To help build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and to promote social change through these organizations, the international nonprofit management training program offers in-country training workshops. These are:
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Three to four day interactive, participatory sessions.
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Developed in partnership with a local host organization.
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Conducted by skilled faculty of practitioners and trainers from the United States and globally using simultaneous translation as needed.
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Broad in scope covering a wide range of topics including: scope and role of the nonprofit sector; strategic planning; program development; fundraising; volunteer recruitment and retention; boards of directors and governance; legal issues; financial management; marketing; advocacy; and developing cross sector partnerships.
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Conducted using manuals which have been translated into the native language of the participants.
To create local capacity for nonprofit management training and to promote social change through nonprofit organizations a training-of-trainers model has been developed for our international audience. This program is designed to address three basic goals:
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To create teams of skilled trainers and technical assistance providers for nonprofit organizations in developing countries.
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To help create in each country a sustainable institutional training base from which these indigenous trainers can operate on a permanent basis.
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To improve the information resources for nonprofit management in each country by identifying suitable Western resources and by promoting the development of indigenous resources.
The substantive focus of the program includes three broad topic areas:
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Techniques of training, including introduction to the basic principles of adult education and participatory styles of training; the design and implementation of successful training workshops; the use of multi-media as viable training tools; exposure to effective training methodologies such as group work, simulations, and role playing; and extensive practice.
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Enablement techniques such as leadership development, community empowerment, conflict resolution, and consensus building.
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Key management skills, particularly those related to the following activities and tasks: building and running effective organizations; thinking and planning strategically; generating and managing financial resources; generating and managing human resources; building effective partnerships with business, government, and other nonprofits; and promoting social change through advocacy techniques and strategies.
For more Information
Please contact Carol Wessner, Assistant Director, Nonprofit Education and Training Programs; phone: (410) 516-5389; fax (410) 516-8233; email: cwessner@jhu.edu