 Nonprofit World |
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| The growth of complexity and professionalization of nonprofit fundraising and management activities is paralleled by the emergence of academic degree programs, in-service training, on-line courses and workshops, and other sources of management training. |
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Foundation Center Learning Lab |
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| The Learning Lab provides free online training courses, tutorials, an online librarian, topical resource lists, and more. |
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| Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management |
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| The Institute maintains a Teaching Resource Center with an online database of case studies and course syllabi, available as free PDF downloads for use by teachers, trainers, consultants, practitioners, and students. |
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| Groundspring Learning Center |
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| Groundspring houses a collection of online materials covering topics related to fundraising, such as advocacy, technology planning, and internet strategies. |
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| American Humanics |
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| American Humanics is a national alliance of colleges, universities, and nonprofits whose declared mission is to educate, prepare, and certify professionals to strengthen and lead NPOs. |
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| Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership |
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| The Center publishes a Nonprofit Good Practice Guide addressing such topics as Accountability, Fundraising, and Volunteer Management. Each includes a glossary, preferred practices, pitfalls, profiles, resources, training essentials, and trends. |
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| The Fundraising School |
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| The University of Indiana’s Fundraising School and its Center on Philanthropy provide graduate level education to American and international students. Faculty contribute to such publications as Giving USA, and the Philanthropic Giving Index. |
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| Proposal Writing Short Courses |
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| Several organizations conduct or publish online short courses in proposal writing. |
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Grant Proposal.com |
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Grant Proposal.com presents an online course that covers a range of topics from researching funding sources, to writing letters of inquiry and preparing full proposals. |
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Foundation Center |
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The Foundation Center's short course guides the novice and more advanced grantwriter through the major steps of proposal design, including: the executive summary, statement of need, program and staffing description, timetable, budget and evaluation. |
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| Grantsmanship Center |
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| The Grantsmanship Center conducts training relevant to grant-getting and fundraising. Fee-based short training courses are offered in locations throughout the United States on grantsmanship, business ventures for nonprofits, and strategic fundraising. |
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