Executive Director Certification
03-10 to 03-14-2025 1:00 PM EST or 05-19 to 05-23-2025 1:00 PM EST
You know better than anyone how many hats an executive director must wear. It takes a wide range of knowledge and experience to succeed. The Executive Director is the person everyone looks to for guidance. Members of your board, donors, community members, and other stakeholders expect that you will be able to lead your organization both strategically and tactically. Now is a great time to enhance your knowledge, skills, and connections, whether you are an experienced Executive Director or aspiring to be one. It will be easier for your organization to succeed if it is infused with ideas, resources, and confidence. Our comprehensive executive director certification program will be led by Mary Gladstone-Highland. You will not only learn the skills you need to succeed, but you will also receive a certification upon completion. Your commitment to continuing education demonstrates your commitment to both your organization's success and your own learning
What You’ll Learn
Our Executive Director Certification program will enable you to:
- Dive into key executive director areas of responsibility
- Executive director roles and responsibilities
- Board of directors relations
- Nonprofit financial management
- Staff management
- Strategic planning and goal setting
- Master the complexities of nonprofit management
- Explore real-life examples of best practices that are being used by other nonprofits
- Renew your passion for your role
- Accelerate your career
What You’ll Also Receive
- All courses include a PDF version of the presentation slides along with any additional materials or resources provided by the presenter
- Certification upon successful completion of the program
- One certification exam attempt is included
Executive Director Certification 5 Session Outline
Session 1: Executive Director Roles and Responsibilities
- Key roles and responsibilities of an executive director
- Essential skills for an effective nonprofit leader
- The executive director’s role relating to the board
- The executive director’s role relating to staff and volunteers
Session 2: Nonprofit Board of Directors Relations
- Responsibilities of the board and executive director
- Types of nonprofit boards
- Best practices and effective interactions for nonprofit boards
- Techniques to avoid common conflicts between boards and executive directors
Session 3: Nonprofit Financial Management
- Budget creation, review, and calendar
- Financial reporting for board meetings
- Sector-specific legal obligations, including financial reporting
- Annual IRS forms
Session 4: Staff Management
- How to hire and manage nonprofit employees
- Typical nonprofit staffing positions and status types
- How to create an organizational structure to serve your mission
- Legal requirements and performance reviews
Session 5: Nonprofit Strategic Planning
- The purpose of strategic planning and goal setting
- Benefits to be realized by setting realistic and measurable goals
- Developing a useful planning document
- Identifying the unique issues your organization is dealing with
- Including top-down goals to increase your success rate
- Crafting implementation plans and metrics to track progress
Live Session
Certification
Date Options
$817.00
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Who Should Attend?
- Certified Nonprofit Professional
- Fourteen years of experience leading organizations
- Graduate of the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University
- Master of Public Administration
- Certificate in Advanced Study in Conflict and Collaboration
- Certified Fund Raising Executive
- Has raised over $3.4 million for numerous organizations over the past five years