Leadership and Personal Development

Getting What You Want: Setting and Maintaining Boundaries with Others

November 16, 2011 - 9:30am - 11:30am

Faculty: Mark Sachs, Principal, Mark Sachs & Associates

Course Objective: Create a personal strategy for setting realistic boundaries at work and in your private life. Read more »

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Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20006
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Having a Difficult Conversation

October 12, 2011 - 9:30am - 11:30am

Faculty: Miriam Grogan, Principal, Stellar Coaching, LLC

Course Objective| Create a strategy for having difficult conversations at your organization

Do you waste time avoiding difficult conversations?  How much does conflict (or even a threat of conflict) interfere with other important things on your plate?   Learn proven methods for making difficult conversations manageable or even productive when having them with staff, managers, board members or volunteers. Read more »

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Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20006
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Nominate an Outstanding Nonprofit Leader

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is now accepting nominations for the Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman 2011 EXCEL Award. Nominations are due July 8, 2011. Download the nomination packet. Read more »

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The Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman 2011 EXCEL Award

The nomination period for the Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman 2011 EXCEL Award has closed. Our 2011 honorees were recognized at the Center's Annual Celebration on October 18. 

This competitive award spotlights up to three outstanding nonprofit leaders in the Washington metropolitan area for outstanding nonprofit chief executive leadership. Read more »

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You Can Be Their "Best Boss Ever": What to Do and How to Show Up

July 15, 2011 - 9:30am - 12:30pm

Faculty: Ian Cook, Fulcrum Associates Inc.

Course Objective| Create a plan to lead through inspiration and knowledge Read more »

Location: 
Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20006
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Negotiation Skills for Nonprofit Managers: How to Get What You Want

July 7, 2011 - 9:30am - 12:30pm

Faculty: Steve Altman Esq., Mediator

Course Objective: To create a plan on how to attack negotiations and succeed

This course gives you tools to enhance self-reflection, address conflict, and negotiate more effectively. It will also helps you recognize why negotiations fail and what to do about it.  The class includes discussion of decision-making issues when approval is needed from members, boards, funders committees and staff. Read more »

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Center for Nonprofit Advancement, 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20006
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2011 Best Practices Celebration

What can be learned from the best managed nonprofits in the Washington area? Hear great ideas to be used today, success stories to implement tomorrow and inspiration that has motivated our nonprofit community for the past 17 years. Join us at the culmination of the competition for The Washington Post 2011 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. Read more »

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Center and Black Philanthropic Alliance Partner to Host Peer Coaching Network

Submitted by Beth on March 17, 2011 - 3:38pm

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is proud to partner with the Black Philanthropic Alliance (BPA), a network of professionals in philanthropic and nonprofit management, to invite applicants to the 2011 Executive Director Peer Coaching Network.

The network is designed to enhance and strengthen leadership skills; provide a forum for problem solving; provide a “safe place” for leaders of color to discuss challenges and issues; and provide mentoring and encouragement for the next generation of minority leaders. Read more »

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