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Group Enrollment: Tuition discounts are available for groups of five or more. Learn more here.
Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Nonprofit Leadership and Public Leadership concentrations. This program can also be used as a third program for several concentrations in the Executive Certificate series.
Program Overview
Nonprofit leaders are often too busy solving urgent day-to-day challenges to take the time to gain a broader perspective of what’s evolving in their sector and implement new strategies. Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success is an opportunity for nonprofit leaders to invest in their own development and expertise, while also gaining new best practices and the latest research to bring back to their organizations and drive even more substantial change.
Led by faculty chair James Honan, this transformative online program provides strategic and timely nonprofit management frameworks to help leaders run their organizations more effectively. Alongside a cohort of global nonprofit leaders, you will strengthen your essential skills in fundraising, marketing, human resources, strategic finance, performance measurement, and social enterprise.
Program Curriculum
Through faculty-led lectures, prominent guest-speakers, group work, peer learning, and self-paced assignments, this online non-profit leadership program will provide you with a deeper understanding of the nonprofit sector at large and help you develop core leadership skills to advance your career.
Learning Objectives
Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success will help you:
- Gain a historical perspective of the nonprofit sector and the biggest issues facing nonprofit policy
- Better understand philanthropy and charitable giving patterns
- Construct a nonprofit finance system
- Examine the basics of social entrepreneurship and innovation
- Recognize and write the most effective mission statement
Application Information
Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success is designed for:
- Executive Directors, Directors, and Managers of nonprofits
- Social entrepreneurs
- Leaders of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
- Foundation officers
- Senior independent consultants working for nonprofits
- Leaders of public agencies and government officers
- Corporate Social Responsibility officers
- For-profit leaders that work with nonprofits
Mandatory live sessions with faculty will be held bi-weekly during the program on Thursdays 10:00 – 11:30 am ET. View the draft program schedule.
What is “Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success”?
An online executive education program from Harvard Kennedy School that provides nonprofit managers and leaders with cutting‑edge knowledge and practical tools to strengthen organizational performance and leadership.
What does the program focus on?
The program focuses on key areas of nonprofit management—fundraising and philanthropy, marketing, human resources, strategic finance, performance measurement, and social enterprise—while helping you step back from day‑to‑day pressures to apply new ideas.
Who leads the program?
Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success is chaired by James Honan and features Harvard faculty and prominent guest speakers with extensive experience in nonprofit management and leadership.
How is the program delivered (format and learning methods)?
This online nonprofit leadership program combines faculty‑led lectures, talks by guest experts, group work, peer learning, and self‑paced assignments to deepen your understanding of the sector and build core leadership skills.
What will I learn and be able to do after the program?
You will gain a historical and policy perspective on the nonprofit sector, understand philanthropy and charitable giving patterns, construct a nonprofit finance system, explore social entrepreneurship and innovation, and recognize and craft effective mission statements.
Who should attend Nonprofit Management and Leadership: Strategies for Organizational Success?
Executive directors, directors, and managers of nonprofits; social entrepreneurs; leaders of international NGOs; foundation officers; senior consultants working with nonprofits; leaders of public agencies and government officers; corporate social responsibility officers; and for‑profit leaders who work closely with nonprofits.
What Participants are Saying
“This program far exceeded my expectations for content, delivery, format, support, guest speakers, and class cohort. Professor Brooks’ outsized interest in our success was unique and welcome.”
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