Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
BISK-0171
Organization's ID:
NDM030
Organization:
Bisk Education
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
8 weeks (32 -- 48 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to instruct students on how to be leaders who can effectively assess the constantly changing environment; mobilize resources to flourish in the nonprofit environment; examine methods to build relationships that maximize the resource base of their programs; understand how to operate as a social entrepreneur; alignment various programs to an organization's mission; and develop, control, and deliver concise and convincing messages to the media and constituents.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Implement the basic principles of management needed to obtain developmental success
  • Articulate the fiscal and organizational underpinnings that make philanthropy core to an organization's mission
  • Identify social entrepreneurship practices and methods
  • Organize and practice concise and convincing messages to the media and constituents
  • Assess the trends and information in the nonprofit sector
  • Recognize the need to set and implement a vision for a nonprofit organization
  • Understand the relationship between accreditation and requisite practices in relation to the organization
  • Articulate advocacy at the state level and how what we learn can be applied at the federal and local level as well

General Topics:

  • Creative nonprofit management: philanthropy as a sign of business
  • The importance of research in the nonprofit sector
  • Social enterprise
  • Leadership and governance through the eyes of a performing arts organization
  • Establishing the narrative for your work: framing or reframing an issue
  • The importance of validating best practices and quality assurance in nonprofit organizations
  • Advocacy at the state level
  • Media relations: managing your media message to build support for your nonprofit
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials