trabajo es su clave para desbloquear el poder del entrenamiento.
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The Trainer Academy
$100.00The Trainer Academy is an on-demand course that gives you the knowledge, skills, and tools you need to be an effective trainer, both in-person and online. You will learn how to design an effective workshop and how to deliver that workshop in a way that maximizes participation. You will end the series ready to deliver an effective learning experience that helps people transfer what they learn back into their work.
What’s Included
- 75 minutes of instruction
- 7 modules with 7 videos
- 12-page workbook (PDF)
- Instructor check-ins
- Certificate of Completion