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Nonprofit Management Certificate
A collaborative project offered by Woodbury College and Marlboro College
This intensive five-month series offers nonprofit leaders and staff the opportunity to gain and refine the essential skills needed to strengthen their organizations and achieve their missions. The program combines the best of face-to-face learning with ongoing discussion with colleagues and faculty via online learning portals. Topics include:
* Strategic Planning
* Financial Management
* Understanding Boards and Nonprofit Organizations
* Effective Leadership
* Human Resources Management
* Conflict Resolution
* Marketing
* Fundraising
LOCATION
Students may choose the location that is most convenient to them:
* Woodbury College, Montpelier, Vt.
* Marlboro College Graduate Center, Brattleboro, Vt.
Class size is limited to 24 participants at each location.
FALL CLASSES
We are currently planning for the fall session. Classes will meet on Fridays between September 2008 and January 2009. Face-to-face sessions meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and are supplemented with online learning. A detailed schedule will be posted online as soon as it is available.
APPLYING / TUITION AND FINANCIAL AID
Application: If you would like to receive application information for the fall term, please send an e-mail to: admissions@gradcenter.marlboro.edu. We will send you application details as soon as they are available.
Tuition: $750 – includes materials. This program is grant funded to keep participant cost as low as possible. Under the terms of the grant funding, non-profit organizations outside of Vermont are eligible for the program at a cost of $1,250, however preference will be given to in-state organizations.
FACULTY
Fall program faculty will be posted shortly . Spring 2008 session instructors included:
Alice Estey has been a mediator in private practice since 1991, a mediation instructor at Woodbury College since 1994, and has served as director of the undergraduate Mediation & Conflict Management Certificate Program. She has a passion for teaching, especially teaching adults. In addition to the academic setting, Alice has designed numerous intensive trainings in conflict resolution, negotiation and communications skills for agencies and organizations, and she has been one of the lead trainers for the popular Basic Mediation Skills training offered by Woodbury College for the past 12 years. http://www.masteringmediation.net/about/alice-estey/
Christine Graham is a consultant with a wide range of nonprofit clients, with specialization in fundraising and management issues. She is also the editor and publisher of Nonprofit Vermont Newsletter, established in 1986; and the Vermont Directory of Foundations 1986-2006; and the New Hampshire Directory of Foundations, since 2001. Additionally, she is the author of several booklets and books on fundraising techniques and planning, and is a trainer and presenter of fundraising and management workshops for nonprofits. http://www.cpgfundraising.com
Churchill Hindes applies the experience of years spent in health care and public administration to his job as president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand isle Counties. http://www.vermontguides.com/2004/03-mar/vna.html
Jim LeFevre is an organizational consultant who has worked for more than 20 years with clients from many sectors of the nonprofit spectrum. These clients include statewide land trusts and humanities councils, museums, health care organizations, international family planning organizations, and Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout the United States.. http://www.lefevreassociates.com
Shirley Sagawa was recently named a "Woman to Watch in the 21st Century," by Newsweek magazine, and one of the "Most Influential Working Mothers in America" by Working Mother magazine. A national expert on children's policy and philanthropy, she has been called a "founding mother of the modern service movement" in the United States. Her book, Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value Through Business and Social Sector Partnerships (Harvard Business School Press) describes how business and social sector organizations can collaborate for mutual gain. Shirley has served as a presidential appointee in both the first Bush and Clinton Administrations. http://www.sagawajospin.com
Karen Saudek is a human resources consultant. She has served as vice president of human resources at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and Cabot Farmers Cooperative Creamery. Karen has spent the last two seasons managing the Vermont Mozart Festival.
For more information, contact admissions@gradcenter.marlboro.edu
For the Academic year beginning fall 2008, we are offering the following certificates:
Project Management Certificate - Get PMI certified
Every organization faces challenges. Finding the solutions to those challenges is only the first step. Someone needs to design and implement the plan to get to those solutions. Project Management isn’t only about effectively reacting to change. It’s about moving forward by creating change. Leading your organization to successfully accomplish that goal requires skill and training.
With a PM Certificate from Marlboro College Graduate Center, you will prove yourself as a professional who can transform vision into reality.
This 12-credit certificate includes Project Management I & II, Change Management and Legal and Ethical Issues and will give you the foundation to reach your goals, no matter what field you’re in. Just as important, it will be just the boost to your resume that you need to insulate yourself from the uncertainties of today’s economy.
For those that are already PM professionals, this certificate is perfect training to get your PMP credentials. We will be offering a PMP prep course in August 09. For those students who take advantage of this opportunity, we will cover the cost of that course so you can focus your energy on passing the PMP test.
Every organization faces challenges. A project manager not only finds a solution but also knows how to get there from here. For more information contact Joe Heslin at admissions@gradcenter.marlboro.edu or call (888) 258-5665 x209.
Web Development (intro level)
CIS 326 Web Design I
MGT 310 Project Management
CIS 327 Web Design II
CIS 340 Web Application Development
CIS 328 Web Design III
One other course can be taken in the area of most interest
Course descriptions for this certificate are listed on the BSMIS page
Advanced Certificate in Web Design
MAT604 Web Design I
MSM 602 Project Management
MAT 604 Web Design II
MSM 610 Web Applications I
MSM 612 Designing with Web Standards
MSM 611 Web Applications II
Course descriptions for this certificate are listed on the MAT and MSM pages.
Undergraduate introductory (intro) level courses are fully online and require that the applicant has studied at an institute of higher education prior to admission. The advanced certificates require prior completion of a bachelor's degree.
Advanced courses are hybrid by design, with attendance encouraged on a twice-monthly basis. However, distant participants can access the classes through podcasting and use of our discussion platform.
All classes are 3 credits unless otherwise indicated.
Application criteria are listed in our Admissions section.