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Develop Your Skills: 5 Resources for Nonprofit Professionals

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Academic Classes. Private Classes and Tutoring. Academic Classes. This rigor is achieved through traditional tests, papers, class discussions (whether synchronously online or in person, or through online discussion boards) and of course, grading. Some are a short list of core classes. Private Classes and Tutoring.

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5 Types of People Who Need Nonprofit Fundraising Training

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It was the late 1980s and I was signing up for the first class in the first master’s program in philanthropy and development in the country, at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Your board chair and your fundraising committee should get higher level training, parallel that of your staff leadership. Well, he was wrong.

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Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts

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Angela Kisskeys , marketing and communications manager, Midwest Society of Association Executives (MSAE) , which represents associations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, said her organization doesn’t lobby directly unless the issue impacts the overall operations of non-profits. Have fun in the process.