Project Management for Nonprofits Certification
11-18 to 11-21-2024 3:00 PM EST or 02-25 to 02-28-2025 1:00 PM EST or 04-22 to 04-25-2025 1:00 PM EST.
It is common for proficient project managers to earn promotions and raises throughout the year. Now is the perfect time to upskill! Undoubtedly, you and your nonprofit have ambitious goals for the future. Mastering project management is the key to achieving them. Resources must be wrangled, schedules must be met, and budgets must be tightly managed. You can improve outcomes by incorporating proactive planning and intentional communication. Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the basics of project management. In this course, you will learn strategies that can help any nonprofit plan and execute projects successfully. Your valuable certification will propel your career forward.
What You'll Learn
An engaging series of four webinars packed with proven techniques will enable you to immediately:
- Build strong teams with effective communication
- Foster successful outcomes for your nonprofit
- Demonstrate your knowledge
- Accelerate your career
- All courses include a PDF version of the presentation slides along with any additional materials or resources provided by the presenter
- One certification exam attempt is included
Project Management for Nonprofits Certification Series Outline
Session 1: Introduction to Project Management for Nonprofits
- Why project management?
- Phases and considerations
- Lifecycle
- Domains or areas of focus
- Planning approach for focus areas
Session 2: Stakeholders and Communications
- Project initiation
- Stakeholders and teams
- Inclusion
- Effective communication
- Communication planning
- Virtual considerations
Session 3: Scope, Deliverables, and Schedule
- Scope, scope planning, and scope creep
- Communication process
- Deliverables and deliverables planning
- Schedule and schedule planning
- Project management tools
- Integration and integrative planning
Webinar 4: Project Closing and Beyond
- Project closing
- Recognition and retrospective
- Common project problems
- Communication process
- Beyond projects
- In practice: scope, deliverables, schedule, shareholders, and communication
Live Session
Certification
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Who Should Attend?
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) & Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM)
- Founded Yazdani Consulting and Facilitation in 2018 to help mission-driven organizations solve management problems
- Over 15 years of experience managing complex projects and planning initiatives, leading technology innovations and process improvements, and guiding groups of diverse colleagues and stakeholders toward consensus and positive outcomes.
- More than 10 years of leadership experience in libraries and public higher education, managing people, budgets, and projects.
- Served on the boards of several nonprofits and professional associations, working in leadership, marketing, programming, and mentoring roles.
- Currently serves on the board of the Triangle Organizational Development Network.
- Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University.
- Master of Technology Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
