The law not only requires all nonprofit organizations to have a board of directors; it also identifies critical duties that boards must fulfill. As is the case for for-profit boards, non-profit boards have a duty to act in the organization's shareholder's interests; but for a nonprofit, the shareholders are the members of the public that the organization serves. Board members have three primary legal duties: the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the duty of obedience. If a nonprofit causes harm by an act or omission, the organization or even individual officers or employees may be liable. This course explores the legal obligations of nonprofit board members, key legal concepts that board members should understand, and the risks and limits of liability.

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This course provides an overview of the knowledge and skills required for effective nonprofit fundraising for board members. Topics covered include the key fundraising roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards along with best practices to support various types of fundraising. The role of the development committee, board giving, and board fundraising engagement are also discussed. Tips for networking, asking for support, and maintaining lasting relationships with donors are provided. Learners will also gain an understanding of how to develop the plans and policies that nonprofit board members use to oversee fundraising and will learn about ways to maintain high ethical standards in their organizations.

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Nonprofit Skills®: Implementing the Strategy provides learners with an understanding of the resources and skills required to effectively implement a nonprofit strategic plan. They will learn how to break strategic goals and objectives into milestones with clear deliverables and how to use project management tools to outline timelines, tasks, roles, and responsibilities. This course also covers best practices for leading an implementation team, monitoring and reporting progress, identifying risks, and responding to some common challenges nonprofit leaders face when implementing the strategy.

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This course, aimed at nonprofit board members, is designed to help them understand and oversee the process for measuring nonprofit progress and performance. Self-paced and highly interactive, the course shows learners how to set appropriate organizational goals and how to use key performance indicators to measure the organization's progress. It details different ways of gathering information and analyzing data to measure desired outcomes, and it shows learners how to monitor and assess the progress of the board itself. It includes three case studies that allow learners to apply what they have learned to real-world situations, and it allows learners to download materials that they can use to measure their own organization's progress.

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Nonprofit Skills®: Measuring Results addresses how to construct and implement an evaluation framework to measure the results of a nonprofit's strategic plan. It also includes important metrics for measuring programs and organizational efficiency outside the strategic plan framework. The course includes how to choose KPIs, when to hire an outside evaluator, sources of data, measurement techniques, and how small nonprofits can benefit from measurement.

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This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills required for effective public communication. We will examine the key roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards in public communication and describe the ways in which board members can earn and maintain public trust. We will also discuss best practices for creating a communications plan and describe various channels for communication. Finally, we will identify strategies for reaching a diverse audience and explore best practices for handling crisis communications.

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This course, aimed at nonprofit board members, is designed to help them apply basic strategic-planning skills to their nonprofit organizations. Self-paced and highly interactive, the course covers the six stages of the formal strategic planning process — Preparation; Mission and Vision; Strategic Assessment; Strategy Formulation; Implementation; and Evaluation — as well as approaches for rapidly developing strategies for situations not anticipated by the strategic plan. It includes three case studies that allow learners to apply what they have learned to real-world situations and it allows learners to download materials that they can use to develop strategies for their own organizations.

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This course, aimed at nonprofit executive directors, leaders, and aspiring leaders, is designed to help them apply basic strategic-planning skills to their nonprofit organizations. In this course, leaders will learn the difference between long-term planning and real-time strategy, and why their nonprofit needs to practice both. They will become familiar with the different types of strategic assessments, including SWOT analysis, and learn how to ask the Big Questions that will guide their strategic planning efforts. They will figure out the differences between strategic goals, SMART objectives, and organizational tactics. And they will come to understand the different roles that leaders and board members play in the strategic planning process.

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