NonProfit

This ten-month course covers critical aspects of nonprofit operations and provides participants with the tools and skills needed to survive and succeed in an economic climate where budgets are limited, funds are harder to find, and there are greater challenges than ever before.

The Program is designed for non-profit decision makers and is open to executive directors, board leaders, and decision-making staff members.

This is an open enrollment program and participants may enter at any time during the course. Full payment is required. Missed classes may be attended during the next scheduled session.

There are twenty workshops over a ten-month period and ten hours of one-on-one advising. The workshops are based on five modules covering critical areas of non-profit management and operations:

Effective Governance

This module looks at the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors and how to increase board effectiveness. It includes:

• Recruiting and training board members
• Developing board policies and procedures
• Creating a Board Policy Manual
  
• Evaluating the performance of the board and executives
• Defining roles and responsibilities
• Developing effective communication skills.

Day-to-Day Operations

This module focuses on the responsibilities of the staff and how to develop best practices for transparent, legal and financially secure operations. It includes:

• Developing operational policies and procedures
• Budgeting and financial management
• Creating effective personnel policies
• Recruiting and retaining volunteers
• Communicating effectively

Sustainable Practices

This module looks at how to operate efficiently and effectively with limited resources. It includes:

• Using lean operational techniques
• Reducing expenses through green practices
• Taking advantage of technology
• Learning how to manage and adapt to change
• Developing sustainable sources of income
• Becoming a better fund raiser

Selling Your Mission

This module covers developing effective marketing, advertising, and public relations approaches. It includes:

• Developing realistic and effective marketing strategies
• Working with limited budgets and resources
• Making the most of public relations efforts
• Understanding and using social media

Looking to the Future

This module deals with the importance of having a long-term strategic plan for the short-term success of an organization. It includes:

• Analyzing strengths, weaknesses, and threats
• Crafting meaningful mission statements
• Setting realistic and achievable goals
• Creating actions plans that will actually succeed

Additional Program Benefits

Peer Networking: meet regularly with colleagues from other non-profits to share best practices, solve problems, and find opportunities.

Expert Speakers: experts in all aspects of non-profit operations present and discuss critical issues.

On-on-One Advising: ten-hours of one-on-one advising time provides an opportunity to work on issues specific to an organization. Additional time is always available at a reasonable cost.

Access to Resources: a resource library with relevant books and other materials and links to reliable on-line resources are available.

Expanded Participation: other decisions-makers may attend a session at no charge when a particular topic is important.

Credibility: The Non-Profit Business Management Program has a solid track record of helping non-profits succeed and grow. At the completion of the program, participants receive a certificate of recognition.

Tim Armstrong, Director

Tim Armstrong has over 20 years of experience working with non-profit organizations in a variety of roles, including most recently as the director of the ReStore, a sustainable funding source of the Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity affiliate office.  He has worked with non-profits involved in conservation, education, arts and music, international affairs, civic spaces, museums, and wildlife preservation.  As a staff member of a statewide non-profit trade association, he consulted with members on strategic planning, marketing and communications planning, and staff training.  For 13 years, he ran a business providing strategic planning, market research, marketing and advertising services to non-profit organizations and for profit businesses in Oregon and Washington.  Tim has served on the board of directors of three different non-profits.  He has owned and operated several businesses, and as an instructor and counselor at the Small Business Development Center at Clackamas Community College, he taught business management classes in marketing and management and a highly successful business startup course. 

Time: 9 am to 11 am – 1^st & 3^rd Wednesday of each month, October 19 – July 18, 2012

Location: Northwest Community Credit Union, 3660 gateway St., Springfield, OR 97477.

Contact: Tim Armstrong at armstrongt@lanecc.edu or 541.463.4607 for more information.

Link to on-line Application form: http://www.endazzle.com/files/7313/1594/4535/NPBM_On-Line_App.pdf

Link to support web site: http://www.endazzle.com

Link to on-line schedule: https://tungle.me/timarmstrong