Fourth-Year Core Courses
C430 Becoming a Strategic Manager
Management is one thing; becoming a strategic manager takes you to the next level. Strategic managers think for the future and strive to develop others and prepare teams to function for what’s ahead.
Course topics:
- Solving problems with creativity.
- Training staff and volunteers to enhance their leadership potential.
- Building dynamic teams for success.
C440 Collaborative Leadership
Maximize your organization’s potential and create a synergistic environment through trust, appropriate culture, and the ability to affect change.
Course topics:
- Building trust and relationships for success.
- Developing a culture of leadership.
- Leading change.
C441 Industry Forecast
Is your organization ready for the future? Explore trends and issues affecting the nonprofit world and prepare for the future.
Course topics:
- Discovering essential industry trends.
- Understanding how the changing complexities of the global market affect your members.
- Exploring the technology horizon.
C460 Integrating Strategic Technology Solutions
Integrating a dynamic website, contact database, and accounting program is essential in doing business today. Take the necessary steps to further develop a technology plan that works for your organization.
Course topics:
- Creating a technology plan and budget.
- Weighing the costs, benefits, and return on investment of technology solutions.
- Protecting and maintaining your technology solutions.
*Previously: Integrating a Digital Strategy
C470 Advocacy and Alliances
Once your advocacy program is in place, you are ready to take the next steps. Delve into the ins and outs of coalition building, grassroots management, political endorsements, and election activity.
Course topics:
- Developing political coalitions and alliances.
- Building an airtight endorsement strategy.
- Strategies for advancing your legislative agenda.
C490 IOM and Beyond
Review your Institute experience and discuss professional development through a roundtable discussion with your peers. Learn what exists beyond Institute and ways to stay involved in the program.
Course topics:
- Your professional certification.
- Work/life balance.
- IOM Lessons: Learned and Applied.
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