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Duke University Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership
Duke University

Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership

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5 Days

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USD 4,250

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Introduction

The Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership is a comprehensive program that offers experienced nonprofit professionals the opportunity to increase their capacity for effective leadership through applied theoretical studies, executive skills training, and reflective practices in an interactive learning environment. Through this innovative curriculum, participants gain an awareness of emerging trends in the nonprofit sector, including social entrepreneurship, earned income ventures, and the evolving legal landscape, and leave with a personal plan to apply their refined skills in impactful ways for their organizations and communities.

Through this innovative curriculum, participants will:

  1. Develop a greater mastery of leadership skills and increase their confidence in applying these effectively in the nonprofit workplace
  2. Gain an awareness of emerging trends in the nonprofit sector, including social entrepreneurship, earned income ventures, and the evolving legal landscape
  3. Master reflective practices that enhance communications, foster understanding and lead to results
  4. Develop skills to regain balance, remaining centered in the face of complexity and chaos
  5. Enhance their network through an expanded leadership cohort of peers drawn from across the country
  6. Create a personal leadership plan to use their refined skills to take action on changes they wish to make in their organizations and communities

Benefits

As a result of their participation, graduates will be better able to:

  • Forge high-performing teams driven to achieve the mission of the organization
  • Foster within their organizations the proven practices of high-impact nonprofits
  • Adopt entrepreneurial competencies of opportunity orientation, innovation, resourcefulness, and adaptive persistence
  • Lead strategic change within their organizations
  • Work with other leaders across organizations, sectors, and stakeholder groups to capitalize on opportunities for synergy in addressing critical social issues

Graduates of the Executive Certificate program will return home equipped with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to manage in fast-paced, resource-constrained, mission-driven environments that characterize today’s nonprofit sector.

Supporters

The Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership program was created in direct response to senior nonprofit managers, board members, and many of the over 2,000 graduates of Duke University’s nationally acclaimed renowned Certificate in Nonprofit Management program. Composed of nationally known experts from Duke University and leading practitioners, our faculty provides interactive instruction, practical resources, and targeted feedback to enhance and expand participants’ skills in entrepreneurial nonprofit leadership.

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