Nonprofit Leadership
Workforce Education at SUNY Corning Community College is redesigning Non-Profit Leadership (NPL) series for 2025. The focus will be on leading from the middle.
Who?
The ideal candidate for the NPL is someone who has either been recently hired/ promoted to a director-level (or higher) position with some decision-making/budgetary authority. The NPL program will have a project to develop a new (or revise a current) program. The last session will be a capstone session where these ideas are presented to a panel of guests.
What?
The topics for this session will focus on four areas of the non-profit organization:
- Leading Self
- Leading Teams
- Leading the Business
- Leading Networks
In the Non-Profit Leadership program, the breakdown is as follows:
Week 1: Leading Self--Self-awareness, understanding your leadership style, leveraging strengths of you and your team; resiliency. Organizational skills. Discussion about new program project.
Week 2: Leading Teams--Leading from the middle--employees to Boards of Directors/ Funders. Non-profit governance; developing and managing a productive Board of Directors, including diversity on boards. Developing/implementing policies for staff with the Senior Management team.
Week 3: Leading the Business--Strategic Planning; including creative thinking, gathering feedback. Initial project ideas will be shared.
Week 4: Leading the Business--Public Relations, including how to handle crisis situations.
Week 5: Leading the Business--Budgeting and Financial Leadership; reporting; grant reporting.
Week 6: Leading the Business--Fundraising/Grant Development; how to strategically develop budgets and search for outside funding as part of the strategic plan
Week 7: Leading the Business--Operational and program development; implementation; reporting to both funders and boards of directors
Week 8: Leading the Business--Decision making for change; change management; how to forecast trends
Week 9: Leading Networks--Collaboration within/without the NP community; leading community wide initiatives; getting buy-in; with a community leaders panel
Week 10: Leading Networks--Collaboration with local, state, national networks/ politicians/funders; presentations with panel of leaders
Next Training Offering is:
Tuesdays, April 22nd, 2025 - June 24th, 2025,
9:00am-12:00pm
Training Location:
Corning Community College Airport Corporate Park
360 Daniel Zenker Drive
Horseheads, NY 14845
Cost: $550.00
Cancellations with less than 3 days notice or failure to attend (No Shows) the first day of class will not qualify for a refund or reduction of charges.
Students may cancel 3 days or more prior to the day of class and receive a full refund. We solidify dates with instructors 3 days prior to the start of the class (or reschedule/cancel) and it is dependent upon enrollment. Cancellations with less than 3 days notice can not be refunded). Notification maybe done by phone to the Office of Workforce Education (607-936-5501) or email to ilearn@corning-cc.edu
Email ilearn@corning-cc.edu or call 607-936-5501 for more information on upcoming dates or opportunities for your corporate training needs!
Businesses in Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben interested in seeking funding to send promising leaders from their organizations to this training should contact CSS Workforce NY at 607-937-8337.
SUNY Corning Community College is committed to ensuring equal access to students with disabilities. If you believe that you will need accommodations while taking this course, please contact Accessibility Services by phone 607-962-9262 or email Accessibility@corning-cc.edu to begin the process of requesting accommodations. We strive to coordinate accommodations in a timely manner, but some accommodations may not be available when you need them if you do not give timely notice.