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Nonprofit Management
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Nonprofit Management

Gain the skills you need to meet today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities!

  • Develop nonprofit, corporate and media partnerships that work
  • Implement a successful financial management strategy
  • Discover trends in fund-raising and event planning that deliver superior results
  • Maximize the potential of nonprofit board, staff and volunteers
  • Build a greater public awareness of your nonprofit

Courses may be taken individually or as part of the Nonprofit Management Certificate program.

USF Certificate

Nonprofit Management Certificate

Nonprofit organizations play a dynamic and integral role in our communities. Crucial to the success of any organization are the knowledge, tools and skills needed to grow in an ever-changing environment. These courses offer noncredit, short-term learning opportunities for those involved in the nonprofit industry who wish to further their education, skills and mission, and for those wishing to enter the nonprofit field. To earn the certificate, you must take four core courses and two electives within a two-year period. When you have completed the requirements of the program, you may request your certificate. Non-certificate students may enroll in individual courses.

Core Courses

  • Development and Fundraising
  • Financial Management for Nonprofits
  • Nonprofit Management Theory and Practice
  • Strategic Planning and Board Effectiveness

Electives

  • Integrated Marketing
  • Dynamic Presentations
  • Grant Writing and Management
  • Special Event Planning

For more information, contact Lisa Orr, program coordinator:

Email: lisaorr@admin.usf.edu   •  Phone: 813-974-5526


Development and Fundraising

Community organizations face an increasingly competitive fundraising environment that requires a high skill level for success. This course teaches principles of effective fundraising, including financial development strategies, case presentation, board participation, direct marketing, capital campaigns, prospect research, corporate partnerships, major and planned gift solicitation, and the laws and regulations that govern fundraising.

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Dynamic Presentations

Learn to communicate with ease and confidence. Make your content concise and interesting, calm the presentation jitters, and design visuals that enhance your presentation.

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Financial Management for Nonprofits

Learn solid financial management fundamentals and acquire tools you can apply immediately. Topics include budgeting; reading and understanding financial statements and sharing this information with internal and external users; the basics of grant compliance; and effective internal controls.

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Grant Writing and Management

Through hands-on exercises, learn how to plan more effective programs, establish budgets, identify funding sources, and write successful grant proposals. The grants management course segment provides an overview of the process including grant negotiations, documentation, reporting, staff allocations, and site visit preparation.

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Integrated Marketing

This course will provide practical, strategic, and proven marketing ideas that will help focus your efforts and maximize results. Learn techniques for developing a highly successful strategic communications program, and position your organization ahead of the crowd.

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Nonprofit Management Theory and Practice

Learn the fundamentals of nonprofit management and relevant issues, from creating a small nonprofit organization to successfully running a large national nonprofit. Examine the history of the nonprofit industry and current trends affecting the nonprofit sector.

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Special Event Planning

In this course you will learn the secret to creating unique and successful special events such as galas, fundraisers, health fairs and similar special events including weddings. This session will include planning and research, implementation, on-site management, contracts, vendors and budgets.

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Strategic Planning and Board Effectiveness

This interactive class will help you examine ways to improve the board's effectiveness and understand the critical role of the board in leading the strategic planning process. You will also complete a formal personality profile and learn how to maximize the effectiveness of key personality types to create a motivational environment.

     12/04/09 - 12/05/09, USF Tampa