What do you look for when looking for opportunities to build your skill set? Do you want training with immediate application? Do you want to interact with colleagues who do what you do every day? All classes offer the opportunity to meet and interact with your peers. Most NRN training includes in-class time for you to apply the concepts and skill sets introduced in the session. Our Program Excellence Task Force works to ensure that all classes meet the NRN's Standards of Excellence for Training.
Courses are written for professional staff working in not-for-profit organizations. However, we always welcome volunteer participation. Please note that some offerings are limited to employees-only to encourage peer-to-peer learning and networking.
Registration Fees
Some of our classes are based on agency budget and class length (please see our sliding fee scale for details). Some of our classes are based on the fees charged by the organizations with whom we partner. We often offer a discount to individuals who register for an entire set of classes. Registration forms for each class series delinate the cost of each module and the entire course.
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GiftWorks™ is affordable, easy-to-use fundraising software. With GiftWorks you can track donations, pledges and campaigns, send mailings and generate easy, fast reports. Try it free. Mission Research is offering software valued at $2,194 as for people who register for Spring 2010 Workshops! Check it out!
Millersville University offers Continuing Education (CE) credits for all the workshops that we offer. For example, licensed social workers may attend these classes to obtain CE credit. Please call Anne at 717.871.2178 to receive more information.
In addition, the NRN is an approved continuing education provider for CFRE International. What this means is that participants in any workshop may count their time as points toward becoming a Cerfified Fund Raising Executive.
» View Upcoming NRN CoursesLeadership Advantage
Designed for: Community volunteers and professional staff from nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including board members and other decision-makers
As a full-day conference, Leadership Advantage provides targeted, specialized training in an affordable and accessible manner using conversational presentations to both model and describe collaborative relationships. Read more...
Offered in partnership with:
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Raising More Money For Your Organization
Linda Lysakowski, President, Capital Venture
Designed for: Board members and professional staffof nonprofit organizations who need to increase their fundraising results
Does your organization need to increase its fundraising dollars? Is your board unaware, uninterested or unsure of their fundraising role? Read more...
Offered in partnership with:
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How Project Management Can Be Used in YOUR Nonprofit
Laura Burford, President, LAD Enterprizes
Designed for: Frontline, mid-level and executive leaders responsible for implementing events, programs and agency-wide projects
As a nonprofit employee, you manage projects on a daily basis--from fundraising events to developing a staff orientation to creating a new client-based services. Did you know that project management is a specific set of skills that can be applied across all of these activities? Check out these VERY INEXPENSIVE educational sessions that will introduce to project management concepts and tell you more about the Nonprofit Project Management Practicum which will be offered in Fall 2010!
Supported by the:
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Executive Leadership Discussions
Designed for: Executive Directors/CEOs AND Board Chairs
The key to strong organizations lies in strong leadership. These two sessions engage executive leaders in a variety of formats.
Session 1: NEW Executive Director/CEO Boot Camp
Instructor: Joe Geiger, Executive Director, PANO
Your first assignment as an executive director is different than anything else that you have done. You WILL be lonely at the top. At the same time, you will have more opportunities that you can even imagine. This session, designed for NEW CEOs/Executive Directors wil prepare you for your upcoming challenges. Read more...
Session 1 offered in partnership with:
Session 2: The Leadership Partnership: Conversations Between CEOs & Board Chairs
Instructor: Cindy Stewart, CEO, Family Health Council of Central PA
Relationships are the bases of good fundraising and marketing efforts. How much time have you invested in the ONE relationship underpinning the success of your organization? Take this full-day opportunity to interact and dialogue with your board chair.
And the price is right! Two people can register for the price one! Read more...
Session 2 Offered in partnerhsip with:
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Self-Care U: An Interactive Learning Experience for Professionals Who Help Others
Designed for:
Helping others is so fulfilling and also so exhausting! Are you doing what you need to do to take care of YOU? Self-care is one core competency of strong leadership. Check out this opportunity to learn about a variety of self-care options.
Continuing Education Units will be offered for each session available.
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Effective Volunteer Management
Designed for: Individuals who are new to managing volunteers and those who want to refresh their volunteer management knowledge and skills.
Volunteers are the backbone of nonprofit organizations. But how do you manage these good-hearted folks who may not fully understand the nuances of your service delivery system or the not-for-profit environment? Sign up for these sessions to better understand the basic concepts of volunteer management through discussion and hands-on training.
Please note that Session 1 is being offered as a WEBINAR!
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Coaching As An Approach to Supervision
Melanie DeSantis. Director, Professional Development and Training, Millersville University
Designed for: Individuals who are new to managing staff and those who want to refresh their supervision techniques
Do you find yourself at loss in knowing how to manage the employees you oversee? Do you struggle with establishing appropriate lines of communication? These classes introduce you to coaching and how to use coaching techniques to develop competence and motivation in employees. It provides reality-based examples, personal communication style assessment and opportunities to role-play communication techniques.
*Because session 2 builds on content in section 1, registrations for Session 2 only will not be considered. Though Session 1 only registrations will be accepted, we highly recommend taking both for best learning experience.